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Vadim Finkelchtein: “The Emelianenko-Maldonado situation is getting ridiculous”

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MONTE CARLO, Monaco(Juli 28, 2016)- Wereld MMA Association (WMMAA) Vadim Finkelchtein has gone public to explain the recent WMMAA decision regarding Team Maldonado’s appeal, which resulted in the change of the official Fedor Emelianenko–Fabio Maldonado fight result to a draw, in addition to terminating its Head of Judges, Radmir Gabdullin.

WMMAA president Vadim Finkelchtein
Vadim, talk us through the appeal process. Why did you accept it in the first place since Russian MMA Union rejected Maldonado manager’s appeal?
VF: “Everyone could see what was going on in the media and MMA community after the bout. Being the founder of both the Russian MMA Union and World MMA Association, I received tons of messages and calls from people demanding an explanation about how it was possible for Russian MMA Union employees to officiate their own boss’ gevecht. I read hundreds of negative comments disparaging the Russian MMA Union and WMMAA. Some even went so far to say it was about Russian Mafia doing business there, all Russian judges are bought, etc. I tried to stay away from this debacle, since the fight occurred in another promotion, but when Maldonado’s manager sent an appeal to the WMMAA, asking to reassess the fight outcome, we couldn’t say no. WMMAA’s reputation was on the line as well as that of the Russian MMA scene, te.”
What did the process of choosing the reassessment commission look like and why was head judge Radmir Gabdullin suspended?
VF: “In principe, I had to make Radmir, as the WMMAA’s head judge, responsible for the whole process. Echter, since he was one of the reasons the appeal surfaced in the first place, the most logical decision was to suspend him temporarily and appoint WMMAA’s Secretary General (Alexander Engelhardt) to handle it.”
In his recent interview, Radmir Gabdullin belittled the significance of WMMAA’s verdict, stating it was all unofficial and that he had never received any appeal.
VF: “There’s nothing to comment about here. It’s a pure lie. I don’t understand what he was trying to accomplish by saying something like this. If necessary, I can show the manager’s e-mail with Russian MMA Union employees, Kamil Gadzhiev and WMMAA employees as recipients. Saying he’s never received an appeal is absurd and a silly excuse.”
At the same time he insulted the professionals that reassessed the fight by calling them incompetent.
VF: “When I read it my first reaction was vast disappointment. How could he, as the official head judge, state something like this towards his colleagues who he knows really well? He used to officiate multiple events with them. Their experience is ten or maybe even hundred times greater than Radmir’s. Marco Broersen has been officiating major European events, including KSW, M-1 Global and many others, voor 15 jaar. He’d been working in this field when Radmir was still in school. It’s a shame for him to say something like that. It’s degrading for both Radmir and the Russian MMA Union.”
Can you explain why 24-year-old Radmir had been chosen to become the head judge in both WMMAA and Russian MMA Union having no experience or appropriate education whatsoever?
VF: “Weet je, it all started back in 2010-2011, when I decided to start developing amateur MMA in order to provide thousands of young athletes with career opportunities. For that to happen the MMA Union in Russia was necessary, as well as official recognition of Mixed Martial Arts as a sport. It was hard. I had no experience working in a Federation; plenty of paper work. We lacked a qualified staff when we started to look for people. I offered Fedor Emelianenko to be the Union president with me heading the WMMAA. Gabdullin’s name was mentioned by Fedor. He said there was this young and promising guy, let’s see what he can do. I agreed completely, although I realized he had neither experience nor knowledge.”
What was your reaction to Kamil Gadzhiev’s comments claiming in each interview that a draw was the best outcome, but after the result was changed by Sherdog following the WMMAA’s verdict, he changed his mind and promised to call and mail Sherdog to protest its action?
VF: “I had a phone chat with Kamil. He made it clear that he trusts the WMMAA and Russian MMA Union, while repeating his personal opinion that the draw would be the most righteous decision. I don’t know why his words were not consequently supported by his deeds.”
Russian MMA Union has a lot of officials. Nog, no one would comment on the situation, including Fedor himself. Waarom is dat?
VF: “I can’t answer this question. Most important for me is justice and reputation and that holds for Russian MMA and WMMAA, ook. I couldn’t choose sides, which is the reason why an international commission of judges was created. No one tried to take the other man’s victory, as some have claimed in comments. As the WMMAA president, I feel ashamed the situation went that far. The vast majority of the leading MMA sites supported the WMMAA’s verdict; Sherdog changed the outcome. Another example is the Match TV poll result, in which 56-percent of Russian voters said Fedor didn’t win the fight. 'Big’ John McCarthy said it. Sergey Kharitonov,Alexey Oleinik and many others have said the same. People who have been cheering for Fedor for years realized that. And now we have one person stating the opposite, saying our decision is unofficial, that experienced judges have become incompetent in no time, and he’d never received an appeal. That’s a sad situation and we need to handle it appropriately. The world awaits sound and reasoned decisions but gets excuses and lies instead. Our reputation is on the line because of that.”
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Zeven. 14-16 – Europees MMA-kampioenschap in Tbilisi, Georgia
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WMMAA appeal review results in draw for June 17th Emelianenko vs. Maldonado fight

