Abu Dhabi World Grappling 2025: Check out the highlights from the Professional category

July 30, 2025

The Abu Dhabi World Grappling Championship 2025 is almost upon us. Set to take place at the ADNEC Al Ain in the UAE between August 1st and 3rd, the event is the culmination of years hosting competitions around the world and an effort to bring the spotlight to even more athletes who dream to shine as professional grapplers, offering 2000 global ranking points to each of the champions along with the chance to stand front and center among the best in the Abu Dhabi Extreme Championship.

Highlighting the event, the 18+ Professional category is where the action goes up a notch, as the best athletes from every grappling martial arts bring their A-game to kick off their respective weight classes in the first day of the competition, returning in the third and final day to decide each of the champions who'll etch their names in the annals of the AJP. Check out the registered highlights for the 18+ Professional category below, and follow every moment of the action live and exclusively on the TX7.com platform.

65kg

Khaled Alshehhi

Welison Fernandes

Yuri Hendrex

Magomed Shakhbanov

Andrii Chernitskyi

Bruno Borges

Samat Aitpanbet

75kg

Abdurahmoni Bahromjon

Nikolay Vetrov

Jose Espinosa

Christian Lara

Jefferson Goteu

Ivan Popov

85kg

Pedro Marinho

Uanderson Ferreira

Andre Luiz Catanhede

Magomed Djarbaev

Ilya Poyarkov

Pawel Jaworski

Islam Mamilov

95kg

Fellipe Andrew

Tamerlan Eslemesov

Magomed Gazimagomedov

Eldar Malicovich

Samuel Karas

Andre Porfirio

Belmir Ahmespahic

Roberto Dib Frias

125kg

Pouya Rahmani

Alexander Sak

Haisam Rida