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Australian Fighting Championship (AFC) was an Australian mixed martial arts (MMA) organisation based in Melbourne. In 2013, AFC was described as Australia's leading MMA organisation by MMA Kanvas [1] and was part of Sherdog's list of top 50 global MMA organisations (2014). Since AFC 4, all events were successfully streamed live via pay-per-view.
Mixed Martial Arts, in its recognized and regulated form, came to Australia via the Ultimate Fighting Championship's emergence in 1993, but was predated by Vale tudo in Brasil and Shoot wrestling in Japan. MMA gained an underground following through video and bootleg copies of UFC events in the mid 1990s.
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a form of competitive combat sport, akin to boxing, muay thai, or kick boxing. MMA titles, or championship belts , are given to those fighters deemed by a promotional organization to have met a certain standard of athletic accomplishment in a specific weight class (most often by means of a championship fight ).
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog Rob Wilkinson (born 22 February 1992) is an Australian mixed martial artist who competes in the Light heavyweight division of Professional Fighters League (PFL), where he won the championship in 2022.
Australian mixed martial artists (3 C) Pages in category "Mixed martial arts in Australia" ... Australian Fighting Championship; B. Brace (MMA) ...
Mixed martial arts (MMA) No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 Roger Gracie def. Michal Pasternak: ONE: Ascent to Power Kallang, Singapore: May 6, 2016 526 days The title was vacated after Roger Gracie announced his retirement from MMA on October 14, 2017. [22] 2 Aung La Nsang def. Alexandre Machado: ONE: Quest for Gold Yangon, Myanmar: Feb 23 ...
Martin Nguyen (born 5 March 1989) is an Australian mixed martial artist, who currently competes in the featherweight division of ONE Championship.He is a former ONE Featherweight and ONE Lightweight World Champion, and was the first two-division champion in ONE's history, having held both belts simultaneously.
Jimmy Crute (born 4 March 1996) is an Australian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Crute was the former Australian Hex Fight Series Light Heavyweight Champion.