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Teemu Packalen’s Fight at UFC London is Official

Teemu Packalen (8-1) will return to the Octagon at the UK’s The O2 on Saturday, March 18. The rumoured bout with opponent Marc Diakiese (11-0) became official with yesterday’s announcements that tickets will go on sale on January 27. Packalen did what two previous Finns couldn’t do in in his last fight, and that was […]
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Minna Grusander Faces Another Undefeated Fighter in Japan

Finland’s Minna Grusander (2-0) has booked a about at Pancrase 284 against Japan’s Syuri Kondo (3-0-0). The promotion made the matchup public today. “Brutsku” won in dominant fashion over Anna Kuzmenko (1-1) at Battle of Botnia 2016 last month. The IMMAF Champion got a third round finish in Umeå, Sweden to extend her undefeated pro career […]
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Underdog Robertsen on Facing Mills ‘I must give it my best!’

The relatively unknown Thomas Robertsen (5-0) out of Sarpsborg Chi Kickboxing & MMA will be looking for a breakout win as he now steps up in competition and platform. The Norwegian known as “The Saint” will face UFC veteran Che Mills (16-9-0-3). “I feel that this is my time to move on to the next […]
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2016 Fighter of the Year : Emil Weber Meek

Emil Weber Meek (9-2-1-1) was matched up with Rousimar Palhares at Venator FC 3 after the dangerous and feared fighter was suspended by the Nevada Athletic Commission for holding onto a submission for too long (again) against Jake Shields at WSOF 22. While Meek’s popularity and ambition to get big fights secured him the unlikely […]
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2016 Female Fighter of the Year : Sunna Rannveig Davidsdottir

Sunna Rannveig Davidsdottir won her pro debut at Invicta FC 19. Just by stepping in the cage, “Tsunami” became the first pro female MMA fighter from Iceland and with the victory became the only Nordic winner in the UFC or Invicta in 2016 earning Davidsdottir mmaViking.com’s 2016 Nordic Female Fighter of the Year. The Mjolnir fighter […]
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2016 Male Amateur of the Year : Abdul Hussein

Finland’s Abdul Hussein was dominant in the amateur ranks in 2016 leading to a IMMAF World Championship in Las Vegas. The bantamweight is mmaViking.com’s 2016 Nordic Male Amateur Fighter of the Year. The Espoo fighter won four bouts over five days to beat American David Evans in the finals of the July IMMAF capping off […]
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