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First Photo Exhibition and Film on Mixed Martial Arts Presented in Rome Following Great Success of Combat Event Magnum FC 1 / Kunlun Fight 58
There is a growing enthusiasm for Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Italy . A photo exhibition and a film ( ) on combat sports, the first of their kind, were presented today in Rome in the presence of Michele Verginelli, currently the best Italian fighter and the leading male role in the movie. Other renowned names of the Italian MMA movement, including Mauro Cerilli , Alessandro Bernardini , Simone D'Anna and Carlo Pedersoli (grandson of Italian actor Bud Spencer ), also attended the event.
It follows the great success on March 11 of , by far the most important combat sports event at international level ever held in Italy , where seventy athletes, representing twenty countries, faced each other in 35 matches of , (kickboxing with knee strikes) at the Atlantic Live in Rome in front of three thousand spectators.
The occasion was hosted by , the new Italy -based professional circuit for combat sports, and , a prestigious Chinese promotion company whose matches are broadcast to a TV audience of more than five hundred million viewers in Asia and beyond.
"The organisation of Magnum FC 1, the photo exhibition, the growing media interest and also the production of the film in which I starred," said , "are the tangible sign of how mixed martial arts are now definitely emerging from the shadows in Italy ."
"Mixed martial arts are finally enjoying a time of robust growth in Italy from a competing as well business perspective" said , Ceo at Magnum FC. "Our mission is to take the Italian combat sports movement to a professional level and launch a number of skilled fighters in major international competitions."
"Magnum FC 1 was an important evening" said , President of Kombat League and co-founder of Magnum FC. "I am pleased with the large number of visitors, who cheered the athletes with enthusiasm until the very end. We learnt a lot from it and are now committed to doing even better in the future. Special thanks go to the city of Rome , which turned out to be an ideal "stage" for international events of this level."
"We were very pleased with how the first event of the season played out," said , Founder and CEO of Kunlun Fight. "I can already announce that we will work alongside Magnum FC also in the second and third of the planned dates."
The second date of the calendar, has been set for July 22 in Rome at the prestigious Church Palace Hotel. These are some of the pairings already arranged:
(POL) vs (SRB)
(HR) vs (ARM)
(ITA) vs (ITA)
(ITA) vs TBD
The event will also feature a woman's match involving Micol DiSegni , renowned Italian fighter who was awarded the Gold Medal at the 2015 IMAFF world tournament in Las Vegas .
The third date of the Calendar ( ) remains set for November 11 , and will again take place in Rome . Alongside official events, other major combat appointments have been scheduled throughout the season, starting on April 8 in Verona and continuing on April 30 in Bari; May 6 in Trento; July 23 and August 20 in Cagliari.
As regards , special thanks go to the following sponsors: , , , , , , , , and .
The outcome of the (MMA Light Heavyweights category) played on the 11 of March was as follows:
(HR) vs (AW)
Bekavac wins by tko (gnp) in the second round.
(CAM) vs (POL)
Lazarz wins by submission (armlock) in the second round.
(SRB) vs (LTU)
Filipovic wins by submission (triangle choke) in the third round.
(ARM) vs (FRA)
Darpinyan wins by unanimous decision.
By the end of the season there will be a MMA Light Heavyweights champion, and an official ranking for the other disciplines and categories. Here are the other MMA match results:
vs. :
Scaravilli wins by unanimous decision.
vs. :
D'Anna wins for ko in the first round.
vs. :
Pais wins by submission (Rnc) in the first round.
vs. :
Bertoli wins by unanimous decision.
vs. :
Fagiolo wins by tko (wounds) in the first round.
vs. :
Cerilli wins by tko (hammer fists) in the first round.
vs. :
Pedersoli wins by submission (guillotine) in the second second round.
vs. :
Kalejaiye wins by tko (gnp) in the first round.
vs. :
Murati wins by submission (Heel Hook) in the first round.
vs. :
M'Pumbu wins by disqualification of Souza.
Magnum FC developed out of the thirty-year experience, respectively, of in combat sports (http://www.KombatLeague.net) and in international marketing (http://www.MarcoPoloExperience.it).
Italy boasts millions of martial arts fans, and hundreds of thousands of practitioners, of whom 25% are children and 20% women. Magnum FC was created following the stateside success of the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), the American professional circuit recently sold for $4 billion , and
China's Kunlun Fight.
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