Three-time Olympian and just lately retired UFC fighter Mark Madsen will strive his hand selling fights quite than partaking in them.
On Monday, Madsen just lately introduced the launch of Dominance Preventing Championship (DFC) with an inaugural occasion anticipated for Sept. 21 at Ok.B. Hallen in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Whereas his native nation’s soil will host DFC 1, Madsen already appears to be like into the long run and potential enlargement alternatives, even doubtlessly in Las Vegas.
“We wish to carry world class leisure to the center of Copenhagen and create reveals worthy of Las Vegas,” Madsen stated at a information convention Monday. “We consider there’s a market, and that we, in Europe, deserve this leisure as nicely.” This have to be candy music to the ears of all MMA followers from Northern Europe, a market that’s been starved since September 2019, the place the UFC visited Copenhagen.”
Madsen, 36, retired from combined martial arts competitors in January after back-to-back losses, the primary and solely defeats of his profession. He completed his profession with a 12-2 report total together with a 4-2 report in UFC fights.
Along with his 14 professional fights, Madsen brings to the desk expertise of an intensive wrestling profession that included three Olympic appearances and a silver medal in 2016. It is smart his first DFC signing is Grecon Roman 2019 European Wrestling Championships winner Rajbek Bisultanov, who pivoted to MMA after a wrestling retirement in 2023.
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