Brace (MMA)

Brace (formerly known as Brace For War) was an Australian mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion. Brace was founded in 2005 by Kya Pate. In an interview with MMA Kanvas Kya Pate detailed what it is like to be the promoter of Australian MMA.^[1]

Brace

Company type	Private Company
Industry	Mixed martial arts promotion
Founded	2005
Founder	Kya Pate
Headquarters	Sydney , Australia
Key people	Kya Pate, Frank Barca, Jez Margosis
Website	NONE

Since 2009 Brace has staged 50 events in 9 cities over 4 Australian States. After following the standard MMA format, in 2014 Brace changed to an elimination tournament format based on the style of AFL, NRL, A-League soccer.^[2] 8 Fighters per division compete in knock out elimination rounds all aiming to reach an end of season Grand Final event.^[3]

Brace follows the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.

Broadcast partners

Brace is broadcast live on Network TEN exclusively in Australia and Fight Network based out of Canada

In November 2014, Brace signed a multi year multi event broadcast deal with Network TEN (a major Australian TV network), this is the first for any MMA event within Australia^[4]

UFC Fight Pass will begin streaming Brace MMA live events and the promotion’s fight library later in 2015.^[5][6][7]

Current champions

See also: List of current mixed martial arts champions and Mixed martial arts weight classes

Division	Upper weight limit	Champion	Since	Title defenses
Light Heavyweight	205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)	Duke Didier	9 April 2017	0
Middleweight	185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)	Rob Wilkinson	23 October 2015	1
Welterweight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)	Theo Christakos	26 November 2016	1
Lightweight	155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)	Alex MacDonald	26 November 2016	0
Featherweight	145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st)	Jamie Mullarkey	6 November 2015	1
Bantamweight	135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st)	Jordan Lucas	22 November 2014	0
Women's Bantamweight	135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st)	Rhiannon Thompson	11 November 2017	0

Past Events list

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
50	Brace 51	11 November 2017	AIS Arena	Canberra, Australia
49	Brace 50	28 October 2017	Big Top Luna Park	Sydney, Australia
48	Brace 49	8 April 2017	AIS Arena	Canberra, Australia
N/A	Brace 48	N/A	N/A	N/A
47	Brace 47	18 March 2017	Big Top Luna Park	Sydney, Australia
46	Brace 46	4 March 2017	RSL Southport	Gold Coast, Australia, Australia
45	Brace 45	26 November 2016	AIS Arena	Canberra, Australia
44	Brace 44	8 October 2016	RSL Southport	Gold Coast, Australia, Australia
43	Brace 43	1 October 2016	Cowles Stadium	Christchurch, New Zealand
42	Brace 42	13 August 2016	AIS Arena	Canberra, Australia
41	Brace 41	17 June 2016	Lincoln Events Centre	Christchurch, New Zealand
40	Brace 40	14 May 2016	RSL Southport	Gold Coast, Australia, Australia
39	Brace 39	16 April 2016	AIS Arena	Canberra, Australia
38	Brace 38	26 March 2016	Big Top Luna Park	Sydney, Australia
37	Brace 37	21 November 2015	AIS Arena	Canberra, Australia
36	Brace 36	19 September 2015	Big Top Luna Park	Sydney, Australia
event cancelled[8]	Brace 35	17 July 2015	Southport Sharks	Gold Coast, Australia, Australia
35	Brace 34	23 May 2015	AIS Arena	Canberra, Australia
34	Brace 33	18 April 2015	Panthers	Newcastle, Australia
33	Brace 32	20 March 2015	Big Top Luna Park	Sydney, Australia
32	Tournament Season 1 Final	20 November 2014	AIS Arena	Canberra, Australia
31	Brace Ascend 2	15 November 2014	North Sydney Leagues Club	Sydney, Australia
30	Brace 30	20 September 2014	AIS Arena	Newcastle, Australia
29	Brace 29	9 August 2014	North Sydney Leagues Club	Sydney, Australia
28	Brace 28	8 August 2014	North Sydney Leagues Club	Sydney, Australia
27	Brace 27	17 May 2014	AIS Arena	Canberra, Australia
26	Brace Ascend 1	3 May 2014	North Sydney Leagues Club	Sydney, Australia
24	Brace 25	21 December 2013	North Sydney Leagues Club	Sydney, Australia
23	Brace 24	29 November 2013	AIS Arena	Canberra, Australia
22	Brace 23	26 October 2013	Townsville Entertainment Centre	Townsville, Australia
21	Brace 22	21 September 2013	North Sydney Leagues Club	Sydney, Australia
20	Brace 21	20 July 2013	North Sydney Leagues Club	Sydney, Australia
19	Brace 20	25 May 2013	Broncos Leagues	Brisbane, Australia
18	Brace 19	16 February 2013	Big Top Luna Park	Sydney, Australia
17	Brace 18	21 December 2012	Convention Centre	Canberra, Australia
16	Brace 17	27 October 2012	Southport RSL	Gold Coast, Australia
(event cancelled)[9]	Brace 16	16 June 2012	Southport RSL	Gold Coast, Australia
15	Brace 15	28 April 2012	Ex-Services Bowling Club	Coffs Harbour, Australia
14	Brace 14	18 February 2012	Convention Centre	Canberra, Australia
13	Brace 13	19 November 2011	Townsville Entertainment Centre	Townsville, Australia
12	Brace 12	15 October 2011	Derwent Entertainment Centre	Hobart, Australia
11	Brace 11	17 September 2011	Chandler Theatre	Brisbane, Australia
10	Brace 10	27 August 2011	Convention Centre	Canberra, Australia
9	Brace 9	4 June 2011	Townsville Entertainment Centre	Townsville, Australia
8	Brace 8	30 April 2011	Mansfield Tavern	Brisbane, Australia
7	Brace 7	15 January 2011	Convention Centre	Canberra, Australia
6	Brace 6	13 November 2010	Townsville Entertainment Centre	Townsville, Australia
5	Brace 5	14 August 2010	Broncos Leagues	Brisbane, Australia
4	Brace 4	8 May 2010	Townsville Entertainment Centre	Townsville, Australia
3	Brace 3	16 Jan 2010	Jupiters Casino	Townsville, Australia
2	Brace 2	15 August 2009	Broncos Leagues	Brisbane, Australia
1	Brace 1	27 March 2009	Broncos Leagues	Brisbane, Australia

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Notable alumni

• Bec Rawlings (UFC)
• Alex Chambers (UFC)
• Ben Alloway (UFC)
• Damien Brown (UFC)
• Richard Walsh(UFC)