The Fight Club


The Fight Club is a Canadian mixed martial arts promotion based in Edmonton, Alberta. TFC currently fights at the Shaw Conference Centre.

Rules

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

Rounds

Every round in TFC competition Zaeis five minutes in duration. Title matches have five such rounds, and non-title matches have three. There is a one-minute rest period between rounds.

Attire

All competitors must fight in approved shorts, without shoes. Shirts, gis or long pants are not allowed. Fighters must use approved light-weight open-fingered gloves, that include at least 1" of padding around the knuckles, ( 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:
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.
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 Nevada State Athletic Commission currently lists the following as fouls:
  1. Butting with the head
  2. Eye gouging of any kind
  3. Biting
  4. Hair pulling
  5. Groin attacks of any kind
  6. Fish hooking, gouging as in self-defense and some martial arts.
  7. Putting a finger into any orifice or into any cut or laceration on an opponent.
  8. Small joint manipulation
  9. Striking to the spine or the back of the head
  10. Striking downward using the point of the elbow
  11. Throat strikes of any kind, including, without limitation, grabbing the trachea
  12. Clawing, pinching or twisting the flesh
  13. Grabbing the clavicle
  14. Kicking the head of a grounded opponent
  15. Kneeing the head of a grounded opponent
  16. Stomping a grounded opponent
  17. Kicking to the kidney with the heel
  18. Spiking an opponent to the canvas on his head or neck.
  19. Throwing an opponent out of the ring or fenced area
  20. Holding the shorts or gloves of an opponent
  21. Spitting at an opponent
  22. Engaging in unsportsmanlike conduct that causes an injury to an opponent
  23. Holding the ropes or the fence
  24. Using abusive language in the ring or fenced area
  25. Attacking an opponent on or during the break
  26. Attacking an opponent who is under the care of the referee
  27. Attacking an opponent after the bell has sounded the end of a round
  28. Flagrantly disregarding the instructions of the referee
  29. Timidity, including, without limitation, avoiding contact with an opponent, intentionally or consistently dropping the mouthpiece or faking an injury
  30. Interference by the corner
  31. 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

TFC Events

TFC 1: First Blood at the Shaw Conference Centre on December 28, 2007
TFC 2: Penner vs. Kalmakoff at the Edmonton Event Centre on March 7, 2008.
TFC 3: This Means War on May 31, 2008 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
TFC 4: Retribution on August 29, 2008 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
TFC 5: Armageddon on December 5, 2008 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
TFC 6: Domination on March 20, 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
TFC 7: Full Throttle on May 30, 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
TFC 8: Salvation on September 18, 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
TFC 9: Total Chaos on December 5, 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
TFC 10: High Voltage on March 19, 2010 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada