Adrenaline MMA was a

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organization that operated primarily in North America. It was formerly part of

M-1 Global M-1 Global (Mixfight-1) or MMA-1 (Mixed martial arts-1) is a mixed martial arts promotion based in St. Petersburg, Russia which organizes between 10 and 20 competitions per year. It hosted its first major show (rather than co-promoting with oth ...

but became independent in October 2007 with Monte Cox as its head.

History

Foundation

In October 2007, Sibling Entertainment Group, a producer of theater and other entertainment, announced that its newly created subsidiary, Sibling Sports LLC, was purchasing M-1 Mixfight, a Russian-based mixed martial arts promotion owned by Vadim Finkelstein. The new venture was named M-1 Global. Along with the purchase,

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, the last PRIDE Heavyweight Champion and a free agent managed by Finkelstein, was to sign with the new organization. Monte Cox, an established promoter and manager who has managed fighters like UFC champions

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, Matt Hughes and

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and promoted around 500 cards, was appointed its first president.Brawl Sports: Adrenaline's Cox: 'Would trade Fedor for Rothwell and Sylvia every day'
/ref> Finkelstein, however, continued his M-1 operations in Russia, running the M-1 Mixfight website independently of Sibling and Cox and promoting his own events under the M-1 banner. Although the organization had yet to hold its first card, its first co-promotion effort was '' Yarennoka!'' held in

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on New Year's Eve, 2007. ''Yarennoka!'' was held by former executives of

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, with M-1 Global billed as a co-promoter. Fedor Emelianenko appeared on the card, defeating Hong-Man Choi via

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in the first round. On April 19, 2008, Monte Cox confirmed that Finkelstein had split from M-1 Global. Cox also revealed that Emelianenko never actually did consummate an agreement with M-1 Global, and that Emelianenko would become a free agent again. Finkelstein would resume his operations with M-1 Mixfight, while the Sibling subsidiary headed by Cox would be known as ''Adrenaline'', not to be confused with "ADRYNYLYN" which is an up-and-coming MMA promotional platform based out of Chicago Illinois. The official first event took place on June 14, 2008, and was headlined by Mike Russow and Jason Guida.Fight Results - Jason Guida vs Mike Russow - June 14, 2008 , Adrenaline MMA
/ref> Adrenaline's website is gone and has not been replaced.

Events

References

External links

Adrenaline MMA Official SiteM-1 Global Official SiteSibling Sports Official Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adrenaline Mma Organizations established in 2009 Defunct mixed martial arts promotions