The FILA World Championship of grappling, pankration and amateur mixed martial arts were held in Skala (Cracow) from 15 to 18 November 2012. the Polish Federation is to thank and in particular Mr. Grzegorz Brudzinski and Mr. Marcin Dudek for accepting this challenge due to the cancellation of the regularly scheduled Championship in Moscow. Despite the short time available, the organizing committee has done an exemplary job and managed to create a friendly atmosphere and fellowship that characterizes the FILA competition. The five continents were represented with a total of 23 participating countries, including, for the first time in World Championship, Australia, American Samoa and Luxembourg. 4 countries have distinguished themselves by winning first place team, namely Ukraine in pankration, Russia in Amateur MMA, and Poland in Grappling (Gi and No-Gi).

The No-Gi grappling competition was marked by the participation and success of UFC Vet Jeff Monson (USA, 100 kg) two days after beating Alexander Emelianenko by submission in M-1 held in St Petersburg. Jeff Monson won his third title of World Champion FILA and achieves a outstanding performance at 41 years of age. The Swedish team has also made a comeback with three gold medals in men (Amir Al Bazy in 62kg, Mats Nilsson in 92kg, and Michael Knutsson in 100kg) and one title in the women in Sofia Hedqvist at 71kg. Note the superb performance of Penny Thomas (South Africa, 64kg) who offered the only gold medal of the championship to the African continent. Poland also honored the audience with two gold medals in men (Piotr Podstawczuk in 66kg and 71kg with Maciej Polok) and a title in the womens, with Maria Malyjasiak at 71 kg.

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The last day was dedicated to the Gi grappling competition which was been marked by several doubles, including Amir Al Bazy (SWE 62kg) Piotr Podstawczuk (POL, 66kg), Maciej Polok (POL, 71kg) Oceane Talvard (FRA, 53kg), Maria Shkvarunets (RUS, 58kg), Penny Thomas (RSA, 64kg) and Maria Malyjasiak (POL, 71 kg). Also note the performance Ermis Dimitropoulos (77kg) who offered to Greece’s it’s second Championship title and Goran Vidakovic (CRO 92kg) who beat the favorite of the group, Piotr Baginski, also Polish coach and best athlete of the year 2011. Uros Culic From Serbia repeated his excellent performance from the European Championship (Gold) and took first place at 100kgs.

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All matches of the competition will be available online on the FILA WebTV

No Gi, Women -53 kgs

1 FRA TALVARD Oceane
2 POL ZDRODOWSKA Anita
3 ITA ROGGIO Giulia
3 SWE HAMMARSTEN Anny

Women No Gi -58kgs

1 RUS SHKRAVUNETS Maria
2 UKR SYNYAVINA Viktoriya
3 POL PNIAK Sandra
3 USA FOSTER Gabriella

Women No Gi -64 kgs

1 RSA THOMAS Penny
2 FRA REMBERT Jeanne
3 POL ZAWODNIK Karolina
3 UKR TORYANSKA Yuliya

Women No Gi -71 kgs

1 SWE HEDQVIST Sofia
2 POL DZWIGALOWSKA Joanna
3 GRE PAPADOPOULOU Maria
3 ITA BOCO Laura

Women No Gi +71 kgs

1 POL MALYJASIAK Maria 5
2 SWE TIBBLING Klara 0

Men No Gi -62 kgs

1 SWE AL BAZY Amir
2 USA BETZOLD Matt
3 FRA PETSHI Kevin
3 JPN MIZUARAI Yuichiro

Men No Gi -66 kgs

1 POL PODSTAWCZUK Piotr
2 RUS ZAYNUKOV Zaynutdin
3 GRE DIMOPOULOS S.
3 FRA JARDIN Mathias

Mens No Gi -71 kgs

1 POL POLOK Maciej
2 FRA FRACHEY Johnny
3 CAN BAGSHAW Matthew
3 CRO MARJANOVIC Petar

Mens No Gi 77 kgs

1 UKR VYSOTSKIY Oleksandr
2 USA CROSS Shane
3 POL MITOSEK Kamil
3 KAZ ALBAGACHIYEV Anton

Mens No Gi -84 kgs

1 ESP RODENAS Jose
2 USA KELLY Michael
3 POL GLABUS Maciej
3 KAZ VALIAKHMETOV Renat

Mens No Gi -92 kgs

1 SWE NILSSON Mats
2 POL TYSZKA Zbigniew
3 ITA RAFFI Lamberto
3 FRA ROMMING Johan

Mens No Gi -100 kgs

1 SWE KNUTSSON Mikael
2 CRO MILINKOVIC Sasa
3 USA HUBER Dan
3 RUS BETELGERIEV Khasan

Mens No Gi +100 kgs

1 USA MONSON Jeff
2 ESP ESPINO Juan
3 GRE KASTINOPOULOS G.
3 POL JUSKOWIAK Mateusz

Womens Gi -53 kgs

1 FRA TALVARD Oceane
2 ITA ROGGIO Giulia
3 SRB RANDJELOVIC Ana
3 POL ZDRODOWSKA Anita

Womens Gi -58 kgs

1 RUS SHKVARUNETS Maria
2 ITA VILLA Annalisa
3 SUI MATEUS Aurelie
3 POL PNIAK Sandra

Womens Gi 64 kgs

1 RSA THOMAS Penny
2 FRA REMBERT Jeanne
3 ITA BARACCANI Martina
3 USA ROGGE Ryan

Womens Gi 71 kgs

1 ITA BOCO Laura 12
2 POL OLEKSIK Monika 5
3 SRB TUBA Ana 5
4 GRE PAPADOPOULOU Maria

Womens Gi +71 kgs

1 POL MALYJASIAK Maria 3
2 SWE TIBBLING Klara 0

Mens Gi 62 kgs

1 SWE AL BAZY Amir
2 JPN MIZUARAI Yuichiro
3 HUN ROFI Gyula
3 POL KLASA Arkadiusz

Mens Gi 66 Kgs

1 POL PODSTAWCZUK Piotr
2 FRA JARDIN Mathias
3 ITA SASSO DE OLIVEIRA M.
3 RUS ZAYNUKOV Zaynutdin

Mens Gi 71 kgs

1 POL POLOK Maciej
2 SRB MILICEVIC A.
3 KAZ KASSENOV Yerzhan
3 ITA SASSO DE OLIVEIRA L.

Mens Gi 77 kgs

1 GRE DIMITROPOULOS Ermis
2 ESP LAFUENTE J.
3 ITA SILVESTRI Mirko
3 RUS MAGOMEDOV Ayub

Mens Gi 84 kgs

1 POL NEDZI Pawel
2 SRB DOMANOVIC Uros
3 KAZ VALIAKHMETOV Renat
3 USA CLARK Danny

Mens Gi 92 kgs

1 CRO VIDAKOVIC Goran
2 ITA TOMASETTI B.
3 POL BAGINSKI Piotr
3 RUS GAMZATOV Shamil

Mens Gi 100 kgs

1 SRB CULIC Uros
2 POL UMINSKI Kamil
3 UKR MISHCHENKO V.
3 RUS BETELGERIEV Khasan

Mens Gi +100 kgs

1 ESP ESPINO Juan
2 GRE KASTINOPOULOS G.
3 HUN NAGY Ferenc Jacint
3 POL AGAPOW Krzysztof