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FEA CHAMPIONSHIP. FEA (Fighting Entertainment Association)

FEA logo
Company type	Private
Industry	Kickboxing MMA promotion
Founded	2009[1]
Founder	Dorin Damir
Headquarters	Chișinău, Moldova
Key people	Dorin Damir (President, Owner, Founder)[2]
Website	www.fea.md www.feafights.tv

FEA, or Fighting Entertainment Association, is a European kickboxing and MMA promotion founded in 2009, which promotes and organizes professional K-1 and MMA tournaments. These projects are popular especially in Europe and CIS countries. The owner and the president of the organization is Dorin Damir.

There are up to six FEA events per year. Each tournament consists of 15 to 19 fights, including title fights, with fighters from all over the world, as well as local Moldovan fighters.

The most popular FEA K-1 fighters within the organization are Stanislav Renita (Moldova), Pavel Zhuravlev (Ukraine), Constantin Rusu (Moldova), Artur Kyshenko (Ukraine), Samir Boukhidous (Netherlands), Mladen Kujundžić (Croatia), Sebastian Ciobanu (Romania), Sergei Lashchenko (Ukraine), Sem Braan (Netherlands), Yana Kunitskaya (Russia), Constantin Țuțu (Moldova), Massaro Glunder (Netherlands), Dmitri Bezus (Ukraine), Sergey Kulyaba (Ukraine), Zakaria Zouggary (Morocco), Ibrahim El Bouni (Netherlands), Tsotne Rogava (Ukraine), Sebastian Cozmâncă (Romania), Radosław Paczuski (Poland), Armen Petrosyan (Italy), Dennis Wosik (Germany), Tomáš Hron (Czech Republic), Freddy Kemayo (France), Simón Santana (Norway), Roman Kryklia (Ukraine/Belarus), Zhora Akopyan (Belarus/Armenia), Cristian Spetcu (Romania), Mikhail Tyuterev (Czech Republic), Mihajlo Kecojevic (Serbia), Nicolai Caraus (Moldova), Vitalie Matei (Moldova), Alexandr Burduja (Moldova) and Esma Hasshass (Morocco).

The most prominent FEA MMA fighters are Valeriu Mircea, Alexandr Romanov (undefeated), Arslan Eslemesov,^[3] Martun Mezhlumyan,^[4] Luca Poklit,^[5] Mihail Sirbu,^[6] Mehman Mammadov,^[7] Dmytro Predebaylo,^[8] Bogdan Barbu,^[9]

The founder of FEA, Damir Dorin, got the idea of starting a professional fighting association back in the early 2000s, after visiting Japan and establishing a close relationship with the founder of K-1 fighting promotion Kazuyoshi Ishii. Eventually, in 2009 Dorin founded FEA and hosted the very first professional K-1 rules tournament in Chișinău, Moldova, which also included a Grand Prix tournament. The event was attended by K-1 stars like Ruslan Karaev and Artur Kishenko, chief referee of the tournament Ivan Ippolit and the president of the intercontinental federation BUSHIDO MMA and FEG representative in Europe, Donatas Simanaitis. This led to a partnership with the Lithuanian promotion IBF so in October of next year, FEA dabbled into MMA and organized a joint event, FEA Bushido FC, Moldova vs Europe, which consisted of both K-1 fights and MMA fights.

In December 2010, FEA together with IBF, started the King of Kings project, hosting 56 K-1 rules events in co-promotion over the following years and in numerous European cities. But the events which took place in Chișinău, Moldova, were fully under FEA responsibility.

In 2011 FEA registered the trademark “Fighting Eagles” ^[10] and organized another K-1 & MMA RULES tournament, including five fights in each section.

In 2016, February 27, FEA started a separate project, and trademarked the name EAGLES FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP, for a professional Mixed Martial Arts tournament, traditionally held in an octagonal cage. From that point on FEA organized approximatively three Eagles FC events every year.

The last co-promoted King of Kings event with FEA took place on 24 March 2018 and from then on FEA organized their own events under the name FEA Kickboxing.

FEA Kickboxing made its debut on the Ukrainian market on 24 August 2019 and hosted its event in Odesa. In December of the same year, FEA Kickboxing organized an event which included two Grand Prix tournaments, in the heavyweight and featherweight categories.

Due to the pandemic, all of the scheduled events for 2020 fell off.

In 2021, FEA resumed with a new concept and combined their two projects, FEA Kickboxing and Eagles Fighting Championship. Thus on March 13 of 2021, FEA technically hosted two events in one night: FEA Kickboxing Reset and Eagles FC Reset. Both took place in the cage and without an audience, due to restrictions.

