2012 in AFC

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2012 in AFC
Information
First dateApril 14, 2012
Last dateDecember 7, 2012
Events
Total events2
Fights
Total fights16
Title fights1
Chronology
2011 in AFC 2012 in AFC 2013 in AFC

The year 2012 was the 3rd year in the history of Australian Fighting Championship (AFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in Australia. In 2012 AFC held 2 events.

Contents

Events list

#Event TitleDateArenaLocation
5 AFC 4 December 7, 2012Melbourne Pavilion Melbourne, Australia
4 AFC 3 April 14, 2012 Geelong Arena Geelong, Australia

AFC 4

AFC 4 [1] [2] was an event held on December 7, 2012, at Melbourne Pavilion in Melbourne, Australia.

Results

Main Card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Heavyweight Soa Palelei def. Sean McCorkle TKO (punches)11:45 [lower-alpha 1]
Heavyweight Peter Graham def.Donnie LesterTKO (doctor stoppage)11:50
FeatherweightIvo dos Santosdef.Callum LewisDecision (unanimous)35:00
Light Heavyweight Daniel Keely def.Fabio GalebDecision (unanimous)35:00
MiddleweightZein Salibadef.Vik GrujicDecision (unanimous)35:00
MiddleweightDavid Gibbdef.Mikey VaotuuaTKO (punches)21:16
WelterweightDean Purdondef.Jack ShandDecision (split)33:00
FeatherweightAnthony fogusdef.Kenan PalliserDecision (unanimous)33:00
FeatherweightRegan Neohdef.Zach HookDecision (unanimous)33:00
  1. For the AFC Heavyweight Championship

AFC 3

AFC 3 [3] [4] was an event held on April 14, 2012, at Geelong Arena in Geelong, Australia.

Results

Main Card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Heavyweight Soa Palelei def.Joe KielurTKO (punches)11:14 [lower-alpha 1]
Lightweight Dan Hooker def.Rusty McBrideTKO (doctor stoppage)23:57 [lower-alpha 2]
Bantamweight Richie Vaculik def.Matt JaggersTKO (punches)12:38
Strawweight Bec Rawlings def.Daniela MarjanovicTechnical Submission (rear-naked choke)10:21
MiddleweightGene Kapaufsdef.Sam FaiersTKO (punches)32:40
MiddleweightMikey Vaotuuadef.Troy ResicDecision (split)35:00
WelterweightDan Enson Hyattdef.Jamie StewartSubmission (rear-naked choke)11:47
  1. For the AFC Heavyweight Championship
  2. For AFC Lightweight Championship [5]

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