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CARLO, Monaco (November 1, 2016)- The Mexican MMA Commission (COMEXAMM) and Colombian MMA Federation (FECODEAMM), respectively led by Hector Molina und Jaime Arturo Pena, have partnered to provide a bi-national undercard in lieu of the recent cancellation of the inaugural World MMA Association (WMMAA) Pan-American Division Championships due to problems associated with the hosting Chile Federation.
The Mexico vs. Colombia fights will be on the undercard of the November 18th Combato Extremo Ereignis, gefördert durch Ubaldo Marroquin, at Auditorio National, Monterrey, Mexiko. Mexican and Colombian fighters who were supposed to compete in the aforementioned WMMAA Pan-American Division Championships can now have the opportunity to be in action.
Molina has been instrumental in WMMAA Pan-American Division development since 2014 as president of the Mexican Commission of MMA, as well as the Pan-American Director of the Regulatory Committee.
“That first year,” Molina sagte, “we are focused on identifying the best parts of he WMMAA regulatory programs – its people, programs, systems and processes – then quickly and effectively integrating these parts into a stronger centralized continental organization partner with improved, more useful, more impactful systems and resources. When you bring together multiple organizations there are real differences that need to be addressed, including cultural, and business operations, as well as geographic differences.”
Molina and his leadership team studied the WMMAA systems, maintained what successfully worked, and improved other aspects to build a new network. They retained top talent and aligned them with COMEXAMM’s Fett gedruckt culture, also adding some new people in areas perceived as non-optical to support business. Letztlich, Molina bold a team that embraced core values and visions for regulatory that was instilled in him by mentors and years of experience.
“We started with the premise that we hire the best people in the industry; that we train them well, and offer them cutting-edge resources and skills. We empower our people to make smart decisions and, am wichtigsten, we trust our people key members like Gustavo Cantu. This trust is critical to our success. When we empower and trust people, they want to take ownership, not only for results, but for how we get our results.”
One of Molina’s first accomplishments at WMMAA has been the restructuring and realignment of the rules and regulations committee to mirror the company’s operating model. The Continental Rules and Regulations Committee was built on the principle guard railing the unstoppable growth of MMA and given the dynamic nature of WMMAA.
“Moves like these, from leaders like Hector Molina, are the ones that many organization would dream about in moments of crisis,” WMMAA Pan-American Division president Tomas Yu Bemerken, “giving a new definition to what it means to be part of the WMMAA family.”
The WMMAA Pan-American Division is a leader of a new industry category – growth Federation – powered by a committee to growth, focusing on MMA as a sport area leadership, in addition to dedication to operational excellence, investment in research and development innovation, and a strong focus on its members.
To maintain its position as an industry leader, WMMAA Pan-American Division practices what it calls, “Living Bold.” This culture embraces five principles: building bridges, powering ideas, acting fast, driving results, and always doing what is right. Molina and his team create regulatory strategies, systems, and programs that embody this culture.
“As opposed to being a back-room function that primarily creates policies and performs audits, my teams are aligned with the business units and are in the field with them daily,” Molina explained. “We advise in real time and proactively collaborate in strategy and planning meetings so our business can come up with innovative ideas, act fast, and quickly drive results.”
“My team knows that I am a bit of a regulatory geek when it comes to our work. It’s extremely exciting from a strategic perspective because it allows us to become a more valuable partner to the colleagues who run the business. We’ve always had strong, productive and active strategies. And we always will! By continuously challenging the status quo, asking ourselves how we can do things differently, and ultimately advancing our regulatory program, we will make a meaningful contribution to helping the WMMAA be bold, act fast and power ideas.”
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2016 MMA-Weltmeisterschaften November 26-27 in Macau
CARLO, Monaco (Oktober 28, 2016)- World Mixed Martial Arts Association (WMMAA) Präsident Vadim Finkelchtein has formally announced that the 2016 World MMA Championships will be held November 26-27 in Macau, China.
