Impact Fighting Championships

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Impact Fighting Championships
TypePrivate
IndustryMMA Promotion
FoundedJuly 2010
Founder Andrew McManus, Thomas Huggins
DefunctJuly 2012
Headquarters
Sydney
,
Australia
Key people
Thomas Huggins - Creator and event organizer

Impact Fighting Championships (Impact FC) was an Australian mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion. The promotion held two of three planned events in July 2010 [1] featuring veteran fighters of Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pride Fighting Championships. Impact FC was financed by Australian concert promoter Andrew McManus [2] and created, organized, and produced by Brazilian promoter Tom Huggins, [3] who helped promote Elite Xtreme Combat, Extreme Cagefighting, Bitetti Combat, and many other MMA events. [4]

Contents

The promoters planned to put on three events in a single month in order gauge the interest of Australian fans to mixed martial arts. [1] The first event, held on 10 July 2010 was expected to have a crowd over 1000 in the arena and be broadcast to a world-wide audience of 2.5 million. [3] Following the second event controversy arose over payments to the fighters participating in the event. [5] The fighters had left the arena following the show and traveled home without being paid for the event, going against many boxing and MMA commissions rules, though Thomas Huggins did directly contact the commission to notify them of Andrew McManus' failure to pay fighters as the licensed promoter, before any fighters left however the Commission said it had no power to force McManus to pay. Some fighters did receive partial payments in later weeks, but many were reporting they had gone unpaid. Huggins who had created the event had intended it to be a larger series of fights functioning as a collective of promoters licensing and sharing the Brand in many territories and had recruited local promoters around the world to work under this banner, however after McManus' failure to pay fighters Huggins and the other promoters felt the brand was effectively ruined and had to abandon it. [2] [6]

List of events

Impact FC 1

Impact FC 1: The Uprising - Brisbane
Information
PromotionImpact Fighting Championships
DateJuly 10, 2010
Venue Brisbane Entertainment Centre
City Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brisbane, Australia
Event chronology
Impact FC 1: The Uprising - BrisbaneImpact FC 2: The Uprising - Sydney

Impact FC 1: The Uprising - Brisbane was held on 10 July 2010 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia. [7]

Background

Big John McCarthy, former head referee for the UFC, was the referee for the Uprising series.

Dylan Andrews was rumored to fight Steven Kennedy, but it was never officially scheduled. [8]

Luis Dutra Jr. was forced off the card because he separated his biceps. Ben Mortimer was Luis Dutra's replacement.

A hand injury to Felise Leniu and illness of Brad Morris left Bira Lima and Jeff Monson without opponents and they fought each other. [9]

Results

Main card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Heavyweight Flag of the United States.svg Josh Barnett def. Flag of Brazil.svg Geronimo dos SantosTKO (punches)12:35
Heavyweight Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Monson def. Flag of Brazil.svg Bira LimaDecision (unanimous)35:00
Heavyweight Flag of Cameroon.svg Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou def. Flag of Brazil.svg Joaquim FerreiraTKO (punches)11:20
Welterweight Flag of the United States.svg Brian Ebersole def. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Carlos Newton Decision (unanimous)35:00
Lightweight Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Mellerdef. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jai BradneySubmission (guillotine choke)11:32
Heavyweight Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fabio Fernandesdef. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Api HemaraSubmission (rear-naked choke)13:58
Catchweight (160 lb) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tom Watersdef. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jacob MahonyTKO (punches)21:38
Welterweight Flag of Armenia.svg Karo Parisyan def. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben MortimerSubmission (rear-naked choke)24:18

    Impact FC 2

    Impact FC 2: The Uprising - Sydney
    Information
    PromotionImpact Fighting Championships
    DateJuly 18, 2010
    Venue Sydney Entertainment Centre
    City Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney, Australia
    Event chronology
    Impact FC 1: The Uprising - BrisbaneImpact FC 2: The Uprising - Sydney

    Impact FC 2 - The Uprising: Sydney was held on 18 July 2010 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia. [10]

    Background

    Big John McCarthy was the referee for the series.

    Geronimo dos Santos vs. Josh Barnett and Brian Ebersole vs. Carlos Newton from Impact FC 1 - The Uprising: Brisbane were replayed during the broadcast of this card.

    Bob Sapp was pulled from this event due to a dispute with Impact FC. [11]

    Fight Card

    Main card
    Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
    Heavyweight Flag of the United States.svg Pedro Rizzo def. Flag of the United States.svg Ken Shamrock TKO (leg kicks and punches)13:33
    Welterweight Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Daley def. Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Acacio Submission (elbow)31:15
    Super Heavyweight Flag of Australia (converted).svg Soa Palelei def. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Morris Submission (americana)14:20
    Middleweight Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Filho def. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denis Kang Draw (split)35:00 [lower-alpha 1]
    Middleweight Flag of Brazil.svg Murilo Rua def. Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy MaySubmission (guillotine choke)14:12
    Middleweight Flag of Brazil.svg Murilo Bustamante def. Flag of the United States.svg Jesse Taylor TKO (retirement)22:10
    Heavyweight Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim York def. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Graham Submission (rear-naked choke)13:44
    Light Heavyweight Flag of Brazil.svg Glover Teixeira def. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marko PeseljTKO (punches)13:01
    Lightweight Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richie Vaculik def. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Taylor-SmithSubmission (rear-naked choke)24:16
    Welterweight Flag of Australia (converted).svg Manuel Rodriguezdef. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane NixSubmission (north-south choke)14:22
    1. ↑ Fight scored 29–28, 27–30 and 29–29

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