On 13 November 2021 FEA repeated the same concept and hosted FEA Kickboxing,^[11] FEA Keep Grinding tournament,^[12] as well as Eagles FC Danger Zone^[13] on the same day.

In 2022 FEA decided to undergo a rebranding and renamed both their K-1 rules project and the MMA project to "FEA Championship". The decision surrounding the change of EAGLES FC is partly rooted in the fact that Khabib Nurmagomedov started his own fighting project in 2020 and named it similarly (Eagle FC) which created confusion among fans and experts. Further, this also helped to unite FEA's two projects under a single name.

Events were previously broadcast by Fightbox,^[14] Eurosport, Canal2, Canal3,^[15] Prime, 1+1 VIDEO,^[16] SPORT+, XSPORT and other cable operators. Currently, FEA has its own live streaming platform, feafights.tv.^[17]

Former and current commentators include Sandy Holt, Valentin Halacenco, Daniel Austin, Łukasz Czarnowski, Celian Varini, Daniel Kendrik, Gheorghiu Ivan, Nikita Vlasov, Pavel Zhuravlev, Vitalii Hurkov.

The ring announcers of FEA K1 are Rytis Kuzmenka, Michael Richie Diamz and Vladimir Marcoci.

The cage announcers for FEA MMA are Anatol Cotrobai, Michael Richie Diamz and Vladimir Marcoci.

At the moment FEA K-1 operates with the following weigh divisions.

Currently FEA MMA has the following active weigh classes.

The rules can be read on the following website.^[18]

The rules can be read on the following website.^[19]

FEA K-1 Rankings ^[24]

FEA MMA Rankings (ex. EAGLES FC) ^[25]

Weight class	Upper weight limit	Champion	Event	Date	Title defenses
Heavyweight	Unlimited	Kirill Kornilov def. Cristian Ristea	FEA Reset	March 13, 2021
Light heavyweight	95 kg (209.4 lb)	Mladen Kujundžić def. Alexandru Burduja	FEA CHAMPIONSHIP FULL DRIVE	December 17, 2022
Middleweight	85 kg (187.4 lb)	Vacant
Welterweight	77 kg (169.8 lb)	Artiom Livadari def. Unal Alkayis	FEA Legacy	March 30, 2024
Lightweight	71 kg (156.5 lb)	Vitalie Matei def. Calin Petrisor	FEA EQUINOX	September 23, 2023
Featherweight	65 kg (143.3 lb)	Dmitrii Sirbu def. Adrian Maxim	FEA CHAMPIONSHIP TAKE OFF	April 8, 2023
Bantamweight	60 kg (132.3 lb)	Vacant
Women's strawweight	52 kg (114.6 lb)	Funda Akayis def. Hasmik Asatryan	FEA CHAMPIONSHIP FULL DRIVE	December 17, 2022

