2014–2016 in SFL numbered events

Last updated July 03, 2023

Super Fight League has scheduled several fights cards throughout 2014 to 2016:^[1]^[2]

List of events

Card	Date	Venue	City
SFL - Warriors	March 30, 2014	Bombay Exhibition Centre	Mumbai, India
SFL 35: America 1	October 4, 2014	Emerald Queen Casino	Tacoma, Washington, United States
SFL 36: America 2	December 13, 2014	Emerald Queen Casino	Tacoma, Washington, United States
SFL 37: America 3	February 21, 2015	Emerald Queen Casino	Tacoma, Washington, United States
SFL 38: India vs. Pakistan	February 27, 2015	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
SFL 39: BodyPower Expo	March 22, 2015	Bombay Exhibition Centre	Mumbai, India
SFL 40: America 4	April 25, 2015	Emerald Queen Casino	Tacoma, Washington, United States
SFL 41: America 5	July 11, 2015	Emerald Queen Casino	Tacoma, Washington, United States
SFL 42: Fight Night at the Corral	August 15, 2015	Stampede Corral	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
SFL 43: Capital Collision	September 26, 2015	Hyatt Regency	Gurgaon, India
SFL 44: America 6	September 26, 2015	Emerald Queen Casino	Tacoma, Washington, United States
SFL 45: America 7	December 12, 2015	Emerald Queen Casino	Tacoma, Washington, United States
SFL 46: America 8	February 20, 2016	Emerald Queen Casino	Tacoma, Washington, United States
SFL 47	March 18, 2016	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium - The Grub Fest	New Delhi, India
SFL 48	March 26, 2016	JLN Stadium - The Grub Fest	Pune, India
SFL 49: America 9 (Seattle vs. Portland)	May 7, 2016	Emerald Queen Casino	Tacoma, Washington, USA
SFL 50: America 10 (Seattle vs. Los Angeles)	July 23, 2016	Emerald Queen Casino	Tacoma, Washington, USA
SFL 51: America 11 (Seattle vs. Central Valley)	October 22, 2016	Emerald Queen Casino	Tacoma, Washington, USA
SFL 53: Cage Sport 43	December 17, 2016	Emerald Queen Casino	Tacoma, Washington, USA

Event summaries

SFL - Warriors

SFL Warriors took place on March 30, 2014 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it was streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Flyweight	Anup Kumar	def.	Irfan Khan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Dhruv Chaudhary	def.	Mohammed Farhad Rafiq	TKO (punches)	2	4:40
Lightweight	Siddharth Chandanshive	def.	Mukesh Gora	Submission (arm triangle choke)	1	1:07
Light Heavyweight	Sandeep Kumar	def.	Deepak Kumar Singh	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	0:56
Featherweight	Abdul Muneer	def.	Sandeep Kumar	KO (punch)	1	0:16
Lightweight	Rajinder Singh Meena	def.	Sumeet Khade	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	0:16

Sources

SFL 35

SFL 35 took place on October 4, 2014 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. As with the previous events, it was streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Background

This was the inaugural event in the United States of America.^[3]

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Raven Guice	vs.	Jesse Hardenbrook	No Contest (fighters fell out of cage)	1	2:57
Women's Bantamweight	Cheryl Chan	def.	Hadley Griffith	Submission (rear naked choke)	3	2:04
Middleweight	Mike Devose	def.	Cleo Anderson	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Adam Walkemeyer	def.	Michael Marcinko	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	3:17
Lightweight	Mike Ross	def.	Trent Tyler	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Bobby McIntyre	def.	Gary Winslow	Submission (D'Arce Choke)	1	0:26
Women's Bantamweight	Colleen Schneider	def.	Brenda Gonzales	Decision (unanimous)	5	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Bantamweight	Victor Henry	def.	Cory Vom Baur	Submission (arm bar)	1	4:43	^{[lower-alpha 2]}

↑ Inaugural SFL America Women's Bantamweight Championship
↑ Inaugural SFL America Bantamweight Championship

Sources^[4]

SFL 36

SFL 36: America 2 took place on December 13, 2014 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. As with the previous events, it was streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Background

This was the 2nd event in the United States of America.

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Woo Johnson	def.	Joshua LaGrange	Submission (verbal)	1	1:07
Women's Flyweight	Jenny Liou Shriver	def.	Susy Watson	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Trent Tyle	def.	Mike Devose	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	2:41
Lightweight	Albert Tadevosyan	vs.	Frankie Orr	Draw	3	5:00
Lightweight	Jason Novelli	def.	Jason Gray	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	4:10
Welterweight	Tyson Cunningham	vs.	Ben Fodor	Draw (majority)	5	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Lightweight	Julian Erosa	def.	Harrison Bevens	TKO	2	2:10	^{[lower-alpha 2]}

↑ Inaugural SFL America Welterweight Championship
↑ Inaugural SFL America Lightweight Championship

Sources

SFL 37

SFL 37: America 3 took place on February 21, 2015 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. As with the previous events, it was streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Background

This was the 3rd event in the United States of America.

