Below is an overview of professional mixed martial arts events upcoming in Sweden, Finland, Norway (it’s illegal now, so hopefully soon =), Denmark, and Iceland. We also try and include Nordic fighters that are traveling and fighting internationally.
January
January 28 - UFC on FOX 2, United Center in Chicago, Illinois USA
Norway’s Jon Olav Einemo Versus Mike Russow Exclusive Pre-Fight Video | Post Fight
February
February 4 - Casino Fight Night 1, Casino Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
February 11 - Cage Warriors Fight Night 3, Beirut, Lebanon
Finland’s Juha-Pekka Vainikainen & Matteus Lahdesmaki , Sweden’s Victor Cheng, Mats Nilsson vs. Tommy Speer
Event Report
February 23, Cage Warriors 46 - Ukraine
Swede Diego Gonzalez Versus Ivica Truscek
Fight Announcement | Gonzalez Submits
February 25, Cage Contender 12 – Dublin, Ireland
Iceland’s Gunnar Nelson (8-0-1) Verus Ukraine’s Alexander Butenko (12-4)
Exclusive Announcement | Gunnar Nelson Wins
March
March 2/3, UFC on FX 2 - Allphones in Sydney, Australia
Denmark’s Martin Kampmann (18-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC) vs. Thiago Alves (19-8 MMA, 11-5 UFC)
Hitman’s Fight Results
March 3 - CAGE 18 – Barona Areena Espoo, Turku, Finland
Fight Announcement | Preview Part 1 | Part 2 | Live Report | Event Recap
March 3 - Fightergalla 24 - Odense, Denmark
March 3 - Strenght and Honour 6
Swede Simon Sköld
March 10 - Royal Arena - Brøndby-Hallen, Denmark
Preview | Results | Event Recap
March 17 - Staredown 6 – Expohal Autwerpen, Belgium
Swede Lina Eklund will face Fran Vanderstrukken | Fight Video
March 23 - Botnia Punishment XI – Seinäjoki, Finland
Fight Card Announced
March 23 - StandUpWar Vol. 2 – Tampere, Finland
March 23 - Glory World Series, Moscow Rusia
Ilir Latifi (Sweden) Versus Ruslan Magomedov
March 24- Strength & Honor Championship 5
Mats Nilsson Wins
April
April 12 - Cage Warriors Fight Night 5
Victor Cheng Wins
April 14 - UFC in Sweden /UFC on Fuel 2 - Globen Arenas, Stockholm
Event Information and Updates | Fight Card | Exclusive Event Coverage
April 14 - Fight Night 7 - Lappeenranta Hockey Arena, Finland
Fight Announcement
April 20 - Bellator 66, Cleveland’s I-X Center, USA
Vanttinen (Finland) | Spang (Sweden) | Spang (Sweden) Fight Video
April 21 - Arctic Fight 4 - Rovaniemi, Finland
April 28 - VISION 6 - Glasgow, Scotland
Swede David Häggström versus James Doolan
Fight Announcement & Card
May
May 5 - Vision Scandinavia - Karlstad, Sweden
Headliner Announced | Fight Card | Play-by-Play (coming soon)
May 5 - Finnish MMA Championships - Espoo, Finland
Headliner Announced
May 6 - The Zone FC “Demolition” - Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg, Sweden
Announcements : Kakai Title | Njie Title | Svensson Title | Fight Card | Play-by-Play (coming soon)
May 12 - Fightergalla 25 - Dansborghallen, Sollentuna Alle, Hvidovre, Denmark
www.fightergalla.dk/fightergalla-25
May 18 - Bellator 69 - L’Auberge Casino Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Andreas Spang (Sweden) Versus Maiquel Falcao
May 18 - CSA Fight Night 8 - Grøndal Centret, 1, Copenhagen
CSA.dk
May 24 – Cage Warriors FC Fight Night 6 - Bahrain
Matteus Lahdesmaki (Finland) v Jim Alers & Diego Gonzalez (Sweden) v Ivan Buchinger
May 26 – Glory World Series – Globe Arenas, Stockholm, Sweden
Ilir Latifi Versus Horn (Update Horn is Injured)
May 26 – FG Fight Night 8 – Sondenborg, Denmark
fightergalla.dk
June
June 2 – Cage Warriors 47, Dublin, Ireland
David Bielkheden (Sweden) Versus Cathal Pendred
June 2 – On Top 5, Glasgow Scotland
Nicholas Musoke (Sweden) Versus Dean Caldwell for Welterweight Title
June 22 – Bellator 71
Marcus Vänttinen (Finland) Versus Brazilian Phelipe Lins
June 22 – UFC on FX 4
Papy Makambo Abedi (Sweden) Versus American Rick Story
Fight Announcement
July
July 21 - UFC 149 - Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Canada
Anton Kuivanen (Finland) Versus Canadian Mitch Clarke
August
No events announced Yet
September
September 1 - Carelia Fight VIII - Imatra, Finland
September 14 - Botnia Punishment XII - Seinäjoki, Finland
September 15 - European MMA I - Denmark
October
October 6 - Superior Challenge - Malmö Arena, Malmö, Sweden
Event Announcement
October 13 - European MMA II - Denmark
October 13 - Fight Festival 32 - Helsinki
October 27 - StandUpWar - Tampere, Finland
November
November 3 – Cage 19 – Vantaa, Finland
November 10 – The Zone FC 11 – Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg, Sweden
November 17 – Cage 20 – Oulu, Finland
December
No events announced
See something missing? Please send an email to ryan@mmaViking.com, and we will update.
Joona Pylkäs
Ryan O'Leary