“The recent European MMA Championships went very well,” Sagte Finkelchtein. “The Russian National Team once again demonstrated the highest results of competition. In Russia, the fighters are real strong fighters, who repeatedly prove their highest level at the European and World Championships, winning a very difficult competition. The bar has been set significantly high. We have seen athletes from Germany, Ukraine, and Belarus participating at these events. Ukrainians are no longer that far behind the Russians and German fighters have become much stronger in a relatively short time. In addition to The Championships, we held a judicial seminar, where we discussed many important issues regarding the development of our sport. Insgesamt, I think everything was great.
 “Wir freuen uns auf die MMA-Weltmeisterschaft in Macau am November 26-27. We expect the participation of athletes to represent 40 bis 50 Länder auf der ganzen Welt. Many have already applied; despite the long distance they must travel to fight. The World MMA Championship will be held at a new venue in Macao Studio City. Das ist ein großer, new complex that is entirely covered in marble with construction costs reaching about $3 Milliarde. I have examined it and the scope of the building is stunning.“Jetzt, we can say that the championship will have a lot of representatives from Latin America, Asia and Undurope. The African region is under developed right now, so only a few countries are participating from there, but Australia and New Zealand are competing. Wir erwarten spektakuläre, Wettbewerbskämpfe. We will also be arranging the next WMMAA Congress, where a lot of MMA issues relative to children and women will be discussed. We will decide what countries will host the Unduropean, Asian and World MMA Championships next year, as well as create a judicial committee. We shall discuss the time of the mandatory reference date of sport by each country, considering all the athletes, and then fix it. We will solve the issue of holding seminars that are mandatory for coaches, judges and medical specialists in each country. We are still a relatively young organization, so there are still shortcomings. But we are moving forward and working hard to improve.”
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FAAMM on a roll as new WMMMA Argentina
 (L-R) – WMMAA Argentina president Diego Fernandez &
WMMAA Pan-American Division president Tomas Yu
CARLO, Monaco (Oktober 27, 2016)- The future of the new World MMA Association (WMMAA) Argentina is bright with unlimited opportunities for future growth, largely due to Argentina’s youths continuing to drive increased consumption of healthier lifestyles.
FAAMM, the Argentinean MMA Federation, restructured its organization under the leadership of president Diego Fernandez to earn WMMAA Pan-American Division’s fastest growing federation to date.
“One of my main objectives was to share the organization’s (FAAMA) story with the government and the private sector community to bring its competitive advantages to light,” Fernandez explained in an interview with ENLACE. “I also leveraged the WMMAA skills and resources to help guide the due diligence and restructing to emerge with the proudly earned name, WMMAA ARGENTINA.
“Transforming the organization from an association to a federation and now known to the world as WMMAA Argentina was the largest progressive step we’ve completed to date in the organization’s history. The business model as the new WMMAA Argentina is very straightforward: our job to help our nation’s athletes.”
The new Argentina has a prominent footprint with many qualified board members. The new WMMAA Argentina is well positioned to offer customized solutions that drive increased value, developed from a mere structure provider into a services and solutions organization for the sport in all aspects.
WMMAA Argentina has solid reporting, industry-leading analytics and repeatable methodologies, plus hard-working members, collogues and full support from the WMMAA Pan-American Division.
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Pan-American Championship Official Promo
History will be made October 7-9 when Chile hosts the inaugural World Mixed Martial Arts Association (WMMAA) Pan-American Championship – CHILE 2016 — in Santiago.
Initiative on MMA as a sport will build on the well-earned reputation of previous martial arts history in terms of addressing, sharing and discussing significant developments and social advancements that will impact the future of MMA:
FITE TV announces television carriage deal for the WMMAA Pan-American Division Championships October 8-9 in Chile
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History making WMMAA Pan-American Championship Oct. 7-9 in Santiago, Chile
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Kasachstan dominiert die World MMA Association 2016 Asiatische Meisterschaften
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WMMAA beendet Richterin Radmir Gabdullin
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CARLO, Monaco(Juli 20, 2016)- Die World MMA Association (WMMAA) hat seinen Richterkopf beendet, Radmir Gabdullin, wegen seiner Unvorsichtigkeit, Unerfahrenheit, und technische Unfähigkeit, Mixed Martial Arts zu bewerten (MMA) im professionellen Bereich.
