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, 2010 and 2011 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. The events are broadcast by Fightcast.tv.
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", 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.
Current champions Division Upper weight limit Champion SinceDefenses Heavyweight Björn Schmiedeberg 11. September 2010 (RESPECT.4) 1 Cruiserweight Stephan Puetz 13. April 2013 (RESPECT.9) 0 Middleweight Marcin Naruszczka 13. April, 2013 (RESPECT.9) 0 Welterweight Ruben Crawford 21. April 2012 (RESPECT.7) 0 Lightweight Cengiz Dana 17. September 2011 (RESPECT.6) 1 Featherweight Ben Boekee 17. September 2011 (RESPECT.6) 0
Championship history
Heavyweight Championship No.NameEventDateDefenses1 Björn Schmiedebergdef. Andreas KraniotakesRESPECT.4Sportpark, Herne, Germany
Cruiserweight Championship No.NameEventDateDefenses1 Marcin Naruszczkadef. Manuel MasuchRESPECT.6Bayer Hall, Wuppertal, GermanyTitle vacated after Naruszczka moved down to middleweight.
Middleweight Championship No.NameEventDateDefenses1 Sebastian Rischdef. Nick Hein RESPECT.6Bayer Hall, Wuppertal, Germany 2 Nicolas PenzerRESPECT.7Eishalle, Essen, Germany 3 Marcin NaruszczkaRESPECT.9Bayer Sportscenter, Dormagen, Germany
Welterweight Championship No.NameEventDateDefenses1 Ruben Crawforddef. Steve MensingRESPECT.7Eishalle, Essen, Germany
Lightweight Championship No.NameEventDateDefenses1 Cengiz Danadef. Niko LohmannRESPECT.6Bayer Hall, Wuppertal, Germany
Featherweight Championship No.NameEventDateDefenses1 Ben Boekeedef. Marcel JedidiRESPECT.6Bayer Hall, Wuppertal, Germany
Notable fighters Björn Schmiedeberg - #1 ranked German HW fighter, RESPECT.FC Heavyweight Champion Ben Boekee - WFCA Dutch Featherweight Champion, RESPECT.FC Featherweight Champion Cengiz Dana - M-1 Global, KSW and Cage Warriors veteran, RESPECT.FC Lightweight Champion Sascha Weinpolter - #1 ranked Austrian HW fighter, Austria MMA Heavyweight Champion Andreas Kraniotakes - #3 ranked German HW fighter, Cage Warriors veteran, appears as a character in EA Sports MMA video game Danny Hoyer - IKF Sanshou Super-Welterweight World Champion Janosch Stefan - 2nd Place Combat Sambo World Championships 2008 Nordin Asrih - TUF Season 13 contestant and M-1 Global veteran Alexandra Sanchez - Jewels Rough Stone Grand Prix 2009 Champion Raymond Jarman - M-1 Global & Shooto veteran Nick Hein - European Judo Champion 2006 Jesse-Björn Buckler - Cage Warriors and SLAMM!! Events veteran
Events EventDateCityVenueRESPECT FC 1 Herne Fighters World HerneRESPECT FC 2 Herne Sportpark HerneRESPECT FC 3 Essen Sporthalle BergeborbeckRESPECT FC 4 Herne Sportpark HerneRESPECT FC 5 Essen Zeche AmalieRESPECT FC 6 "Stronger than ever" Wuppertal Bayerhalle WuppertalRESPECT FC 7 Essen Eishalle EssenRESPECT FC 8 Wuppertal Bayerhalle WuppertalRESPECT FC 9 Dormagen Bayer Sport CenterRESPECT FC 10 Wuppertal Bayerhalle WuppertalRESPECT FC 11 Dormagen Bayer Sport CenterRESPECT FC 12 Wuppertal Bayer SportparkRESPECT FC 13 Karlsruhe Rintheimer HalleRESPECT FC 14 Karlsruhe RheinstrandhalleRESPECT FC 15 Karlsruhe Rintheimer HalleRESPECT FC 16 Cologne FIBO (trade show)RESPECT FC 17 Karlsruhe RheinstrandhalleRESPECT FC 18 Cologne Sartory-SäleRESPECT FC 19 Limburg an der Lahn Alte Markthalle RESPECT FC: AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS 6 Idstein Limeshalle RESPECT FC 20 Hanover Star Event Center
References
External links RESPECT.FC event results on Sherdog