Monte Carlo, โมนาโก (พฤษภาคม 8, 2016)- The World MMA Association (WMMAA) has announced that, due to venue availability issues, its second annual Asian Championship has been rescheduled from พฤษภาคม 27-30 ไปยัง สิงหาคม 17-21 at the same site, the Hwasoon Culture and Sports Center. in the Republic of South Korea.

The Asian MMA Championship will feature the top amateur MMA fighters in six different weight classes.

“We had to postpone our annual Asian Championships but this way we’ll have even more time to prepare for the biggest amateur MMA event of the year on the Asian continent,” ประธาน WMMAA Vadim Finkelchtein กล่าว. “The location and venue remain the same, which is great news because the site our South Korean Federation was able to find really suits our championship very well.”

An international judges’ seminar will be held สิงหาคม. 17-20, to certify and accredit judges. Only accredit judges will be allowed to work during the Asian MMA Championships. Preliminary and semifinal matches will be Aug. 19, followed by the championship final matches.

The official weigh-ins and competition draws will be conducted Aug. 27,

The Asia Division Congress: Battle of the Nomads of the WMMAA Pro Asian Division will be held Aug. 20.

Individual team competition will be held in accordance with the “กฎอย่างเป็นทางการของการแข่งขันศิลปะการป้องกันตัวแบบผสมผสาน, ขึ้นอยู่กับการอนุมัติของ WMMAA. รวมถึงการแก้ไข, การเพิ่มเติมและการชี้แจงของบางส่วน. Matches will held in accordance with the Olympic system with two third-places in each of the six weight divisions.

Team scoring is awarded by the maximum amount of points scored by individual team members on the following basis: 1^{เซนต์} – 10, 2^{ครั้งที่} – 8, 3^ถ – 6, 4^th – 5, 5^th – 4, 6^th – 3, 7^th – 2, 8^th – 1.

All individual first-place winners will be awarded special championship belts and medals, second and third-place finishers will receive a medal and certificate. Teams finishing among the top three in the final standings will be awarded cups and certificates.

In addition to the host, เกาหลีใต้, other eligible countries to compete in the Asian MMA Championship include Afghanistan, ประเทศจีน, Chinese Taipei, อินเดีย, อิหร่าน, คาซัคสถาน, คีร์กีสถาน, Mongolia, สิงคโปร์, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.