Brace (MMA)


Brace was an Australian mixed martial arts 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.
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. 8 Fighters per division compete in knock out elimination rounds all aiming to reach an end of season Grand Final event.
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, this is the first for any MMA event within Australia
UFC Fight Pass will begin streaming Brace MMA live events and the promotion’s fight library later in 2015.

Current champions

DivisionUpper weight limitChampionSinceTitle defenses
Light Heavyweight205 lb ' Duke Didier9 April 20170
Middleweight185 lb ' Rob Wilkinson23 October 20151
Welterweight170 lb ' Theo Christakos26 November 20161
Lightweight155 lb ' Alex MacDonald26 November 20160
Featherweight145 lb ' Jamie Mullarkey6 November 20151
Bantamweight135 lb ' Jordan Lucas22 November 20140
Women's Bantamweight135 lb Rhiannon Thompson11 November 20170

Past Events list

Notable alumni