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MONTE CARLO, Monaco(Juli 15, 2016)- De World Mixed Martial Arts Association (WMMAA) has issued an announcement regarding an appeal recently filed by Stefano Sartori, manager van Braziliaanse jager Fabio Maldonado, om het resultaat van zijn juni opnieuw te beoordelen 17th vechten met Fedor Emelianenko, die kopte Fight Nights Global 50 in Sint-Petersburg, Rusland.
WMMAA General Secretary & Senior Vice President Alexander Engelhardt (afgebeeld naar links) has declared that Emelianenko vs. Maldonado, which was originally ruled a majority decision victory in favor of Emeliananko, officially be changed to a draw.
Team Malondado’s appeal to the WMMAA was filed claiming a conflict of interest because all of the judges are employed by the Russian MMA Union, waarvan Emelianenko als president fungeert, as well as for the initial appeal to the Russian MMA Union, a sanctioned WMMAA member, being unjustly rejected by the head jury.
Engelhardt was appointed by WMMAA present Vadim Finkelchetein to handle the appeal procedure. A committee was formed comprised of Engelhardt, Hector Molina (Mexico), Chairman of the Rules, Regulations and Referee Committee; Ino Alberga (The Netherlands), Member of the Rules, Regulations and Referee Committee; Poalo Biotti (Italië), Chairman Ethics and Disciplinary Committee; Zaya Zaya (Australië), Member Professional Referee Committee.
Bovendien, independent judge Marco Broersen (The Netherlands), Chairman of Professional Referee Committee and Ethics and Disciplinary Committee, was responsible for selecting an independent judges’ panel to reassess the original result. The three-judges were Youri Lamoureux (Canada), Lukasz Bosacki(Polen) en Alexey Zemskov (Rusland).
Each of the three aforementioned judges scored the first round in favor of Emelianenko, 10-8, and the second and third rounds for Maldonado, 10-9 elk, resulting in a 28-28 trekken.
The appeal procedure was divided into two parts for review in terms of whether the procedural mistakes related to the fight were made and that an independent international judges’ panel had to review the fight.
The WMMAA came to the conclusion that the appeal was legitimate and it was accepted due to the fact one of the fighters, Emelianenko, as President of the Russian MMA Union, and Head of Judges, Radmir Gabdullin, had a working relationship that could potentially affect the judgmental decisions. The WMMAA made it clear that it wasn’t saying the aforementioned relationship led to a different outcome of the result, just that it was an unfortunate choice.
Daarnaast, the WMMAA ruled that initially refusing the appeal was a mistake based on WMMAA amateur rules as Emelianenko vs. Maldonado was conducted under WMMAA rules.
The appeal decision that resulted in the result being changed to “Unanimous Draw” was accepted by the WMMAA, which informed Fight Nights, the promoter of Emelianko vs. Maldonado, Emelianenko, Sartori and the Russian MMA Union of its decision, and that it official had closed the appeal.
Schema van majoor 2016 MMA-evenementen
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Zeven. 14-16 – Europees MMA-kampioenschap in Tbilisi, Georgia
Oktober. 7-9 – Inaugurele pan-Amerikaanse kampioenschappen in Santiago, Chili
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Team Maldonado dient WMMAA-beroep in om het resultaat van 17 juni Emelianenko vs. Maldonado-strijd in Rusland

