Today it became official that Norway’s Kenneth Bergh (3-0) is the lone Nordic fighter on the ‘The Ultimate Fighter 23’ cast. The Frontline MMA fighter is one of the 16 light heavyweights that will fight in the first episode of the reality show to get into the TUF house. 16 strawweight fighters were also announced.
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Local Redline Training Center fighter Yosef Ali Mohammad (6-2) landed a left hand seconds into the much anticipated matchup with Dane Nick Barnø (3-1) at the Trophy MMA VIII “Påsksmällen” main event. A few follow-up punches it was all over, and with that we have our leading candidate for 2016 Nordic KO of the Year
In December, MTG, mother company of Viasat, MTGTV and Viaplay announced a content partnership with the UFC for in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. Today, Viaplay continues with a new package with “exclusive content from UFC and boxing” with the intent to become ” the platform for fighting in the Nordics.” Read the full press release
While most fighters can’t wait to get signed to the UFC in order to leave their day job behind them, recently signed Anna Elmose (3-0) is not one of them. “I have no plans of quitting my job, because when I’m done fighting, I still want to be working there.” says Panda to MMAViking.com shortly
Timo-Juhani Hirvikangas will take another boxing match to improve his standup skills. The Finn will bring an impressive pro MMA record of 10 wins and 2 losses into his next MMA fight with NFC, a new Finnish promotion. MMAViking.com contributor Jarno Juutinen was in Helsinki to capture the weigh-ins. Check out pics here.
Sweden’s Herdem Alacabek (2-0) steps into the cage today at the local promotion Absolute Fighting Championships (AFC). The Allstars Training Center Fighter, who did this camp at ATT, will face an experienced American fighter Alonzo Roane (4-6) today. MMAViking.com will post the results of the Florida event below as it becomes available. It appears that
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