The Nigeria Mixed Martial Arts Federation is set to stage a national amateur MMA championship tagged \u2018Road to AFC\u2019 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos.\n<\/p>\n
The seminar cum championship, scheduled to run for 15 days from September 7, is being organised in partnership with the African Fighting Championship.\n<\/p>\n
Technical Director of the Nigeria Mixed Martial Arts Federation, Victor Akhimien, said the federation is putting programmes in place to ensure the rules of the sport are adhered to and followed strictly.\n<\/p>\n
He said this would help accelerate the growth of mixed martial arts in Nigeria in conformity with world standards.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Federation has been working closely with a lot of organisations, and EFCC has proven to be one we can regard as a role model for what partnership should be with a Federation,\u201d Akhimien said.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it is an open where athletes come from different backgrounds, different sports, different locations, in the country, they attend our seminars to sharpen their tools to get used to the programmes, techniques used by Amateur MMA.\u201d <\/p>\n
The championship will serve as an open platform where athletes from different backgrounds and regions in Nigeria can come together to compete, sharpen their skills, and gain exposure to international standards set by the International Martial Arts Federation.<\/p>\n
The collaboration with AFC is described as a significant step forward for the sport in Nigeria, as the organisation has proven itself a model in the development of mixed martial arts across the continent.\n<\/p>\n
Beyond the fights, the programme will feature seminars aimed at upgrading the knowledge of coaches, referees, and other officials involved in the sport.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe event will also play a role in defining talent who will also rank to become national champions. It will also be an avenue for AFC to identify and create a part for Amateur athletes who want to become professionals,\u201d Akhimien said.\n<\/p>\n
The event will be coordinated by top instructors in the sport in Nigeria and is not just about competition, but about education, capacity building, and long-term talent development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nigeria Mixed Martial Arts Federation is set to stage a national amateur MMA championship tagged \u2018Road to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-122596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}