World Series of Fighting: Canada
# World Series of Fighting: Canada

World Series of Fighting (Canada) formerly Aggression Fighting Championship, Aggression MMA and Armageddon Fighting Championship is a Canadian Mixed Martial Arts promotion based out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The promotions made their debuts in 2009. Armageddon Fighting Championship and Aggression MMA merged in 2012 to create Aggression Fighting Championship. In September 2013, World Series of Fighting purchased the Aggression Fighting Championship organization to enter the Canadian market, but it was later found out the AFC executives closed down the company to join a new organization WSOF Canada.

## Rules

AFC employs the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts as Fighters compete in a cage.

### Rounds

Every round in AFC competition is contested with a five-minute time limit. Championship bouts are contested with five, five-minute rounds, and non-title bouts are contested with three, five-minute rounds. There is a one-minute rest period in between rounds.

### Attire

All competitors must fight in approved shorts, without shoes. Shirts, gis or long pants (including gi pants) are not allowed. Fighters must use approved light-weight open-fingered gloves, that include at least 1" of padding around the knuckles, (110 to 170 g / 4 to 6 ounces) that allow fingers to grab. These gloves enable fighters to punch with less risk of an injured or broken hand, while retaining the ability to grab and grapple.

### Match outcome

Matches usually end via:

* Submission: a fighter clearly taps on the mat or his opponent or verbally submits.
* Technical Submission: A technical submission is achieved when the referee stops a fight due to an injury resulting from a submission hold or due to a fighter going unconscious from a choke.
* Knockout: a fighter falls from a legal blow and is either unconscious or unable to immediately continue.
* Technical Knockout (TKO): If a fighter cannot continue, the fight is ended as a technical knockout. Technical knockouts can be classified into three categories:
   * referee stoppage: (the referee determines a fighter cannot "intelligently defend" himself; if warnings to the fighter to improve his position or defense go unanswered—generally, two warnings are given, about 5 seconds apart)
   * doctor stoppage (a ringside doctor due to injury or impending injury, as when blood flows into the eyes and blinds a fighter)
   * corner stoppage (a fighter's own corner-man signals defeat for their own fighter)
* Judges' Decision: Depending on scoring, a match may end as:
   * unanimous decision (all three judges score a win for fighter A)
   * majority decision (two judges score a win for fighter A, one judge scores a draw)
   * split decision (two judges score a win for fighter A, one judge scores a win for fighter B)
   * unanimous draw (all three judges score a draw)
   * majority draw (two judges score a draw, one judge scoring a win)
   * split draw (one judge scores a win for fighter A, one judge scores a win for fighter B, and one judge scores a draw)

Note: In the event of a draw, it is not necessary that the fighters' total points be equal. However, in a unanimous or split draw, each fighter does score an equal number of win judgments from the three judges (0 or 1, respectively).

A fight can also end in a technical decision, disqualification, forfeit, technical draw, or no contest. The latter two outcomes have no winners.

### Judging criteria

The ten-point must system is in effect for all fights; three judges score each round and the winner of each receives ten points, the loser nine points or fewer. If the round is even, both fighters receive ten points.

### Fouls

The Athletic Commission currently lists the following as fouls:

* Butting with the head
* Eye gouging of any kind
* Biting
* Hair pulling
* Fish hooking, as in self-defense and some forms of martial arts.
* Groin attacks of any kind
* Putting a finger into any orifice or into any cut or laceration on an opponent.
* Small joint manipulation
* Striking to the spine or the back of the head (see Rabbit punch)
* Striking downward using the point of the elbow (see Elbow (strike))
* Throat strikes of any kind, including, without limitation, grabbing the trachea
* Clawing, pinching or twisting the flesh
* Grabbing the clavicle
* Kicking the head of a grounded opponent
* Kneeing the head of a grounded opponent
* Stomping a grounded opponent
* Kicking to the kidney with the heel
* Spiking an opponent to the canvas on his head or neck. (see piledriver)
* Throwing an opponent out of the ring or fenced area
* Holding the shorts or gloves of an opponent
* Spitting at an opponent
* Engaging in unsportsmanlike conduct that causes an injury to an opponent
* Holding the ropes or the fence
* Using abusive language in the ring or fenced area
* Attacking an opponent on or during the break
* Attacking an opponent who is under the care of the referee
* Attacking an opponent after the bell (horn) has sounded the end of a round
* Flagrantly disregarding the instructions of the referee
* Timidity, including, without limitation, avoiding contact with an opponent, intentionally or consistently dropping the mouthpiece or faking an injury
* Interference by the corner
* Throwing in the towel during competition

When a foul is charged, the referee in their discretion may deduct one or more points as a penalty. If a foul incapacitates a fighter, then the match may end in a disqualification if the foul was intentional, or a no contest if unintentional. If a foul causes a fighter to be unable to continue later in the bout, it ends with a technical decision win to the injured fighter if the injured fighter is ahead on points, otherwise it is a technical draw.

### Match conduct

* After a verbal warning the referee can stop the fighters and stand them up if they reach a stalemate on the ground (where neither are in a dominant position or working towards one).
* If the referee pauses the match, it is resumed with the fighters in their prior positions.
* Grabbing the ring ropes brings a verbal warning, followed by an attempt by the referee to release the grab by pulling on the grabbing hand. If that attempt fails or if the fighter continues to hold the ropes, the referee may charge a foul.

## Current Champions

| Division | Weight | Champion | Since | Defenses |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Light Heavyweight | Until 93 kg | Vacant | | |
| Middleweight | Until 84 kg | Vacant | | |
| Welterweight | Until 77 kg | Ryan Ford | February 21, 2014 (WSOF Canada 1) | 0 |
| Lightweight | Until 70 kg | Vacant | | |
| Bantamweight | Until 61 kg | Vacant | | |

## Title history

### Light Heavyweight Championship

    190 to 205 lbs (84 to 93 kg)

| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Razak Al-Hassan def. Tim Chemelli | AFC 17: Anarchy Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | March 23, 2013 | |
| All AFC titles were vacated after they were purchased by WSOF. |||||

### Middleweight Championship

    171 to 185 lbs (77 to 84 kg)

| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | John Salter def. Kalib Starnes | AFC 6: Conviction Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | June 18, 2011 | |
| All AFC titles were vacated after they were purchased by WSOF. |||||

### Welterweight Championship

    156 to 170 lbs (77 to 84 kg)

| No. | Name | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ryan Ford def. Michael Hill | AFC 19: Undisputed Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | July 5, 2013 |
| All AFC titles were vacated after they were purchased by WSOF. |||||
| 2 | Ryan Ford def. Joel Powell | WSOF Canada 1 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | February 21, 2014 |

### Lightweight Championship

    146 to 155 lbs (77 to 84 kg)

| No. | Name | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stephen Beaumont def. Evan Sanguin | AFC 9: Inception Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | June 8, 2012 |
| 2 | Shane Campbell | AFC 14: Invasion Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | November 23, 2012 |
| 3 | Jesse Ronson | AFC 19: Undisputed Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | July 5, 2013 |
| Ronson vactated the title when he left AFC for the UFC. |||||

### Bantamweight Championship

    126 to 135 lbs (77 to 84 kg)

| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Curtis Brigham def. Mike Adams | AFC 16: Uprising Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | March 23, 2013 | |
| All AFC titles were vacated after they were purchased by WSOF. |||||
