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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.
Oktagon MMA, is widely considered to be the premiere mixed martial arts organization in Czech Republic/Slovakia and one of the leading ones in Europe. This list is an up-to-date roster of those fighters currently under contract with the Oktagon MMA. With fighters whose contract status cannot be determined, if will be included on this list if ...
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]
The Unified Rules of MMA provide clear guidelines around the shorts used during professional and amateur MMA bouts. These rules have provided a benchmark for apparel companies to design and develop training and competition shorts for mixed martial arts and related sports. MMA shorts have now evolved from regular board shorts or biking shorts.
Sherdog was created by photographer Jeff Sherwood (nicknamed "Sherdog") in 1997, and was later refined with the help of Garrett Poe. [4] Sherdog features MMA news, [5] individual records of fighters, [6] reviews and previews of MMA events, [7] interviews with fighters and referees, [8] user forums, [9] divisional and pound-for-pound fighter rankings, [10] and original radio programs.
On February 24, 2024, a special XTB KSW Epic gala took place, focusing on organizing fights in formulas other than just MMA. [12] During the fight of the evening of this event, Mamed Chalidow and Tomasz Adamek crossed gloves in the boxing formula. [13] The KSW ring announcer is Waldemar Kasta, a former rapper born in Wrocław.
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 ...
The legality of MMA in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and New Brunswick varies depending on the municipality. [12] [13] Professional MMA competitions remain illegal in the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Yukon, and Nunavut because it is not regulated by an athletic commission.