Impact Fighting Championships
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| Private | |
| Industry | MMA Promotion |
| Founded | July 2010 |
| Founder | Andrew Mcmanus |
| Defunct | July 2012 |
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
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Key people
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Thomas Huggins - Co-Owner and event organizer |
Impact Fighting Championships (Impact FC) was an Australian mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion. The promotion held two of three planned events in July 2010 featuring veteran fighters of Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pride Fighting Championships. Impact FC was financed by Australian concert promoter Andrew McManus and Brazilian promoter Tom Huggins, who helped promote Elite Xtreme Combat and Bitetti Combat.
The promoters planned to put on three events in a single month in order gauge the interest of Australian fans to mixed martial arts. 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. Following the second event controversy arose over payments to the fighters participating in the event. 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.
Impact FC 1 - The Uprising: Brisbane was held on 10 July 2010 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia.
Big John McCarthy, former head referee for the UFC, was the referee for the Uprising series.
Dylan Andrews was rumored to fight Steven Kennedy, but it was never officially scheduled.
Luis Dutra Jr. was forced off the card because he separated his biceps. Ben Mortimer was Luis Dutra's replacement.
A hand injury to Felise Leniu and illness of Brad Morris left Bira Lima and Jeff Monson without opponents and they fought each other.
Impact FC 2 - The Uprising: Sydney was held on 18 July 2010 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia.
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