IMMAF World Championships gold medalist and Team New Zealand Olympic hopeful Michelle Montague is looking like the next big thing in women’s MMA. The 26-year-old emerged as a powerhouse on the IMMAF – WMMAA international amateur platform, cruising to gold medals at both the Oceania Open and World Championships of…
After an unsettling 2018 World Championships saw Sweden fail to win a single gold medal for the first time in years, the nation once again struck gold at the 2019 IMMAF | WMMAA Unified World Championships, taking place from 11 – 16 November. Under the Swedish MMA Federation (SMMAF), Sweden’s…
The Ukraine amateur MMA team impressed once again at the IMMAF | WMMAA Amateur MMA World Championships, taking 4th place in the senior medal table for the second year in a row. While 2018 women’s strawweight champion Daria Samchik and light-heavyweight contender Dima Ruzhytskyi each picked up bronze medals, it…
Russia set new medal table records for the second year in a row at the 2019 IMMAF | WMMAA World Championships. In 2018, Team Russia fielded a squad of 26 amateur MMA standouts; 15 seniors, 11 juniors and with a total of over 370 athletes competing between the Junior and…
Lucie Vacova made her debut on the international amateur MMA stage in 2018, representing the Czech Republic national team at the IMMAF-WMMAA Unified World Championships. The decorated striking specialist discussed with IMMAF.org the crash course that was undertaken at the 2018 World Championships, as she took her mixed martial arts…
In 1957 Kwame Nkrumah led the nation of Ghana to independence as the country’s first Prime Minister. He famously stated: “I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.” Nkrumah was an outspoken advocate for the liberation and union of Africa as…
While no man was able to derail the momentum of light-heavyweight juggernaut, Murtaza Talha Ali, it was a hand injury requiring surgery that forced the undefeated 23-year-old out of action for over a year. Since he charged to gold medals for Bahrain at the 2017 IMMAF World Championships and 2018…
One of amateur MMA’s most dominant forces of 2018 returned to action this month. Pavel Senchenko successfully reemerged on the Ukrainian national scene following a long stint on the sidelines due to injury. The much anticipated return of Senchenko featured in the main event of an open-air amateur MMA showcase…
21-year-old prodigy Colleen Augustin has set her sights on the 2019 Amateur MMA World Championships, following her gold medal winning showcase for the Malaysian national team at the Asian Open in May. The 2019 IMMAF – WMMAA World Championships and concurrent Junior World Championships are set to take place from…
