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MONTE CARLO, Monaco (November 1, 2016)- The Mexican MMA Commission (COMEXAMM) and Colombian MMA Federation (FECODEAMM), respectively led by Hector Molina en 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 evenement, gepromoot door Ubaldo Marroquin, at Auditorio National, Monterrey, Mexico. 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 said, “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 bold cultuur, also adding some new people in areas perceived as non-optical to support business. Tenslotte, 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, belangrijker, 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 merkte op, “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 World MMA Championships November 26-27 in Macau
MONTE CARLO, Monaco (Oktober 28, 2016)- Wereld Mixed Martial Arts Association (WMMAA) president 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,” Finkelchtein said. “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, Oekraïne, 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. Globaal, I think everything was great.
 “We’re looking forward to the World MMA Championship in Macau on November 26-27. We expect the participation of athletes to represent 40 naar 50 countries around the world. 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. Dit is een enorme, new complex that is entirely covered in marble with construction costs reaching about $3 miljard. I have examined it and the scope of the building is stunning.“Nu, we can say that the championship will have a lot of representatives from Latin America, Asia and Enurope. The African region is under developed right now, so only a few countries are participating from there, but Australia and New Zealand are competing. We expect spectacular, competitieve gevechten. 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 Enuropean, 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
MONTE 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, Chili
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Kazachstan domineert World MMA Association 2016 Aziatische Kampioenschappen
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WMMAA terminates head of judges Radmir Gabdullin
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MONTE CARLO, Monaco(Juli 20, 2016)- De World MMA Association (WMMAA) has terminated its Head of Judges, Radmir Gabdullin, due to his imprudence, inexperience, and technical inability to evaluate Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in the professional sector.
Regarding recent statements that he recently made in the Russian press, Gabdullin expressed himself disrespectfully to other colleague judges, WMMAA Board member Alexander Engelhardt and the Association itself, as Worldwide WMMAA President Vadim Finkelchtein expressed, “One of the key factors of MMA is respect. This is a line we should and can never cross. Dat gezegd, it leaves me no other choice than to release Radmir Gabdullin from his function. We also severely advise that the Russian MMA Union do the same. (The Russian MMA Union is a full member of the World MMA Union.)
“We are working hard on standardizing in all countries of the world, all continents, in terms of Rules, Regulation and Referees committees, including anti-doping.We are a real worldwide organization and therefore we also have to reflect this in all of the WMMAA committees. Ook, Russia will be, natuurlijk, represented in these as part of the WMMAA. More information will follow soon.”
Finkelchtein, who as WMMAA president reserves any other actions towards the associate judge, noted that, tijdens de November 4-6WMMAA Congress in Macau, China, a board of judges will be discussed and created.
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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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
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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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:
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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