Respect Fighting Championship
TypePrivate
IndustryMixed Martial Arts promotion
Founded2009
Headquarters
Hessen
,
Germany
Key people
Sven Neumann, 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
Heavyweight120 kg (264.6 lb; 18.9 st) Germany Björn Schmiedeberg11. September 2010 (RESPECT.4)1
Cruiserweight93 kg (205.0 lb; 14.6 st) Germany Stephan Puetz13. April 2013 (RESPECT.9)0
Middleweight84 kg (185.2 lb; 13.2 st) Poland Marcin Naruszczka13. April, 2013 (RESPECT.9)0
Welterweight77 kg (169.8 lb; 12.1 st) Germany Ruben Crawford21. April 2012 (RESPECT.7)0
Lightweight70 kg (154.3 lb; 11.0 st) Germany Cengiz Dana17. September 2011 (RESPECT.6)1
Featherweight65 kg (143.3 lb; 10.2 st) Netherlands Ben Boekee17. 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

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
RESPECT FC 19 September 21, 2019 Germany Limburg an der Lahn Alte Markthalle
RESPECT FC: AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS 6 November 9, 2019 Germany Idstein Limeshalle
RESPECT FC 20 September 26, 2020 Germany Hanover Star Event Center

References

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  5. ↑ "Battle of the South 31 maart 2012 kickboxing k1 en mixed martial arts". Battleofthesouth.nl. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  6. ↑ "RESPECT.FC | Germany's Premier MMA Event". Respectfc.de. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  7. 1 2 "Schwergewicht . GroundandPound". Groundandpound.de. Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
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  12. ↑ "Deutscher Judobund e.V". Judobund.de. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  13. ↑ "RFC - Respect Fighting Championship 1". Sherdog.com. 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  14. ↑ "RFC - Respect Fighting Championship 2". Sherdog.com. 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  15. ↑ "RFC - Respect Fighting Championship 3". Sherdog.com. 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  16. ↑ "RFC - Respect Fighting Championship 4". Sherdog.com. 2010-09-11. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  17. ↑ "RFC - Respect Fighting Championship 5". Sherdog.com. 2011-04-09. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  18. ↑ "RFC - Respect Fighting Championship 6". Sherdog.com. 2011-09-17. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  19. ↑ "RFC - Respect Fighting Championship 7". Sherdog.com. 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
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