Championship News
Tickets on Sale: 2020 IMMAF Oceania Open Championships
6–8 March 2020 Gold Coast, Australia Buy Tickets and donate to the Australian Bushfire Appeal Watch world-class MMA athletes from around the world compete on the Gold Coast, as the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation brings its three-day, nation vs nation tournament to Australia from 6 to 8 March with the 2020 IMMAF Oceania Open […]
IMMAF Africa Open Championships Returns to South Africa for 2020
Registration opens for athletes today The International MMA Federation announces the return of its Africa Open Championships to Johannesburg, South Africa, as registration opens today to MMA’s elite amateurs from around the globe. Those wishing to compete should contact their National Federation for information. Hosted by MMASA (Mixed Martial Arts South Africa), IMMAF’s 3-day, nation vs […]
Australia’s MMA Prospects Excited to Face World’s Best at Oceania Open
In five weeks time Australia’s amateur MMA prospects will be taking on some of the world’s very best at the 2020 IMMAF Oceania Open Championships on the Gold Coast. This year the Oceania Open is set to enjoy an added influx of world champion talent with four reigning gold medalists of the IMMAF World Championships […]
French Sport Ministry chooses Boxing as host federation for MMA
London – 21 January – The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) welcomes the announcement earlier today that the French Boxing Federation has been given the responsibility of supervising the first phase of development of the sport of MMA in France. This decision, by the French Sport Ministry, is part of a historic legalisation of […]
IMMAF World Champions Set Sights on 2020 Oceania Open
The 2020 IMMAF events calendar kicks off the new year with the Oceania Open Championships taking place from 6 – 8 March at Australia’s Gold Coast Recreation Centre on Palm Beach. In previous years the event has served up a collision for Australia and New Zealand’s national teams to battle for superiority of the continental […]
2019 IMMAF – WMMAA Pan American Open Championships
ATHLETE REGISTRATION OPENS TODAY! Athlete registration opens today for the 2019 IMMAF- WMMAA Pan American Open Championships of amateur MMA. Hosted by national federation, Empire Mixed Martial Arts Bahamas, the tournament is scheduled to take place from 15 to 18 May 2019 in Nassau, at the Kendal G. L Isaacs National Gymnasium at the Queen […]
Loumage Hotels and GDHM Sponsor the 2017 IMMAF World Championships
Pictured: Mr. Babu Raj (General Manager GDHM), Mr. Shiraz (Associate Partner – Gulf Diwaniya Group), Gosha Malik (IMMAF Member Services Manager), Dr. Mohammed Rafeeq (Founder & Chairman Gulf Diwaniya Group), Isobel Carnwath (IMMAF Brand, Marketing & Communications Director), Mr. Amr Farouk (Group General Manager GDHM) Mr. Anil Kumar VK. (General Manager Loumage Hotel & Suites). […]
IMMAF ANNOUNCES FIRST OCEANIA OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
2018 IMMAF OCEANIA OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE ARNOLD SPORTS FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA 16 – 18 MARCH 2018 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation Australia (IMMAFA) is to host the 2018 IMMAF Oceania Open Championships at the Arnold Sports Festival in Melbourne next year. The event will take place from 16 to 18 March at […]
2017 IMMAF World Championships Registration Timeline: Key Dates
Team registration is officially open ahead of the 2017 IMMAF World Championships of Amateur MMA set to take place in Manama, Bahrain, from 12 – 19 November at the Khalifa Sports City Arena. Registrtation timeline and key dates are listed below: August 24 – Team registration officially opens for the top 32 ranked nations to […]
2016 IMMAF Africa Open Championships Announced for South Africa
· JOHANNESBURG, 29 AUGUST – 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) is proud to announce in association with Mixed Martial Arts South Africa (MMASA) the 2016 IMMAF Africa Open Championships, which will take place from 29 August to 4 September 2016 in Johannesburg. Hosted and commissioned by IMMAF’s national counterpart, Mixed Martial […]
2016 IMMAF World Championships: Deadline Day
May 26th marks the deadline day for registration to the 2016 IMMAF World Championships of Amateur MMA. The window for athlete registration will finally close at midnight AoE time (UTC – 12). As the final day of registration counts down, a current total of 214 amateur competitors are registered via MyNextMatch.com, spanning 31 nations and 14 weight divisions. The […]
IMMAF World Championships: Team UK
Picture: European Open Silver medallist Warren Mason secures victory for Team UK via arm-bar against Frenchman Humberto Correia For a third successive year the UK MMA Federation (UKMMAF) National Team will compete at the IMMAF World Championships of Amatuer MMA, taking place from Tuesday, July 5 – Sunday, July 10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, in conjunction […]
IMMAF World Championships: Team Bahrain
Picture: 2015 IMMAF European Open Bronze medallist Hussein Maki faces off against eventual tournament champion Jake Bond. Selection has been completed for Bahrain’s National MMA team ahead of the 2016 IMMAF World Championships of Amateur MMA, taking place from Tuesday, July 5 – Sunday, July 10 in Las Vegas, USA. Following multiple try-outs and regional […]
Australia confirms its 2016 IMMAF World Championships Team
Joe Minehan, President of the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation of Australia (IMMAFA) has revealed the official team lineup of eight athletes who will represent the nation at this year’s IMMAF World Championships of Amateur MMA from Tuesday, July 5 – Sunday, July 10 in Las Vegas, USA. 2016 will mark Australia’s first venture to the […]
IMMAF Partners with Tuff-N-Uff for 2016 IMMAF World Championships
The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) is proud to partner with local promotion, Tuff-N-Uff, in hosting its 2016 IMMAF World Championships of Amateur MMA, which takes place from Tuesday, July 5 – Sunday, July 10 in Las Vegas, USA. The event sees representatives from IMMAF’s 53-member nations face off as part of the 5th […]
IMMAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RETURN TO UFC FAN EXPO®
Representatives from IMMAF’s 53-member countries are set to face off in a week of elite amateur MMA action, in which national team faces off against national team The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation today announced the 2016 installment of the IMMAF World Championships of Amateur MMA will return to Las Vegas as part of the […]
French Anti-doping Agency makes surprise call in on Amateur MMA team trials
The national team tryouts in France for the 2016 IMMAF World Championships took a surprising turn when the French Anti-doping Agency arrived unannounced to test the athletes. Hosted by the Commission Française de Mixed Martial Arts (CFMMA), the team trials took place last weekend on Sunday 31 January at Paris Fight Team headquarters at 16 rue capron. […]
SAFEJAWZ to Provide Mouthguard Services at IMMAF European Open
IMMAF is pleased to welcome SAFEJAWZ to the 2015 IMMAF European Championships of Amateur MMA, where the Mouthguard provider will be hosting a stall and Mouthguard fitting services on Thursday 19 and Sunday 22 November at the Walsall Sports Centre. Forgotten or lost your Mouthguard? Having a Mouthguard crisis? Don’t fear…SAFEJAWZ will be at hand with stock […]
Team Iceland soon to announce themselves on IMMAF world stage
Pictured: Team Iceland’s head coach Jon Vidar (left) Haraldur Nelson (centre left) Gunnar Nelson (centre right) John Kavanagh (right). From November 19 to 22 amateur mixed martial artists from Iceland will take part in an IMMAF event for the very first time, as the national team travels to compete in the 2015 IMMAF European Open Championships at the Walsall Sports […]
Imad Al Howayeck targets gold for Lebanon
The national amateur team of Lebanon will soon travel to the UK for the IMMAF European Open Championships of Amateur MMA, which takes place in less than 9 days time, from November 19 to 22 at the University of Wolverhampton’s Walsall Campus Sports Centre. Lebanon made history with IMMAF in 2014 as the first Arab […]
Competitor Safety Ladder sees Swedish amateurs progress to national team
Picture: Anja Saxmark (left) receives her silver medal at the 2015 IMMAF World Championships of Amateur MMA from SMMAF and IMMAF founder August Wallen As the founding nation of IMMAF, Sweden and the Swedish Mixed Martial Arts Federation (SMMAF) boasts some of the best and most effective government relations seen anywhere in the world for the sport […]
Norway hungry to make a statement at the IMMAF European Open
Pictured: Norway’s Eivind D. S. Kjonsvik (3rd right) medals with silver in the Men’s Light Heavyweight division at the 2014 IMMAF World Championships Following Norway’s breakthrough success at the first ever IMMAF World Championships of Amateur MMA in 2014, where the national team achieved four podium positions, the momentum was halted as Norway were unable to […]
BRITISH DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND TO PRESENT MEDALS AT IMMAF EUROPEAN OPEN
22 NOVEMBER 2015, WALSALL SPORTS CENTRE – UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL MIXED MARTIAL ARTS (MMA) TOURNAMENT The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) is pleased to welcome Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, to the finals of the 2015 IMMAF European Championships of Amateur MMA at the Walsall Sports Centre, in the British Midlands. The Duchess will […]
GREENHILL BECOMES EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER FOR EUROPEANS
for the 2015 European Open Championships of Amateur MMA (London. 21 October 2015) The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) is proud to announce Greenhill as its official equipment supplier for the 2015 IMMAF European Open Championships of Amateur MMA. Founded in 1964 as family business driven by a love and respect for martial arts, […]
IAPA names Irish team ahead of IMMAF European Open
Following the completion of open tryouts at Dublin’s famed SBG Ireland headquarters, the Irish Amateur Pankration Association (IAPA) have revealed the list of fighters who will represent the nation at this year’s inaugural IMMAF Amateur MMA European Open Championships. The event takes place 19-22 November in Birmingham, England. Subject to IMMAF clearance, IAPA have put forward a lineup […]
Portugal Names European Open Team
With tryouts having taken place on October 11, Portugal’s Comissão Atlética Portuguesa de Mixed Martial Arts (CAPMMA) has completed its selection process for athletes that will represent its nation at the IMMAF Amateur European Open Championships. The event takes place 19-22 November in Birmingham, England. The deadline for team registration expires today, October 16. Subject to confirmed registration and clearance by […]
UK TEAM REVEALED: FOR 2015 IMMAF EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
(London. 11th October 2015) The United Kingdom Mixed Martial Arts Federation (UKMMAF) has announced the UK Amateur MMA team for the 2015 IMMAF European Championships of Amateur MMA, following try-outs which have taken place over the past few months. The 2015 IMMAF European Open Championships will take place in Birmingham (UK) from 19–22 November 2015 […]
Tryouts round up ahead of IMMAF European Open
As the IMMAF European Open Championships approaches, from November 19-22, so does the October 16 deadline for competitor entries. Over the past weekend several IMMAF member nations held their national tryouts in order to determine their squad of athletes who will compete across the various weight classes at the IMMAF European Open in Birmingham, England. IMMAF members who completed national […]
IAPA to hold Irish Amateur Team Tryouts Under Safe MMA -Ireland
(London.24th September 2015) The Irish Amateur Pankration Association, the governing body for mixed martial arts in the Republic of Ireland, has announced that its national Amateur team tryouts will be held under the directives of SafeMMA-Ireland. SafeMMA- Ireland is the Irish branch of UK based voluntary medical consultancy and non-profit services provider, Safe MMA, which […]
