International Mixed Martial Arts Federation

International Mixed Martial Arts Federation
Abbreviation IMMAF
Formation February 29th 2012
Purpose Mixed martial arts sanctioning organization
Region served
Worldwide
President
 Kerrith Brown
Website www.immaf.org

The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) was founded on 29 February 2012 as the international governing body for amateur Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Registered as a non-profit organisation under Swedish law, IMMAF serves as a democratic hub for national MMA federations and supports the growth of regulation and sport safety globally by aiding countries in the formation of federations where none exist.[1] IMMAF launched with support of market leader, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).[2][3][4] The UFC is among promotions sanctioned by federations under the IMMAF umbrella in countries that include Brazil and Sweden.[5][6][7][8]

Amateur vs. professional level athletes

The IMMAF considers an athlete to be on a professional level and thus not eligible for participation if he or she meets any one of the following criteria:

Amateur MMA rules

Compulsory equipment

Unauthorized techniques

The same from the Unified Rules of MMA plus:

Length of the match

Suspension

A contestant who was knocked out as a result of a blow to the head, or whose match was stopped by the judge because of several tough blows to the head which have made him/her defenseless and unable to continue, shall be suspended from competition and sparring matches.

Suspension periods starting from the day of the latest match:

Listed suspension periods are minimum periods and can be extended at the physician’s discretion.

In the event that a match was not stopped the physician still has the right to decide on a suspension if he/she deems it necessary due to the contestant having received many tough blows to the head

Members

IMMAF is represented by 59 national MMA Federations, as of 16 November 2016:[9]

PAN AMERICA

ASIA

EUROPE

OCEANIA

AFRICA

Championships

2014 IMMAF World Championships of Amateur MMA

The first IMMAF World Championships of Amateur MMA were held between 29 June and 5 July 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada (U.S.).[10] The tournament took place over four days at Cox Pavilion at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with the finals taking place inside the UFC Fan Expo at Mandalay Bay on 5 July.[10][11]

Medalists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Super Heavyweight Wessel Mostert
 South Africa (South Africa)		 Nicolo Bonati
 Romania (Romania)		 Leroy Johnson
 Canada (Canada)		 N/A
Heavyweight Hans Lackner
 Austria (Austria)		 Marcin Kalata
 Poland (Poland)		 Riini Apo
 New Zealand (New Zealand)		 Alexander Pärleros
 Sweden (Sweden)
Light Heavyweight Alessio Di Chirico
 Italy (Italy)		 Eivind D. S. Kjonsvik
 Norway (Norway)		 Aaron Wallace
 Ireland (Ireland)		 Karol Linowski
 Poland (Poland)
Middleweight Mikkel Kasper
 Denmark (Denmark)		 Gard Olve Sagen
 Norway (Norway)		 Raymond Gray
 United States (USA)		 Daniel Cassell
 United Kingdom (UK)
Welterweight Aleksi Nurminen
 Finland (Finland)		 Josh Stacey Mcmanus
 United Kingdom (UK)		 Joachim Tollefsen
 Norway (Norway)		 Zach Fears
 United States (USA)
Lightweight Jose Mariscal
 United States (USA)		 Jimmie Jensen
 Sweden (Sweden)		 Charlie Day
 United Kingdom (UK)		 Guillaume Bletio
 France (France)
Featherweight Jari Illikainen
 Finland (Finland)		 Joel Moya
 Sweden (Sweden)		 Jordan Chester
 United Kingdom (UK)		 Salvatore Liga
 Belgium (Belgium)
Bantamweight Jose Torres
 United States (USA)		 Bohdan Holovatyi
 Ukraine (Ukraine)		 Carl Burton
 United Kingdom (UK)		 Liridon Ramani
 Belgium (Belgium)
Flyweight Carlos Hernandez
 United States (USA)		 Kristian Lindstrøm Skogmo
 Norway (Norway)		 Saku Ronkainen
 Finland (Finland)		 Petko
 Italy (Italy)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Featherweight Amanda Lino
 South Africa (South Africa)		 Jill Holmström
 Sweden (Sweden)		 Andrea Whitney
 United States (USA)		 Florence Bethert
 France (France)
Bantamweight Sarah Jamila
 Denmark (Denmark)		 Aleksandra Milczarek
 Poland (Poland)		 Lucrezia Ria
 Italy (Italy)		 Nicole Brown
 United States (USA)
Flyweight Amanda Ribas
 Brazil (Brazil)		 Gabriella Ringblom
 Sweden (Sweden)		 Micol Di Segni
 Italy (Italy)		 N/A
Strawweight Daniela Kortmann
 Germany (Germany)		 Rachelle Abou Abdallah
 Lebanon (Lebanon)		 N/A N/A

2015 IMMAF World Championships of Amateur MMA

The 2015 IMMAF World Championships of Amateur MMA took place at Las Vegas, Nevada (USA), as the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) returned for the tournament’s second year.