In Bezug auf die jüngsten Aussagen, die er kürzlich in der russischen Presse gemacht hat, Gabdullin äußerte sich respektlos gegenüber anderen Richterkollegen, WMMAA-Vorstandsmitglied Alexander Engelhardt und der Verein selbst, als weltweiter WMMAA-Präsident Vadim Finkelchtein ausgedrückt, “Einer der Schlüsselfaktoren von MMA ist Respekt. Dies ist eine Linie, die wir niemals überschreiten sollten und können. That being said, es bleibt mir keine andere Wahl, als Radmir Gabdullin von seiner Funktion zu befreien. Wir raten auch dringend davon ab, dass die russische MMA-Union dasselbe tut. (Die russische MMA Union ist Vollmitglied der World MMA Union.)
“Wir arbeiten hart daran Standardisierung in allen Ländern der Welt, alle Kontinente, bezüglich Regeln, Regulierungs- und Schiedsrichterausschüsse, einschließlich Anti-Doping.Wir sind eine echte weltweite Organisation und müssen dies daher auch in allen WMMAA-Komitees berücksichtigen. Auch, Russland wird sein, natürlich, in diesen als Teil der WMMAA vertreten. Weitere Informationen folgen in Kürze.”
Finkelchtein, der als WMMAA-Präsident alle anderen Handlungen gegenüber dem assoziierten Richter behält, stellte fest, dass, während der November 4-6WMMAA-Kongress in Macau, China, Eine Jury wird diskutiert und geschaffen.
Zeitplan des Majors 2016 MMA-Veranstaltungen
3.-8. August – Asiatische MMA-Meisterschaft in Hwasun, Südkorea
Sieben. 14-16 – MMA-Europameisterschaft in Tiflis, Georgia
Oktober. 7-9 – Erste Panamerikanische Meisterschaften in Santiago, Chile
November. 18-20 – MMM-Weltmeisterschaft in Macau, China
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Zwitschern: @ theWMMAA
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WMMAA appeal review results in draw for June 17th Emelianenko vs. Maldonado fight
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CARLO, Monaco(Juli 15, 2016)- The World Mixed Martial Arts Association (WMMAA) has issued an announcement regarding an appeal recently filed by Stefano Sartori, manager of Brazilian fighter Fabio Maldonado, to reassess the result of his June 17th fight with Fedor Emelianenko, which headlined Kampf Nächte Globale 50 in Sankt Petersburg, Russland.
 WMMAA General Secretary & Senior Vice President Alexander Engelhardt (Bild nach 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, of which Emelianenko serves as president, 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 (Mexiko), Chairman of the Rules, Regulations and Referee Committee; Ino Alberga (The Netherlands), Member of the Rules, Regulations and Referee Committee; Poalo Biotti (Italien), Chairman Ethics and Disciplinary Committee; Zaya Zaya (Australien), Member Professional Referee Committee.
Außerdem, 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 (Kanada), Lukasz Bosacki(Polen) und Alexey Zemskov (Russland).
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 each, resulting in a 28-28 zeichnen.
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.
Zusätzlich, 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.
Zeitplan des Majors 2016 MMA-Veranstaltungen
3.-8. August – Asiatische MMA-Meisterschaft in Hwasun, Südkorea
Sieben. 14-16 – MMA-Europameisterschaft in Tiflis, Georgia
Oktober. 7-9 – Erste Panamerikanische Meisterschaften in Santiago, Chile
November. 18-20 – MMM-Weltmeisterschaft in Macau, China
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Instagram: @worldmmaa
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Team Maldonado files WMMAA appeal to reassess result of June 17th Emelianenko vs. Maldonado fight in Russia
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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 Kampf Nächte Globale 50 in Saint Petersburgh, Russland.
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-Präsident Vadim Finkelchtein has announced the following sequence of actions:
Zeitplan des Majors 2016 MMA-Veranstaltungen
3.-8. August – Asiatische MMA-Meisterschaft in Hwasun, Südkorea
Sieben. 14-16 – MMA-Europameisterschaft in Tiflis, Georgia
Oktober. 7-9 – Erste Panamerikanische Meisterschaften in Santiago, Chile
November. 18-20 – MMM-Weltmeisterschaft in Macau, China
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Zwitschern: @ theWMMAA
Instagram: @worldmmaa
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