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Victor Barajas	def.	Shane Sargent	Submission (armbar)	1	n/a
Middleweight	Trent Tyler	def.	Kina Peneueta	Submission (arm triangle choke)	1	n/a
Lightweight	Bobby McIntyre	def.	William Hunt	TKO (punches)	1	n/a
Featherweight	Jesse Hardenbrook	def.	Aaron Martin	Submission (arm triangle choke)	1	3:38
Bantamweight	Paul Njoku	def.	Sean Gee	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Hector Lopez	def.	Arjay Murphy	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Ben Fodor	def.	Jason Novelli	Technical Submission (rear naked choke)	3	3:06
Lightweight	Julian Erosa (c)	def.	Drew Brokenshire	Submission (brabo choke)	3	4:35	^{[lower-alpha 1]}

↑ For the SFL America Lightweight Championship

Sources

SFL 38

SFL 38: India vs. Pakistan took place on February 27, 2015 in the United Arab Emirates. As with the previous events, it was streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Background
This was the very first MMA event to feature fighters from India against fighters from Pakistan, standing from the long rivalry both nations have. It was also the first event the SFL hosted in the United Arab Emirates. Team India beat Team Pakistan by 6-1 & won the SFL Cup.^[5]^[6]

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Mohammed Shahid	def.	Prince Alamgeer Khan	TKO (punches)	1	2:50
Bantamweight	Mohammed Farhad Rafiq	def.	Abdullah Haiderzai	TKO (punches)	2	1:12
Featherweight	Abdul Muneer	def.	Ahmed Ali	KO (punch)	1	0:48
Welterweight	Usman Butt	def.	Bhabajeet Choudhury	DQ (kick to the head of grounded fighter)	1	2:17
Light Heavyweight	Sandeep Kumar	def.	Jerry James	TKO (punches)	1	1:36
Flyweight	Anup Kumar	def.	Shams Rehman	TKO (slam and elbows)	1	0:46
Middleweight	Amit Thapa	def.	Sameer Hassan Khan	TKO (punches)	1	2:33

Sources

SFL 39

SFL 39: BodyPower Expo took place on March 22, 2015 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will be streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight	Dhruv Chaudhary	def.	Navjot Chahal	TKO (punches)	2	4:05
Flyweight	Govind Singh	def.	Mohd Asgar	TKO (punches)	1	2:59
Welterweight	Vikas Singh Ruhil	def.	Zoramm Awia	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	1:07
Flyweight	Khurshid Moin	def.	Zorin Mawiia	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Nikhil Bhatt	def.	Manish Kumar	TKO (punches)	1	2:12
Bantamweight	Mohammed Farhad Rafiq	def.	Praveen Malik	KO (head kick)	1	1:26
Welterweight	Shyam Prasad	def.	Brijesh Kumar Meena	Submission (triangle choke)	1	1:24

Sources

SFL 40

SFL 40: America 4 took place on April 25, 2015 in Tacoma, Washington. As with the previous events, it will be streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Justin Mark	def.	Shane Sargent	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	0:58
Lightweight	Jake Jokela	def.	Mike Ross	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	3:44
Women's Flyweight	Susy Watson	def.	Ciara Irvine	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	3:29
Welterweight	Corey Watson	def.	Artiom Cula	Submission (kimura)	3	2:53
Bantamweight	Tony Reyes	def.	Victor Barajas	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	4:02
Welterweight	John Heath	def.	Trent Tyler	TKO (punches)	1	3:19
Bantamweight	Gurdarshan Mangat	def.	Hector Lopez	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	3:00
Lightweight	Drew Brokenshire	def.	Jason Gray	TKO (knees & punches)	3	2:50

Sources

SFL 41

SFL 41: America 5 took place on July 11, 2015 in Tacoma, Washington. As with the previous events, it was streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Kody Kramer	def.	Tony Reyes	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Vince Morales	def.	Jeremie Montgomery	TKO (punches)	1	2:28
Lightweight	Woo Johnson	def.	Chris Aparicio	Submission (rear naked choke)	3	4:40
Welterweight	Corey Watson	def.	Adam Walkemeyer	Submission (arm triangle choke)	1	1:19
Lightweight	Jason Novelli	def.	Bobby McIntyre	Submission (rear naked choke)	2	4:16
Welterweight	Tyson Cunningham	def.	Mike Dubois	Submission (Von Flue choke)	2	1:13	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Lightweight	Justin Harrington	def.	Harrison Bevens	TKO	2	4:59	^{[lower-alpha 2]}

