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Kickboxing Organizations
This is a list of notable past and present kickboxing organizations. List of promotions Active * Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA) * Colosseum Tournament * World Kickboxing Organisation (WKO) * Dynamite Fighting Show (DFS) * Enfusion * Final Fight Championship (FFC) * World Kickboxing Network (WKN) * Glory (kickboxing), Glory * Glory of Heroes * Golden Fighter Championship (GFC) * K-1 * King in the Ring * Karate Combatfight * King of Kings (kickboxing), King of Kings (KOK) * KO Masters * Krush (kickboxing), Krush * Kunlun Fight * Lion Fight * ONE Championship * OSS Fighters * Professional Karate Association, Professional Kickboxing Association * Colosseum Tournament, Prometheus Fighting Promotion * RISE (kickboxing), RISE * Rizin Fighting Federation * TatNeft Arena, TatNeft Cup * Wu Lin Feng Defunct * Bellator Kickboxing * Global Fighting Championship * World Lethwei Championship * It's Showtime (kickboxing), It's Showtime * REBELS (kickboxi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absolute Championship Akhmat
Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA), formerly known as Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB), is a Chechen mixed martial arts, kickboxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu organization and one of the leading promotions in Europe. To date, most events have been hosted in Grozny, Chechnya. ACA has also held events in other Russian cities, as well as in Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, England, France, Georgia (country), Georgia, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United States. History Absolute Championship Berkut ACB was founded by Mairbek Khasiev, a citizen of Chechnya. In 2009, he founded the Berkut Fight Club in Grozny which helped young fighters get the opportunity to compete at the highest level. Several fighters who were successful in ACB have gone on to sign with more well known promotions such as the UFC. ACB had its own fight team, the Fight Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OSS Fighters
The OSS Fighters is a Romanian kickboxing gym and promotion. The company was founded in 2018, being one of the largest kickboxing promotions in Romania, alongside the Dynamite Fighting Show and the Colosseum Tournament. It also promotes mixed martial arts. The OSS Fighters are in partnerships with the Superkombat Fighting Championship (SUPERKOMBAT), the World Kickboxing Federation (WKF) and the World Kickboxing and Karate Union (WKU). In 2020, OSS Fighters started airing live events on Sport Extra with the debut event on Sport Extra being OSS Fighters 05, ending the partnership with FightBox. In Romania, it can be seen on Digi Sport. One Star Security has been a major sponsor of OSS Fighters since its inception. Events Each OSS Fighters event contains several fights. Traditionally, every event starts off with an opening fight followed by other fights, with the last fight being known as the main event. Notable fighters * Andrei Stoica * Bogdan Stoica * Amansio Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Current Kickboxing World Champions
This is a list of current world kickboxing champions. Men Unlimited 102 kg / 225 lb 95 kg / 209.4 lb 93 kg / 205 lb 90 kg / 198 lb 85 kg / 187.4 lb 79.4 kg / 175 lb 77 kg / 169.8 lb 75 kg / 165 lb 72.5 kg / 159.8 lb 70 kg / 154.3 lb 67.5 kg / 149 lb 65 kg / 143.3 lb 62.5 kg, 138 lb 61.2 kg / 135 lb 60 kg / 132 lb 56.7 kg / 125 lb 55 kg / 121 lb 53 kg / 117 lb 50.8 kg / 112 lb 49 kg / 108 lb 47.6 kg / 105 lb Women Unlimited 65 kg / 143.3 lb 61 kg / 135 lb 59 kg / 130 lb 56.7 kg, 125 lb 55 kg / 121.3 lb 53.5 kg / 118 lb 52 kg / 115 lb 50.8 kg / 112 lb 49 kg / 108 lb 48 kg / 105.8 lb 45 kg / 99 lb See also * List of kickboxing organizations * List of current world boxing champions * List of current female boxing champions * List of current mixed martial arts champions Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a form of competitive combat sport, akin to boxing, muay thai, or kick boxing. MMA titles, or championship belts, are g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Version W5
World version W5 (''W5 professional kickboxing'') is a sports promotion of Russian origin with headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia, and Moscow, Russia. They also have representatives in Prague (Czech Republic), Almere (Netherlands), Serbia and Croatia. W5 holds professional kickboxing events across Russia and Europe with future events planned for North and South America. W5 was established in 2007, when Sergey Chepinoga organized the first event in Budva, Montenegro at a football stadium. The event was a success and thus began W5 in the world of kickboxing. To date W5 has promoted more than 40 kickboxing events in locations like Prague (the Czech Republic), Vienna (Austria), Bratislava, Prievidza, Zvolen (Slovakia), Zagreb and Dubrovnik (Croatia), Ingolstadt (Germany), Budva (Montenegro), Minsk (Belarus), Moscow, Ryazan, Oryol, Kalyazin and other Russian cities. Events W5 History W5 background and the first tournament July 5, 2007, at the rented football stadium locat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strikeforce (mixed Martial Arts)
Strikeforce was an American mixed martial arts and kickboxing organization based in San Jose, California that operated from 1985 to 2013. It was headed by CEO Scott Coker. Its live events and competitions have been shown on CBS, debuting on November 7, 2009, and Showtime (TV network), Showtime in the United States. Internationally, Strikeforce events have been broadcast Super Channel (Canada), Super Channel in Canada, Primetime in the United Kingdom, SKY PerfecTV! in Japan, HBO Plus in Brazil, Space (Latin American TV channel), Space in Latin America and the Caribbean, and on the American Forces Network. In early 2011, Strikeforce was purchased by American Ultimate Fighting Championship owner Zuffa, Zuffa LLC, which eventually closed the promotion and brought the remaining fighter contracts into the UFC roster. History Founded as a kickboxing organization, Strikeforce later expanded into mixed martial arts. Its first MMA event, ''Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie'', was held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
REBELS (kickboxing)
