Zambian National Amateur League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event ZNAL 2 (2022 season)
SportMartial Art
Owner(s)Mixed Martial Arts Zambia
CountryZambia
TV partner(s)ZNBC

Zambian National Amateur League ZNAL is a Zambian Mixed Martial Arts League Founded by Mixed Martial Arts Zambia in 2022.[1][2][3] It is the first ever MMA League in Zambia where individual Athletes compete to gain Amateur experience before turning professional. The ZNAL was introduced to help Zambian athletes qualify to the elite level and to help MMA Zambia come up with a team to represent Zambia at World Championships. IMMAF suggests that each athlete has to win at least 10 fights to qualify to the elite level.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ FM, Money (2022-06-22). "MMA Zambia launches National Amateur League". Money FM Radio - "Your Business & Personal Finance Radio". Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  2. ↑ Dube, Godfrey (2022-11-21). "Zambia dominates South Africa on ZNAL fight night". Zambia: News Diggers!. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  3. ↑ "Zambia Mixed Martial Arts Association – Sports Africa". Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  4. ↑ Misso, Amuna (2022-06-22). "Zambia to host the first ever Amateur League fights, women fight". Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  5. ↑ "Black Tiger tips amateur fighters". Daily Nation. 2022-08-01. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  6. ↑ Jake, Smith (October 29, 2021). "New Zambia MMA Federation receives Government recognition". immaf.org. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
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