IRISH MMA
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 of 15 athletes: Deborah OSullivan – 115lbs Women’s Strawweight Meagan OLoughlin – 125lbs Women’s Flyweight Lindsey Doyle – 145lbs Women’s Featherweight Aoife Murphy – 155lbs Women’s Lightweight Daryl Byrne – 125lbs Men’s Flyweight David Fogarty – 125lbs Men’s Flyweight Richie Smullen – 145lbs Men’s Featherweight Lee Hammond – 155lbs Mens’s Lightweight Thomas Martin – 155lbs Men’s Lightweight Mark Fairman – 170lbs Welterweight Sam Slater – 170lbs Welterweight Kiefer Crosbie – 185lbs Middleweight Ben Forsyth – […]
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 tryouts on the weekend of October 3 included, CFMMA (France), UKMMAF (UK), and FMMAF (Finland). Finland’s national tryouts took place in the town of Hyvinkaa, approximately 50km north of the capital, Helsinki. On October 4 France’s CFMMA announced the completion of the French athlete tryouts which took place in the capital city of Paris (pictured above). The final regional tryout […]
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 was founded to address medical risk to MMA athletes in view of there being no regulation of the sport within the UK. Under Safe MMA guidelines, minimum medical safety requirements for MMA events include the presence of a qualified doctor, alongside a paramedic team, to conduct pre/ post fight medical examinations and to issue injury […]
