Prospect Fighting Championships

Prospect Fighting Championships
	Logo of the PFC
Sport	Mixed martial arts promotion
Founded	2013; 11 years ago
Founder	Jamie Champion
Owner(s)	Private
Country	Canada
Headquarters	London, Ontario
Official website	www.facebook.com/prospectmma

Prospect Fighting Championships or PFC is a Canadian combat sports promotion based in London, Ontario, Canada.^[1] Established in 2013, it is the oldest active promotion in the province. It was formerly known as the Provincial Fighting Championship (Provincial FC) before rebranding in 2015. The PFC is one of the largest MMA promotions in Canada, thus it provides talent to the UFC as a feeder organization.^[2] In 2023, the promotion signed a deal with Fite TV to stream events on their broadcast service.^[3]

History

Founded in 2013, by Jamie Champion, the Provincial Fighting Championship held three events in the province of Ontario, before rebranding to Prospect Fighting Championships (PFC) in 2015. It started off by running amateur (PAFC) events in Ontario's blossoming MMA scene, as Mixed Martial Arts were considered illegal until 2010.^[4] With the only mixed martial arts events occurring in the province before 2010, being hosted on native reservations. These communities possess their own athletic commission, so they were able to bypass provincial law.^[5] The Prospect Fighting Championships uses a Hexagon as their cage and adheres to the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. The promotion offers a wide variety of weight classes to its athletes ranging from Atomweight to Super Heavyweight, this grants fighters of all weights the chance to compete and improve their skills.

The commentary team for the PFC is led by John Ramdeen, a veteran broadcaster in Canada's mixed martial arts community. He is joined by former mixed martial arts fighter, Robin Black, who acts as the promotions lead analyst and Reed Duthie, the PFC's play-by-play analyst. Following PFC 13, the ring announcer for the Prospect Fighting Championships was announced to be veteran voice, Keith Crawford. Pete "Mr. Throwdown" Treviño has formerly acted as the announcer for the promotion prior to 2022. The organization has also hosted three WAKO sanctioned kickboxing events and one MTO santioned muay thai event. Over the last decade the PFC has established itself as the premiere organization in Ontario, and has grown into one of the largest promotions in Canada.^[6] Since its inception, the promotion has held 21 events, involving over 155 matches and 40 kickboxing or muay thai bouts.^[7]

Provincial Fighting Championship

On Saturday, October 26, 2013. Provincial Fighting Championship held their inaugural event in London, Ontario, Canada. The promotion ran four events under the Provincial FC banner, before rebranding to Prospect Fighting Championships in 2015.^[8]

Events

#	Event Title	Date	Location
4	Provincial Fighting Championship 4	April 15, 2015 (cancelled)	Windsor, Ontario, CAN
3	Provincial Fighting Championship 3: Showdown In The Downtown	October 18, 2014	London, Ontario, CAN
2	Provincial Fighting Championship 2	March 8, 2014	London, Ontario, CAN
1	Provincial Fighting Championship 1: Unrivaled	October 26, 2013	London, Ontario, CAN

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Prospect Fighting Championships

On Saturday, August 29, 2015. Prospect Fighting Championships held its first event in London, Ontario, Canada. Since then the organization has hosted six AMMA events and three WAKO sanctioned kickboxing events before switching back to the professional MMA circuit.^[10] Since the rebrand, it has held 16 events, all in Ontario. The promotion continues the use of a Hexagonal cage and operates under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. The commentary team for the PFC is hosted by John Ramdeen, former mixed martial arts fighter, Robin Black and Reed Duthie. Keith Crawford acts as the official announcer for the Prospect Fighting Championships.

The company holds annual events in conjunction with London-based fundraiser, Showdown in the Downtown, to support fundraising to "fight" kidney disease.^[11] In 2020, the promotion signed a deal with Fight Network streaming services.^[12] With the COVID-19 lockdown in Ontario preventing live shows in late 2020–2021, the promotion hosted a virtual talk show on September 25, 2021. It featured former UFC fighter Brendan Schaub, the event resulted in over $300,000 being raised for local charities. In total the events have raised an accumulative 3 million dollars for charity.^[13]

