By Press Release

The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation has unveiled the National Teams and Athletes registered to compete in its 2020 Oceania MMA Championships on Australia’s Gold Coast, from 6 – 8 March.

The tournament finals of the ‘2020 IMMAF Oceania Open Championships’ will be available to watch for free worldwide at IMMAF.TV on 8 March from 10AM (UTC+10), with an estimated 6 hours run time.

Star names representing Australia include women’s strawweight contender, Olivia Ukmar, who won Australia’s first World Silver medal in MMA at the 2019 IMMAF World Championships, and Abdul Mahdawi, who returns to the Oceania Championships as a former silver medallist.

Latest international male talent to sign up includes past World and European Gold medallist, Ireland’s Ryan Spillane (heavyweight) and Sweden’s World Gold medallist Bezhan Mahmudi (atomweight). Female additions include Ukraine’s 2018 World Gold medallist Daria Samchik, Sweden’s two-time World Silver medallist Nina Back (strawweight) and World Gold medallist Bianca Antman (flyweight), Finland’s 2018 IMMAF Performance of the Year winner Jenni Kivioja (lightweight) and 2018 European Gold medallist Jenna Horto (strawweight) and Poland’s World Gold medallist Magdalena Czaban (atomweight).

They join IMMAF gold medallists that include New Zealand’s women’s lightweight world champion Michelle Montague, Bahrain’s Ramazan Gitinov (welterweight) and Murtaza Talha Ali (light-heavyweight), plus the UK prodigy Muhammad Mokaev (men’s bantamweight).

IMMAF’s Continental Championships bring world class talent to the doorstep of regional National Teams on each continent, to boost the opportunity for elite level competition and local talent development. Ranking points accrued in each Championships contribute to an athlete and National Team’s standing in the World Amateur MMA Rankings and can gain them priority entry and seeding opportunities in the flagship, end-of-year IMMAF World Championships

See the full list of athletes listed by National Team below

2020 IMMAF OCEANIA OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS: ATHLETES LISTED BY NATIONAL TEAM

AUSTRALIA
Courtney Gray Women’s Atomweight 47.6 kg (105 lbs)
Olivia Ukmar Women’s Strawweight 52.2 kg (115 lbs)
Troy Fumo Men’s Strawweight 52.2 kg (115 lbs)
Angelica Silva Women’s Bantamweight 61.2 kg (135 lbs)
Jesse Wenzlick Women’s Bantamweight 61.2 kg (135 lbs)
Kiera-Lee Botfield Women’s Bantamweight 61.2 kg (135 lbs)
Adam Assuncao Men’s Bantamweight 61.2 kg (135 lbs)
taj fewquandie Men’s Featherweight 65.8 kg (145 lbs)
Colby Thicknesse Men’s Featherweight 65.8 kg (145 lbs)
Abdul Mahdawi Men’s Featherweight 65.8 kg (145 lbs)
Tye Wall Men’s Lightweight 70.3 kg (155 lbs)
Andy Le Men’s Lightweight 70.3 kg (155 lbs)
Jordan Thomas Men’s Lightweight 70.3 kg (155 lbs)
Kim Luk Men’s Lightweight 70.3 kg (155 lbs)
Lachlan Stitt Men’s Welterweight 77.1 kg (170 lbs)
Aidan Nowfel Men’s Welterweight 77.1 kg (170 lbs)
Corey Reeves Men’s Welterweight 77.1 kg (170 lbs)
Cash Douglas Men’s Welterweight 77.1 kg (170 lbs)
Samuel Marles Men’s Middleweight 83.9 kg (185 lbs)
Omer Suliman Men’s Middleweight 83.9 kg (185 lbs)
Loni Doyle Filimoehala Men’s Middleweight 83.9 kg (185 lbs)
Patrick Best Men’s Light Heavyweight 93 kg (205 lbs)
Auryn Parmley Men’s Light Heavyweight 93 kg (205 lbs)
Dane Alchin Men’s Heavyweight 120.2 kg (265 lbs)

