The Fight Club is a Canadian mixed martial arts (MMA) 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 (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 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 (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 Nevada State Athletic Commission currently lists the following as fouls: 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

Champions

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