PUBLIC STATEMENT – IMMAF PRESIDENT KERRITH BROWN

PUBLIC STATEMENT – IMMAF PRESIDENT KERRITH BROWN

[4 December 2025] As I return to my duties after laying my wife to rest, I am reminded of the values she lived by: honesty, integrity, and doing what is right even when it is difficult. Those values guide everything I say today.

For more than a decade, IMMAF has built the global foundation of amateur Mixed Martial Arts:

• 132 National Member Federations.

• 70+ officially recognised by National Olympic Committees or Sports Ministries.

• The world’s largest youth and amateur development system.

• Annual World and Continental Championships with 300–1,000+ athletes.

• A WADA-compliant anti-doping programme developed hand-in-hand with WADA experts.

• Unified rules and safe cage competition recognised by athletes and fans worldwide.

This is not a press release.

This is thirteen years of real work by athletes, coaches, officials, and national federations who trusted IMMAF to grow the sport the right way.

Recent announcements from newly created organisations do not change these facts.

Mixed Martial Arts cannot be reinvented in a press conference.

It cannot be redefined on a mat to suit political convenience.

And it cannot bypass the established governance framework of SportAccord, GAISF, and the Olympic Movement.

True international recognition is earned through:

• Years of measurable athlete participation.

• Transparent governance.

• Proven anti-doping compliance.

• Legitimate national federations.

• Respect for the sport’s authentic identity.

IMMAF has met – and exceeded – every published requirement.

We will continue to protect the sport we love, safeguard our athletes, and lead MMA’s responsible global development with integrity and transparency.

The MMA community knows who has done the real work over the past decade.

My wife believed deeply in this mission.

I return with renewed determination to honour her memory and to finish what we started together.

IMMAF built the pathway.

IMMAF will protect the sport.

IMMAF will continue to lead its future – responsibly, honestly, and always with the athletes first.

IMMAF President,

Kerrith Brown.