MMA Cymru

All roads lead to Abu Dhabi.

Here is your MMA Cymru youth World Championship Squad - can all selected athletes reach out to your coaches and confirm if you can take part. Squad training is scheduled for July 5th, time and venue tbc.

The World Championships take place on August 16–23, 2026. Let’s take out our biggest and most successful ever team.

Cymru am Byth!

Youth A - Welterweight division

🥇- Lorenço Merrony-Janota
🥈- Kadyn Hopkins
🥉- Liam Morgan

Youth B - under 62kg division

🥇- Regan Williams
🥈- Manny Ryland-Pemberthy
🥉- Iwan Mayhew

MMA Cymru’s adult fighter of the year is Mr Ellis Clement.

Ellis made his MMA Cymru debut in 2019 at the inaugural Youth Championships in Rome as a young teen. He returned as a junior to the European Championships in Venice in 2022 and then in 2025 as a senior athlete at the World Championships in Georgia. He is the first and so far only athlete to represent Wales at all three age brackets.

His best performance came last year at the worlds when he dominated his opponents from Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan. Ellis was forced to withdraw after getting injured, but we believe he would have gone all the way to the top. Domestically he had a great year, picking up the Budo and SFC titles.

Ellis now turns his attention to the professional ranks after a glittering amateur career where he took on all comers.

Congratulations Ellis Clement, your MMA Cymru adult fighter of the year.

Youth B - Under 52kg division

🥇- Iestyn Fisher
🥈- Tao Williams