Impact Fighting Championships

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Impact Fighting Championships
Type Private
Industry MMA Promotion
Founded July 2010
Founder(s) Andrew Mcmanus
Headquarters Sydney, Australia
Key people Thomas Huggins - Co-Owner and event organizer

Impact Fighting Championships (Impact FC) is an Australian mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion. The promotion held two of three planned events in July 2010[1] featuring veteran fighters of Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pride Fighting Championships. Impact FC was financed by Australian concert promoter Andrew McManus[2] and Brazilian promoter Tom Huggins[3], who helped promote Elite Xtreme Combat and Bitetti Combat[4].

The promoters planned to put on three events in a single month in order gauge the interest of Australian fans to mixed martial arts.[1] The first event, held on 10 July 2010 was expected to have a crowd over 1000 in the arena and be broadcast to a world-wide audience of 2.5 million.[3] Following the second event controversy arose over payments to the fighters participating in the event.[5] The fighters had left the arena following the show and traveled home without being paid for the event, going against many boxing and MMA commissions rules. Some fighters did receive partial payments in later weeks, but many were reporting they had gone unpaid.[2][6]


[edit] List of events

No. Event Date Venue Location Attendance
1 Impact FC 1 - The Uprising: Brisbane 10 July 2010 Brisbane Entertainment Centre Brisbane, Australia >3,000[7]
2 Impact FC 2 - The Uprising: Sydney 18 July 2010 Sydney Entertainment Centre Sydney, Australia

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Alonso, Marcelo (13 May 2010). "Interview with Tom Huggins: A brain storm about MMA in Brazil and US". Portaldovt.com.br. http://www.portaldovt.com.br/english/?channel=2&id=128. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Exclusive: Impact FC Hasn't Paid Its Fighters; Promoters Blame Each Other". CagePotato. http://www.cagepotato.com/exclusive-impact-fc-hasnt-paid-its-fighters-promoters-blame-each-other/. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 
  3. ^ a b Nancarrow, Dan (9 July 2010). "The rise of rage in a cage". Brisbane Times. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/the-rise-of-rage-in-a-cage-20100708-1027p.html. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 
  4. ^ Alonso, Marcelo (21 August 2009). "Arona, Filho, Rizzo Return to Brazilian Roots for Bitetti Combat". Sherdog.com. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Arona-Filho-Rizzo-Return-to-Brazilian-Roots-for-Bitetti-Combat-19229. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 
  5. ^ Holland, Jesse (29 July 2010). "Impact FC: Salries not coming from a land down under". MMAMania.com. http://www.mmamania.com/2010/7/29/1594855/impact-fc-salaries-not-coming-from. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 
  6. ^ Non, Sergio (29 July 2010). "Impact FC fighters still waiting for payment". USA Today. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/mma/post/2010/07/impact-fc-/1. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 
  7. ^ "Impact FC 1 Notebook: Barnett Understands Anger Over Stoppage; Parisyan Survives Tough Week". Sherdog.com. http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Impact-FC-1-Notebook-Barnett-Understands-Anger-Over-Stoppage-Parisyan-Survives-Tough-Week-25607. Retrieved 10 August 2010. 

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