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Heavyweight Irman Smajic captured his second consecutive IMMAF world championships this year. The Swede had a perfect 2017, winning all 7 of his fights, earning him the 2017 Nordic Male Amateur Fighter of the Year. Smajic captured gold at all three major IMMAF tournaments, winning the European Open in April, Asian Open in June, then […] The post 2017 Male Amateur Fighter of the Year : Irman Smajic appeared first on Nordic MMA Everyday at MMA Viking. M-1 Global returned to Finland on August 5th after a nine year absence. The second show for the Russian promotion M-1 Challenge 82 went down at the Hartwall Arena, the first MMA event ever at the huge arena. “We have many fighters from Finland and next year we are going to hold another event there.” […] The post M-1 Global Returning to Finland in 2018 appeared first on Nordic MMA Everyday at MMA Viking. 2017 was a busy year for Finnish combat sport athletes and fans alike as such organizations as M-1 Global, ADCC, Cage MMA, Fight Night Finland, Nordic Fighting Championships and Total Fight Night organized events in Finland. I went to over 20 events and took thousands and thousands of pictures. As the year is now coming […] The post 10 Pictures to Capture 2017 Finnish Combat Sports appeared first on Nordic MMA Everyday at MMA Viking. Superior Challenge put on one of the best Nordic cards in recent memory, stacking local UFC veterans such as David Bielkheden and Papy “Makambo” Abedi in the main and co-main events, a high-level viking matchup of Juho Valamaa and Zebaztian Kadestam, pro debuts of Marthin Hamlet Nielsen and Rostem Akman, and a retirement fight from Thomas ‘Moon Lee’ Hytten earning the […] The post 2017 Event of the Year : Superior Challenge 15 appeared first on Nordic MMA Everyday at MMA Viking. Sunna Davidsdottir (3-0) won an impressive two bouts in the leading all-female MMA promotion Invicta in 2017. All eyes were on the undefeatd Icelandic fighter as she quickly became a media darling and must watch fighter in Iceland, securing her the 2017 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year. Davidsdottir is the first professional woman fighter out of […] The post 2017 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year : Sunna Davidsdottir appeared first on Nordic MMA Everyday at MMA Viking. Allstars Training Center was back in full force in 2017, dominating competition at the highest levels. For the first time since 2013, the Stockholm-based gym wins the award for Nordic Gym of the Year. Lead by Alexander Gustafsson, who took center stage in his home country, the Mauler finished Brazilian Glover Teixeira (26-6) in an […] The post 2017 Gym of the Year : Allstars Training Center appeared first on Nordic MMA Everyday at MMA Viking. |
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