is a defunct martial arts entertainment planning and promotion brand, which was established in 2010 and merged into Knock Out in 2021. History Rebels was established by the former two-weight Martial Arts Japan kickboxing champion Genki Yamaguchi on December 1, 2009, with the aim of popularizing the sport of muay thai in Japan. The inaugural event was held jointly by M-1 Challenge and Cross-Point on January 29, 2010, and was headline by a lightweight bout between Arashi Fujihara and TOMONORI. Starting with the third event, Rebels-EX, Cross Point broke their partnership with M-1 and remained as the sole promoter and organizer of the events. On June 11, 2011, Rebels announced a partnership with the Dutch-based It's Showtime, which allowed cross-promotion and mutual exchange of fighters under contract. The first joint event was held on July 18, 2011, under the name “Stand up JAPAN!” REBELS × IT'S SHOWTIME 〜 REBELS.8 〜 and was headlined by a -61 kg title eliminator between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Showtime (kickboxing)
It's Showtime was a kickboxing and mixed martial arts promotion based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was founded by Simon Rutz in 1998 and held its first show in 1999 and its last near the end of 2012. History It's Showtime events were cross-promoted with K-1 and other European promotions from Italy, Belgium and England. In December 2007, the first season of ''It’s Showtime Reality Show'' was broadcast on Eurosport, featuring 19 fighters from all over the world. K-1 partnership continued until K-1's deepening financial problems and Simon Rutz claimed in January 2011 that some fighters from It's Showtime had not been paid for fights in K-1. In March 2012, It's Showtime announced that EMCOM Entertainment established the new company K-1 Global Holdings Ltd. in Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Lethwei Championship
World Lethwei Championship (also known as WLC) was a Lethwei promotion based in Yangon, Myanmar. The promotion brought the millennia-old Burmese martial of Lethwei to UFC Fight Pass and showcased it to the world. The WLC events combined the historic traditions of Lethwei with modern entertainment. History Formation The success of ONE Championship's mixed martial arts events in Myanmar caught the eye of Zaykabar Company Vice-Chairman Zay Thiha, who decided to bring world-class Lethwei events the world. The businessman started Lekkha Moun Co in 2015 and the World Lethwei Championship was officially founded in August 2017 by Zay Thiha and investors, as a subsidiary of Lekkha Moun Co. Inaugural event In 2017, WLC signed Myanmar's top Lethwei fighters Tun Tun Min & Too Too. The first WLC event, titled WLC 1: The Great Beginning, was held on 3 March 2017 at Mingalardon Event Zone in Mingaladon Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Signing Dave Leduc In March 2019, the promotion an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global Fighting Championship
Global Fighting Championship was a Dubai-based kickboxing and mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion. Fighters from around world on the roster included Badr Hari, Peter Aerts, Gökhan Saki and Zabit Samedov. It was considered as the biggest kickboxing and MMA promotion in Middle East. Overview Each event had a 4 Man Tournament in the heavy weight division with a winning amount of AED 1 Million. Along with the 4 Man Tournament, 7 superfights were conducted with kickboxers and MMA fighters from around the world. A total of 8 fight series had to be conducted, with each winner progressing towards the grand prix of $1 Million. The first series, took place at Dubai World Trade Centre on 29 May 2014 and featured Peter Aerts, Badr Hari and Stefan Leko. GFC Series GFC Fight Series 1 took place on 29 May 2014 at Dubai World Trade Centre, with Dutch Moroccan Badr Hari emerging as winner of the AED 1 Million defeating Australian Peter Graham in the final and advancing to the GFC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellator Kickboxing
Bellator Kickboxing was an American kickboxing promotion company based in Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ..., active between 2016 and 2019. Bellator was founded in 2016 by president Scott Coker. It was the sister promotion of Bellator MMA. On April 16, 2016, Bellator held its inaugural kickboxing event, Bellator MMA in 2016#Bellator 152, Bellator Kickboxing 1. On February 19, 2022, Coker confirmed that the promotion shut down in 2020 to focus on MMA. Events Broadcast partners Bellator Kickboxing airs on Paramount Network (formerly Spike TV). Bellator Kickboxing debuted on Spike on April 16, 2016. Last champions Championship history Welterweight Championship '' to '' Featherweight Championship '' to '' Women's Flyweight Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Lin Feng
Wu Lin Feng (), also known as WLF, is a martial arts competition televised by Henan Television. It is the longest running martial arts program in China. Since 2007 the competition has become more international in nature, bringing in more challengers from other countries and filming bouts abroad, including in Germany, New Zealand and in the United States. Participants have included K-1 fighters, mixed martial arts professionals, Muay Thai fighters and wushu Wushu may refer to: Martial arts * Chinese martial arts, the various martial arts of China * Wushu (sport) Wushu () (), or kung fu, is a competitive Chinese martial art. It integrates concepts and forms from various traditional and modern ... and sanda practitioners. In 2013, it was ranked among the top 100 most viewed satellite and cable television programs in China. It has a partnership with Golden Fighter Championship (GFC) of Romania since 2017. History 2017 In 2017 held the first “2017 WLF China-Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TatNeft Arena
Tatneft Arena (Russian language, ru: Татнефть Арена) is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Kazan, Russia. The venue got its name due to a sponsorship with Tatneft, a russian oil company, oil producing company. Opened in 2005, the capacity of the arena is 8,890 for a hockey game and around 10,000 for concerts. The arena is home to Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League. See also * List of indoor arenas in Russia References External links * Ice hockey venues in Russia Indoor arenas in Russia Music venues in Russia Sports venues in Kazan Ak Bars Kazan Kontinental Hockey League venues {{Russia-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
