14 Medals : Nordics Countries Dominate at IMMAF World Championships

With 140 amateur fighters competing in Las Vegas over the last week, it was the first ever International MMA Federation (IMMAF) world championship where  Sweden captured 5 medals, Norway 4, Finland 3, and Denmark 2.

Mens Result:
Flyweight
Gold: Carlos Hernandez (USA)
Silver: Kristian Lindström Skogmo (Norway)
Bronze: Saku Ronkainen (Finland) & Borisov Petko (Italy)

Bantamweight
Gold: Jose Torres (USA)
Silver: Bohdan Holovatyi (Ukraine)
Bronze: Carl Burton (UK) & Liridon Ramani (Belgium)

Featherweight
Gold: Jari Illikainen (Finland)
Silver: Joel Moya (Sweden)
Bronze: Jordan Chester (UK) & Salvatore Liga (Belgium)

Lightweight
Gold: Jose Mariscal (USA)
Silver: Jimmie Jensen (Sweden)
Bronze: Charlie Day (UK) & Guillaume Bletio (France)

Welterweight
Gold: Aleksi Nurminen (Finland)
Silver: Josh Stacey McManus (UK)
Bronze: Joachim Tollefsen (Norway) & Zach Fears (USA)

Middleweight
Gold: Mikkel Kasper (Denmark)
Silver: Gard Olve Sagen (Norway)
Bronze: Raymond Gray (USA) & Daniel Cassell (UK)

Light Heavyweight
Gold: Alessio Di Chirico (Italy)
Silver: Eivind D. S. Kjønsvik (Norway)
Bronze: Aaron Wallace (Irland) & Karol Linowski (Poland)

Heavyweight
Gold: Hans Lackner (Austria)
Silver: Marcin Kalata (Poland)
Bronze: Riini Apo (Nya Zealand) & Alexander Pärleros (Sweden)

Super heavyweight
Gold: Wessel Mosterd (South Africa)
silver: Nicolo Bonati (Romania)
Bronze: Leroy Johnson (Canada)


Women Result:

Strawweight
Gold: Daniela Kortmann (Germany)
Silver: Rachelle Abou Abdallah (Lebanon)

Flyweight
Gold: Amanda Ribas (Brazil)
Silver: Gabriella Ringblom (Sweden)
Bronze: Micol Di Segni (Italy)

Bantamweight
Gold: Sarah Jamilia (Denmark)
Silver: Aleksandra Milczarek (Poland)
Bronze:Lucrezia Ria (Italy) & Nicole Brown (USA)

Featherweight
Gold: Amanda Lino (South Africa)
Silver: Jill Holmström (Sweden)
Bronze: Andrea Whitney (USA) & Florence Berthet (France)

Cool.


Nice to see the sport growing.

Looks like USA took quite a few medals as well ....very nice

Vikings are still going strong