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Italian Team veterans Marco Zannetti and Micol Di Segni are presented with FIGMMA Athlete of the Year Awards for 2015[/caption] During the opening ceremony, President Saverio Longo presented awards for Athlete of the Year 2015 to Marco Zannetti (IMMAF Silver medal at European Open Championship and Bronze at World Championship), Micol Di Segni (IMMAF Gold medal at the World Championship) and Lucrezia Ria (IMMAF Gold medal at the World Championship). Also attending the ceremony was Alessio Di Chirico, IMMAF world champion in 2014, and now the only Italian competitor currently on the UFC roster. In addition, Carlo Pedersoli was also in attendance; another former member of the Italian National Team who is now professional and fighting in Road to Bellator. Winners of the A-Division Italian Championship included flyweight Ilaria Norcia and bantamweight Arziko Bregu in the Women’s divisions. In the Men’s bantamweight category Davide Baggieri upset current National Team member Marco Zannetti, submitting him with a triangle choke in the final. They will meet up again in the finals of the National MMA Team Trials next month. Other gold medal winners included: Orion Lombardi – featherweight Alessio Cocco – lightweight Riccardo Schwarz – welterweight Alessandro Costantini – middleweight Simone Cancelli – light-heavyweight Anastasi Paolo – heavyweight Gerardo Manfredi – superheavyweight. For the complete results list, bouts videos and images, clock the links below: http://figmma.it/risultati/834-risultati-7d-campionato-italiano-di-mixed-martial-arts-17-aprile-2016.html Video Gallery of all A-Division matches: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9xu-ltHWddfzJDz_l52DJBrfJ1m1kjU9 Photo Gallery: https://picasaweb.google.com/102214176084506258131/7CAMPIONATOITALIANOMMAMixedMartialArts17Aprile2016?authuser=0&feat=directlink You can follow FIGMMA on Twitter @FIGMMA and for more information visit figmma.it.]]>
