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National Federations

For individuals wishing to join us please contact your National Federation below.

  • Argentina

    Argentina

    Federation: Argentine Association of Mixed Martial Arts and Contact Sports
    President: Horacio Enrique
    Contact person: Maximiliano Maron

    E: [email protected]

    Aruba

    Aruba

    Federation: Millard Academy
    President: George Millard

    E: [email protected]

    Bahamas

    Bahamas

    Empire Mixed Martial Arts Bahamas
    President: Dr Kent L. Bazard

    E: [email protected]

    Barbados

    Barbados

    Federation: Barbados Mixed Martial Arts Federation (BMMAF)
    President: Paul Forte
    Contact person: Rollins Alleyne

    E: [email protected]

    Belize

    Belize

    Federation: MMA Federation of Belize
    President: Israel Vasquez
    Contact person: Israel Vasquez

    E: [email protected]

    Bolivia

    Bolivia

    Federation: Bolivian Martial Mixed Arts Federation
    President: Florencio Arteaga Laura 
    Contact person: Yerko Castro

    E: [email protected]

    Brazil

    Brazil

    Federation: Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission / Comissão Atlética Brasileira de MMA (CABMMA)
    President: Rafael Favetti
    Contact Person: Cristiano Sampaio

    E: [email protected]
    >  cabmma.org.br

    Canada

    Canada

    Federation: Mixed Martial Arts – Canada
    Contact Person: Muzammal Nawaz

    E: [email protected]

    Cayman Islands

    Cayman Islands

    Under Review

    Colombia

    Colombia

    Federation: Asociación Colombiana de Artes Marciales Mixtas (OCAMM)
    President: Jaime S. Barón Cuervo

    E: [email protected]
    >  ocamm.org

    Costa Rica

    Costa Rica

    Federation: Federacion de Artes Marciales Mixtas
    President: Alejandro Solano Rodriguez
    Contact Person: Alejandro Solano Rodriguez

    E: [email protected]

    Dominican Republic

    Dominican Republic

    Federation: Federation Dominicana de Artes Marciale Mixtas
    President: Manuel Pagan Curiel

    E: [email protected]

    Ecuador

    Ecuador

    Federation: Ecuador Mixed Martial Arts Federation (EMMAF)
    President: Gorky Esteban Rodriguez Maldonado
    Contact person: Mayra Alejandra Casas Daza

    E: [email protected]

    El Salvador

    El Salvador

    Federation: Federacion Salvadoreña de Kickboxing & MMA / Salvadorean Kickboxing & MMA Federation (presiding over Commission Salvadoreña de Artes Marciales Mixtas / Salvadorean Mixed Martial Arts Comission)

    President (of the Federation and the Commission): Carlos A. Betancourt

    E: [email protected]
    >  fightsv.org

    Grenada

    Grenada

    Federation: Grenada Mixed Martial Arts Federation
    President: Earle Finlay

    E: [email protected]

    Guatemala

    Guatemala

    Federation: Asociación Guatemalteca de Artes Marciales Mixtas
    President: Juan Carlos Ucelo
    Contact Person: Erick Schumann

    E: [email protected]

    Guyana

    Guyana

    Federation: Guyana Mixed Martials Federation
    President: Gavin Singh

    E: [email protected]

    Jamaica

    Jamaica

    Federation: MMA Jamaica Sports Federation
    President: Daniel Chacko-Wilmot
    Contact person: Daniel Chacko-Wilmot

    E: [email protected]

    Mexico

    Mexico

    Federation: Federacion de Artes Marciales Mixtas Equidad y Juego Limpio
    President: Ubaldo Marroquin
    Contact Person: Javier Rodriguez

    E: [email protected]

    Panama

    Panama

    Federation: Asociación Nacional de mixed martial arts
    Panamá President: Yariela Mendoza

    E: [email protected]

