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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.
October 30 – November 2: 2024 Pan American Kickboxing Championships in Santiago [148] November 1–10: 2024 WAKO European Championships in Athens [149] November 21–30: 2021 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Bangkok; December 9–12: 2024 WAKO African Continental Championships in South Africa [150]
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 ).
Australian mixed martial artists (3 C) Pages in category "Mixed martial arts in Australia" ... Australian Fighting Championship; B. Brace (MMA) ...
The Australian Open fourth round matches have provided some thrilling entertainment with Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz now on a collision course in the last eight after their respective victories.
The 2016 IMMAF European Open Championships of Amateur MMA took place in Prague from 22 to 26 November. [17] Hosted by the Czech Mixed Martial Arts Association (MMAA), the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation's nation vs. nation tournament plays out in 2 rings across 5 days and features more than 170 Athletes from 30 countries worldwide.
Soon after the Australian Karate Federation was established in 1970, the National team represented Australia in the inaugural World Karate Championships staged in Japan the same year. After a humble start the Federation achieved a substantial number of members and kept growing with a membership of 123 affiliated styles.