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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, Rusia.
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 (Walanda), 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, South Korea
Pitu. 14-16European MMA Championship in Tbilisi, Georgia
Oct. 7-9Inaugural Pan-American Championships in Santiago, Chile
Jan. 18-20World MMM Championship in Macau, China
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Demetrius Andrade Files mréntahaké karo WBO

Providence (Agustus 13, 2015) – Suwé middleweight junior Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0, 14 KOs) wis kasebut ngajokaké bandhing gegayutan kaputusan anyar saka Boxing Organisasi Donya (PhuKet) kanggo Strip marang WBO World juara middleweight junior kang. Ing huruf kanggo presiden WBO Francisco Valcarcel, Andrade nyariosaken WBO gagal kanggo kurban marang mungsuh prentah sak pitu sasi kanggo wong kanggo defend judhul marang.
Mréntahaké Andrade uga nyebutake yen ing WBO dikirim layang marang ing Januari 23, 2015, kang nyatakake WBO bakal meksa bid dompet antarane WBO Ora. 1 Challenger Jermell Charlo lan Andrade, yen persetujuan perang iki ora mantun ing (30) dina. Nanging, ing WBO durung meksa bid dompet, saéngga Charlo kanggo mlebu persetujuan kanggo perang Vanes Martirosyan, saklawasé 30 dina sawise Andrade wis mlebu kontrak kanggo perang Charlo.
A salinan saka kontrak perang kasebat, kang Andrade mlebu ing Januari 14, 2015 perang Charlo kanggo $300,000, iki uga klebu minangka bukti kanggo ndhukung pratelan Andrade kang. Andrade nyatakake kontrak mbuktikake yen iku, ing kasunyatan, Tim Charlo kang, ora Andrade, sing ditarik metu saka bab ing.
Andrade dijaluk WBO kanggo ngidini wong kanggo perang sapa dening nyatakake, “Kita respectfully njaluk sing WBO ngidini Demetrius Andrade kanggo defend WBO Jr. Title Middleweight marang ANY siji saka ndhuwur 15 mungsuh. Mung WBO nduweni kemampuan kanggo meksa siji saka challengers sing disetujoni kanggo perang wong. Kita respectfully takon World Championship Komite WBO kanggo nggunakake daya sing kanggo meksa ndhuwur 15 fighter kanggo perang wong ing penak wiwitan Panjenengan bisa. Kita bakal luwih saka kekarepan kanggo ngidini perang kedaden ing aturan saka bid dompet, yen prelu. Mangga nggunakake daya lan panguwasa kanggo langkah lan meksa perang prentah kanggo ngidini Demetrius Andrade kanggo defend gelar ing ring tinju, ngendi iku kudu mutusaké lan sampeyan duwe tembung kita sing kita bakal ngurmati WBO dening sarujuk kanggo perang sapa diijinake dening WBO sadurunge September 30, 2015.”
Tim Andrade luwih ditulis pejah sawijining kanggo defend judhul WBO dening sarujuk kanggo pindhah jaban rangkah lan perang WBO disetujoni mungsuh kanggo kurang saka $150,000 sing, sayangé, padha isih kasil ing nggayuh bab a.
Salajengipun, Andrade ndhukung sing WBO bubar informed marang tujuan menehi kanggo mbusak wong saka ndhuwur sawijining 15 rangkeng kabeh, durung, ing WBO terus kanggo rating Saul “Metalicos Davila” Alvarez minangka WBO World Jr. Middleweight Ora. 1 contender, sanajan Alvarez wis ora perang minangka Jr. Middleweight wiwit Sept. 14, 2013, sangang sasi sadurungé saka nimbali judhul Andrade kang. Tim Andrade dijaluk sing Komite Championship WBO World ngidini Andrade kesempatan sing padha kanggo defend peringkat kang.
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