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Team Maldonado files WMMAA appeal to reassess result of June 17th Emelianenko vs. Maldonado fight in Russia

MONTE CARLO, Monaco (Juli 4, 2016) — The World Mixed Martial Arts Association (WMMAA) has received an appeal from Stefano Sartori, manager of Brazilian fighter Fabio Maldonado, to reassess the result of his June 17thfight with Fedor Emelianenko, which headlined Fight Nights Global 50 in Saint Petersburgh, Rusija.
Emelianenko was awarded a win by majority decision, which Team Malondado has appealed, claiming a conflict of interest because all of the judges are employed by the Russian MMA Union, of which Emelianenko serves as president.
Team Maldonado believes Maldonando should have won the decision, or the fight declared a draw at the very least, in their opinion, as the Brazilian clearly won the first round, 10-8, Emelianenko came back to take the second round, 10-9, and the third round was a toss-up.
Because Russian MMA Union vice president Radmir Gabdullin was the head judge for the aforementioned bout, Team Maldonando feels that a fair judgement regarding its appeal can be rendered only by independent, international judges reviewing the fight.
Team Maldonando has appealed the decision on grounds that there was an obvious conflict of interest in terms of the Russian MMA Union judges and their close association with Fedor, as well as the quality of decisions they rendered. Rather than appeal the decision to the Russian MMA Union, which they claimed would place Russian judges under intense pressure, Team Maldonando made the appeal directly to the WMMAA because the Russian MMA Union is a sanctioned member of the worldwide sanctioning body WMMAA.
WMMAA president Vadim Finkelchtein has announced the following sequence of actions:
  • WMMAA Secretary General Alexander Engelhardt has been appointed to handle the appeal procedure
  • A group of objective international judges, under the guidance of experienced referee/judge Marco Broersen (Holandija), to be appointed to assess the Emelianenko-Maldonado fight based on the tape and render an unbiased verdict regarding the fight and work of the judges
  • Temporarily suspend WMMAA head judge Radmir Gabdullin from his position
  • Discuss judgeswork at the next WMMAA Congress, taking into account the pending verdict of the independent commission
Schedule of Major 2016 MMA Events
Aug.3-8Asian MMA Championship in Hwasun, Južna Koreja
Sedam. 14-16European MMA Championship in Tbilisi, Gruzija
Oktobar. 7-9Inaugural Pan-American Championships in Santiago, Chile
Novembar. 18-20World MMM Championship in Macau, Kina
Informacije
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Demetrius Andrade Files žalbu sa WBO

PROVIDENCE (Avgust 13, 2015) – Neporažen junior srednjoj Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0, 14 KOs) podnio je žalbu u vezi nedavne odluke Svjetske Boxing Organization (WBO) da mu skine njegove WBO World junior srednjoj prvenstvu. U pismu predsjednika WBO Francisco Valcarcel, Andrade je tvrdio da je WBO nije mu ponudi obavezno protivnika u proteklih sedam mjeseci za njega da brani titulu protiv.
Andrade žalbi također navodi da je WBO poslao pismo da ga januara 23, 2015, u kojem stoji da će WBO prisiliti torbicu ponude između WBO Nema. 1 izazivač Jermell Charlo i Andrade, ako ugovor o borbi nije riješen u roku od (30) dani. Međutim, WBO nije prisiliti torbicu ponude, omogućavajući Charlo da potpiše sporazum za borbu Vanes Martirosyan, skoro 30 dana nakon što je potpisao svoj ugovor Andrade da se bori Charlo.
Kopija od navedenih borbe ugovora, koja Andrade je potpisan januara 14, 2015 da se bori za Charlo $300,000, je također uključen kao dokaz da podrži Andrade tvrdnje. Andrade je izjavio da je potpisao ugovor dokazuje da je, zapravo, Charlo tim, Ne Andrade, da je izvukao iz meča.
Andrade zatražio WBO da mu dozvoli da se bori nikome izjavljujući, “Poštovanjem tražimo da WBO omogućavaju Dimitrija Andrade braniti WBO Jr. Naslov srednjoj protiv bilo jedan od najboljih 15 protivnici. Samo WBO ima sposobnost da prisili jednu od svojih odobrenih izazivača u borbi protiv njega. Mi dužno poštovanje pitati WBO Svjetsko prvenstvo odbora da koriste svoju moć da prisili vrhunski 15 borac u borbi protiv njega na najranije moguće pogodnosti. Mi bi bili više nego spremni dozvoliti da se dogodi borbu po pravilima novčanik ponude, ako je potrebno. Molimo Vas da koristite svoju moć i autoritet na korak i prisiliti je obavezno borbu kako bi se omogućilo Demetrius Andrade da brani svoju titulu u ring, gdje treba odlučiti i imate našu riječ da ćemo ispoštovati WBO slaganjem da se bore nikome odobren od strane WBO pre Septembar 30, 2015.”
Tim Andrade dodatno izrazila spremnost da brani svoju titulu WBO slaganjem da idu u inostranstvo i boriti se WBO odobrila protivnika za manje od $150,000 to, nažalost, i dalje su bili neuspešni na osiguravanje bout.
Štaviše, Andrade je tvrdio da je WBO ga je nedavno obaviješteni o svojoj namjeri da ga ukloniti iz svog vrha 15 rang zajedno, još, WBO i dalje će ocijeniti Saul “Canelo” Alvarez kao WBO World Jr. No Middleweight. 1 kandidat, iako Alvarez nije borio kao Jr. Middleweight od septembar. 14, 2013, devet mjeseci ranije nego Andrade odbranu titule. Tim Andrade je zatražio da WBO Svjetsko prvenstvo odbor omogućiti Andrade istu priliku da brani svoj rang.
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