Weight Class	Champion	Runner-up	Event	Date	Location
Middleweight	Constantin Țuțu	Vadim Nani	FEA WORLD GRAND PRIX	December 18, 2009	Chișinău, Moldova
Middleweight	Alexander Oleinik	Constantin Țuțu	2010 FEA KOK World Grand Prix Championship	December 11, 2010	Chișinău, Moldova
Middleweight	Constantin Țuțu	Alexandr Surkov	2011 FEA Middleweight Championship	April 16, 2011	Chișinău, Moldova
Lightweight	Cristian Dorel	Egon Ratz	2011 FEA Lightweight Tournament	April 16, 2011	Chișinău, Moldova
Middleweight	Constantin Țuțu	Stanisław Zaniewski	2011 FEA KOK World GP 2011 in Chișinău - Middleweight Tournament, Final	October 1, 2011	Chișinău, Moldova
Featherweight	Maxim Fedorkov	Maxim Isaev	2012 FEA Featherweight Tournament	March 30, 2012	Chișinău, Moldova
Lightweight	Cristian Dorel	Mateusz Kopiec	2012 FEA Lightweight Tournament	September 29, 2012	Chișinău, Moldova
K-1 Light Heavyweight	Constantin Țuțu	Leon Miedema	2013 K-1 World Grand Prix 2013 in Moldova - Light Heavyweight Tournament,	March 30, 2013	Chișinău, Moldova
Lightweight	Denis Schneidmiller	Cristian Dorel	2013 FEA Lightweight Tournament	September 28, 2013	Chișinău, Moldova
Heavyweight	Stepan Cirlig	Pavel Voronin	2013 FEA Heavyweight Tournament	December 14, 2013	Chișinău, Moldova
Middleweight	Constantin Țuțu	Igor Lyapin	2014 FEA KOK MIDDLEWEIGHT TOURNAMENT	March 22, 2014	Chișinău, Moldova
Featherweight	Maxim Railean	Martinas Danius	2014 FEA Featherweight Tournament	September 19, 2014	Chișinău, Moldova
Middleweight	Constantin Țuțu	Vittorio Iermano	2014 FEA TITLE FIGHT	September 19, 2014	Chișinău, Moldova
Heavyweight	Vladimir Tok	Stepan Cirlig	2014 FEA KOK Heavyweight Tournament	December 20, 2014	Chișinău, Moldova
Middleweight	Igor Lyapin	Daniel Alexandru	2015 FEA KOK Middleweight Tournament	April 4, 2015	Chișinău, Moldova
Featherweight	Stanislav Renita	Igor Osinin	2015 FEA KOK Featherweight Tournament	September 26, 2015	Chișinău, Moldova
Welterweight	Serghei Morari	Roman Zobin	2015 FEA KOK WGP Welterweight Tournament	December 19, 2015	Chișinău, Moldova
Welterweight	Constantin Țuțu	Igor Lyapin	2015 FEA KOK TITLE FIGHT	December 19, 2015	Chișinău, Moldova
Featherweight	Stanislav Renita	Martynas Danius	2016 FEA KOK TITLE FIGHT	April 9, 2016	Chișinău, Moldova
Light Heavyweight 95 kg	Alexandru Burduja	Danut Hurduc	2016 FEA KOK Light Heavyweight WGP	October 1, 2016	Chișinău, Moldova
Middleweight	Aurel Ignat	Stanislav Zaniewski	2016 FEA KOK Middleweight WGP	December 10, 2016	Chișinău, Moldova
Lightweight	Alexandru Prepelița	Andrei Leuștean	2017 FEA KOK Lightweight WGP	April 1, 2017	Chișinău, Moldova
Ligh heavyweight 95 kg	Vasil Ducar	Danut Hurduc	2017 FEA KOK Ligh heavyweight WGP	September 30, 2017	Chișinău, Moldova
Lightweight	Dorel Cristian	Shonzinyo Abena	2017 FEA KOK Lightweight Title Fight	December 9, 2017	Chișinău, Moldova
Featherweight	Dmitrii Sirbu	Issam Laazibi	2018 FEA Featherweight WGP	March 24, 2018	Chișinău, Moldova
Welterweight	Constantin Rusu	Dorel Cristian	2018 FEA KOK Welterweight Tournament GP	March 24, 2018	Chișinău, Moldova
Women's strawweight 52 kg	Nadejda Kantsyr	Esma Hasshass	2018 FEA KOKTitle Fight	March 24, 2018	Chișinău, Moldova
Lightweight	Vitalie Matei	Andrei Leustean	2018 FEA World Series	October 6, 2018	Chișinău, Moldova
Heavyweight	Roman Kryklia	Tsotne Rogava	2018 FEA 26 World Series	October 6, 2018	Chișinău, Moldova
Featherweight	Stanislav Renita	Dmitrii Sirbu	2018 FEA 27 WGP	December 8, 2018	Chișinău, Moldova
FEA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT 95 kg	Alexandru Burduja	Mikhail Tiuterev	2018 FEA 27 WGP 4 Man Light Heavyweight Tournament	December 8, 2018	Chișinău, Moldova
Featherweight	Stanislav Renita	Dmitrii Sirbu	2018 FEA 27 WGP 4 Man Light Heavyweight Tournament	March 30, 2019	Chișinău, Moldova
Welterweight	Constantin Rusu	Dorel Cristian	2019 FEA 27 WGP 4 Man Light Heavyweight Tournament	December 8, 2018	Chișinău, Moldova
Interim heavyweight FEA TITLE FIGHT	Pavel Zhuravlev	Mehmet Ozer	2019 FEA WGP Odessa KEEPGRINDING	August 24, 2019	Odesa, Ukraine
Lightweight	Zhora Akopyan	Constantin Rusu	2019 FEA WGP Odessa KEEPGRINDING 4 Man Lightweight Tournament	August 24, 2019	Odesa, Ukraine
Featherweight	Marin Vetrila	Cristian Spetcu	2019 FEA WGP Chișinău 4 Man Featherweight	December 7, 2019	Chișinău, Moldova
Heavyweight	Mihajlo Kecojevic	Asdren Gashi	2019 FEA WGP Chișinău 4 Man Featherweight	December 7, 2019	Chișinău, Moldova
Lightweight	Vitalie Matei	Stanislav Kazantsev	2021 FEA KICKBOXING RESET WGP 4 Man Lightweight Tournament	March 13, 2021	Chișinău, Moldova
Heavyweight	Kirill Kornilov	Cristian Ristea	2021 FEA KICKBOXING RESET WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP	March 13, 2021	Chișinău, Moldova
Women's strawweight	Funda Alkayis	Hasmik Asatryan	2022 FEA CHAMPIONSHIP FULL DRIVE	December 17, 2022	Chișinău, Moldova
Light Heavyweight	Mladen Kujundzic	Alexandru Burduja	2022 FEA CHAMPIONSHIP FULL DRIVE	December 17, 2022	Chișinău, Moldova
Featherweight	Dmitrii Sirbu	Adrian Maxim	2023 FEA CHAMPIONSHIP TAKE OFF	April 8, 2023	Chișinău, Moldova
Lightweight	Vitalie Matei	Calin Petrisor	2023 FEA CHAMPIONSHIP EQUINOX	September 23, 2023	Chișinău, Moldova
Welterweight	Artiom Livadari	Unal Alkayis	2024 FEA LEGACY	March 30, 2024	Chișinău, Moldova

