The International MMA Federation is the global governing body for the sport of MMA, representing stakeholders across 120 nations through its family of non-profit, democratic federations. Founded from within the MMA community for the MMA community, the IMMAF works to further the development and regulation of MMA from the grass roots to elite level, and to organize elite, Amateur MMA Championships worldwide. IMMAF’s goal is for MMA to attain official sport recognition and ultimately be accepted into the Olympics.