GENEVA — The Asian Mixed Martial Arts Association (Amma) has announced the founding of a global governing body for amateur MMA, as the sport seeks inclusion in future Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
\u201cMMA has hundreds of millions of fans around the world. But despite this global popularity, MMA remains a sport that lacks unified international governance,\u201d said Amma president Gordan Tang. \u201cI have seen firsthand what can be achieved when everyone works together behind a shared vision.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tang and other Amma leaders held an online meeting on Nov. 27, 2025, to confirm the founding of the Federation of International Mixed Martial Arts (Fimma).<\/p>\n
\u201cFimma is a response to the numerous calls we have received from athletes and from national [and regional] federations, calls for an International Federation that unites the sport under cohesive global governance,\u201d said Tang.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are ready to collaborate with any and all organizations that share our commitment to protecting and promoting the global interests of MMA and its athletes,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Tang also confirmed that the organization has talked with the International Olympic Committee and aims to try to achieve Olympic recognition.<\/p>\n
\u201cFimma is about putting athletes first and building a truly global sport. We\u2019re creating world-class competition platforms, focused on safety, and streamlined events that bring the best athletes together under one organization,\u201d Amma director general Galastein Tan remarked.<\/p>\n
Mixed martial arts was included in the 2025 Asian Youth Games, and will debut as a medal event at the 2026 Asian Games. \/ XINHUA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GENEVA — The Asian Mixed Martial Arts Association (Amma) has announced the founding of a global governing body…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-320421","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}