Respect Fighting Championship

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Respect Fighting Championship
TypePrivate
IndustryMixed Martial Arts promotion
Founded2009
Headquarters
Hessen
,
Germany
Key people
Sven Neumann, Liam Conway

Respect Fighting Championship (RESPECT.FC) is a mixed martial arts organization in Germany. It has won the GNP Award for the best German promotion in 2009, [1] 2010 [2] and 2011 [3] Especially noteworthy in this context is that RESPECT.FC has beaten the Ultimate Fighting Championship (the biggest mixed martial arts organization in the world), who was nominated with their first German based event UFC 99. [1] The events are broadcast by Fightcast.tv. [4]

Contents

History

Partnership with Battle of the South (Netherlands)

On April 2, 2011, a 'RESPECT.FC Title Contender Fight' between Ben Boekee and Denis Oliwka took place at "Battle of the South", [5] one of the biggest MMA Events in the Netherlands. That was the first and only co-promotion for RESPECT.FC so far.

Rules

RESPECT.FC's rules differ somewhat from the North American Unified Rules. Among the differences are the allowance of knees to the head of downed opponent and stomp kicks to the body, while elbows to the head of downed opponent and soccer kicks are prohibited. Similar to the Unified Rules, fights have 3 rounds each lasting 5 minutes. Title Fights are 5 rounds. [6]

Current champions

DivisionUpper weight limitChampionSinceDefenses
Heavyweight120 kg (264.6 lb; 18.9 st) Flag of Germany.svg Björn Schmiedeberg11. September 2010 (RESPECT.4)1
Cruiserweight93 kg (205.0 lb; 14.6 st) Flag of Germany.svg Stephan Puetz13. April 2013 (RESPECT.9)0
Middleweight84 kg (185.2 lb; 13.2 st) Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Naruszczka13. April, 2013 (RESPECT.9)0
Welterweight77 kg (169.8 lb; 12.1 st) Flag of Germany.svg Ruben Crawford21. April 2012 (RESPECT.7)0
Lightweight70 kg (154.3 lb; 11.0 st) Flag of Germany.svg Cengiz Dana17. September 2011 (RESPECT.6)1
Featherweight65 kg (143.3 lb; 10.2 st) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ben Boekee17. September 2011 (RESPECT.6)0

Championship history

Heavyweight Championship

No.NameEventDateDefenses
1 Flag of Germany.svg Björn Schmiedeberg
def. Andreas Kraniotakes		RESPECT.4
Sportpark, Herne, Germany 		September 11, 20101. def. Sascha Weinpolter at RESPECT.6 on Sep 17, 2011 in Wuppertal, Germany

Cruiserweight Championship

No.NameEventDateDefenses
1 Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Naruszczka
def. Manuel Masuch		RESPECT.6
Bayer Hall, Wuppertal, Germany 		September 17, 20111. def. Mario Stapel at RESPECT.7 on Apr 21, 2012 in Essen, Germany
Title vacated after Naruszczka moved down to middleweight.

Middleweight Championship

No.NameEventDateDefenses
1 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Risch
def. Nick Hein		RESPECT.6
Bayer Hall, Wuppertal, Germany 		September 17, 2011
2 Flag of Germany.svg Nicolas PenzerRESPECT.7
Eishalle, Essen, Germany 		April 21, 2012
3 Flag of Poland.svg Marcin NaruszczkaRESPECT.9
Bayer Sportscenter, Dormagen, Germany 		April 13, 2013

Welterweight Championship

No.NameEventDateDefenses
1 Flag of Germany.svg Ruben Crawford
def. Steve Mensing		RESPECT.7
Eishalle, Essen, Germany 		April 21, 2012

Lightweight Championship

No.NameEventDateDefenses
1 Flag of Germany.svg Cengiz Dana
def. Niko Lohmann		RESPECT.6
Bayer Hall, Wuppertal, Germany 		September 17, 20111. def. Adam Golonkiewicz at RESPECT.7 on Apr 21, 2012 in Essen, Germany

Featherweight Championship

No.NameEventDateDefenses
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ben Boekee
def. Marcel Jedidi		RESPECT.6
Bayer Hall, Wuppertal, Germany 		September 17, 2011

Notable fighters

Events

EventDateCityVenue
RESPECT FC 1 [13] March 14, 2009 Flag of Germany.svg Herne Fighters World Herne
RESPECT FC 2 [14] November 7, 2009 Flag of Germany.svg Herne Sportpark Herne
RESPECT FC 3 [15] April 24, 2010 Flag of Germany.svg Essen Sporthalle Bergeborbeck
RESPECT FC 4 [16] September 11, 2010 Flag of Germany.svg Herne Sportpark Herne
RESPECT FC 5 [17] April 9, 2011 Flag of Germany.svg Essen Zeche Amalie
RESPECT FC 6 "Stronger than ever" [18] September 17, 2011 Flag of Germany.svg Wuppertal Bayerhalle Wuppertal
RESPECT FC 7 [19] April 21, 2012 Flag of Germany.svg Essen Eishalle Essen
RESPECT FC 8September 22, 2012 Flag of Germany.svg Wuppertal Bayerhalle Wuppertal
RESPECT FC 9April 13, 2013 Flag of Germany.svg Dormagen Bayer Sport Center
RESPECT FC 10September 28, 2013 Flag of Germany.svg Wuppertal Bayerhalle Wuppertal
RESPECT FC 11April 5, 2014 Flag of Germany.svg Dormagen Bayer Sport Center
RESPECT FC 12April 11, 2015 Flag of Germany.svg Wuppertal Bayer Sportpark
RESPECT FC 13July 18, 2015 Flag of Germany.svg Karlsruhe Rintheimer Halle
RESPECT FC 14September 19, 2015 Flag of Germany.svg Karlsruhe Rheinstrandhalle
RESPECT FC 15March 12, 2016 Flag of Germany.svg Karlsruhe Rintheimer Halle
RESPECT FC 16April 9, 2016 Flag of Germany.svg Cologne FIBO (trade show)
RESPECT FC 17September 17, 2016 Flag of Germany.svg Karlsruhe Rheinstrandhalle
RESPECT FC 18December 4, 2016 Flag of Germany.svg Cologne Sartory-Säle
RESPECT FC 19September 21, 2019 Flag of Germany.svg Limburg an der Lahn Alte Markthalle
RESPECT FC: AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS 6November 9, 2019 Flag of Germany.svg Idstein Limeshalle
RESPECT FC 20September 26, 2020 Flag of Germany.svg Hanover Star Event Center

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