The 2015 Championships took place during the fourth annual UFC International Fight Week, from Monday, July 6 to Saturday, July 11, 2015.The fan experience was billed as the world’s largest mixed martial arts celebration, guaranteeing high-energy, all-star entertainment and concluding with a weekend of action-packed fights including UFC 189 on July 11.

Medalists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Super Heavyweight Kevin Szaflarski
 Poland (Poland)		 Mokhammad Malagov
 Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)		 Vlad Mavrodin
 Romania (Romania)		 N/A
Heavyweight Zdenek Ledvina
 Czech Republic (Czech Republic)		 Travis Edwards
 United States (United States)		 Marcin Kalata
 Poland (Poland)		 Allan Guichard
 France (France)
Light Heavyweight Saeid Mirazaei
 Canada (Canada)		 Tencho Karaenev
 Bulgaria (Bulgaria)		 Paolo Anastasi
 Italy (Italy)		 Denis Perry
 Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland)
Middleweight Brendan Allen
 United States (United States)		 James Duckett
 United Kingdom (United Kingdom)		 Imad Alhowayeck
 Lebanon (Lebanon)		 Juho Laitinen
 Finland (Finland)
Welterweight William Starks
 United States (United States)		 Alexander Martinez
 Canada (Canada)		 Patryk Ruta
 Poland (Poland)		 Jake Constantinou
 United Kingdom (United Kingdom)
Lightweight Josh Ellis
 United Kingdom (United Kingdom)		 Tuukka Repo
 Finland (Finland)		 Davide Gregorio La Torre
 Italy (Italy)		 Joeshwa Mortada
 Lebanon (Lebanon)
Featherweight Frans Mlambo
 Ireland (Ireland)		 Joel Moya
 Sweden (Sweden)		 Yurii Bosyi
 Ukraine (Ukraine)		 Nicolas Ott
 France (France)
Bantamweight Jose Torres
 United States (United States)		 Nurtilek Konashov
 Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)		 Carl McNally
 Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland)		 Marco Zannetti
 Italy (Italy)
Flyweight Iurie Bejenari
 France (France)		 Sedar Altas
 Sweden (Sweden)		 Braydan Graham
 New Zealand (New Zealand)		 Sambath Khun
 Canada (Canada)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Featherweight Jamie Herrington
 Canada (Canada)		 Sinead Kavanagh
 Ireland (Ireland)		 Julia Dorny
 Germany (Germany)		 Lindsay Lawrence
 United States (United States)
Bantamweight Lucrezia Ria
 Italy (Italy)		 Lucie Bertaud
 France (France)		 Kimberley Defiori
 United States (United States)		 Lisa Engelke
 Sweden (Sweden)
Flyweight Micol Disegni
 Italy (Italy)		 Anja Saxmark
 Sweden (Sweden)		 Natalie Jean Ausmeier
 South Africa (South Africa)		 Michaela Dostalova
 Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
Strawweight Minna Grusander
 Finland (Finland)		 Maria Vittoria Colonna
 Italy (Italy)		 Sarah Archer
 New Zealand (New Zealand)		 Codie Wareham
 United States (United States)

2015 IMMAF European Open Championships of Amateur MMA

The 2015 IMMAF European Open Championships of Amateur MMA took place at Birmingham, England, United Kingdom from the 19 to 22 November 2015.

The foundational European event took place in Birmingham at the Walsall Sports Centre at the University of Wolverhampton and was broadcast post-event on UFC Fight Pass and international television.

