Pictured: Anders Ohlsson, Gabriella Ringblom and Christer Ringblom at the finals of the 2016 IMMAF World Championships By IMMAF.org lead writer, Jorden Curran After nine years of voluntary work with the Swedish MMA Federation (SMMAF), Swedish national team leader Christer Ringblom announced his retirement from MMA this year at the age of 66.…
Pictured above: Steam Sweden’s Robin Roos, Andreas Gustafsson Berg and coach Jörgen Hamberg – via SMMAF|Photography Viking. By IMMAF.org lead writer, Jorden Curran The world’s number-one ranked nation in Amateur MMA will arguably host its most significant national championships in years as the Swedish MMA Federation begins preparations for its national team and…
Pictured: Welsh contenders Scott Pedersen (left), Ben Miles (center) and Will Davies (right) – photo by Richard Valerado|Adrenalin Fight Night By IMMAF.org lead writer, Jorden Curran Members of the Swedish national amateur MMA team were in Wales this past weekend for a nation vs. nation cup event and warm-up as we head…
Pictured: Tobias Harila (upper) faced Bulgaria’s Ferdun Osmanov in the 2017 IMMAF European Open Men’s Lightweight final – photo by Jorden Curran By IMMAF.org lead writer, Jorden Curran Members of the Swedish national amateur MMA team are in Wales this weekend for a sensational card pitting international representatives against one-another in what…
Reigning IMMAF World and Africa Open champion Gabriella Ringblom (above) makes her long awaited return to competition next month at the 2017 IMMAF Asian Open Championships in Singapore. The 30-year-old Swedish amateur standout and former pound-for-pound no.1 has been out of action with injury setbacks since last competing at the 2016…
Sweden’s Irman Smajic became the first Men’s competitor to win a championship gold medal in two separate weight divisions when he triumphed at the 2017 IMMAF European Open Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Smajic, who had previously earned European Open silver as a Heavyweight (-265lbs) in both 2015 and 2016, achieved his…
Pictured above: Camilla Mannes (left) battles Cornelia Holm (right) in the Women’s Bantamweight final of the 2016 IMMAF World Championships in Las Vegas. The Bantamweight saga of Cornelia Holm vs. Camilla Mannes could soon become Amateur MMA’s longest running rivalry with potential for the duo to face of for a…
Pictured above: 2016 European Open Women’s Strawweight medalists, from left to right – Svetlana Kotova (Bronze), Alexandra Toncheva (Gold), Raluca Dinescu (Silver) This year the 2017 IMMAF European Open Championships will be hosted by Bulgaria in city of Sofia from March 29 to April 2. Here, IMMAF.org breaks down the…
Pictured above: IMMAF World Champion Will Starks (blue) completes a stunning take down of Silver medalist Alexander Martinez (Red) 2016 was the biggest year to date for IMMAF with a plethora of development on both the competitive platform as well as in the realm of sport regulation. The competition year…
Pictured: Rostem Akman (Sweden, blue) vs. Danielle Dell’Otto (Italy, red) 2016 IMMAF EUROPEAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS BUY TICKETS: http://bit.ly/2fbYaJE IMMAF’s defending European Open Middleweight champion Rostem Akman secured victory to advance to the quarter-finals today, November 23, at the 2016 European Open Championships in Prague, Czech Republic. Taking place at Prague’s Arena…
