The U18 finals and medal ceremonies have now been completed at the 2024 GAMMA European Championships in Slovakia, with the senior competition from 17-19 May.

World bronze medallist Andreas Pantelides is returning to competition with a single goal in mind: to win gold at the 2024 GAMMA European Championship, which takes place this week in Slovakia.

Among the thirty-five athletes that the Czechia MMA Association sent to neighbouring Slovakia this week for GAMMA’s 2024 European Championships is returning medallist Veronika Zajicova. The Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) sat down with the 52.2kg prospect to talk about her career. 

Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) Director General Peter Stafford met with a delegation from the Chinese city of Chengdu last 4 May in Lausanne, to discuss future opportunities to host events in the region. Stafford met with Wang Yi, the new director for Chengdu Sports Bureau, and Wang Guangliang, the Deputy Director General for the Foreign Affairs Office of Chengdu Municipal People’s Government and Chengdu People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, according to a press release sent by GAMMA.

The Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts will change the set-up for its international amateur MMA competitions from a ring to a fenced 'MMA Arena' to continue its 'athlete first' approach, following a decision made by the GAMMA Executive Board at its first full meeting as a new board.

The Dutch Combat Sports Association (NVB) has given its support to the international governing body Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) in the organisation of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) as a demonstration discipline at the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana.

African national federation presidents and mixed martial arts representatives met at the recent 2023 African Games in Accra for a lunch meeting hosted by Global Mixed Martial Arts Association President Alexander Engelhardt and Director General Peter Stafford.

The 2024 GAMMA Pan American Championships will be held in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina from 5-7 July, with athlete accreditation, official weigh-in and medical clearance taking place on 3 July.

On 8 March, as GAMMA prepares for the 2023 African Games, GAMMA Indonesia (PERTACAMI) was officially recognised by the Indonesian Olympic Committee (NOC Indonesia) as the national governing body for amateur mixed martial arts.

The landmark African Games' Mixed Martial Arts tournament has already concluded in Ghana with the finals and medal ceremonies on the continent's Olympic platform.

Mixed Martial Arts competition entered its second day in Ghana on 11 March as the sport is making its debut at the African Games. Talented athletes from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Libya, Nigeria, Mauritius and Togo competed in the semi-finals at the Bukom Stadium in Accra.

Mixed Martial Arts competition commenced in Accra, Ghana on the evening of the 11 March as the sport made its debut in continental Olympic event, the 2023 African Games.

Eleven African teams have arrived and registered in Accra, Ghana to represent their countries competing in mixed martial arts (MMA) at the African Games. The sport will be included in the programme for the first time from Sunday 10 to Monday 12 March.

MMA competition will be taking place alongside Olympic sports in the African Games 2023 for the very first time in Accra, Ghana from 10-12 March.  

The 13th edition of the four-year, multi-sport event runs from 8-23 March, organised by the African Union (AU), the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), the Association of African Sports Confederations (AASC) and the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA).