GENERAL LU17 06 de julio de 2016

Team Maldonado files WMMAA appeal to reassess result of June 17th Emelianenko vs. Maldonado fight in Russia

MONTE CARLO, Monaco (July 4, 2016) - The World Mixed Martial Arts Association (WMMAA) has received an appeal from Stefano Sartori, manager of Brazilian fighterFabio Maldonado, to reassess the result of his June 17th fight with Fedor Emelianenko, which headlined Fight Nights Global 50 in Saint Petersburgh, Russia.

 

Emelianenko was awarded a win by majority decision, which Team Malondado has appealed, claiming a conflict of interest because all of the judges are employed by the Russian MMA Union, of which Emelianenko serves as president.  

 

Team Maldonado believes Maldonando should have won the decision, or the fight declared a draw at the very least, in their opinion, as the Brazilian clearly won the first round, 10-8, Emelianenko came back to take the second round, 10-9, and the third round was a toss-up.

 

Because Russian MMA Union vice president Radmir Gabdullin was the head judge for the aforementioned bout, Team Maldonando feels that a fair judgement regarding its appeal can be rendered only by independent, international judges reviewing the fight. 

 

Team Maldonando has appealed the decision on grounds that there was an obvious conflict of interest in terms of the Russian MMA Union judges and their close association with Fedor, as well as the quality of decisions they rendered.  Rather than appeal the decision to the Russian MMA Union, which they claimed would place Russian judges under intense pressure, Team Maldonando made the appeal directly to the WMMAA because the Russian MMA Union is a sanctioned member of the worldwide sanctioning body WMMAA. 

 

WMMAA president Vadim Finkelchtein has announced the following sequence of actions:

 


  • WMMAA Secretary General Alexander Engelhardt has been appointed to handle the appeal procedure



  • A group of objective international judges, under the guidance of experienced referee/judge Marco Broersen (Netherlands), to be appointed to assess the Emelianenko-Maldonado fight based on the tape and render an unbiased verdict regarding the fight and work of the judges



  • Temporarily suspend WMMAA head judge Radmir Gabdullin from his position



  • Discuss judges' work at the next WMMAA Congress, taking into account the pending verdict of the independent commission


 

Schedule of Major 2016 MMA Events

http://wmmaa.org/events/

 

Aug.3-8 - Asian MMA Championship in Hwasun, South Korea

http://wmmaa.org/events/2016_asia_hwasoon/

 

Sept. 14-16 - European MMA Championship in Tbilisi, Georgia

http://wmmaa.org/events/31/

 

Oct. 7-9 - Inaugural Pan-American Championships in Santiago, Chile

http://wmmaa.org/news/design-chosen-for-the-2016-pan-american-championship-950/

 

Nov. 18-20 - World MMM Championship in Macau, China

http://wmmaa.org/events/38/

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