Global Fighting Championship
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| Industry | Kickboxing, Mixed martial arts |
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| Founded | April 2012 |
| Founder | Amir Shafipour |
| Headquarters | Dubai, UAE |
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Key people
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Managing Director Amir Shafipour |
| Website | http://www.globalfightingchampionship.com/ |
Global Fighting Championship (also known as GFC) was a UAE-based kickboxing and mixed martial arts (MMA) event. Fighters from around world on the roster include Badr Hari, Peter Aerts, Peter Graham, Dewey Cooper, Zabit Samedov. It was considered as one of the biggest kickboxing and MMA promotion in Middle East.
GFC is a kickboxing and MMA organization in Dubai. Each event has a 4 Man Tournament in the heavy weight division with a winning amount of AED 1 Million. Along with the 4 Man Tournament, 7 superfights are conducted with kickboxers and mma fighters from around the world. A total of 8 fight series will be conducted, with each winner progressing towards the grand prix of $1 Million. The first series, took place at Dubai World Trade Centre on 29 May 2014 and featured Dewey Cooper, Peter Aerts, Peter Graham, Badr Hari, Stefan Leko and Arnold Oborotov.
GFC Fight Series 1 took place on 29 May 2014 at Dubai World Trade Centre, with Dutch Moroccan Badr Hari emerging as winner of the AED 1 Million defeating Australian Peter Graham in the final and advancing to the GFC Grand Prix. Michael Buffer was the presenter with Mike Markham taking over as Ring announcer and Michael Schiavello as the Commentator.
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