Prospect Fighting Championships Explained

Prospect Fighting Championships
Founder:	Jamie Champion
Headquarters:	London, Ontario
Country:	Canada
Sport:	Mixed martial arts promotion
Owner:	Private

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	(cancelled)	Windsor, Ontario, CAN
3	Provincial Fighting Championship 3: Showdown In The Downtown		London, Ontario, CAN
2	Provincial Fighting Championship 2		London, Ontario, CAN
1	Provincial Fighting Championship 1: Unrivaled		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	Location
18	Prospect Fighting Championships: Knockout Kidney Disease 4	London, Ontario, CAN
17	Prospect Fighting Championships 17	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
16	Prospect Fighting Championships 16: Mein vs. Chavez	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
15	Prospect Fighting Championships 15: Imperato vs. Toliver	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
14	Prospect Fighting Championships 14: Knockout Kidney Disease 3	London, Ontario, CAN
13	Prospect Fighting Championships 13: Unfinished Business	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
12	Prospect Fighting Championships 12: Laramie vs. Cruz	Windsor, Ontario, CAN
11	Prospect Fighting Championships 11: Knockout Kidney Disease 2	London, Ontario, CAN
10	Prospect Fighting Championships 10	Windsor, Ontario, CAN
9	Prospect Fighting Championships 9	London, Ontario, CAN
8	Prospect Fighting Championships 8	London, Ontario, CAN
7	Prospect Fighting Championships 7: Knockout Kidney Disease	London, Ontario, CAN
6	Prospect Fighting Championships 6: Paddy Whacked	London, Ontario, CAN
5	Prospect Fighting Championships 5: Deck The Halls With Beers And Brawls	London, Ontario, CAN
4	Prospect Fighting Championships 4	London, Ontario, CAN
3	Prospect Fighting Championships 3	London, Ontario, CAN
2	Prospect Fighting Championships 2	London, Ontario, CAN
1	Prospect Fighting Championships 1	London, Ontario, CAN

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Events

Past events

	Event	Number of bouts	Location
22	Prospect Fighting Championships: Knockout Kidney Disease 4	Muay Thai event	London, Ontario, CAN
21	Prospect Fighting Championships 17	event cancelled	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
20	Prospect Fighting Championships 16: Mein vs. Chavez	12	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
19	Prospect Fighting Championships 15: Imperato vs. Toliver	6	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
18	Prospect Fighting Championships 14: Knockout Kidney Disease 3	9	London, Ontario, CAN
17	Prospect Fighting Championships 13: Unfinished Business 2	9	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
16	Prospect Fighting Championships 12: Laramie vs. Cruz	9	Windsor, Ontario, CAN
15	Prospect Fighting Championships 11: Knockout Kidney Disease 2	10	London, Ontario, CAN
14	Prospect Fighting Championships 10	11	Windsor, Ontario, CAN
13	Prospect Fighting Championships 9	Amateur kickboxing event	London, Ontario, CAN
12	Prospect Fighting Championships 8: Unfinished Business	Amateur kickboxing event	London, Ontario, CAN
11	Prospect Fighting Championships 7: Knockout Kidney Disease	Amateur kickboxing event	London, Ontario, CAN
10	Prospect Fighting Championships 6: Paddy Whacked	10 (amateur)	London, Ontario, CAN
9	Prospect Fighting Championships 5: Deck The Halls With Beers And Brawls	13 (amateur)	London, Ontario, CAN
8	Prospect Fighting Championships 4	14 (amateur)	London, Ontario, CAN
7	Prospect Fighting Championships 3	10 (amateur)	London, Ontario, CAN
6	Prospect Fighting Championships 2	9 (amateur)	London, Ontario, CAN
5	Prospect Fighting Championships 1	6 (amateur)	London, Ontario, CAN
4	Provincial Fighting Championship 4	event cancelled	Windsor, Ontario, CAN
3	Provincial Fighting Championship 3: Showdown In The Downtown	10	London, Ontario, CAN
2	Provincial Fighting Championship 2	9	London, Ontario, CAN
1	Provincial Fighting Championship 1: Unrivaled	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		Leeroy Johnson	March 18, 2017 (PFC 6)	N/A
Light Heavyweight		Tyler Kerr	August 13, 2016 (PFC 4)	N/A
Middleweight		Sean Meade	December 4, 2016 (PFC 5)	N/A
Welterweight
Lightweight		Adam Webber	December 08, 2015 (PFC 2)	Vacated to move up in weight
Featherweight		T.J. Laramie	December 06, 2019 (PFC 12)	Signed with UFC
Bantamweight		Shane Monaghan	December 4, 2016 (PFC 5)	N/A
Flyweight		Tony Laramie	March 8, 2020 (PFC 13)	N/A
Women's Lightweight
Women's Featherweight
Women's Bantamweight
Women's Flyweight
Women's Strawweight		Anniestasia Nikolakakos	August 13, 2016 (PFC 4)	N/A
Atomweight

