Fight Club Akhmat Explained

Fight Club Akhmat (FCA) is a professional sports club from the Chechen Republic and has training bases in the regions of Russia. It was founded in 2014 and named after the first president of the Chechen Republic in Russia — Akhmat Kadyrov.

History

The Akhmat Sports Club was founded in mid-2014.[1] It was named after the first President of Chechnya, Russia, Akhmat Kadyrov.[2] The sports club belongs to the administration of the Chechen Republic.[3] Ramzan Kadyrov is considered the owner of the club. Initially, the club was created to develop boxing talents. In time, the club gained momentum and began to grow and by the end of 2016 was considered to be one of the main sports clubs in Russia. Towards the end of 2016, the club's management decided to develop mixed martial arts (MMA) along with boxing.

In December 2018, Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB) leadership officially announced the merger of ACB and World Fighting Championship Akhmat into a single promotion called Absolute Championship Akhmat.[4] Alexey Yatsenko, the former head of the Russian fighting organization Tech-KREP FC, became the president of the newly united promotion.[5]

Controversies

In July 2017, HBO's Real Sports released a documentary that revealed how Kadyrov uses the club to train members of the Kadyrovites although only a handful of them went on to become professional fighters.[6]

In 2021, a Siberian journalist, Andrei Afanasyev was attacked outside his apartment by unknown assailants after investigating the club.[7]

In 2022, the club was mentioned in a Telegram post by Ramzan Kadyrov that was addressed to Elon Musk stating he is offering to train him there to fight Vladimir Putin.[8]

Fighters

Literature

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ru-RU. Рамзан Кадыров, поздравил клуб "Ахмат" с победой на церемонии "Звезда бокса". 2021-10-28.
  2. Web site: ru. Бойцовский клуб "Ахмат" потратил за год 69,4 млн бюджетных рублей. Общая Газета. 2021-06-07. 2021-10-27. 2021-10-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20211027231006/https://og.ru/ru/news/120036. dead.
  3. Web site: ru. Тренер «Ахмата»: «Звонил друг Емельяненко, говорил, что Саша хочет вернуться в Чечню» - 19 октября 2020 - Sport24. sport24.ru. 2021-11-03.
  4. Web site: ru. Рамзан Кадыров: "Объединим "Беркут" и "Ахмат" в одну лигу и обойдем Bellator". sport-express.ru. 2018-11-28. 2021-10-27.
  5. Web site: ru. Состоялось слияние WFCA и Absolute Championship Berkut Информационное агентство "Грозный-Информ". www.grozny-inform.ru. 2021-10-27.
  6. Web site: Zidan . Karim . 2022-03-23 . Chechnya: Russia's Special Military Training Ground . 2022-03-23 . New Lines Magazine . en.
  7. Web site: Zidan . Karim . 2021-06-14 . Journalist attacked while investigating Kadyrov's Akhmat MMA fight club . 2022-03-26 . Bloody Elbow . en.
  8. News: Bowman . Verity . 2022-03-16 . Chechen leader challenges 'effeminate' Elon Musk to train at fight club if he wants to take on Putin . en-GB . The Telegraph . 2022-03-16 . 0307-1235.
  9. Web site: Узел . Кавказский . Russian fighter Alexander Emelianenko declares himself a fighter of Kadyrov's Club "Akhmat" . 2022-03-23 . Caucasian Knot.
  10. Web site: Times . C. S. M. . 2022-03-21 . Rising Russian MMA queen tells US rival 'you're next' after taunts . 2022-03-23 . CSM Times . en.
  11. Web site: 2015-10-10 . UFC champ Fabricio Werdum signs on as ambassador for Chechnya's Akhmat Fight Club . 2022-03-23 . MMA Junkie . en-US.
  12. Web site: Ranjan . Soumya . 2023-09-24 . "I represent my team" - Khamzat Chimaev unites with Chechenya warlord Ramzan Kadyrov amid backlash over Sweden to UAE move . 2023-11-03 . FirstSportz . en-US.
  13. Web site: 2018-09-29 . Why the UFC's 'sportswashing' of Chechnya's dictator is a problem . 2022-03-23 . the Guardian . en.
  14. Web site: Maxim Grishin - Russian mixed martial arts fighter . 2022-03-23 . style-people.com . en.

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