Swede Håkon Foss (6-3), fighting out of Frontline Academy in Norway, was planning on heading to Germany for Imperium FC 5 on August 28th to take on local Konrad Dyrschka (4-1). “He has withdrawn from the fight due to injury.” says Death to MMAViking.com today. “No they say it was very difficult to get opponent”
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Redline Training Center’s Lina Lansberg (6-1) is the first Swedish woman to be signed to the UFC, and she will go straight to a headlining bout as she faces Cristiane Justino (16-1), better known as “Cyborg”. “For over 15 years I’ve been working for moments like this coming home with gold medals in world championships!” says Lansberg
Swede Andreas Ståhl (10-2) didn’t have to wait too long after signing with European Fighting Challenge (EuroFC). The startup promotion has announced that “Swedish Steel” will take on Bulgarian Georgi Valentinov (14-3) on October 1st at the Metro Areena in Espoo, Finland. Andreas Stahl (@RealSteelUFC) to face Georgi Valentinov at #EuroFCEspoo on October 1st.https://t.co/11C52VC1fF pic.twitter.com/10PNhMCZNa —
Battle of Botnia is making a return the year, announcing a December 10 event. In November of last year, the promotion came back into action at Exel Arena in Umeå after not having an event since 2011. Locals Andreas Ståhl and Viktor Gustavsson have also been announced for the card. Norran.se first came out with the news.
Sweden-based Brazilian Rafael Macedo (8-3-1) beat Finish vet Jerry Kvarnstrom (11-9) at the Fight Promotion Showdown Goes Ruissalo event last Saturday in Turku, Finland. MMAViking.com contributor Jarno Juutinen was cageside to take pictures of the three round decision that took place outdoors into the night. Check out the photos here!
Swede Karl Albrektsson (5-0) has joined some of the biggest names in MMA history as he is among participants in the Rizin open-weight grand prix, including legends Mirko Filipovic and Wanderlei Silva. “They will all stand before the King someday” says the Pancrase fighter to MMAViking.com. Albrektsson is not new to the startup promotion Rizen,
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