Respect Fighting Championship
RESPECT.FC Logo | |
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Industry | Mixed Martial Arts promotion |
Founded | 2009 |
Headquarters | Essen, Germany |
Website | http://www.respectfc.de |
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, the only HD Fightsport portal in Europe.[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
Championship history
Heavyweight Championship
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- 93.5 kilograms (206 lb) and up
No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
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1 | ![]() 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 |
Light-Heavyweight Championship
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- 84.5 to 93.0 kilograms (186.3 to 205.0 lb)
No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
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1 | ![]() 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
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- 76.0 to 84.0 kilograms (167.6 to 185.2 lb)
No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
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1 | ![]() def. Nick Hein |
RESPECT.6 Bayer Hall, Wuppertal, Germany |
September 17, 2011 | |
2 | ![]() |
RESPECT.7 Eishalle, Essen, Germany |
April 21, 2012 | |
3 | ![]() |
RESPECT.9 Bayer Sportscenter, Dormagen, Germany |
April 13, 2013 |
Welterweight Championship
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- 70.0 to 76.0 kilograms (154.3 to 167.6 lb)
No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
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1 | ![]() def. Steve Mensing |
RESPECT.7 Eishalle, Essen, Germany |
April 21, 2012 |
Lightweight Championship
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- 65.0 to 70.0 kilograms (143.3 to 154.3 lb)
No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
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1 | ![]() 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
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- 61.0 to 65.0 kilograms (134.5 to 143.3 lb)
No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
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1 | ![]() 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 |
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RESPECT.1 [13] | March 14, 2009 | ![]() |
Fighters World Herne |
RESPECT.2 [14] | November 7, 2009 | ![]() |
Sportpark Herne |
RESPECT.3 [15] | April 24, 2010 | ![]() |
Sporthalle Bergeborbeck |
RESPECT.4 [16] | September 11, 2010 | ![]() |
Sportpark Herne |
RESPECT.5 [17] | April 9, 2011 | ![]() |
Zeche Amalie |
RESPECT.6 "Stronger than ever" [18] | September 17, 2011 | ![]() |
Bayerhalle Wuppertal |
RESPECT.7 [19] | April 21, 2012 | ![]() |
Eishalle Essen |
RESPECT.8 | September 22, 2012 | ![]() |
Bayerhalle Wuppertal |
RESPECT.9 | April 13, 2013 | ![]() |
TBA |
RESPECT.10 | June 22, 2013 | ![]() |
TBA |
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