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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)

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