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The tables are sortable and the calculation for Endeavor and MMA records (win–loss–draw (no contest)) are formulated as follows: Fight records calculation: (1) Plus one point of the total wins for fighters have not loss a fight; (2) Negative points of total loses for fighters have not won a fight; (3) Add number of wins to the winning percentage; (4) A draw counts as 0.5 (5) No contest ...
Oktagon MMA is a mixed martial arts organization based in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, considered the largest Czech-Slovak organization. The founders and at the same time its owners are Pavol Neruda (formerly Šipkovský) and Ondřej Novotný.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, founded in 1993 by Art Davie and Rorion Gracie.The organization was purchased from its parent company SEG in 2001 by Zuffa LLC, a promotional company owned by Las Vegas casino magnates, Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta and managed by Dana White (current president of operations). [1]
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a form of competitive combat sport, akin to boxing, muay thai, or kick boxing. MMA titles, or championship belts, are given to those fighters deemed by a promotional organization to have met a certain standard of athletic accomplishment in a specific weight class (most often by means of a championship fight ...
MMA gloves and MMA shorts (similar to the shorts worn in boxing and Muay Thai) are the only piece of clothing allowed to be worn during professional MMA competitions. [2] However, Amateur MMA, regulated by International Mixed Martial Arts Federation, requires shin-instep. [citation needed] This type of clothing is often referred to as fightwear ...
Jiří Procházka (Czech: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈproxaːska] ⓘ; ⓘ; born October 14, 1992) is a Czech professional mixed martial artist.He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and the first Czech fighter to win a UFC championship.
The main event of XFC's fifth show, XFC 5: Return of the Giant, which took place on September 13, 2008, at the St. Pete Times Forum, featured the MMA comeback of Gan McGee. [9] McGee, who stands six-foot, 10-inches tall and is known as "The Giant," had last fought on American soil during a UFC Pay-Per-View, when he battled heavyweight champion ...
In November 2016, Eagles MMA was founded by MMA fighter, Khabib Nurmagomedov and billionaire businessman, Ziyavudin Magomedov who was owner of the Summa Group.Magomedov had taken an interest in martial arts where previously he invested in Russian MMA promotion, Fight Nights Global, attempted to buy the UFC for US$4 billion as well as funded Nurmagomedov by paying for his back surgery to be ...