Respect Fighting Championship

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]

Respect Fighting Championship
Private
IndustryMixed Martial Arts promotion
Founded2009
Headquarters
Hessen
,
Germany
Key people
Sven Neumann und Liam Conway
Websitewww.respectfc.de 

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
Division Upper weight limit Champion Since Defenses
Heavyweight120 kg (264.6 lb; 18.9 st) Björn Schmiedeberg11. September 2010 (RESPECT.4)1
Cruiserweight93 kg (205.0 lb; 14.6 st) Stephan Puetz13. April 2013 (RESPECT.9)0
Middleweight84 kg (185.2 lb; 13.2 st) Marcin Naruszczka13. April, 2013 (RESPECT.9)0
Welterweight77 kg (169.8 lb; 12.1 st) Ruben Crawford21. April 2012 (RESPECT.7)0
Lightweight70 kg (154.3 lb; 11.0 st) Cengiz Dana17. September 2011 (RESPECT.6)1
Featherweight65 kg (143.3 lb; 10.2 st) Ben Boekee17. September 2011 (RESPECT.6)0

Championship history

Heavyweight Championship
No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Björn Schmiedeberg
def. Andreas Kraniotakes		 RESPECT.4
Sportpark, Herne, Germany		 September 11, 2010 1. def. Sascha Weinpolter at RESPECT.6 on Sep 17, 2011 in Wuppertal, Germany

Cruiserweight Championship
No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Marcin Naruszczka
def. Manuel Masuch		 RESPECT.6
Bayer Hall, Wuppertal, Germany		 September 17, 2011 1. def. Mario Stapel at RESPECT.7 on Apr 21, 2012 in Essen, Germany
Title vacated after Naruszczka moved down to middleweight.

Middleweight Championship
No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Sebastian Risch
def. Nick Hein		 RESPECT.6
Bayer Hall, Wuppertal, Germany		 September 17, 2011
2 Nicolas Penzer RESPECT.7
Eishalle, Essen, Germany		 April 21, 2012
3 Marcin Naruszczka RESPECT.9
Bayer Sportscenter, Dormagen, Germany		 April 13, 2013

Welterweight Championship
No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Ruben Crawford
def. Steve Mensing		 RESPECT.7
Eishalle, Essen, Germany		 April 21, 2012

Lightweight Championship
No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Cengiz Dana
def. Niko Lohmann		 RESPECT.6
Bayer Hall, Wuppertal, Germany		 September 17, 2011 1. def. Adam Golonkiewicz at RESPECT.7 on Apr 21, 2012 in Essen, Germany

Featherweight Championship
No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Ben Boekee
def. Marcel Jedidi		 RESPECT.6
Bayer Hall, Wuppertal, Germany		 September 17, 2011

Notable fighters
  • Björn Schmiedeberg - #1 ranked German HW fighter,[7] RESPECT.FC Heavyweight Champion
  • Ben Boekee - WFCA Dutch Featherweight Champion,[8] RESPECT.FC Featherweight Champion
  • Cengiz Dana - M-1 Global, KSW and Cage Warriors veteran, RESPECT.FC Lightweight Champion
  • Sascha Weinpolter - #1 ranked Austrian HW fighter, Austria MMA Heavyweight Champion[9]
  • Andreas Kraniotakes - #3 ranked German HW fighter,[7] Cage Warriors veteran, appears as a character in EA Sports MMA video game
  • Danny Hoyer - IKF Sanshou Super-Welterweight World Champion[10]
  • Janosch Stefan - 2nd Place Combat Sambo World Championships 2008[11]
  • Nordin Asrih - TUF Season 13 contestant and M-1 Global veteran
  • Alexandra Sanchez - Jewels Rough Stone Grand Prix 2009 Champion
  • Raymond Jarman - M-1 Global & Shooto veteran
  • Nick Hein - European Judo Champion 2006[12]
  • Jesse-Björn Buckler - Cage Warriors and SLAMM!! Events veteran

Events
Event Date City Venue
RESPECT FC 1 [13] March 14, 2009 Herne Fighters World Herne
RESPECT FC 2 [14] November 7, 2009 Herne Sportpark Herne
RESPECT FC 3 [15] April 24, 2010 Essen Sporthalle Bergeborbeck
RESPECT FC 4 [16] September 11, 2010 Herne Sportpark Herne
RESPECT FC 5 [17] April 9, 2011 Essen Zeche Amalie
RESPECT FC 6 "Stronger than ever" [18] September 17, 2011 Wuppertal Bayerhalle Wuppertal
RESPECT FC 7 [19] April 21, 2012 Essen Eishalle Essen
RESPECT FC 8 September 22, 2012 Wuppertal Bayerhalle Wuppertal
RESPECT FC 9 April 13, 2013 Dormagen Bayer Sport Center
RESPECT FC 10 September 28, 2013 Wuppertal Bayerhalle Wuppertal
RESPECT FC 11 April 5, 2014 Dormagen Bayer Sport Center
RESPECT FC 12 April 11, 2015 Wuppertal Bayer Sportpark
RESPECT FC 13 July 18, 2015 Karlsruhe Rintheimer Halle
RESPECT FC 14 September 19, 2015 Karlsruhe Rheinstrandhalle
RESPECT FC 15 March 12, 2016 Karlsruhe Rintheimer Halle
RESPECT FC 16 April 9, 2016 Cologne FIBO (trade show)
RESPECT FC 17 September 17, 2016 Karlsruhe Rheinstrandhalle
RESPECT FC 18 December 4, 2016 Cologne Sartory-Säle

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