Kimura.se skrev under onsdagen att Svenska MMA-förbundet inte kommer ändra sitt beslut att tillåta ett antal matcher på Cage Warriors 71 att gå under ”unified rules” såsom den brittiska organisationen ansökt om. I och med att Cage Warriors hade tidigare meddelat att de skulle flytta deras Stockholms-gala till Amman, Jordanien om SMMAF inte ändrade sitt beslut, bekräftade de flytten under torsdagen.
I ett pressmeddelande skriver organisationen att Cage Warriors kommer att flytta från deras första tilltänkta arena, som skulle ha ägt rum den 23:e augusti i Solnahallen i Stockholm, till Jordaniens huvudstad Amman. Den nya galan kommer även att ha ett nytt datum nämligen den 22:a augusti.
Så här säger organisationens VD Graham Boylan:
Moving this event out of Sweden is a decision we really wanted to avoid, but because of the actions of the SMMAF, we have unfortunately been left with no choice in the matter.
To ask our elite fighters, who are among the best in Europe and the world as a whole, to compete under a diluted set of rules to what they have been doing throughout their professional careers is an abhorrent insult to these outstanding athletes and their abilities.
Jack Hermansson is our middleweight champion and Jack Mason is probably the most experienced fighter in the UK, but their respective bouts were not approved. It’s absolutely absurd.
Suggesting that such fighters are not capable of competing under full unified rules is ludicrous beyond belief and I would never even consider asking them to compete under anything other than full unified rules.
The SMMAF have left us in an impossible, and very sad, situation here, and unfortunately our only option is to take our athletes elsewhere for this event.
De fyra matcher som inte fick godkänd att gå under unified rules av SMMAF dessa; Jack Hermansson (8-2) mot Cheick Kone (11-3), Pannie Kianzad (5-0) mot Alexandra Buch (8-3), Jack Mason (28-13) mot Jonatan Westin (6-2), Liam James (8-6) mot Frantz Slioa (4-0).
