Jungle Fight is a Brazilian

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and kickboxing promotion. It was created in 2003. The name is derived from its origin, the Amazonas state in

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History

Jungle Fight was founded by pioneering MMA fighter and long-time

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black belt,

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. The organization was created in 2003 and its first event was in Manaus, Amazonas. In 2006 there was an event in

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, the first and so far only, Jungle Fight event held outside of Brazil. No events were held in 2007, but in 2008 it began to hold a series of events in

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. Jungle Fight has been described as "easily the best promotion in all of Brazil or South America, for that matter" by Sherdog.com. In Brazil Jungle Fight is broadcast on TV Band, in the

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it is broadcast on ESPN3 and

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. In the Spanish-speaking Latin America, it is broadcast on

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This MMA organization partnered with Rizin Fighting Federation for the RIZIN FIGHTING WORLD GRAND-PRIX event on December 29-31, 2015. The former

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Heavyweight champion

Fedor Emelianenko Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko ( rus, Фёдор Влади́мирович Емелья́ненко, r=Fyodor Vladimirovich Yemelyanenko, p=ˈfʲɵdər vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ jɪmʲɪˈlʲjænʲɪnkə, IPA; born ...

headlined the NYE Rizin FF main event.

Current champions

Events

References

External links

List of Events on Sherdog

Official Website
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