World Series of Fighting (Canada) formerly Aggression Fighting Championship, Aggression MMA and Armageddon Fighting Championship is a Canadian Mixed Martial Arts promotion based out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The promotions made their debuts in 2009. Armageddon Fighting Championship and Aggression MMA merged in 2012 to create Aggression Fighting Championship. In September 2013, World Series of Fighting purchased the Aggression Fighting Championship organization to enter the Canadian market, but it was later found out the AFC executives closed down the company to join a new organization WSOF Canada. [1] [2]
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Mixed martial arts promotion |
Founded | 2013 |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Darren Owen (COO) Ray Sefo (President) |
Website | http://wsofcanada.com/ |
AFC employs the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts as Fighters compete in a cage.
Every round in AFC competition is contested with a five-minute time limit. Championship bouts are contested with five, five-minute rounds, and non-title bouts are contested with three, five-minute rounds. There is a one-minute rest period in between rounds.
All competitors must fight in approved shorts, without shoes. Shirts, gis or long pants (including gi pants) are not allowed. Fighters must use approved light-weight open-fingered gloves, that include at least 1" of padding around the knuckles, (110 to 170 g / 4 to 6 ounces) that allow fingers to grab. These gloves enable fighters to punch with less risk of an injured or broken hand, while retaining the ability to grab and grapple.
Matches usually end via:
Note: In the event of a draw, it is not necessary that the fighters' total points be equal. However, in a unanimous or split draw, each fighter does score an equal number of win judgments from the three judges (0 or 1, respectively).
A fight can also end in a technical decision, disqualification, forfeit, technical draw, or no contest. The latter two outcomes have no winners.
The ten-point must system is in effect for all fights; three judges score each round and the winner of each receives ten points, the loser nine points or fewer. If the round is even, both fighters receive ten points.
The Athletic Commission currently lists the following as fouls: [3]
When a foul is charged, the referee in their discretion may deduct one or more points as a penalty. If a foul incapacitates a fighter, then the match may end in a disqualification if the foul was intentional, or a no contest if unintentional. If a foul causes a fighter to be unable to continue later in the bout, it ends with a technical decision win to the injured fighter if the injured fighter is ahead on points, otherwise it is a technical draw.
Division | Weight | Champion | Since | Defenses |
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Light Heavyweight | Until 93 kg | Vacant | ||
Middleweight | Until 84 kg | Vacant | ||
Welterweight | Until 77 kg | Ryan Ford | February 21, 2014 ( WSOF Canada 1) |
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Lightweight | Until 70 kg | Vacant | ||
Bantamweight | Until 61 kg | Vacant |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
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1 |
Razak Al-Hassan def. Tim Chemelli |
AFC 17: Anarchy Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
March 23, 2013 | |
All AFC titles were vacated after they were purchased by WSOF. |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
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1 |
John Salter def. Kalib Starnes |
AFC 6: Conviction Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
June 18, 2011 | |
All AFC titles were vacated after they were purchased by WSOF. |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
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1 |
Ryan Ford def. Michael Hill |
AFC 19: Undisputed Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
July 5, 2013 | |
All AFC titles were vacated after they were purchased by WSOF. | ||||
2 |
Ryan Ford def. Joel Powell |
WSOF Canada 1 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
February 21, 2014 |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
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1 |
Stephen Beaumont def. Evan Sanguin |
AFC 9: Inception Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
June 8, 2012 | |
2 | Shane Campbell |
AFC 14: Invasion Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
November 23, 2012 | |
3 | Jesse Ronson |
AFC 19: Undisputed Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
July 5, 2013 | |
Ronson vactated the title when he left AFC for the UFC. |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
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1 |
Curtis Brigham def. Mike Adams |
AFC 16: Uprising Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
March 23, 2013 | |
All AFC titles were vacated after they were purchased by WSOF. |