World Martial Arts Games due 2013 in St. Petersburg

SOCHI, August 6 (Itar-Tass) -- World Martial Arts Games will be held
in 2013 in Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
said at the closing ceremony of the Platform S-70 Mixed Martial Arts
International Tournament.
"It will be 120 countries, two thousand participants, and we would
like to see today's guests represent their countries in Russia in 2013,"
he said. "But the victory will be expected from our fighters."
The MMA tournament was held in Sochi, under the patronage of the
Krasnodar Territory and Russia's Ministry of Sport, Tourism and Youth
Policy, with the support of Sochi's administration the Moscow Mayor's
Office's Department of Physical Education and Sports. The game between
Russia's team, which was represented by athletes from the Sambo-70, and
the teams of Brazil ended by a complete victory of Russians with a score
of 5:0.