Jungle Fight is a Brazilian
mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...
and
kickboxing promotion. It was created in 2003. The name is derived from its origin, the
Amazonas state in
Brazil
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.
History
Jungle Fight was founded by pioneering MMA fighter and long-time
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ...
black belt,
Wallid Ismail
Wallid Farid Ismail ( ar, وليد فريد إسماعيل, born February 23, 1968) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and promoter.
Ismail holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) under Carlson Gracie, and is an IVC mixed martial art ...
. The organization was created in 2003 and its first event was in
Manaus,
Amazonas. In 2006 there was an event in
Slovenia
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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
Rio de Janeiro
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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
United States
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it is broadcast on
ESPN3 and
ESPN Deportes
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. In the
Spanish-speaking Latin America, it is broadcast on
ESPN
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.
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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
Pride FC
PRIDE Fighting Championships (Pride or Pride FC, founded as KRS-Pride) was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion company. Its inaugural event was held at the Tokyo Dome on October 11, 1997. Pride held more than sixty mixed martial arts eve ...
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 SherdogOfficial Website(Brazilian Portuguese)
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