2010 in AFC
| 2010 in AFC | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| First date | November 12, 2010 | |||
| Last date | November 12, 2010 | |||
| Events | ||||
| Total events | 1 | |||
| Fights | ||||
| Total fights | 10 | |||
| Chronology | ||||
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The year 2010 was the 1st year in the history of Australian Fighting Championship (AFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in Australia. In 2010 AFC held 1 event.
Events list[edit]
| # | Event Title | Date | Arena | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFC 1 | November 12, 2010 | State Netball and Hockey Centre | Melbourne, Australia |
AFC 1[edit]
AFC 1[1][2] was an event held on November 12, 2010, at State Netball and Hockey Centre in Melbourne, Australia. The event director for the inaugural AFC 1 was Lui Spedaliere a hip hop music tour promoter from Unda K9 Records who was engaged by the AFC founder Adam Milankovic three weeks before the event when only 50 tickets were recorded to be sold by Ticketmaster. Lui bought her Sydney team Kurt Pascoe and Sherri Ponisi, and successfully sold 3,200 tickets in the 3 weeks leading up to the event. The highest number of tickets sold in Australia for an MMA event outside of the UFC. The half-time entertainment was Hip Hop Artist Phrase and DJ Jay Funk who later went on to become the AFC resident DJ for AFC 2 - AFC 8. AFC 1 was also one of the first times an Australian MMA event had engaged international fighters Jesse Taylor, Jeremy May and Ritchie Whitson all of whom had appeared in the UFC reality show, The Ultimate Fighter.
Results[edit]
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Jesse Taylor | def. | Dylan Andrews | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:40 |
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| Jeremy May | def. | Ross Dallow | DQ (illegal Substance) | 1 | 5:00 |
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| Richie Whitson | def. | Masaya Doi | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:23 |
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| Leigh Allwood | def. | Supi Lanumata | KO (punches) | 1 | N/A |
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| Panapa Pereira | def. | Ryan carr-Ketu | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | N/A |
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| Patrice Empeigne | def. | Troy Williams | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
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| Rob Giuffrida | def. | Aaron Raffin | Submissi0n (arm-triangle choke) | 1 | 1:50 |
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| Daniel Richardson | def. | Hugh Cameron | decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
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| Damien Brown | def. | Kenny Yeung | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
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| Rusty McBride | def. | Matt Prince | TKO (punches) | 1 | N/A | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Sherdog.com. "AFC 1 - Australian Fighting Championship 1". Sherdog. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
- ^ "AFC". Tapology. Retrieved September 2, 2017.