Events

#	Event Title	Date	Location
18	Prospect Fighting Championships: Knockout Kidney Disease 4	December 15, 2023	London, Ontario, CAN
17	Prospect Fighting Championships 17	October 15, 2023	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
16	Prospect Fighting Championships 16: Mein vs. Chavez	April 23, 2023	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
15	Prospect Fighting Championships 15: Imperato vs. Toliver	March 5, 2023	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
14	Prospect Fighting Championships 14: Knockout Kidney Disease 3	October 22, 2022	London, Ontario, CAN
13	Prospect Fighting Championships 13: Unfinished Business	March 8, 2020	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
12	Prospect Fighting Championships 12: Laramie vs. Cruz	December 6, 2019	Windsor, Ontario, CAN
11	Prospect Fighting Championships 11: Knockout Kidney Disease 2	September 28, 2019	London, Ontario, CAN
10	Prospect Fighting Championships 10	June 15, 2019	Windsor, Ontario, CAN
9	Prospect Fighting Championships 9	July 14, 2018	London, Ontario, CAN
8	Prospect Fighting Championships 8	February 17, 2018	London, Ontario, CAN
7	Prospect Fighting Championships 7: Knockout Kidney Disease	October 7, 2017	London, Ontario, CAN
6	Prospect Fighting Championships 6: Paddy Whacked	March 18, 2017	London, Ontario, CAN
5	Prospect Fighting Championships 5: Deck The Halls With Beers And Brawls	December 4, 2016	London, Ontario, CAN
4	Prospect Fighting Championships 4	August 13, 2016	London, Ontario, CAN
3	Prospect Fighting Championships 3	March 5, 2016	London, Ontario, CAN
2	Prospect Fighting Championships 2	December 8, 2015	London, Ontario, CAN
1	Prospect Fighting Championships 1	August 29, 2015	London, Ontario, CAN

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Events

Past events

#	Event	Date	Number of bouts	Location
22	Prospect Fighting Championships: Knockout Kidney Disease 4	December 15, 2023	Muay Thai event	London, Ontario, CAN
21	Prospect Fighting Championships 17	October 15, 2023	event cancelled	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
20	Prospect Fighting Championships 16: Mein vs. Chavez	April 23, 2023	12	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
19	Prospect Fighting Championships 15: Imperato vs. Toliver	March 5, 2023	6	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
18	Prospect Fighting Championships 14: Knockout Kidney Disease 3	October 22, 2022	9	London, Ontario, CAN
17	Prospect Fighting Championships 13: Unfinished Business 2	March 8, 2020	9	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
16	Prospect Fighting Championships 12: Laramie vs. Cruz	December 6, 2019	9	Windsor, Ontario, CAN
15	Prospect Fighting Championships 11: Knockout Kidney Disease 2	September 28, 2019	10	London, Ontario, CAN
14	Prospect Fighting Championships 10	June 15, 2019	11	Windsor, Ontario, CAN
13	Prospect Fighting Championships 9	July 14, 2018	Amateur kickboxing event	London, Ontario, CAN
12	Prospect Fighting Championships 8: Unfinished Business	February 17, 2018	Amateur kickboxing event	London, Ontario, CAN
11	Prospect Fighting Championships 7: Knockout Kidney Disease	October 7, 2017	Amateur kickboxing event	London, Ontario, CAN
10	Prospect Fighting Championships 6: Paddy Whacked	March 18, 2017	10 (amateur)	London, Ontario, CAN
9	Prospect Fighting Championships 5: Deck The Halls With Beers And Brawls	December 4, 2016	13 (amateur)	London, Ontario, CAN
8	Prospect Fighting Championships 4	August 13, 2016	14 (amateur)	London, Ontario, CAN
7	Prospect Fighting Championships 3	March 5, 2016	10 (amateur)	London, Ontario, CAN
6	Prospect Fighting Championships 2	December 8, 2015	9 (amateur)	London, Ontario, CAN
5	Prospect Fighting Championships 1	August 29, 2015	6 (amateur)	London, Ontario, CAN
4	Provincial Fighting Championship 4	April 15, 2015	event cancelled	Windsor, Ontario, CAN
3	Provincial Fighting Championship 3: Showdown In The Downtown	October 18, 2014	10	London, Ontario, CAN
2	Provincial Fighting Championship 2	March 8, 2014	9	London, Ontario, CAN
1	Provincial Fighting Championship 1: Unrivaled	October 26, 2013	10	London, Ontario, CAN

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Champions

Division	Upper weight limit	Champion	Since	Title Defenses
Super Heavyweight	266 lb - Unlimited	Lawrence Bonds	August 13, 2016 (PFC 4)	N/A
Heavyweight	265 lb (120 kg)	Leeroy Johnson	March 18, 2017 (PFC 6)	N/A
Light Heavyweight	205 lb (93 kg)	Tyler Kerr	August 13, 2016 (PFC 4)	N/A
Middleweight	185 lb (84 kg)	Sean Meade	December 4, 2016 (PFC 5)	N/A
Welterweight	170 lb (77 kg)	Vacant
Lightweight	155 lb (70 kg)	Adam Webber	December 08, 2015 (PFC 2)	Vacated to move up in weight
Featherweight	145 lb (66 kg)	T.J. Laramie	December 06, 2019 (PFC 12)	Signed with UFC
Bantamweight	135 lb (61 kg)	Shane Monaghan	December 4, 2016 (PFC 5)	N/A
Flyweight	125 lb (57 kg)	Tony Laramie	March 8, 2020 (PFC 13)	N/A
Women's Lightweight	155 lb (70 kg)	Vacant
Women's Featherweight	145 lb (66 kg)	Vacant
Women's Bantamweight	135 lb (61 kg)	Vacant
Women's Flyweight	125 lb (57 kg)	Vacant
Women's Strawweight	115 lb (52 kg)	Anniestasia Nikolakakos	August 13, 2016 (PFC 4)	N/A
Atomweight	105 lb (48 kg)	Vacant

