AFC MMA events in 2017
2017 in AFC First date 19 March 2017 Last date TBA Total events TBA Total fights TBA Title fights TBA
The year 2017 was the 8th year in the history of Australian Fighting Championship (AFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in Australia. In 2017 AFC held 4 events.
# Event Title Date Arena Location 22 AFC 21 28 October 2017 Melbourne Pavilion Melbourne , Australia 21 AFC 20 28 July 2017 Melbourne Pavilion Melbourne , Australia 20 AFC 19 15 April 2017 AFC Arena Xi'an , Shaanxi, China 19 AFC 18 14 April 2017 AFC Arena Xi'an , Shaanxi, China
AFC 21[ 1] [ 2] was an event meant to be held on 28 October 2017, at AFC Arena in Xi'an , Shaanxi, China. The event was cancelled and instead was held on 28 October 2017, at Melbourne Pavilion, Melbourne , Australia.
Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Light Heavyweight Rameau Sokoudjou def. Jamie Abdallah TKO (punches) 2 2:16 [ a] Lightweight Issac Hardman def. Rob Hill KO (punch) 2 [ b] Welterweight Zhang Lipeng def. Mikey Vaotuua Submission (rear-raked choke) 1 Catchweight (68 kg) Daniel Jones def. Francisco Jose Vinueles TKO (punches) 2 Bantamweight Zhang Meixuan def. Mario Moreno Submission (armbar) 2 Welterweight Wang Shaowei def. Peter Davenport TKO (punches) 3 Lightweight Cody Pfister def. Wu Haotian Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Welterweight Dane Beeby def. Brock McRobb Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 4:02 Middleweight Luke Spears def. Oscar Kong Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Catchweight (68 kg) Kazumasa Majima def. Luke Jones Submission (rear-naked choke) 1
^ For the AFC Light Heavyweight Championship ^ For the AFC Lightweight Championship AFC 20[ 3] [ 4] was an event held on 28 July 2017, at Melbourne Pavilion, Melbourne , Australia.
Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Middleweight Israel Adesanya def. Melvin Guillard TKO (punches) 1 4:49 [ a] Welterweight Anton Zafir def. Hoshi Friedrich TKO (punches) 1 3:31 Welterweight Theo Christakos def. Abdullah Abou Hamdan TKO (punches) 2 2:38 Welterweight Brock McRobb def. Steve Thouliss TKO (punches) 2 3:08 Bantamweight Jaime Renouf def. Joshua Riley Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Flyweight Nicole Szepesvary def. Anthea Paton Decision (majority) 3 5:00 Heavyweight Damian Maru def. Phil Ikafanga TKO (submission to punches) 1 4:38 Middleweight Matt Heath def. Oscar Kong TKO (doctor stoppage) 1 3:41 Welterweight Saeed Karsaz Draw Joe Kendrick Draw (majority) 3 5:00 Featherweight James Vandarakis def. John Armstrong Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 1:35
^ For the AFC Middleweight Championship AFC 19[ 5] [ 6] was an event held on 15 April 2017, at AFC Arena in Xi'an , Shaanxi, China.
Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Lightweight Issac Hardman def. James Bishop TKO 2 N/A [ a] Bantamweight Jun Zhu def. Sun Uk Do TKO 2 N/A Bantamweight Arlene Blencowe def. Rhiannon Thompson TKO 1 N/A Welterweight Peter Davenport def. Harris Norwood TKO 2 N/A Feathweight Tetsuya Seki def. Nikos Trepca TKO 3 N/A Lightweight John Mitchell def. Chenglin Wu TKO 1 N/A N/A Mohammad Issa Poursalamati def. Kefeng Jian Submission 1 N/A
^ For the AFC Lightweight Championship AFC 18[ 7] [ 8] was an event held on 14 April 2017, at AFC Arena in Xi'an , Shaanxi, China.
Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Light Heavyweight Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou def. Marcelo Tenorio TKO (punches and elbows) 1 N/A Featherweight Kaan Ofli def. Munehiro Fujita Submission (bulldog choke) 2 N/A Lightweight Mikey Vaotuua def. Yufei Zhao Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 N/A Bantamweight Long Xiao def. Chris Wase Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Middleweight Glenn Sparv def. Yuki Sasaki TKO 1 N/A Lightweight Ruslan Emibek def. Amin Yaubi TKO 1 N/A N/A Masoumeh Togan def. Zhou Lin Decision (majority) 3 5:00