MMA receives official recognition in Tajikistan Thursday, 29 April 2021
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) has received Government recognition in Tajikistan after 18 months of successful development work by the country s National Federation.
The Tajikistan Mixed Martial Arts Federation (TAJMMAF) achieved its long-awaited goal when Tajikistan’s Committee of Youth Affairs and Sports confirmed it was listed in the nation’s official registry of sports.
This significant moment - which follows a fruitful official visit from the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) President Kerrith Brown - has come as a next step after the TAJMMAF obtained official organisational accreditation from the Committee of Youth Affairs and Sports in November 2019.
Thursday, 7 January 2021
The National Olympic Committee of Tajikistan (NOCT) has agreed to financially support 15 athletes in their bid to qualify for this year’s rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The pledge was made at the recent NOCT General Assembly which was held in the capital Dushanbe under the chairmanship of vice-presidents Shamsullo Sohibov and Abdullozoda Ahtam.
So far, Tajikistan has secured two Olympic berths with boxers Bakhodur Usmonov and Shabbos Negmatulloev set to compete in the men’s lightweight division and men s light heavyweight class respectively.
The duo secured their places after success at the Asia and Oceania Olympic qualification tournament in Amman in Jordan last March.