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.
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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