Pictured, upper: Henri Dimitri represents France at the 2017 IMMAF European Open Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Below: Dimitri wears the Cage Warriors Academy title. By IMMAF.org lead writer, Jorden Curran French amateur MMA veteran Henri Dimitri secured the UK based BCMMA crown on April 7, competing in the South-Eastern branch of the…
British Challenge MMA (BCMMA), the south-eastern branch of the Cage Warriors Academy network, will host an 8-man tournament on April 7 to determine the UK’s top amateur flyweight. Taking place at the Charter Hall in Colchester, Essex, the participating 125lb contenders currently slated to compete include: Warren Mason (10-11) Robbie…
Pictured above: Craig Powell’s pre-fight MRI scan revealed a golf ball sized cyst at the front of his brain Professional Bantamweight competitor Craig Powell was expected to feature on the card of Cage Warriors 81 this past weekend, but was withdrawn from the bout on the day of competition following…
Pictured: Frenchman Allan Guciahrd (blue) battles in the Heavyweight final of the 2016 IMMAF World Amateur Championships in Las Vegas, USA. Last October it was revealed that the French Sports Ministry had introduced new conditions for organizing public demonstrations of combat sports, with particular frameworks to effectively ban MMA competition…
A further three amateur contests have been revealed for BCMMA 15 in the UK on May 7, in addition to the previously announced bouts featuring competitors from the Norwegian National Amateur Team taking on British opposition. The amateur bouts of BCMMA 15 will be sanctioned by the UK MMA Federation (UKMMAF). IMMAF…
Five amateur bouts have been confirmed for BCMMA 15 on May 7 with UK based competitors facing representatives of the Norwegian National Amateur Team. Upon the event announcement earlier this year, UKMMAF Secretary Nigel Burgess stated: “In the true spirit of amateur sport these athletes will have no prior knowledge of their opponents. Both teams will…
On Saturday February 20, 2016, British Challenge Mixed Martial Arts (BCMMA) returned to Charter Hall, Colchester for a night of mixed martial arts, headlined by a featherweight title bout between Steve Aimable and Stephen Martin – with the latter defeating the former champ, and taking home the belt for the…
On February 20th representatives of Norway’s national amateur MMA team will once again compete under the banner of BCMMA at the Charter Hall in Colchester, England, sanctioned by the UKMMAF. Leading the Norwegian charge will be IMMAF European Open veteran Ole Johnny Eriksen who took a unanimous decision victory over…
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 With registration for the 2015 IMMAF European Open Championships in its final stages, and athlete submissions coming in thick and fast, the first full team to complete athlete…