↑ Inaugural SFL America Welterweight Championship
↑ Vacant SFL America Lightweight Championship

Sources

SFL 42

SFL 42: Fight Night at the Corral took place on August 15, 2015 in Calgary, Alberta. This was the Canadian debut event for Super Fight League. As with the previous events, it was streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Steve Roy	def.	Dan Juricic	KO (punches)	1	0:50
Women's Flyweight	Rachael Swatez	def.	Chaleur Jones	Submission (triangle choke)	1	3:34
Welterweight	Matt Krayco	def.	Justin Schmit	Submission (triangle choke)	1	3:34
Middleweight	Chase Degenhardt	def.	Micah Brakefield	TKO (punches)	1	3:28	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Bantamweight	Jesse Arnett	def.	Roland Delorme	TKO (punches)	2	3:00

↑ For the SFL Middleweight Championship

Sources

SFL 43

SFL 43: Capital Collision took place on September 26, 2015 in Gurgaon, India. As with the previous events, it was streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Krishan Rawat	def.	Vikas Singh	Submission (rear naked choke)	1
Women's Strawweight	Daisy Singh	def.	Lalvenhimi	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	1:26
Featherweight	Gaurav Gulliya	def.	Nikhil Bhatt	Submission (standing rear naked choke)	1	2:39
Bantamweight	Mohd Farhad Rafiq	def.	Pushpendra Singh	TKO (punches)	2	1:11
Flyweight	Kapil Kumar	def.	Irfan Khan	Submission (rear naked choke)	2	1:55
Welterweight	Seth Rosario	def.	Shyam Prasad	TKO (punch)	2	0:34
Flyweight	Govind Ale	def.	Anup Kumar	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Amitesh Chaubey	def.	Jason Solomon	TKO (punch)	1	0:09	^{[lower-alpha 1]}

↑ For the SFL Welterweight Championship

Sources

SFL 44

SFL 44: America 6 took place on September 26, 2015 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. As with the previous events, it was streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Dylan Potter	def.	John Aparicio	Submission (armbar)	1	1:34
Lightweight	Thomas Pierce Jr.	def.	Jesse Hardenbrook	Submission (rear naked choke)	2	2:21
Featherweight	Jeremie Montgomery	def.	Jadon Johnson	TKO	1	1:26
Bantamweight	Lyndon Hirai	def.	Allan Nicolausen	TKO	2	2:41
Women's Strawweight	Jenny Liou Shriver	def.	Heather Denny	Submission (armbar)	1	4:01
Featherweight	Daniel Swain	def.	Drew Brokenshire	Submission (triangle choke)	3	2:04
Light Heavyweight	Alfonso Gonzales	def.	Thomas Hoeper	TKO	2	1:29
Lightweight	Justin Harrington	def.	Bobby McIntyre	Submission (triangle choke)	1	2:25	^{[lower-alpha 1]}

↑ For the SFL American Lightweight Championship

Sources

SFL 45

SFL 45: America 7 took place on December 12, 2015 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. As with the previous events, it was streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Thomas Hoeper	def.	Rob Burgess	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	4:46
Light Heavyweight	Rafael Brewster	def.	Nate Cook	Submission (front choke)	1	1:36
Lightweight	Patrick Benson	def.	Kody Kramer	Submission (knee bar)	2	0:38
Middleweight	Dylan Potter	def.	Artiom Cula	KO	1	2:41
Bantamweight	Journey Newson	def.	Justin Hugo	Submission (triangle choke)	1	2:17
Featherweight	Eric Cronkhite	def.	Daniel Elliot	Submission (rear naked choke)	2	4:30
Light Heavyweight	Brent Knopp	def.	Jordan Currie	TKO	2	5:00
Women's Strawweight	Amy Montenegro	def.	Glena Avila	Decision (split)	5	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 1]}

↑ For the SFL America Women's Strawweight Championship

Sources

SFL 46

SFL 46: America 8 took place on February 20, 2016 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. As with the previous events, it was streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Flyweight	Anthony Zender	def.	Luiz Gomez	TKO	2	1:14
Welterweight	Ryan Schecterson	def.	Nick Coughran	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Dylan Potter	def.	Rob Burgess	Submission (armbar)	2	2:20
Lightweight	David Purnell Jr.	vs.	Thomas Pierce Jr.	No Contest (eye poke)	2	0:33
Bantamweight	Justin Hugo	def.	Jon Marc Cortez	Submission (armbar)	2	4:16
Featherweight	Jeremie Montgomery	def.	Armando Best	Submission (D'arce Choke)	2	3:49
Welterweight	Joey Pierotti	def.	Fay Bursell	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	1:09
Lightweight	Patrick Benson	def.	Jason Gray	Submission (triangle choke)	1	3:23
Light Heavyweight	Jared Torgeson	def.	Brent Knopp	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00