Kickboxing Champions

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

Pro Featherweight Championship

Weight limit: 1451NaN1

Laramie vacated to compete for the UFC.
width=1%	No.	width=19%	Name	width=15%	Event	width=20%	Date	width=45%	Defenses
1	T.J. Laramie	align=center	Prospect Fighting Championships 12: Laramie vs. Cruz	align=center	Dec 6, 2019

Pro Flyweight Championship

Weight limit: 1251NaN1

Laramie vacated to compete for the LFA.
width=1%	No.	width=19%	Name	width=15%	Event	width=20%	Date	width=45%	Defenses
1	Tony Laramie	align=center	Prospect Fighting Championships 13: Unfinished Business	align=center	Mar 8, 2020

Pro Women's Strawweight Championship

52 kg (115 lb)

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:30%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:40%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Randa Markos	align=left	Provincial Fighting Championship 2	align=center	March 08, 2014	align=center	Signed with UFC

Amateur Super Heavyweight Championship

121 kg+ (266 lb+)

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:30%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:40%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Lawrence Bonds	align=left	Prospect Fighting Championships 4	align=center	August 13, 2016	align=center	N/A

Amateur Heavyweight Championship

120 kg (265 lb)

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:30%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:40%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Garth Watkins	align=left	Prospect Fighting Championships 2	align=center	December 08, 2015	align=center	N/A
2	align=left	Leeroy Johnson	align=left	Prospect Fighting Championships 6: Paddy Whacked	align=center	March 18, 2017	align=center	N/A

Amateur Light Heavyweight Championship

92 kg (205 lb)

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:30%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:40%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Adam Webber	align=left	Prospect Fighting Championships 3	align=center	March 05, 2016	align=center	N/A
2	align=left	Tyler Kerr	align=left	Prospect Fighting Championships 4 Laramie vs. Cruz	align=center	August 13, 2016	align=center	N/A

Amateur Middleweight Championship

84 kg (185 lb)

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:30%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:40%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Tobin Cornelius	align=left	Prospect Fighting Championships 4 Laramie vs. Cruz	align=center	August 13, 2016	align=center	N/A
2	align=left	Sean Meade	align=left	Prospect Fighting Championships 5: Deck The Halls With Beers And Brawls	align=center	December 04, 2016	align=center	N/A

Amateur Welterweight Championship

77 kg (170 lb)

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:30%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:40%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Vacant	align=left		align=center		align=center

Amateur Lightweight Championship

70 kg (155 lb)

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:30%;"	Event	style=width:12%;"	Date	style= width:45%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Adam Webber	align=left	Prospect Fighting Championships 2	align=center	December 08, 2015	align=center	Vacated to move up in weight

Amateur Featherweight Championship

66 kg (145 lb)

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:27%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:70%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Kyle Brockitt	align=left	Prospect Fighting Championships 3	align=center	March 5, 2016	align=center	N/A
2	align=left	Shane Monaghan	align=left	Prospect Fighting Championships 6: Paddy Whacked	align=center	March 18, 2017	align=center	N/A

Amateur Bantamweight Championship

61 kg (135 lb)

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:30%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:40%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Shane Monaghan	align=left	Prospect Fighting Championships 5: Deck The Halls With Beers And Brawls	align=center	December 04, 2016	align=center	N/A

Amateur Flyweight Championship

57 kg (125 lb)

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:30%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:40%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Vacant	align=left		align=center		align=center

Amateur Woman's Lightweight Championship

70 kg (155 lb)

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:30%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:40%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Vacant	align=left		align=center		align=center

Amateur Woman's Featherweight Championship

65 kg (145 lb)

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:30%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:40%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Vacant	align=left		align=center		align=center

Amateur Woman's Bantamweight Championship

61 kg (135 lb)

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:30%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:40%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Vacant	align=left		align=center		align=center

Amateur Woman's Straw-weight Championship

52 kg (115 lb)

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:30%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:40%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Anniestasia Nikolakakos	align=left	Prospect Fighting Championships 4	align=center	August 13, 2016	align=center	N/A

Amateur Atomweight Championship

48 kg (105 lb)

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:30%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:40%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Vacant	align=left		align=center		align=center

