Mixed Martial Arts – Championships
There are hundreds of MMA promotions around the world that organize MMA events. Other than UFC, some other major MMA promotions are −
- Bellator MMA
- ONE Championship
- World Series of Fighting
- Invicta FC (All female MMA)
International MMA Federation
The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) was founded on February 29, 2012, to bring international development, support and structure for MMA across the world.
The IMMAF was launched with the support of the UFC. IMMAF is a non-profit and democratic federation to ensure that MMA gets the same recognition as all the other popular sports.
At present, there are 39 members in IMMAF from 38 countries −
| Austria | Greece | Pakistan |
| Belgium | Iceland | Paraguay |
| Brazil | India | Poland |
| Bulgaria | Ireland | Portugal |
| Cameroon | Italy | Romania |
| Canada | Jordan | Seychelles |
| Czech Republic | Lebanon | South Africa |
| Denmark | Lithuania | Sweden |
| El Salvador | Malaysia | Switzerland |
| Estonia | Nepal | Tajikistan |
| Finland | Netherlands | Ukraine |
| France | New Zealand | United Kingdom |
| Germany | Norway | USA |
The federation held its first Amateur World Championships from June 30th to July 6th, 2014, in Las Vegas, USA.
World Mixed Martial Arts Association
The World Mixed Martial Arts Association (WMMAA) was established in 2012 in Monaco. The WMMAA has 43 members under it −
| Afghanistan | Greece | Senegal |
| Albania | India | Serbia |
| Armenia | Iran | Slovakia |
| Austria | Italy | South Korea |
| Azerbaijan | Kazakhstan | Spain |
| Belarus | Latvia | Switzerland |
| Belgium | Lithuania | Tajikistan |
| Bulgaria | Macedonia | Trinidad & Tobago |
| Canada | Moldova | Turkey |
| Croatia | Mongolia | Ukraine |
| Colombia | Netherlands | Uzbekistan |
| Czech Republic | Poland | Venezuela |
| France | Portugal | Monaco |
| Guatemala | Romania | |
| Georgia | Russia |
The first world MMA Championship was held on October 20th 2013 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
WMMAA Pan-American Division
The World MMA Council merged with the WMMAA on July 4th of 2014. The first even Pan-American Division for the World MMA Association was established under the leadership of business magnate Tomas Yu, during the 2014 WMMAA Congress which was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.