The very first IMMAF Pan American Championships of Amateur MMA will be hosted by Canada, in the city of ‘Wonderland’, Vaughan, Ontario from April 10th to 12th in 2015.
Words: Caio Lemos Appearances may be deceiving: Belgium is a small country on the world map, but the process of promoting MMA within its borders hasn’t been easy. Because of the double task created by dealing with two different governments, the Belgian MMA Federation has spent a great amount of time…
On Sunday 14th December 2014 the Romanian MMA Federation hosted the finals of the Wallachia Cup of MMA in Bucharest. The 2014 competition season had brought together 27 participants from 12 MMA clubs, covering 10 counties across Romania. The Romanian MMA championships took place without injury, with almost half the matches ending in a decision and the other…
In Northern Ireland, the Ulster local government is to back the launch of the Ulster Amateur MMA Association on 31st January 2015. The new body is formed out of the former Mixed Martial Arts Federation of Ireland (MMAFI). In order to achieve sport recognition in the country it has been necessary to…
See below for Photo Gallery The first round of the AIMMAA Team India Tryouts started with a bang at Bangalore city in India on the 19th of December. Athletes, of various weight categories and representing 5 states across India, went toe to toe in attempt to be selected for the national team that will…
The Finnish Mixed Martial Arts Federation, Suomen Vapaaotteluliitto ry, recently held the MMA Finnish Open on 29th- 30th November. The Amateur championship event was open to competitors from Europe and took place at RNC Sport Club in Martinhalli, Hyvinkää. Adults competed under IMMAF Amateur rules, which are now replacing former Finnish B-class rules…
The full results for FIGMMA sanctioned, “Colosseum MMA in the Cage”, have now been published. The event took place on Saturday 6th December in Sassari, Italy. The event was organized by Gianmario Mereu, head coach for A.S.D. Badboys Sassari and also FIGMMA’s representative for professional MMA in Sardinia. The event showcased both professional and IMMAF Amateur…
SEE BELOW FOR BAMMA 17 PHOTO GALLERY [Lead banner photo by Marc Moggridge, Burghley Images] (10.12.14) Last Saturday 6th December, British based BAMMA, joined the growing number of commercial MMA promoters worldwide to now be working with IMMAF affiliated, national MMA federations. In the UK where there is no legal requirement…
Densign White has got off to pacey start after taking the helm at IMMAF on 26th November. The new CEO was already out in Dubai when the news of his new role broke. White was in the Emirates with IMMAF President Bertrand Amoussou for the Host Cities 2014 conference, which spanned…
Results via www.fightermag.se from an original review in Swedish by Peter Borge. On 6th December the Shootfighting and Amateur MMA Championships were held at Nexus in Stockholm, under the auspices of the Swedish MMA Federation (SMMAF). See below for the results: Men’s Bronze Bantamweight Shootfighting Match (-61.2kg) Isomäki – Krondahl Magnus Sandviken…