Weight class	Upper weight limit	Champion	Event	Date	Title defenses
Heavyweight	Unlimited	Alexandr Romanov def. Alexander Stolyarov	EAGLES 8	February 10, 2018
Light heavyweight	93 kg (205.0 lb)	Vacant
Middleweight	84 kg (185.2 lb)	Arslan Eslemesov def. Egor Ivanov	EAGLES ELIMINATION SUMMER EDITION	June 22, 2019
Welterweight	77 kg (169.8 lb)	Luca Poklit def. Sergiu Barbarosa	EAGLES 7	November 4, 2017
Lightweight	71 kg (156.5 lb)	Martun Mezhlumyan def. Valeriu Mircea	EAGLES NEXT LEVEL	February 15, 2020
Featherweight	66 kg (145.5 lb)	Valeriu Mircea def. Andrei Barbarosau	EAGLES 11	February 16, 2019
Bantamweight	61 kg (134.5 lb)	Mihail Sirbu def. Bogdan Barbu	EAGLES NEXT LEVEL	February 15, 2020
Flyweight	57 kg (125.7 lb)	Mehman Mammadov def. Evgheniy Sibirskiy-Manko	EAGLES RESET	March 13, 2021
Women's strawweight	52 kg (114.6 lb)	Vacant

Weight Class	Champion	Runner-up	Event	Date	Defences	Location
Lightweight	Grigore Panfilii	Andrei Barbarosa	EAGLES FC 3	November 19, 2016	November 3, 2018	Chișinău, Moldova
Welterweight	Vasile Botnaru	Sergiu Barbarosa	EAGLES IV	February 18, 2017		Chișinău, Moldova
Bantamweight	Mihail Sirbu	Dmytro Predebaylo	EAGLES V	May 20, 2017	May 26, 2018	Chișinău, Moldova
Welterweight	Luca Poclit	Sergiu Barbarosa	EAGLES VII	November 4, 2017		Chișinău, Moldova
Interim Heavyweight	Alexandr Romanov	Alexander Stolyarov	EAGLES VII	February 10, 2018		Chișinău, Moldova
Bantamweight	Bogdan Barbu	Mihail Sirbu	EAGLES IX	May 26, 2018		Chișinău, Moldova
Interim Bantamweight	Denis Palancica	Gheorghe Lupu	EAGLES IX	May 26, 2018		Chișinău, Moldova
Lightweight	Ivan Zhvirblia	Grigore Panfilii	EAGLES 10	November 3, 2018		Chișinău, Moldova
Interim Bantamweight	Dmytro Predebaylo	Gheorghe Lupu	EAGLES 10	November 3, 2018		Chișinău, Moldova
Featherweight	Valeriu Mircea	Andrei Barbarosa	EAGLES 11	February 16, 2019		Chișinău, Moldova
Interim Middleweight	Arslan Eslemesov	Egor Ivanov	EAGLES ELIMINATION	October 26, 2019		Chișinău, Moldova
Lightweight	Martun Mezhlumyan	Valeriu Mircea	EAGLES NEXT LEVEL	February 15, 2020		Chișinău, Moldova
Bantamweight	Mihail Sirbu	Bogdan Barbu	EAGLES NEXT LEVEL	February 15, 2020		Chișinău, Moldova
Flyweight	Mehman Mammadov	Evgheniy Sibirskiy - Manko	EAGLES RESET	March 13, 2021		Chișinău, Moldova
Interim Featherweight	Nicolae Hantea	Kadir Dalkiran	FEA CHAMPIONSHIP TAKE OFF	April 8, 2023		Chișinău, Moldova

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