MIMMA Champions Training for MMA World Amateur Championships

It is without any surprise that Tiger Muay Thai is hosting a group of up and coming athletes preparing to compete in the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation(IMMAF) inaugural World Championships in Amateur MMA in Las Vegas late June to early July. Tiger Muay Thai is hosting the MIMMA(Malaysian Invasion Mixed Martial Arts) 2013 champions prepare for taking on the best amateur fighters from around the globe. Here training is bantamweight Prabu Somanaidu, heavyweight Adrian Tham, middleweight Jim Chong Jing Yi and featherweight Keanu Subba. The tournament will run for a week with each weight division as a single elimination tournament that depending on the size of the division will run for four or five days before reaching the finals. Each weight division will run one full round of competitions per day which means that all contestants will participate in a maximum of one match per day and a total of four or five matches over the course of the week for those who reach the final. One gold, one silver and two bronze medals will be awarded in each weight division. The IMMAF has to date received applications from organizations in 75 countries wanting to represent their country as the national federation.