This is how Superior Academy will build the future stars of Swedish MMA

We are a little more than two weeks left until the debut of the first Superior Academy event, where amateur fighters from all over Sweden will line up to give the Uppsala MMA crowd their absolute best performances.

The promotions are still dropping fights for the Superior Academy fight card. When asked for his opinion about the matchups, Head of Superior Academy, Andres Viracca, highlighted some of his  favorites.

”I’m so proud of our first card,” Viracca said an interview with Ashah Tafari. ”We have two great heavyweight bouts. The main event with Nermin Hajdarpasic, who returns after his adventure in top promotion OKTAGON MMA. The debut of Freddy Castro, Karlsson vs. Karlsson for the first Superior Academy title. The rematch where Tobias Söderberg gives Tobias Wallberg a chance to avenge his loss. My own nephew Sebasthian Viracca’s MMA debut.”

”We will become the greatest amateur organization in Sweden, and the promotion that pays our pro fighters the best. The fighters will always come first for me. We have a few pro fighters on the card, but this is mostly a platform for amateur talents.”

The ambitions are high, but Viracca has a clear vision of what Superior Academy will be – and what it won’t be!

”We will introduce almost every fighter on the card on Instagram, with proper content and interviews, so the MMA fans will get to know about them. That’s how we will build Swedish MMA in the long run. By investing in the future names of the sport and giving them proper marketing and a platform, instead of pushing stuff that gets more attention and viewers for a short moment. If I ever do an influencer fight I will resign – mark my words.”

Click next to check out the latest Superior Academy Fight Card!

Superior Academy Fight Card

Photo via Käftsmällspodden

Superior Academy will go down at Fyrishov Arena on September 14. Tickets available at Tickster.se! Information about streaming will be updated. Check out the current line up below!*

• Pro (Main Event): Nermin Hajdarpasic vs. Joffie Houlton – Heavyweight, 120,2 kg
• Pro: Tobias Söderberg vs. Tobias Wallberg 2 – Lightweight, 70,3 kg
• Amateur: (Titel bout): William Karlsson vs. Martin Karlsson – Lightweight, 70,3 kg
• Amateur: Freddy Castro vs. Andreas Sundman Forsberg – Catchweight, 63 kg
• Amateur: Max Håkansson vs. Josef Berggren – Lightweight, 70,3 kg
• Amateur: Linus Jönsson vs. Christian Hansen – Welterweight, 77,1 kg
• Amateur: Sina Qurbani vs. Nicholai Von Benzon – Catchweight, 63 kg
• Amateur: Isak Bergdal vs. Rabouni Mbuta – Welterweight, 77,1 kg
• Amateur: Alvin Pollack vs. Mohsen Akbari – Welterweight, 77,1 kg
• Amateur: Rashid Gidaev vs. John Wymark – Catchweight, 68 kg
• Amateur: Anzor Shamilev vs. Sukhrob Tokhirov – Lightweight, 70,3 kg
• Amateur: Daniel Petrus vs. Robin Larsson – Heavyweight, 120,2 kg
• Amateur: Sebasthian Viracca vs. Mohammmad Hosseini – Catchweight, 68 kg
• Amateur: Brahim Youssef vs. Samuel Ström – Featherweight, 65,8 kg
• Amateur: David Patti vs. Kevin Lundin – Lightweight, 70,3 kg
• Amateur: Michaela Lundholm vs. Natalie Öhlund, Catchweight, 60 kg
• Amateur: Mohsen Ahmadnejad vs. Adrahman Azimov, Light heavyweight 93 kg

* Fight card is a subject of change.

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