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The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) has announced a new date and a new host nation for the 2024 IMMAF Asian Championships. The biggest continental tournament for amateur MMA is now set to take place between August 18 and August 22, in Lahore, Pakistan.

The writing had been on the wall since Draw Day, but Damian Muller nevertheless made it official. With a stunning win over Zambia’s Jonathan Banda, the reigning African flyweight champion from the host country Namibia will now face Maurio Silva in the quarter-final of the 2024 IMMAF African Championships.

When Gisela Luna used her slick jiu-jitsu to submit Alicia Capita in the opening bout of the 2024 IMMAF African Championships, she might not have known that she was making history.

As the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) gears up for the eighth edition of the African Championships, the tournament has truly become the biggest fully amateur event taking place in the African continent hosted under the umbrella of the only WADA-signatory governing body for MMA.

A veteran in the regulatory side of mixed martial arts, Guilherme Bravo took on the important role of Head of Refereeing at the 2024 IMMAF European Championships held in Serbia from March 29 to April 6, and has now been appointed as the new Director of IMMAF Regulatory Affairs.

In the dynamic and action-packed world of combat sports, two powerhouses have united to drive the global evolution of MMA.