Light Heavyweight Kickboxing Championship

92 kg (205 lb)

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:30%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:40%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Gordon Cunningham	align=left	Prospect Fighting Championships 9	align=center	July 14, 2018	align=center	N/A

Featherweight Kickboxing Championship

57 kg (145 lb)

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:30%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:40%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Amro Al Falastini	align=left	Prospect Fighting Championships 8: Unfinished Business	align=center	February 17, 2018	align=center	N/A

Promotional records

Most Fights in the PFC

All fighters that have fought for the PFC will be included

!width=180	Fighter!	Division/s	Fights
1.	Scott Lamont	Heavyweight	8
1.	Gino Ghalehpardaz	Featherweight Catchweight

Most Wins in PFC

All fighters that have fought for the PFC will be included

!width=180	Fighter!	Division/s	Victories
1.	Kyle Prepolec	Lightweight Welterweight Catchweight	5
1.	Gino Ghalehpardaz	Featherweight Catchweight

Most Knockouts in PFC

All fighters that have fought for the PFC will be included

!width=180	Fighter!	Division/s	Knockouts
1.	Kyle Prepolec	Lightweight Welterweight Catchweight	3
1.	Tony Laramie	Flyweight Catchweight

Most Decisions in PFC

All fighters that have fought for the PFC will be included

!width=180	Fighter!	Division/s	Decisions
1.	Gino Ghalehpardaz	Featherweight Catchweight	4

Fastest Knockout in the PFC

All fighters that have fought for the PFC will be included

!width=180	Fighter!	Opponent	Time (Round 1)	Method
1.	Avinash Chowtee	Ryan Dunphy	0:09	Punch

Fastest Submission in the PFC

All fighters that have fought for the PFC will be included

!width=180	Fighter!	Opponent	Time (Round 1)	Method
1.	Luke Hogg	Jeff Wall	0:38	Guillotine Choke

Most Finishes in PFC

All fighters that have fought for the PFC will be included

!width=180	Fighter!	Division/s	Finishes
1.	Kyle Prepolec	Lightweight Welterweight Catchweight	4
1.	Matt Dawson	Bantamweight Flyweight

PFC Event with most finishes

All PFC events will be included

!width=180	Event!	Date	Bouts	Finishes
1.	Prospect Fighting Championships 10	June 15, 2019	11	10

Notable alumni

Chris Horodecki
Jesse Ronson
Misha Cirkunov
Randa Markos
Kyle Prepolec
Malcolm Gordon
Kyle Nelson
Justin Jaynes
Elias Theodorou
T.J. Laramie
Ryan Healy
Claudio Ledesma
Tony Laramie
Jordan Mein

External links

- https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/promotions/1596-prospect-amateur-fighting-championships-pafc at Tapology

Notes and References

Web site: PFC President Jamie Champion Brings MMA Back To Ontario. topmmanews.com. topmmanews. 2021-06-12.
Web site: PFC champion signs with the UFC. windsorstar.com. windsorstar. 2021-06-12.
Prospect Fighting Championships 13 Coming to The Fight Network. prnewswire.com. prnewswire. 2021-06-15.
Web site: CITYMMA is A-okay Ontario to allow mixed martial arts after all. torontolife.com. torontolife. 2021-06-12.
Web site: CITYMMA is A-okay Ontario to allow mixed martial arts after all. torontolife.com. torontolife. 2021-06-12.
Web site: PFC on of Ontario's top MMA Organization. mmauk.net. mmauk. 24 November 2019 . 2021-06-15.
Web site: PFC the Future of Ontario MMA. mmasucka.com. mmasucka. 27 June 2019 . 2021-06-12.
Web site: Provincial Fighting Championships Announces Inaugural Event. topmmanews.com. topmmanews. 2021-06-12.
Web site: Provincial FC event list. tapology.com. tapology. 2021-06-15.
Web site: Hammer Canada 57: Jamie Champion, PFC. lastwordonsports.com. lastwordonsports. 27 August 2015 . 2021-06-15.
Web site: Knockout Kidney Disease: Prospect Fighting Championships. westernfairdistrict.com. westernfairdistrict. 2021-06-15.
Prospect Fighting Championships 13 Coming to The Fight Network. prnewswire.com. prnewswire. 2021-06-15.
Web site: PFC virtual event. showdowninthedowntown.com. showdowninthedowntown. 2021-08-15.
Web site: PFC event list. tapology.com. tapology. 2021-06-12.
Web site: PFC event list. tapology.com. tapology. 2021-06-12.
Web site: Provincial FC event list. tapology.com. tapology. 2021-06-12.