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WATCH: 10 women's wrestling from Egypt

Thursday, March 2, 2023 - 09:14 By Vinay Siwach

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (March 2) -- In the absence of Japan, Ukraine and China dominated the competition at the Ibrahim Moustafa Ranking Series event. Ukraine outplaced China with ease and will continue to battle for the second spot below Japan this year.

With more and more wrestlers moving into the Olympic weight classes, a few weight classes saw surprising results but some other stalwarts returned to form before the long season which also includes the World Championships.

GOLD: 50kg - Meng FAN (CHN) vs. Ziqi FENG (CHN)

GOLD: 53kg - Lucia YEPEZ (ECU) vs. Li DENG (CHN)

GOLD: 55kg - Bediha GUN (TUR) vs. Jacarra WINCHESTER (USA)

Semifinal: 57kg - Evelina NIKOLOVA (BUL) vs. Alexandria TOWN (CAN) [The gold medal bout between Town and Alina AKOBIIA (UKR) did not take place after the later pulled out injured]

GOLD: 59kg - Anastasia NICHITA (MDA) vs. Yuliia TKACH (UKR)

GOLD: 62kg - Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ) vs. Xiaojuan LUO (CHN)

Round 2: Emma BRUNTIL (USA) vs. Tetiana RIZHKO (UKR)

GOLD: 65kg - Koumba LARROQUE (FRA) vs. Forrest MOLINARI (USA)

GOLD: 72kg - Alina RUDNYTSKA LEVYTSKA (UKR) vs. Dalma CANEVA (ITA)

GOLD: 76kg - Juan WANG (CHN) vs. Kennedy Alexis BLADES (USA)

#AmateurMMA, #Pankration

U15, U17, U20 Pankration & Amateur MMA World C'ships 2025 Guide

Thursday, October 30, 2025 - 15:58 By United World Wrestling Press

LOUTRAKI, Greece (October 30) -- The Pankration World Championships in U15 and U17 age-group and Amateur MMA World Championships in U20 will be held in Loutraki, Greece from November 5 to 9.

In Amateur MMA for U20 men's and women's, the weight classes will be:

U20 Men's: 57kg, 62kg, 66kg, 71kg, 77kg, 84kg, 93kg, 100kg, 130kg
U20 Women's: 50kg, 53kg, 57kg, 61kg, 65kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg, 90kg

Amateur MMA

Pankration, to be held in U15 and U17, will see the following weight classes:

U17 Men's: 57kg, 62kg, 66kg, 71kg, 77kg, 84kg, 93kg, 100kg, 120kg, +120kg
U17 Women's: 50kg, 53kg, 57kg, 62kg, 66kg, 71kg, 77kg, +77kg

U15 Men's: 53kg, 57kg, 62kg, 66kg, 71kg, 77kg, 84kg, +84kg
U15 Women's: 50kg, 53kg, 57kg, 62kg, 66kg, 71kg, +71 kg

The schedule for the Pankration and Amateur MMA Championships is available here: CLICK HERE