2016 in RXF

2016 was the 5th year in the history of RXF, the largest mixed martial arts promotion based in Romania.

2016 in RXF
Genre	Sports
Created by	Sebastian Vieru
Country of origin	Romania
Original release
Release	March 21 (2016-03-21) – December 19, 2016 (2016-12-19)

List of events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
1	RXF 25: All Stars	December 19, 2016	Olimpia Arena	Ploiești, Romania
2	RXF 24: Brașov	October 10, 2016	Dumitru Popescu Arena	Brașov, Romania
3	RXF 23: Romania vs. United Kingdom	June 6, 2016	Sala Polivalentă	Bucharest, Romania
4	RXF 22: Romania vs. Poland	March 21, 2016	Bucharest Metropolitan Circus	Bucharest, Romania

RXF 22

RXF 22: Romania vs. Poland
Promotion	RXF
Date	March 21, 2016 (2016-03-21)
Venue	Bucharest Metropolitan Circus
City	Bucharest, Romania
Attendance	2,500[1]
Event chronology
RXF 21: All Stars RXF 22: Romania vs. Poland RXF 23: Romania vs. United Kingdom

RXF 22: Romania vs. Poland was a mixed martial arts event that took place on March 21, 2016 at the Bucharest Metropolitan Circus in Bucharest, Romania.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Aurel Pîrtea	def.	Michael Brightmon (c)	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	2:39	[a]
Women's Bantamweight	Diana Belbiţă	def.	Paulina Borkowska	TKO (head Kick and punches)	1	4:00
Heavyweight	Anatoli Ciumac	def.	Janusz Dylewski	Submission (keylock)	1	3:34
Featherweight	Ionuț Atodiresei	def.	Azamat Mustafaev	Submission (armbar)	3	4:59
Featherweight	Ioan Vrânceanu	def.	Sławomir Szczepański	TKO (punches)	1	0:56
Welterweight	Rafał Raczyński	def.	Ciprian Rață	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	1:05
Lightweight	Cătălin Cășaru	def.	Daniel Chrzanowski	TKO (punches)	1	1:58
Preliminary Card
Welterweight	Daniel Stinghe	def.	George Peintinger	TKO (punches)	1	2:28
Welterweight	Adrian Grec	def.	Andrei Vasinca	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00

1. For the RXF Welterweight Championship.

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RXF 23

RXF 23: Romania vs. United Kingdom
Promotion	RXF
Date	June 6, 2016 (2016-06-06)
Venue	Sala Polivalentă
City	Bucharest, Romania
Event chronology
RXF 22: Romania vs. Poland RXF 23: Romania vs. United Kingdom RXF 24: Brașov

RXF 23: Romania vs. United Kingdom (also known as Judgment Day) was a mixed martial arts event that took place on June 6, 2016 at the Sala Polivalentă in Bucharest, Romania.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Anatoli Ciumac	def.	Robert Orbocea (c)	TKO (punches)	1	2:54	[a]
Women's Bantamweight	Diana Belbiţă	def.	Virág Furó	TKO (elbows)	1	2:08
Light Heavyweight	Cristian Mitrea	def.	Saša Dajić	TKO (punches)	1	2:15
Light Heavyweight	Adrian Preda	def.	Tristan Tate	TKO (punches)	1	1:56
Middleweight	Sergiu Breb	def.	Dom Clark	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	2:13
Lightweight	Jordan Miller	def.	Adrian Sturzu	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Dragan Pešić	def.	Ioan Vrânceanu	DQ (illegal knee)	1	3:13
Featherweight	Will Romero	def.	Zsolt Fényes	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Kyle Nelson	def.	Zoltán Turi	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	1:23
Preliminary Card
Welterweight	Ionuț Munteanu	def.	Adelin Mihăilă	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	1:54

1. For the RXF Heavyweight Championship.

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RXF 24

RXF 24: Brașov
Promotion	RXF
Date	October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10)
Venue	Dumitru Popescu Arena
City	Brașov, Romania
Event chronology
RXF 23: Romania vs. United Kingdom RXF 24: Brașov RXF 25: All Stars

RXF 24: Brașov was a mixed martial arts event that took place on October 10, 2016 at the Dumitru Popescu Arena in Brașov, Romania.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Super Heavyweight	Alexandru Lungu	def.	Papis Konez	TKO (punches)	1	2:05
Heavyweight	Anatoli Ciumac	def.	Yuri Gorbenko	Submission (heel hook)	1	0:49
Light Heavyweight	Cristian Mitrea	def.	Ben Schneider	TKO (punches)	1	1:26
Welterweight	Aurel Pîrtea	def.	Jordan Miller	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	2:59
Welterweight	Andrei Vasinca	def.	Daniel Stinghe	TKO (punches)	3	2:55
Bantamweight	Gabe Sagman	def.	Constantin Pîrtea	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:31
Featherweight	Ralph Ribeiro	def.	Ioan Vrânceanu	TKO (Retirement)	1	5:00
Preliminary Card
Heavyweight	Nicolae Negumereanu	def.	Alexandru Gavrilă	TKO (punches)	1	0:10
Welterweight	Alexandru Atănăsoaie	def.	Radu Dorobanț	TKO (retirement)	2	5:00
Featherweight	Sorin Pop	def.	Răzvan Stinghe	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	4:09

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RXF 25

RXF 25: All Stars
Promotion	RXF
Date	December 19, 2016 (2016-12-19)
Venue	Olimpia Arena
City	Ploiești, Romania
Event chronology
RXF 24: Brașov RXF 25: All Stars RXF 26: Brașov

RXF 25: All Stars was a mixed martial arts event that took place on December 19, 2016 at the Olimpia Arena in Ploiești, Romania.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Anatoli Ciumac (c)	def.	Michał Wlazło	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	[a]
Super Heavyweight	Alexandru Lungu	def.	John Painter	TKO (punches)	1	0:26
Light Heavyweight	Dan Konecke	def.	Adrian Preda (c)	Submission (heel hook)	1	3:08	[b]
Light Heavyweight	Luke Barnatt	def.	Cristian Mitrea	TKO (punches)	1	3:00
Welterweight	Aurel Pîrtea	def.	Péter Guzsván	Submission (armbar)	1	3:43
Bantamweight	Ciprian Mariș	def.	Florin Lupu	Submission (armbar)	1	1:05
Welterweight	Levi Matan	def.	Andrei Vasinca	TKO (punches)	3	3:07
Lightweight	Laurențiu Călugăru	def.	Adrian Grec	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Nicolae Negumereanu	def.	Marius Pîslariu	TKO (punches)	1	0:57

1. For the RXF Heavyweight Championship.
2. For the RXF Light Heavyweight Championship.

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See also

• 2016 in UFC
• 2016 in Bellator MMA
• 2016 in ONE Championship
• 2016 in Absolute Championship Berkut
• 2016 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
• 2016 in Romanian kickboxing