Many of the stars they made later become UFC champions and one of the biggest legends in MMA sport. PRIDE was an original rival to UFC, and during its prime years, it was the best fighting organization of its time. RIZIN Fighting Federation was born out of PRIDE 🙂 (that was founded in 1997 and ended in 2007). Rizin FF in North America and Europe streams exclusively on FITE TV. Rizin Fighting Federation (Rizin FF) is a Japanese mixed martial arts organization created in 2015 by the former Pride Fighting Championships and Dream Stage Entertainment president Nobuyuki Sakakibara. Rizin Fighting Federation (Rizin FF) Image: Rizinīest fighters: Peter Aerts, Mirko Filipović, Fedor Emelianenko, Amir Aliakbari, Shane Carwin, Kazuyuki Fujita, Marie Gabert, RENA, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Osunaarashi, Shinya Aoki, Bob Sapp, Wanderlei Silva
With longest title reigns: Cristiane Justino in Featherweight (1351 days), and Barb Honchak in Flyweight (1266 days). The best known fighters in Invicta are Cristiane Justino, Tonya Evinger, Sarah Kaufman, Barb Honchak, Jennifer Maia, Michelle Waterson, Ayaka Hamasaki.
They also have strategic partnerships with Jewels (Japanese MMA organization), and Brazilian Combate to broadcast their events in South America. They have an agreement with UFC Fight Pass for streaming exclusively all Invicta FC events on their digital service, as well as its whole library of old fights available at Fight Pass. Invicta Fighting Championships is the world largest all-women’s mixed martial arts promotion, founded in 2012 by Shannon Knapp, and based in the United States. Invicta Fighting Championships Image: Invictaīest fighters: Cristiane Justino, Tonya Evinger, Sarah Kaufman, Barb Honchak, Jennifer Maia, Michelle Waterson, Ayaka Hamasaki Some of the best known fighters to fight in Pancrase are Ken Shamrock, Masakatsu Funaki, Bas Rutten, Frank Shamrock, Minoru Suzuki, Nathan Marquardt, Josh Barnett, Semmy Schilt, and many more. made an exclusive and long term deal with UFC Fight Pass to live stream all their fights there, and Pancrase’s old fights are available as a library for video-on-demand. In 2008, new management was established, and they changed the name of the organization to “ Pancrase Inc.“ Champions of Pancrase are called “King of Pancrase”.
Mixed martial arts fighting organizations professional#
Founders based its organization and its rules on their style on professional wrestling. The name originates from pankration, which was a fighting sport in Ancient Olympic Games. is a mixed martial arts organization from Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, and was founded in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki. Headquarters: Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japanīest fighters: Ken Shamrock, Masakatsu Funaki, Bas Rutten, Frank Shamrock, Minoru Suzuki, Nathan Marquardt, Josh Barnett, Semmy Schilt They have partnered with UFC and now they serve as an organization where UFC scouts for great Russian fighters to bring into their organization, and they are involved in the promotion and organization of UFC matches in Russia. Some of the biggest stars that fought in M-1 Global organization where Fedor Emelianenko, Aleksander Emelianenko, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Jeff Monson, Pedro Hizzo, Andrew Orlowski, Gegard Mousasi, Roman Zentsov, Kenny Garner, Martin Kampmann, Amar Suloev, Chalid Arrab, Zhambyl Tulepbergenov, Alexander Volkov, Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko, Andrew Bilyk, and many more. They started with small tournaments in 1997, and for more than 20 years now they are organizing events and becoming one of the top international MMA promotions. They organize between 15 -20 events every year. M-1 Global (Mixfight-1) or MMA-1 (Mixed martial arts-1) is an organization from Saint Petersburg, Russia. M-1 Global Image: M-1 Globalīest fighters: Paul Bradley, Phil De Fries, Carlos Eduardo, Alexander Emelianenko, Fedor Emelianenko, Ramazan Emeev They broadcast fights on their own Pay Par View platform all over the world.Ĭaged Steel features some of the best UK and Europes MMA fighters. Caged Steel Image: Caged Steelīest fighters: Jack Comby, Dan Tempest, Adam BramhaldĬaged Steel was founded in 2011 in Doncaster, United Kingdom. Top 10 best MMA organizations (promotions) are Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Bellator MMA, Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB), Fight Nights Global (FNG), ONE Championship, Rizin Fighting Federation (Rizin FF), Invicta FC, Pancrase, M-1 Global, and Caged Steel.īelow we will show you the top 10 Best MMA organizations (promotions), how long have they operated, how many events are held, best fighters, and few other important pieces of information about them.
In this article, we will rank the top 10 best MMA organizations currently in the world. There are many MMA organizations in the world, and through history, there were even more of them, but not all have been successful.
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