Date: December 2, 2012
USA MMA KICK International
Federation & Fighters Source™ will be holding a press conference on
Wednesday December 12, 2012 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Opium
Night Club at 1:00PM to announce the “Kick Off “ of the national amateur MMA
tournament. Frank Babcock, Renzo Gracie,
Beto Nunes and Anthony Medina will be available for questions regarding the
tournament rules and team selection guidelines.
Fighters Source USA Team Prelim
will start the national tournament on December 13, 2012. Doors open at 6:00PM. Tryouts and preliminary matches will be held
throughout the Country for any and all amateur MMA fighters wishing to
participate.
This union was created with the
intentions of securing our beloved sport of MMA in becoming an Olympic sport.
With this common goal in mind, Fighters Source League made history on September
22, 2012 hosting and uniting four countries in an international amateur MMA
event in Boras, Sweden.
Among the participating countries
involved were Teams Denmark, England, Sweden and the United States featuring
over 50 athletes representing their countries. The Fighters Source League with
coordination from USA MMA KI Federation will conduct a national tournament
where the USA MMA Team Finalists are selected only after the athletes have
participated in a series of local, state and regional single elimination
tournaments, until our official teams are selected.
In order to keep unity and
consistency within the divisions, all countries will go through the same
process of performing local tryouts, in order to evenly match all athletes in
their respected weight class.
The tryouts will consist of the
following criteria: conditioning, striking, takedowns and grappling skills.
These skills will be tested and graded by USA MMA KI Federation & Fighters
Source senior instructors.
After the USA Amateur MMA Team is
selected, they will represent their country in the Fighters Source Korean Open
in the spring of 2013, which will be known as the “Super Bowl” of amateur MMA. USA
MMA KICK International Federation & Fighters Source will take this highly
skilled team of amateur MMA fighters to the international stage to compete at
the prestigious venue of Yong-In University in Seoul Korea.
Note: The first
priority for selection will be your amateur MMA record and participation in
“KICK” sanctioned MMA events. There will be established ratings based on your
amateur record.
KICK Managing MMA Directors: Matt Hughes, Renzo Gracie, Bob Schirmer, Mike
Rogers, Robert Hulett, Tommy Moore, Chris Lytle, Beto Nunes, Greg Nelson,
William McGlothlin and Anthony Medina
USA-MMA KICK International Federation is a not for profit
501(c)3 organization established under the Ted Stevens Amateur Olympic Sports
Act. It was created and managed for its members in the same manner as USA
Boxing had been established as a gateway to Olympic competition.
Anthony Medina, CEO
Contact: Fighters Source GM, Jorge ”Zen” Rodriguez,
786-319-6024
