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, Martun Mezhlumyan, Luca Poklit, Mihail Sirbu, Mehman Mammadov, Dmytro Predebaylo, Bogdan Barbu,
History
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” 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, FEA Keep Grinding tournament, as well as Eagles FC Danger Zone 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, Eurosport, Canal2, Canal3, Prime, 1+1 VIDEO, SPORT+, XSPORT and other cable operators. Currently, FEA has its own live streaming platform, feafights.tv.
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.
FEA K-1 weight divisions At the moment FEA K-1 operates with the following weigh divisions.
Weight class nameUpper limitGenderSTRAWWEIGHT52 kgFemaleFEATHERWEIGHT65 kgMaleBANTAMWEIGHT60 kgMaleLIGHTWEIGHT71 kgMaleWELTERWEIGHT77 kgMaleMIDDLEWEIGHT85 kgMaleLIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT95 kgMaleHEAVYWEIGHTNo limitMale
FEA MMA weight divisions Currently FEA MMA has the following active weigh classes.
Weight class nameUpper limitGenderSTRAWWEIGHT52 kgFemaleFLYWEIGHT57 kgMaleBANTAMWEIGHT61 kgMaleFEATHERWEIGHT65 kgMaleLIGHTWEIGHT70 kgMaleWELTERWEIGHT77 kgMaleMIDDLEWEIGHT84 kgMaleLIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT93 kgMaleHEAVYWEIGHT120 kgMale
Rules
FEA K-1 rules The rules can be read on the following website.
FEA MMA rules The rules can be read on the following website.
Events
FEA CHAMPIONSHIP K-1 & MMA RULES EVENTS
# Event Date Venue Location5FEA FEA «LEGACY»!FMF Futsal ArenaCiorescu, Moldova4FEA FEA «EQUINOX»!FMF Futsal ArenaCiorescu, Moldova3FEA CHAMPIONSHIP TAKE OFF !FMF Futsal ArenaCiorescu, Moldova2FEA Championship Full-Drive!FMF Futsal ArenaCiorescu, Moldova1FEA CHAMPIONSHIP. LOADING TOURNAMENT.Circus ChișinăuChișinău, Moldova
FEA K-1 EVENTS
# Event Date Venue Location32FEA Keepgrinding 2FMF Futsal ArenaCiorescu, Moldova31FEA Kickboxing ResetFMF Futsal ArenaCiorescu, Moldova30FEA Kickboxing WGPFMF Futsal ArenaCiorescu, Moldova29FEA WORLD GP ODESSA. Keep GrindingPalace of Sports OdesaOdesa, Ukraine28FEA WGP vol.28Manej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova27FEA 27 K-1 RulesManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova26FEA WGP vol.26Manej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova25KOK WORLD GP Vol, 56Manej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova24KOK WORLD GP Vol. 53Manej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova23KOK WORLD GP Vol.48Manej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova22KOK WORLD GP Vol.46Manej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova21KOK WORLD GP Vol.42Manej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova20KOK WORLD GP Light Heavyweight tournamentManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova19KOK WGP Middleweight Tournament in MoldovaManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova18KOK WGP Welterweight Tournament EAGLES SERIESManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova17KOK WGP Heavyweight Tournament. EAGLES SERIESManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova16KOK WORLD GP Middleweight TournamentManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova15KOK WORLD GP Heavyweight Tournament. Eagles SeriesManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova14KOK WORLD GP Featherweight tournamentManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova13KOK WORLD GP Middleweight TournamentManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova12EAGLES KOK WORLD SERIESManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova11KOK WORLD GP Middleweight TournamentManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova10K-1 World Light Heavyweight TournamentManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova9"FIGHTING EAGLES" EUROPE SERIES K-1 & MMA RULESManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova8KOK WORLD GP LIGHTWEIGHT TOURNAMENTManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova7K.O.K. EUROPE GRAND PRIX Light WelterweightManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova6FIGHTING EAGLES. EUROPE SERIES K-1 & MMA RULESManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova5K.O.K. WORLD GRAND PRIX LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova4K.O.K. EUROPE GRAND PRIXManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova3K.O.K. WORLD GRAND PRIXUSEFS Universitatea de Stat de Educaţie Fizică şi SportChișinău, Moldova2FEA Bushido FC Moldova VS EuropeUSEFS Universitatea de Stat de Educaţie Fizică şi SportChișinău, Moldova1GRAND PRIX FEA Drive ClubChișinău, Moldova
FEA MMA EVENTS
# Event Date Venue Location19EAGLES FC DANGER ZONE FMF Futsal ArenaCiorescu, Moldova18EAGLES RESETFMF Futsal ArenaCiorescu, Moldova17EAGLES NEXT LEVELFMF Futsal ArenaCiorescu, Moldova16EAGLES ELIMINATIONCircul de Stat din ChișinăuChișinău, Moldova15EAGLES ELIMINATION SUMMER EDITIONCircul de Stat din ChișinăuChișinău, Moldova14EAGLES 11Manej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova13EAGLES 10. Elimination Tournament & Fighting ChampionshipManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova12EAGLES 9Manej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova11EAGLES 8Manej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova10EAGLES 7 Elimination Tournament & Fighting ChampionshipManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova9EAGLES 6. Russia VS MoldovaGeneral Media GroupChișinău, Moldova8EAGLES 5. Elimination Tournament & Fighting Championship General Media GroupChișinău, Moldova7EAGLES 4. Elimination Tournament & Fighting ChampionshipGeneral Media GroupChișinău, Moldova6EAGLES 3. Elimination Tournament & Fighting ChampionshipGeneral Media GroupChișinău, Moldova5EAGLES 2. Elimination Tournament & Fighting ChampionshipGeneral Media GroupChișinău, Moldova4EAGLES 1. Fighting Championship General Media GroupChișinău, Moldova3"FIGHTING EAGLES" EUROPE SERIES K-1 & MMA RULESManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova2FIGHTING EAGLES. EUROPE SERIES K-1 & MMA RULESManej Sport ArenaChișinău, Moldova1FEA Bushido FC Moldova VS EuropeUSEFSChișinău, Moldova
Rankings
FEA K-1 Rankings FEA K-1 Rankings
FEA MMA Rankings FEA MMA Rankings (ex. EAGLES FC)
Champions
FEA Championship K-1 rules current champions Weight classUpper weight limitChampionEventDateTitle defensesHeavyweightUnlimited Kirill Kornilov FEA ResetLight heavyweight Mladen Kujundžić FEA CHAMPIONSHIP FULL DRIVEMiddleweightVacantWelterweight Artiom LivadariFEA LegacyLightweight Vitalie MateiFEA EQUINOXFeatherweight Dmitrii SirbuFEA CHAMPIONSHIP TAKE OFFBantamweightVacantWomen's strawweight Funda AkayisFEA CHAMPIONSHIP FULL DRIVE
FEA K-1 all champions