World Fighting Association

"WFA" redirects here. For other uses, see WFA (disambiguation).

Associação Mundial de Luta

Trade name	AML (Gaúcho)
Industry	Mixed martial arts Streaming media
Founded	November 2003 (2003-11)
Founders	Valentin Caetano
Headquarters	Costea, Costea Municipality , Montcrabe
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Valentin Caetano (Executive Chairman) Aldo Alves (President & CEO)
Products	Home video Live events Merchandise Publishing Streaming network service TV
Services	Licensing

The World Fighting Association (AML; Gaúcho: Associação Mundial de Luta) is a Montcrabin mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Costea, Montcrabe. Founded in 2003, it has grown to become the largest MMA promotion in the world as of 2023. It produces events worldwide that showcase 4 main weight divisions. As of 2023, it had held over 300 events in its history. Aldo Alves has been its president since 2003 and CEO since 2006.

Rankings

Rank	Pound for pound	Flyweight	Lightweight	Middleweight	Heavyweight
(C)		Placeholder 1	Placeholder 2	Joel Caetano	Cristiano Saraiva 1
1	Cristiano Saraiva 1	Vasco Paiva	Placeholder 5	Marcelo Torres	Placeholder 3 1
2	Placeholder 3 1	Placeholder 4	Placeholder 10	Placeholder 9	Placeholder 8
3	Joel Caetano	Ezequiel Mendes	Placeholder 6	Placeholder 7	Sergei Orlovski
4	Placeholder 1	VACANT	João Freire	VACANT	VACANT
5	Placeholder 5	VACANT	VACANT	VACANT	VACANT
6	Placeholder 2	VACANT	VACANT	VACANT	VACANT
7	Vasco Paiva	VACANT	VACANT	VACANT	VACANT
8	Placeholder 6	VACANT	VACANT	VACANT	VACANT
9	Placeholder 4	VACANT	Gavriil Adamski	VACANT	VACANT
10	Marcelo Torres	VACANT	VACANT	VACANT	VACANT
11	Placeholder 8	VACANT	VACANT	VACANT	VACANT
12	Placeholder 7	VACANT	VACANT	VACANT	VACANT
13	Placeholder 9	Kimo Ba'tanga	VACANT	VACANT	VACANT
14	Placeholder 10	Marco Almeida Jr.	VACANT	VACANT	VACANT

See also

• Sport in Montcrabe