Respect Fighting Championship

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

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
Heavyweight 120 kg (264.6 lb; 18.9 st) Germany Björn Schmiedeberg 11. September 2010 (RESPECT.4) 1
Cruiserweight 93 kg (205.0 lb; 14.6 st) Germany Stephan Puetz 13. April 2013 (RESPECT.9) 0
Middleweight 84 kg (185.2 lb; 13.2 st) Poland Marcin Naruszczka 13. April, 2013 (RESPECT.9) 0
Welterweight 77 kg (169.8 lb; 12.1 st) Germany Ruben Crawford 21. April 2012 (RESPECT.7) 0
Lightweight 70 kg (154.3 lb; 11.0 st) Germany Cengiz Dana 17. September 2011 (RESPECT.6) 1
Featherweight 65 kg (143.3 lb; 10.2 st) Netherlands Ben Boekee 17. September 2011 (RESPECT.6) 0

Championship history[]

Heavyweight Championship[]

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

Welterweight Championship[]

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

Lightweight Championship[]

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

Notable fighters[]

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

Events[]

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

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