| Respect Fighting Championship | |
| Type: | Private |
| Foundation: | 2009 |
| Industry: | Mixed Martial Arts promotion |
| Location City: | Hessen |
| Location Country: | Germany |
| Key People: | Sven Neumann, Liam Conway |
Respect Fighting Championship (RESPECT.FC) is a mixed martial arts organization in Germany. It has won the GNP Award for the best German promotion in 2009,[1] 2010[2] and 2011[3] Especially noteworthy in this context is that RESPECT.FC has beaten the Ultimate Fighting Championship (the biggest mixed martial arts organization in the world), who was nominated with their first German based event UFC 99.[1] The events are broadcast by Fightcast.tv.[4]
On April 2, 2011, a 'RESPECT.FC Title Contender Fight' between Ben Boekee and Denis Oliwka took place at "Battle of the South",[5] one of the biggest MMA Events in the Netherlands. That was the first and only co-promotion for RESPECT.FC so far.
RESPECT.FC's rules differ somewhat from the North American Unified Rules. Among the differences are the allowance of knees to the head of downed opponent and stomp kicks to the body, while elbows to the head of downed opponent and soccer kicks are prohibited. Similar to the Unified Rules, fights have 3 rounds each lasting 5 minutes. Title Fights are 5 rounds.[6]
| Division | Upper weight limit | Champion | Since | Defenses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavyweight | 1201NaN1 |  Björn Schmiedeberg | 11. September 2010 (RESPECT.4) | 1 | |
| Cruiserweight | 931NaN1 | Stephan Puetz | 13. April 2013 (RESPECT.9) | 0 | |
| Middleweight | 841NaN1 |  Marcin Naruszczka | 13. April, 2013 (RESPECT.9) | 0 | |
| Welterweight | 771NaN1 | Ruben Crawford | 21. April 2012 (RESPECT.7) | 0 | |
| Lightweight | 701NaN1 | Cengiz Dana | 17. September 2011 (RESPECT.6) | 1 | |
| Featherweight | 651NaN1 |  Ben Boekee | 17. September 2011 (RESPECT.6) | 0 |
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | Marcin Naruszczka def. Manuel Masuch | align=center | RESPECT.6 Bayer Hall, Wuppertal, Germany | align=center | ||
| Title vacated after Naruszczka moved down to middleweight. | |||||||
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | Sebastian Risch def. Nick Hein | align=center | RESPECT.6 Bayer Hall, Wuppertal, Germany | align=center | |||
| 2 | align=left | Nicolas Penzer | align=center | RESPECT.7 Eishalle, Essen, Germany | align=center | |||
| 3 | align=left | Marcin Naruszczka | align=center | RESPECT.9 Bayer Sportscenter, Dormagen, Germany | align=center |
Björn Schmiedeberg - #1 ranked German HW fighter,[7] RESPECT.FC Heavyweight Champion Cengiz Dana - M-1 Global, KSW and Cage Warriors veteran, RESPECT.FC Lightweight Champion
Sascha Weinpolter - #1 ranked Austrian HW fighter, Austria MMA Heavyweight Champion[9] Andreas Kraniotakes - #3 ranked German HW fighter,[7] Cage Warriors veteran, appears as a character in EA Sports MMA video game Janosch Stefan - 2nd Place Combat Sambo World Championships 2008[11] Nordin Asrih - TUF Season 13 contestant and M-1 Global veteran Alexandra Sanchez - Jewels Rough Stone Grand Prix 2009 Champion Nick Hein - European Judo Champion 2006[12] Jesse-Björn Buckler - Cage Warriors and SLAMM!! Events veteran| Event | Date | City | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESPECT FC 1 [13] | Herne | Fighters World Herne | ||
| RESPECT FC 2 [14] | Herne | Sportpark Herne | ||
| RESPECT FC 3 [15] | Essen | Sporthalle Bergeborbeck | ||
| RESPECT FC 4 [16] | Herne | Sportpark Herne | ||
| RESPECT FC 5 [17] | Essen | Zeche Amalie | ||
| RESPECT FC 6 "Stronger than ever" [18] | Wuppertal | Bayerhalle Wuppertal | ||
| RESPECT FC 7 [19] | Essen | Eishalle Essen | ||
| RESPECT FC 8 | Wuppertal | Bayerhalle Wuppertal | ||
| RESPECT FC 9 | Dormagen | Bayer Sport Center | ||
| RESPECT FC 10 | Wuppertal | Bayerhalle Wuppertal | ||
| RESPECT FC 11 | Dormagen | Bayer Sport Center | ||
| RESPECT FC 12 | Wuppertal | Bayer Sportpark | ||
| RESPECT FC 13 | Karlsruhe | Rintheimer Halle | ||
| RESPECT FC 14 | Karlsruhe | Rheinstrandhalle | ||
| RESPECT FC 15 | Karlsruhe | Rintheimer Halle | ||
| RESPECT FC 16 | Cologne | FIBO (trade show) | ||
| RESPECT FC 17 | Karlsruhe | Rheinstrandhalle | ||
| RESPECT FC 18 | Cologne | Sartory-Säle | ||
| RESPECT FC 19 | Limburg an der Lahn | Alte Markthalle | ||
| RESPECT FC: AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS 6 | Idstein | Limeshalle | ||
| RESPECT FC 20 | Hanover | Star Event Center |