    Paraguay

    Paraguay

    Federation: Paraguayan federation of Mixed Martial Arts
    President: Renato Mendez

    E: [email protected]

    Peru

    Peru

    Federation: Asociacion Peruana de Mixed Martial Arts
    President: David Dacko Iberico Celis

    E: [email protected]

    Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico

    Federation: Federacion Independiente de Artes Marciales Mixtas de Puerto Rico (FIAMMPR)
    President: Orlando Sanchez Ruiz

    E: [email protected]
    Official page: Facebook

    Saint Martin

    Saint Martin

    Federation: Sint Maarten Martial Arts
    President: Marco London

    E: [email protected]

    St Lucia

    St Lucia

    Federation: St Lucia Mixed Martial Arts Federation
    President: Thierry Augustine

    E: [email protected]

    Trinidad and Tobago

    Trinidad and Tobago

    Federation: Trinidad and Tobago Mixed Martial Arts Federation (TNT MMAF)
    President: Jason Fraser

    E: [email protected]

    Uruguay

    Uruguay

    Federation: Asociacion Uruguaya de Artes Marciales Mixtas Amateur y Profesional – AUAMMAP
    President: Dario Gutierrez

    E: [email protected]

    United States of America

    United States of America

    Federation: United States Fight League
    President: Joe Stevenson
    Contact Person: Joe Stevenson

    E: [email protected]

    Venezuela

    Venezuela

    Federation: Federación Venezolana de Artes Marciales Mixtas (FEVAMM) National
    Federation representative: Mauricio Alexander Delgado Cartaya
    Contact Person: Mauricio Alexander Delgado Cartaya

    E: [email protected]

National Federations

What is a national federation?

 

A national federation is a non-profit, democratic organization that deals with the overall development and structure for MMA in a country. Our stated ambition is for each national federation to be approved by the ministry of sports (or the equivalent) and the Olympic committee in their respective country. The responsibilities and activities of a national federation for MMA is much like those of any other sport. The national federation…

…governs, manages and develops the amateur side of the sport. This entails everything from offering coach and referee education to representing MMA with politicians and the sports community, suggesting or protecting legislation regarding MMA and overall ensuring that MMA has a standing in the sports community of the country in question.

…handles questions regarding rules, regulations, safety and so forth. It is a driving force behind ensuring that these areas are developed, communicated, standardized and adapted to the specific needs of the MMA community in the country in question.

…gathers all MMA academies, teams and organizations as members in a democratic forum. It helps the members with practical issues and provides a hub for all those active within MMA in the country, from the recreational to the professional level. The members in turn are the “owners” of the national federation, they are all eligible to vote in the general assembly or the like, and as such have both rights and obligations, much like the national federations have as members in the IMMAF.

…hosts national championships and manages the selection of a national team to participate in the IMMAF world championships.

The core purpose of a national federation is thus not to offer training or host its own events, although that may of course be the case sometimes the focus of the national federation should be on the above mentioned areas. It is an organization consisting of members, and these members are MMA academies, teams and organizations that train, coach and stage competitions.

 

National federations and professional MMA

Our stated ambition is that each national federation have the right to govern MMA and sanction professional events in countries where there is no functional state controlled governance today. In most parts of the world there is no proper governance of MMA, neither for the sport in general nor for the sanctioning of professional events. The state athletic commissions of the USA are a rarity, and so is the government licence that the Swedish MMA Federation has to govern both amateur and professional MMA. There are also countries (or regions within countries) where MMA is semi-regulated by other sports commissions, which sometimes functions efficiently and in the best interest of MMA, but not always. In the overwhelming majority of countries however MMA is un-regulated with no standards to follow and no common guidelines on safety, refereeing, athletes insurance and so forth. This kind of situation can worst case lead to risky practices and athletes being taken advantage of. The IMMAF is currently working on establishing national federations around the world, thus ensuring safe governance of both amateur and professional MMA in whatever form that suits each individual country.

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