2010 in AFC

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2010 in AFC
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First dateNovember 12, 2010
Last dateNovember 12, 2010
Events
Total events1
Fights
Total fights10
Chronology
2010 in AFC 2011 in AFC

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.

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Events list

#Event TitleDateArenaLocation
1 AFC 1 November 12, 2010 State Netball and Hockey Centre Melbourne, Australia


AFC 1

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

Main Card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Jesse Taylor def. Dylan Andrews Technical Submission (guillotine choke)12:40


Jeremy Maydef.Ross DallowDQ (illegal Substance)15:00
Richie Whitsondef.Masaya DoiKO (punches)13:23


Leigh Allwooddef.Supi LanumataKO (punches)1N/A


Panapa Pereiradef.Ryan carr-KetuSubmission (rear-naked choke)3N/A


Patrice Empeignedef.Troy WilliamsDecision (unanimous)33:00


Rob Giuffridadef.Aaron RaffinSubmissi0n (arm-triangle choke)11:50


Daniel Richardsondef.Hugh Camerondecision (unanimous)33:00


Damien Brown def.Kenny YeungDecision (unanimous)33:00
Rusty McBridedef.Matt PrinceTKO (punches)1N/A

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