Fite Selektor - Tag Team MMA?

Posted on 05-03-2008

Filed Under (Fite Selektor) by RedSweat

A new organization in mixed martial arts called Fite Selektor is coming to Dubai in March.

The organization is like nothing you have ever seen before.

For the first time ever in the history of MMA, four fighters will compete in a single bout and will be allowed to tag their teammate when they need help. In addition the audience will decide who fights who using a SMS text voting system on the night of the event.

The first tournament will take place on Thursday, March 13, 2008 at the Dubai International and Convention Centre. Eight fighters will compete in the tournament. At the beginning of the tournament, the eight fighters will take the stage, and the audience will decide the fights by text messaging. The fighter and his opponent will be chosen using the SMS votes for three of the fights. The final fight will be arranged through a process of elimination. There will be 4 Fite Selektor fights total.

After their debut tournament in Dubai, the organization will travel to other parts of the Middle East and South Asia. The winner of the Fite Selektor tournament will receive $75,000.

Confirmed fighters include:

Michael Knaap (Netherlands)
Nikolay Onikienko (Russia)
Alexev Veselovzorov (Russia)
Andre Fyeet (Surinam)
Kristov Kulak (Poland)
Florian MOller (Germany)
Christian M’Pumbo (France & Congo)
Alexander Gustafsson (Sweden)

Fite Selektor aims to transform the Martial Arts Industry through it’s creation of a multimedia concept, viral campaigns, web communities and interactive gala events. The event aims to entertain audiences both inside and outside the ring.

For more information visit FiteSelektor.com and also check out the promo video.

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Comments

jason on 5 March, 2008 at 5:34 pm #

looks cheesy and gimmickie if you ask me.

Todd Yeakle on 5 March, 2008 at 5:47 pm #

Yeah these organizations are pulling out all the stops to try and compete with big boys. I am watching the AFL right now on HDNet and they have a thing called fast fight which is 5 1:30 rounds and the ref stands them up much quicker when there is no action. I don’t personally like it but because sometimes it takes a while to set up a submission.

jason on 5 March, 2008 at 8:00 pm #

oh you have hdnet,must be nice.thats crazy. 130!!! its like you gotta land 1 punch ko or slap a guilly on quick like. im watching the full ufc 80 ppv right now, i just donated to a premium mma website that i subscribe to and got a bunch of mma events on demand, it also supposedly streams live events.

Todd Yeakle on 5 March, 2008 at 9:08 pm #

Cool what site is it? Yes HDNet is great so far. They show a lot of the smaller shows which is awesome. The AFL had some really good fights.

Brendan on 14 March, 2008 at 1:09 am #

Saw the fights in Dubai last night. A few good fights and a few slow ones. The concept worked ok. The ring presenter was a classic…

The Tag Team fight was too slow. Every time they tagged the fight stopped for about 10-15 seconds. The best part of the tag fight was when one of the New Zealand team did the ‘Haka’ at the end.

The crowd wasn’t that big. On the night all the tickets were 100 Dirhams.
They need to get rid of those huge dinner tables near ring, and let the crowd down to scream and shout.

I’m sure as the concept continues they will iron out the bugs.

Glad I went! Hopefully the ’round board’ girl(s) get their gear off next time.

Todd Yeakle on 14 March, 2008 at 1:24 am #

Sounds like you had fun. I can see how that would disrupt the action stopping the fight for so long. It should be more like 4 or 5 seconds at least.

Anyways thanks for the info on the event. I wish I could have been there.

leo on 2 April, 2008 at 5:17 am #

Here are some links about the FiteSelektor

http://www.fighttalk.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=40118&p=254449#p254449

http://www.mixfight.nl/forum/showthread.php?t=80135

http://www.ironlife.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1397125#post1397125

http://k-1fans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=604143#604143

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?p=21618195#post21618195