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MONTE CARLO, Monaco (Juli 4, 2016) — De World Mixed Martial Arts Association (WMMAA) heeft een beroep ontvangen van Stefano Sartori, manager van Braziliaanse jager Fabio Maldonado, om het resultaat van zijn juni opnieuw te beoordelen 17thvechten met Fedor Emelianenko, die kopte Fight Nights Global 50 in Saint Petersburgh, Rusland.
Emelianenko kreeg een overwinning bij meerderheidsbesluit, waarop Team Malondado beroep heeft aangetekend, een belangenconflict claimen omdat alle rechters in dienst zijn van de Russische MMA Unie, waarvan Emelianenko als president fungeert.
Team Maldonado vindt dat Maldonando de beslissing had moeten winnen, of het gevecht verklaarde op zijn minst gelijkspel, naar hun mening, want de Braziliaan won duidelijk de eerste ronde, 10-8, Emelianenko kwam terug om de tweede ronde te pakken, 10-9, en de derde ronde was een toss-up.
Omdat de vice-president van de Russische MMA Union Radmir Gabdullin was de hoofdrechter voor de bovengenoemde wedstrijd, Team Maldonando is van mening dat een eerlijk oordeel over zijn beroep alleen kan worden gegeven door onafhankelijke partijen, internationale rechters beoordelen de strijd.
Team Maldonando is tegen de beslissing in beroep gegaan op grond van het feit dat er een duidelijk belangenconflict was in termen van de Russische MMA Union-rechters en hun nauwe banden met Fedor, evenals de kwaliteit van de beslissingen die ze namen. In plaats van tegen de beslissing in beroep te gaan bij de Russische MMA-unie, waarvan zij beweerden dat het Russische rechters onder zware druk zou zetten, Team Maldonando deed rechtstreeks beroep bij de WMMAA omdat de Russische MMA-vakbond een gesanctioneerd lid is van de wereldwijde sanctie-instantie WMMAA.
WMMAA-voorzitter Vadim Finkelchtein heeft de volgende reeks acties aangekondigd:
  • WMMAA secretaris-generaal Alexander Engelhardt is aangesteld om de beroepsprocedure te behandelen
  • Een groep objectieve internationale rechters, onder begeleiding van ervaren scheidsrechter / rechter Marco Broersen (Nederland), benoemd te worden om het gevecht tussen Emelianenko en Maldonado te beoordelen op basis van de tape en een onbevooroordeeld oordeel te vellen over het gevecht en het werk van de rechters
  • Schort WMMAA-hoofdrechter Radmir Gabdullin tijdelijk uit zijn functie
  • Bespreek rechters’ werk op het volgende WMMAA-congres, rekening houdend met de hangende uitspraak van de onafhankelijke commissie
Schema van majoor 2016 MMA-evenementen
3-8 augustus – Aziatisch MMA-kampioenschap in Hwasun, Zuid-Korea
Zeven. 14-16 – Europees MMA-kampioenschap in Tbilisi, Georgia
Oktober. 7-9 – Inaugurele pan-Amerikaanse kampioenschappen in Santiago, Chili
November. 18-20 – Wereldkampioenschap MMM in Macau, China
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Mendon Twin Drive-In to show UFC 186 this Saturday night

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MENDON, Massa. (April 20, 2015) – The newly renovated Mendon Twin Drive-In will be a closed circuit site for this Saturday night’s UFC 186 from historic Bell Centre in Montreal. Mendon Twin Drive-In (www.mendondrivein.com) zich op 35 Milford St. in Mendon, MA.

 

Tickets may be purchased at the Mendon Twin Drive-In gate the day of the event only (gates open at 6 p.m. EN), or in advance by going on line at www.aceticket.com. Regular admission is $25.00 per car (maximum of six per vehicle) met een $50.00 VIP ticket per car available that includes priority parking and a weekday drive-in pass. People may watch the UFC 186 action from their car or sit at Pop’s Beer Garden.

 

FREE ADMISSION

To the first 100 cars from the Blackstone Valley area (driver’s ID required)

 

 

“I’m excited to show some of the best conditioned and skilled athletes in the world live on one of the biggest screens in New England,” Mendon Twin Drive-In co-owner Dave Andelman zei.

 

Preliminary bouts start at 6:30 p.m. EN with the main card fights commencing at10 p.m. EN. World Flyweight Champion Demetrius “Machtige muis” Johnson (21-2-1), Niet Doen. 3 in the UFC pound-for-pound ratings, headlines the main card in a title defense against No. 8 mededinger Kyoji Horiguchi (15-1-0).

 

Also fighting on the main card is middleweight Michael “The Count” Bisping(26-7-0) vs. CB “The Doberman” Dollaway (16-7-0), licht zwaargewicht Fabio Maldonado (22-7-0) vs. Steve Bosse (10-1-0), John “De stier” Makdessi(12-3-0) vs. Shane Campbell (11-2-0) at a 160-pound catch-weight, en bantamgewicht Yves “Tijger” Jabouin (20-9-0) vs. Thomas “Thominhas” Almeida (18-0-0).

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