2016 in AFC

The year 2016 was the 7th year in the history of Australian Fighting Championship (AFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in Australia. In 2016 AFC held 3 events.

2016 in AFC
Information
First date	March 19, 2016
Last date	October 15, 2016
Events
Total events	3
Fights
Total fights	30
Title fights	4
Chronology
2015 in AFC 2016 in AFC 2017 in AFC

Events list

#	Event title	Date	Arena	Location
18	AFC 17	October 15, 2016	Melbourne Pavilion	Melbourne, Australia
17	AFC 16	June 18, 2016	Melbourne Pavilion	Melbourne, Australia
16	AFC 15	March 19, 2016	Melbourne Pavilion	Melbourne, Australia

AFC 17

AFC 17^[1][2] was an event held on October 15, 2016, at Melbourne Pavilion in Melbourne, Australia.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Tai Tuivasa	def.	James McSweeney	TKO (corner stoppage)	1	5:00	[a]
Lightweight	Rob Hill	def.	Ben Wall	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight	James Bishop	def.	Gokhan Turkyilmaz	TKO (knee and punches)	1	2:27
Light Heavyweight	Tyson Pedro	def.	Steven Warby	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:05
Welterweight	William Namoa	def.	Peter Devenport	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Marko Orlovic	def.	Ramen Habib	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Mikey Vaotuua	def.	Dane Beebe	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Chris Wase	def.	Shane Parker	Submission (kimura)	2	3:50
Middleweight	Daniel Schuardt	def.	Sebastian	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight	John Mitchell	def.	Kevin Bentley	TKO (punches)	2	2:26
N/A	Jun Zhu	def.	Harlem Ottaway	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:05
Bantamweight	Kairin Moses	def.	Joshua Riley	TKO (punches)	2	3:04

1. For the AFC Heavyweight Championship

AFC 16

AFC 16^[3][4] was an event held on June 18, 2016, at Melbourne Pavilion in Melbourne, Australia.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Tai Tuivasa	def.	Brandon Sosoli	KO (elbow)	1	0:21	[a]
Lightweight	Issac Hardman	def.	Kaan Ofli	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight	James McGlasham	def.	Mikey Vaotuua	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	2:56
Lightweight	Nikos Trepca	def.	Tim Zosh	Decision (uananimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight	John Beirouti	def.	Chris Lindner	TKO (punches)	1	2:51
Wleterweight	Dave Fowler	def.	Tony Dib	TKO (head kick)	1	4:34
Light Heavyweight	Tyson Pedro	def.	Don Endermann	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:27
Welterweight	Josh Tummers	def.	Nick Davis	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00

1. For the AFC Heavyweight Championship

AFC 15

AFC 15^[5][6] was an event held on March 19, 2016, at Melbourne Pavilion in Melbourne, Australia.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Rob Wilkinson	def.	Jamie Abdallah	TKO (punches)	3	4:07	[a]
Featherweight	Alexander Volkanovski (c)	def.	Jamie Mullarkey	KO (punch)	1	3:23	[b]
Lightweight	Nikos Trepca	vs.	Kaan Ofli	Draw (majority)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Ben Wall	def.	Matiu thoms	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	3:37
Lightweight	Gokhan turkilmaz	def.	Mikey Vaotuua	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Rob Hill	def.	Steven Maxwell	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:53
Lightweight	James Bishop	def.	James McGlasham	TKO (punches)	3	3:51
Welterweight	Tony Dib	def.	Chad Price	Submission (armbar)	1	1:49
Bantamweight	Chris Wase	def.	Ivo dos Santos	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Joshua Riley	def.	Jason Petropoulos	TKO (punches)	1	1:23

1. For the AFC Middleweight Championship
2. For the AFC Featherweight Championship