2012 in AFC | ||||
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Information | ||||
First date | April 14, 2012 | |||
Last date | December 7, 2012 | |||
Events | ||||
Total events | 2 | |||
Fights | ||||
Total fights | 16 | |||
Title fights | 1 | |||
Chronology | ||||
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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.
# | Event Title | Date | Arena | Location |
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5 | AFC 4 | December 7, 2012 | Melbourne Pavilion | Melbourne, Australia |
4 | AFC 3 | April 14, 2012 | Geelong Arena | Geelong, Australia |
AFC 4 [1] [2] was an event held on December 7, 2012, at Melbourne Pavilion in Melbourne, Australia.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Heavyweight | Soa Palelei | def. | Sean McCorkle | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:45 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Heavyweight | Peter Graham | def. | Donnie Lester | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 1 | 1:50 | |
Featherweight | Ivo dos Santos | def. | Callum Lewis | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Daniel Keely | def. | Fabio Galeb | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Zein Saliba | def. | Vik Grujic | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | David Gibb | def. | Mikey Vaotuua | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:16 | |
Welterweight | Dean Purdon | def. | Jack Shand | Decision (split) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Featherweight | Anthony fogus | def. | Kenan Palliser | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Featherweight | Regan Neoh | def. | Zach Hook | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
AFC 3 [3] [4] was an event held on April 14, 2012, at Geelong Arena in Geelong, Australia.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Heavyweight | Soa Palelei | def. | Joe Kielur | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:14 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Lightweight | Dan Hooker | def. | Rusty McBride | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 2 | 3:57 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Bantamweight | Richie Vaculik | def. | Matt Jaggers | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:38 | |
Strawweight | Bec Rawlings | def. | Daniela Marjanovic | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 0:21 | |
Middleweight | Gene Kapaufs | def. | Sam Faiers | TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:40 | |
Middleweight | Mikey Vaotuua | def. | Troy Resic | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Dan Enson Hyatt | def. | Jamie Stewart | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:47 |
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