Medalists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Heavyweight Daniel Galabarov
 Bulgaria (Bulgaria)		 Iman Smajic
 Sweden (Sweden)		 Petur Oskarsson
 Iceland (Iceland)		 Ryan Spillane
 Ireland (Ireland)
Light Heavyweight Ben Forsyth
 Ireland (Ireland)		 Balaze Kiss
 Hungary (Hungary)		 Tencho Karaenev
 Bulgaria (Bulgaria)		 Paolo Anastasi
 Italy (Italy)
Middleweight Rostem Akman
 Sweden (Sweden)		 Marius Hakonsev
 Norway (Norway)		 James Duckett
 United Kingdom (United Kingdom)		 Asterio Lucchesini
 Italy (Italy)
Welterweight Bjarki Palsson
 Iceland (Iceland)		 Dorian Dermendzhiev
 Bulgaria (Bulgaria)		 Jorden Indsetviken
 Norway (Norway)		 Hardeep Rai
 United Kingdom (United Kingdom)
Lightweight Jack Shore
 United Kingdom (United Kingdom)		 Geir Kare Cemsoylu
 Norway (Norway)		 Thomas Martin
 Ireland (Ireland)		 Lee Hammond
 Ireland (Ireland)
Featherweight Joel Moya Schondorff
 Sweden (Sweden)		 Ross McCorriston
 Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland)		 Ante Ageneby
 Sweden (Sweden)		 Connor Hitchens
 United Kingdom (United Kingdom)
Bantamweight Abdul Hussein
 Finland (Finland)		 Marco Zannetti
 Italy (Italy)		 Alexis Guilleux
 France (France)		 Renato Vidovic
 Sweden (Sweden)
Flyweight Jake Bond
 United Kingdom (United Kingdom)		 Warren Mason
 United Kingdom (United Kingdom)		 Hussain Haki Mahdi
 Bahrain (Bahrain)		 David Forgarty
 Ireland (Ireland)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Lightweight Leah McCourt
 Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland)		 Mia Isola
 Finland (Finland)		 Sini Koivunen
 Finland (Finland)		 N/A
Featherweight Sanna Merta
 Finland (Finland)		 Cornelia Holm
 Sweden (Sweden)		 Julia Dorny
 Germany (Germany)		 Celine Provost
 France (France)
Bantamweight Varpu Rinne
 Finland (Finland)		 Gabriella Ringblom
 Sweden (Sweden)		 Camilla Mannes
 Norway (Norway)		 Eloise Picard
 Canada (Canada)
Flyweight Sunna Rannveig
 Iceland (Iceland)		 Anja Saxmark
 Sweden (Sweden)		 Inka Auvinen
 Finland (Finland)		 Michaela Dostalova
 Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
Strawweight Aleksandra Toncheva
 Bulgaria (Bulgaria)		 Raluca Dinescu
 Romania (Romania)		 Amy Omara
 United Kingdom (United Kingdom)		 Lyudmila Sadirina
 Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan)

2016 IMMAF World Championships of Amateur MMA

The IMMAF World Championships of Amateur MMA returns to Las Vegas as part of the 5th Annual UFC International Fight Week™, the world’s largest celebration of combat sports, taking place from Tuesday, July 5 – Sunday, July 10.

The 2016 IMMAF World Championships will be hosted at the Las Vegas Convention Center during the week, with the championships featured on July 10 at the UFC Fan Expo®.

Hosted by the global governing body for amateur MMA, the IMMAF’s third iteration of its prestigious five-day tournament, will air its post-event highlights on UFC FIGHT PASS®, along with other international television platforms.

2016 IMMAF Africa Open Championships

The 2016 IMMAF Africa Open Championships commence on Tuesday 30th August and run until the 4 September 2016 at the Brakpan Indoor Sports Centre in Johannesburg.

Hosted by the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) in association with Mixed Martial Arts South Africa (MMASA) the tournament is Amateur MMA competitors from IMMAF member countries from all across the world. The Africa Open Championships permits 2 representatives per country for each weight class and 4 for the host country, spanning Strawweight to Lightweight for women and Flyweight to Super Heavyweight for men.

The 2016 IMMAF Africa Open Championships will feature on UFC FIGHT PASS and international broadcast channels, post-event.

2016 IMMAF European Open Championships of Amateur MMA

2016 IMMAF European Open Championships of Amateur MMA, which take place in in Prague from 22 to 26 November.

Hosted by the Czech Mixed Martial Arts Association (MMAA), the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation’s nation vs. nation tournament plays out in 2 rings across 5 days and features more than 170 Athletes from 30 countries worldwide.

The 2016 IMMAF European Open Championships of Amateur MMA will feature on UFC FIGHT PASS and international broadcast channels, post-event.

Overall Medals Standing (World Championships)

Ranking Country Gold Silver Bronze
1 United States United States of America 6 1 7
2 Sweden Sweden 0 7 2
3 United Kingdom United Kingdom 1 2 5
4 Italy Italy 1 0 6
5 Finland Finland 3 1 1
6 Canada Canada 2 1 2
7 Poland Poland 1 1 3
8 Norway Norway 0 3 1
9 France France 0 1 3
10 South Africa South Africa 2 0 1
11 Republic of Ireland Ireland 1 1 1
12 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 3
13 Denmark Denmark 2 0 0
14 Czech Republic Czech Republic 1 0 1
14 Germany Germany 1 0 1
16 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 0 2 0
17 Lebanon Lebanon 0 1 1
17 Romania Romania 0 1 1
17 Ukraine Ukraine 0 1 1
20 Belgium Belgium 0 0 2
20 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 0 0 2
22 Austria Austria 1 0 0
22 Brazil Brazil 1 0 0

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