BAHRAIN

Mohammed Almuamari Men’s Flyweight 56.7 kg (125 lbs)

Ebrahim Darwish Men’s Flyweight 56.7 kg (125 lbs)

Abdulla Alyaqoob Men’s Bantamweight 61.2 kg (135 lbs)

Abdulla Mubarak Men’s Bantamweight 61.2 kg (135 lbs)

Ali Yaqoob Men’s Featherweight 65.8 kg (145 lbs)

Mohamed Alghool Men’s Lightweight 70.3 kg (155 lbs)

Zubair Gadzhiev Men’s Lightweight 70.3 kg (155 lbs)

Ramazan Gitinov Men’s Welterweight 77.1 kg (170 lbs)

Yousif Sayyar Men’s Welterweight 77.1 kg (170 lbs)

Murtaza Talha Ali Men’s Light Heavyweight 93 kg (205 lbs)

CANADA

Justin Grey Men’s Featherweight 65.8 kg (145 lbs)

CZECH REPUBLIC

Tiep Cai Xuan Men’s Welterweight 77.1 kg (170 lbs)

Lukáš Piffko Men’s Middleweight 83.9 kg (185 lbs)

FINLAND

Jenna Horto Women’s Strawweight 52.2 kg (115 lbs)

Jenni Kivioja Women’s Lightweight 70.3 kg (155 lbs)

FRANCE

Cherfi Adil Men’s Strawweight 52.2 kg (115 lbs)

FRENCH POLYNESIA

Keoni TEROROTUA Men’s Bantamweight 61.2 kg (135 lbs)

Aremiti TINIRAU Men’s Welterweight 77.1 kg (170 lbs)

Michael LISAN Men’s Middleweight 83.9 kg (185 lbs)

Hiro Lemaire Men’s Super Heavyweight 300 kg (661 lbs)

INDIA

Vaibhav Vaman Shetty Men’s Middleweight 83.9 kg (185 lbs)

IRELAND

Ryan Spillane Men’s Heavyweight 120.2 kg (265 lbs)

POLAND

Magdalena Czaban Women’s Jr. Atomweight 47.6 kg (105 lbs)

NEW ZEALAND

Anne Wilson Women’s Flyweight 56.7 kg (125 lbs)

Amanda Cairney Women’s Flyweight 56.7 kg (125 lbs)

Jess Bradley Women’s Bantamweight 61.2 kg (135 lbs)

Rosemarie McAuslin Women’s Bantamweight 61.2 kg (135 lbs)

Levi Hawkes Men’s Bantamweight 61.2 kg (135 lbs)

Clarke Jarrett Men’s Featherweight 65.8 kg (145 lbs)

Michelle Montague Women’s Lightweight 70.3 kg (155 lbs)

Denzil Brokken Men’s Featherweight 65.8 kg (145 lbs)

Oliver Schmid Men’s Lightweight 70.3 kg (155 lbs)

Mel Webster Women’s Lightweight 70.3 kg (155 lbs)

Kelsey Schroder Women’s Lightweight 70.3 kg (155 lbs)

Hakaraia Wilson Men’s Middleweight 83.9 kg (185 lbs)

Ezekiel Wetere Men’s Light Heavyweight 93 kg (205 lbs)

Tony Hemopo Men’s Light Heavyweight 93 kg (205 lbs)

Alexander Lutu Men’s Heavyweight 120.2 kg (265 lbs)

Corey Barrett Men’s Super Heavyweight 300 kg (661 lbs)

SWEDEN

Bezhan Mahmudi Women’s Atomweight 47.6 kg (105 lbs)

Nina Back Women’s Strawweight 52.2 kg (115 lbs)

Bianca Antman Women’s Flyweight 56.7 kg (125 lbs)

UKRAINE

Daria Samchik Women’s Strawweight 52.2 kg (115 lbs)

UNITED KINGDOM

Muhammad Mokaev Men’s Bantamweight 61.2 kg (135 lbs)

Dylan Thompson Men’s Featherweight 65.8 kg (145 lbs)