Sources

SFL 47

SFL 47 took place on March 18, 2016 in New Delhi, India. As with the previous events, it was streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Flyweight	Kapil Kumar	def.	Sachin Panwar	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Dhruv Chaudhary	def.	Amit Goswami	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	2:30
Women's Strawweight	Daisy Singh	def.	Bharti Dhoundiyal	Submission (armbar)	1	0:44
Welterweight	Ashish Chaudhary	def.	Jamshed Khan	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	2:34
Welterweight	Kantharaj Agasa	def.	Mukesh Gora	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00

Sources

SFL 48

SFL 48 took place on March 26, 2016 in Pune, India. As with the previous events, it was streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight	Arshiyan Memon	def.	Parveen Kumar	Submission (reverse guillotine choke)	2	1:48
Bantamweight	Dhruv Chaudhary	def.	Pardeep Singh	Submission (armbar)	1	2:30
Welterweight	Amit Kumar	def.	Ashish Chaudhary	KO/TKO	1	0:11
Lightweight	Farhad Hazratzada	def.	Sandeep Yadav	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	4:21

Sources

SFL 49

SFL 49: America 9 (Seattle vs. Portland) took place on May 7, 2016 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. As with the previous events, it was streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight	Journey Newson	def.	Shane Friesz	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Women's Flyweight	Liz Tracy	def.	Cindy Hales	TKO
Welterweight	Joey Pierotti	def.	Chris Evens	TKO
Middleweight	Rafael Brewster	def.	Jose McKay Rodriguez	KO
Lightweight	Justin Harrington (c)	def.	Bryan Nuro	Decision (unanimous)	5	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 1]}

↑ For the SFL American Lightweight Championship

Sources

SFL 50

SFL 50: America 10 (Seattle vs. Los Angeles) took place on July 23, 2016 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. As with the previous events, it was streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Austin Anderson	def.	Ryan Schecterson	Submission (triangle choke)	2	4:33
Featherweight	Nathan Stolen	def.	Jeremie Montgomery	KO/TKO (punch)	1	1:34
Bantamweight	Anthony Zender	def.	Brandon Frunk	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Featherweight	A.J. Bryant	def.	Armando Best	KO/TKO (punches)	1	2:14
Women's Flyweight	Sarah D'Alelio	def.	Jenny Liou	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Shohei Yamamoto	def.	Bobby McIntyre	KO/TKO (punches)	2	0:46
Light Heavyweight	Thomas Hoeper	def.	Dylan Potter	KO/TKO (punches)	2	4:27
195 lbs catchweight	Brent Knopp	def.	Adam Dehart	Decision (unanimous)	5	5:00

Sources

SFL 51

SFL 51: America 11 (Seattle Warriors vs. Central Valley Heat) took place on October 22, 2016 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. As with the previous events, it was streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Jorge Gaitan	def.	Armando Best	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Nathan Stolen	def.	A.J. Bryant	Submission
Welterweight	Joey Pierotti	def.	Richard Brooks	TKO
Women's Flyweight	Liz Tracy	def.	Christine Stanley	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Mike Persons	def.	Dylan Potter	TKO
Heavyweight	Jordan Powell	def.	Jordan Currie	Submission
192 lbs Catchweight	Josh Clark	def.	Brent Knopp	KO
140 lbs Catchweight	Anthony Zender	def.	Nathan Thompson	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00

Sources

SFL 53: Cage Sport 43

SFL 53: Cage Sport 43 took place on December 17, 2016 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. As with the previous events, it was streamed on YouTube, on TEN Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

Fight Card

Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight	Sean Gee	def.	Rodney Kealohi	Submission (guillotine choke)	3	0:59
140 lbs Catchweight	Dylan Atkinson	def.	Daniel Elliot	Submission (north-south choke)	2	4:51
140 lbs Catchweight	Journey Newson	def.	Anthony Zender	Submission (guillotine choke)	3	1:27
Lightweight	JD Burns	def.	Patrick Benson	Submission (triangle choke)	1	2:37
Lightweight	Ikaika Tampos	def.	Chris Stone	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Drew Brokenshire	def.	Eduardo Torres	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Bryan Nuro	def.	Bobby McIntyre	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	3:22	^{[lower-alpha 1]}

↑ For the Interim SFL American Lightweight Championship

Sources

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The year 2021 was the 4th year in the history of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, a bare-knuckle fighting promotion based in Philadelphia. The year consisted of 13 events, including an inaugural Fight Night event alongside nine title fights. The promotion also saw the inception of the new Cruiserweight division and its inaugural title fight at Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 18.

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