Kickboxing Champions

Division	Upper weight limit	Champion	Since	Title Defenses
Light Heavyweight	205 lb (93 kg)	Gordon Cunningham	July 14, 2018 (PFC 9)	N/A
Featherweight	145 lb (66 kg)	Amro Al Falastini	February 17, 2018 (PFC 8)	N/A

Pro Featherweight Championship

Weight limit: 145 lb (65.8 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	T.J. Laramie def. Andrew Cruz	Prospect Fighting Championships 12: Laramie vs. Cruz Windsor, Ontario, Canada	Dec 6, 2019
Laramie vacated to compete for the UFC.

Pro Flyweight Championship

Weight limit: 125 lb (56.7 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Tony Laramie def. Claudio Ledesma	Prospect Fighting Championships 13: Unfinished Business Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Mar 8, 2020
Laramie vacated to compete for the LFA.

Pro Women's Strawweight Championship

52 kg (115 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Randa Markos def. Lynnell House	Provincial Fighting Championship 2 London, Ontario, Canada	March 08, 2014	Signed with UFC

Amateur Super Heavyweight Championship

121 kg+ (266 lb+)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Lawrence Bonds def. Jeff Fuchs	Prospect Fighting Championships 4 London, Ontario, Canada	August 13, 2016	N/A

Amateur Heavyweight Championship

120 kg (265 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Garth Watkins def. Scott Lamont	Prospect Fighting Championships 2 London, Ontario, Canada	December 08, 2015	N/A
2	Leeroy Johnson def. Scott Lamont	Prospect Fighting Championships 6: Paddy Whacked London, Ontario, Canada	March 18, 2017	N/A

Amateur Light Heavyweight Championship

92 kg (205 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Adam Webber def. Adrian Brown	Prospect Fighting Championships 3 London, Ontario, Canada	March 05, 2016	N/A
2	Tyler Kerr def. Andrew Cruz	Prospect Fighting Championships 4 Laramie vs. Cruz London, Ontario, Canada	August 13, 2016	N/A

Amateur Middleweight Championship

84 kg (185 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Tobin Cornelius def. Michael Guermoudi	Prospect Fighting Championships 4 Laramie vs. Cruz London, Ontario, Canada	August 13, 2016	N/A
2	Sean Meade def. Marc Solomon	Prospect Fighting Championships 5: Deck The Halls With Beers And Brawls London, Ontario, Canada	December 04, 2016	N/A

Amateur Welterweight Championship

77 kg (170 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Vacant

Amateur Lightweight Championship

70 kg (155 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Adam Webber def. Aaron Thompson	Prospect Fighting Championships 2 London, Ontario, Canada	December 08, 2015	Vacated to move up in weight

Amateur Featherweight Championship

66 kg (145 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Kyle Brockitt def. Shane Monaghan	Prospect Fighting Championships 3 London, Ontario, Canada	March 5, 2016	N/A
2	Shane Monaghan def. Seth Connor	Prospect Fighting Championships 6: Paddy Whacked London, Ontario, Canada	March 18, 2017	N/A

Amateur Bantamweight Championship

61 kg (135 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Shane Monaghan def. Nigel Crosswell	Prospect Fighting Championships 5: Deck The Halls With Beers And Brawls London, Ontario, Canada	December 04, 2016	N/A

Amateur Flyweight Championship

57 kg (125 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Vacant

Amateur Woman's Lightweight Championship

70 kg (155 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Vacant

Amateur Woman's Featherweight Championship

65 kg (145 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Vacant

Amateur Woman's Bantamweight Championship

61 kg (135 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Vacant

Amateur Woman's Straw-weight Championship

52 kg (115 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Anniestasia Nikolakakos def. Natia Biason	Prospect Fighting Championships 4 London, Ontario, Canada	August 13, 2016	N/A

Amateur Atomweight Championship

48 kg (105 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Vacant

Light Heavyweight Kickboxing Championship

92 kg (205 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Gordon Cunningham def. Jeremy Fuchs	Prospect Fighting Championships 9 London, Ontario, Canada	July 14, 2018	N/A

Featherweight Kickboxing Championship

57 kg (145 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Amro Al Falastini def. Matty Del Cul-Hovorka	Prospect Fighting Championships 8: Unfinished Business London, Ontario, Canada	February 17, 2018	N/A