We Love MMA

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together Promotion GmbH
TypePrivate
IndustryMixed martial arts promotion
Founded2010
Headquarters
Germany
Key people
Marcus Wortmeier

We Love MMA is a mixed martial arts event series in the German-speaking area organized by together Promotion GmbH.[1] Since 2010, the organization has held 48 events.

Fighters, referee, and announcer before an MMA fight

History[]

We Love MMA was founded by Marcus Wortmeier (organizer) and Frank Burczinsky (matchmaker)[2][3] The event series started in co-operation with the now-defunct German Free Fight Association (FFA). For that reason Sherdog still lists FFA and We Love MMA together in their fight database, counting 63 events and more than 500 matches.[4] The first six We Love MMA events were all held between 2010 and 2013 in Berlin’s Universal Hall. 2014 saw the first events taking place outside Berlin, in Oberhausen,[5] Hamburg, and Stuttgart. After six meetings in Germany in 2015, the series expanded to Austria (Vienna) and Switzerland (Basel) in 2016. Regular venues include arenas in Ludwigshafen, Dresden,[6] Hanover and Munich.[7][8][9] In 2019, We Love MMA premiered at the Castello in Dusseldorf and in the Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken. There have been 48 events so far, with more planned for 2019 and already for 2020.[10]

Two fighters during a bout

Rules and weight divisions[]

We Love MMA events are regulated by the (GAMMA²). The rules are aligned with the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, which are also used by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Fights normally consist of two 5-minute rounds.

The series features both fights between male[11] and female fighters.[12]

The first men's title fight in the middleweight class was between Dustin Stoltzfus and ,[13] with Dustin Stoltzfus emerging victorious to become the first We Love MMA champion.[14] The current welterweight champion is Adrian Zeitner,[15] while Kam Gairbekov is holding the lightweight title[16]

Dustin Stoltzfus wins the middleweight title in Ludwigshafen (April 2017)

Live stream and archive[]

Since 2017 We Love MMA has provided a live stream with German and English commentators, which is hosted worldwide on various platforms (including German tabloid newspaper Bild's website[17]) and TV channels as well as the We Love MMA website. The archive now contains over 450 videos.

References[]

  1. ^ "Impressum". Welovemma.de. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. ^ Pickert, Bernd (28 May 2014). "Mixed Martial Arts in Berlin: Die NBA der gemischten Kampfkünste". Taz.de. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Blutiger Kampfsport: "Mixed Martial Arts ist keine Schlägerei"". Berliner Zeitung. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  4. ^ Sherdog.com. "We Love MMA (Free Fight Association Germany) Fights, Fight Cards, Videos, Pictures, Events and more". Sherdog.
  5. ^ Pickert, Bernd (30 January 2014). "Mixed Martial Arts in Deutschland: Ein Sport kämpft um Anerkennung". Taz.de. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Kampfsport - Live auf ranFIGHTING.de: We Love MMA erobert Dresden". Ran.de. 27 October 2017.
  7. ^ Overath, Andreas (21 March 2019). "Blutige Liebe". Sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  8. ^ Kraus, Jonas (23 February 2018). "In Käfigen vom Olymp". Sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  9. ^ München, Moritz von Laer (22 February 2019). "Gewürge im Käfig". Retrieved 21 March 2019 – via Sueddeutsche.de.
  10. ^ "Vorverkaufsstart für neue We Love MMA Saison 2018/19 - Boxen - Alle News, Tickets, Termine und Ergebnisse aus dem Boxsport". Boxen.de.
  11. ^ ""We Love MMA 44" live bei BILD: WIR sind die BILD-Käfig-Fighter!". bild.de. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Mixed Martial Arts – diese Frauen kämpfen in Hannover". NP - Neue Presse. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Boxen - We love MMA präsentiert erstmals einen Titelkampf". Ran.de. 27 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Kampfsport - We Love MMA: Dustin Stoltzfus schreibt Geschichte". Ran.de. 23 April 2017.
  15. ^ KG, VRM GmbH & Co. "MMA: Mainzer Adrian Zeitner holt Titel im Weltergewicht, muss auf Trophäe aber noch warten". www.allgemeine-zeitung.de.
  16. ^ "We Love MMA 41: Kam Gairbekov krönt sich zum Champion".
  17. ^ "Warum sehe ich Bild.de nicht". Bild.de.

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