Eagle Fighting Championship (EFC), commonly referred to as Eagle FC, is a Russian

mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...

promotion company established in 2020 by former

UFC Lightweight Champion Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions are fighters who have won UFC championships. Historical notes At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classe ...

Khabib Nurmagomedov Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov av, ХIабиб ГӀабдулманапил НурмухӀамадов (born 20 September 1988) is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist. He competed in the lightweight division of the Ultima ...

. It was renamed to Eagle Fighting Championship (EFC) after Nurmagomedov bought Gorilla Fighting Championship (GFC) for $1 million.

History

In November 2020,

bought the Russian MMA promotion Gorilla Fighting Championship (formerly known as Federation of MMA of Samara), for $1 million and renamed it to Eagle Fighting Championship (EFC). GFC had been in the industry since 2017 and was on the edge of bankruptcy. When Nurmagomedov retired, he acquired the promotion and became the promoter. EFC held their first event in the USA on January 28, 2022 in

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Weight divisions

Events

Scheduled events

Past events

Current champions

Championship history

Heavyweight Championship

''206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg)''

Light Heavyweight Championship

''186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg)''

Middleweight Championship

''171 to 185 lb (77 to 84 kg)''

Welterweight Championship

''166 to 175 lb (75 to 79 kg)''

Lightweight Championship

''146 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg)''

Featherweight Championship

''136 to 145 lb (61 to 66 kg)''

Bantamweight Championship

''126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg)''

Flyweight Championship

''116 to 125 lb (53 to 57 kg)''

Women's divisions (defunct)

Women's Bantamweight Championship

'' to ''

Women's Flyweight Championship

'' to ''

Notable athletes and alumni

* Diego Sanchez: Former

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Lightweight Championship Contender. TUF 1 Middleweight Tournament Winner. Former

KOTC King of the Cage (KOTC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion based in Southern California, United States. History KOTC was founded in 1998 by Terry Trebilcock. KOTC features mostly amateur as well as up and coming MMA stars and former mainstr ...

Welterweight Champion. * Kevin Lee: Former

interim Lightweight Championship Contender *

Renan Barão Renan Mota do Nascimento Pegado (born 31 January 1987), better known as Renan Barão, is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and the former UFC Bantamweight Champion. He held one of the longest unbeaten streaks in MMA history - follo ...

: Former UFC Bantamweight Champion *

Rashad Evans Rashad Anton Evans (born September 25, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist. Evans started his professional career in 2003, he was the Heavyweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter 2 and is also a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, and a 2 ...

: Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion * Antônio Silva: Former UFC Heavyweight Fighter *

Junior dos Santos Junior dos Santos (; born 30 January 1984) is a Brazilian Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and Professional wrestling, professional wrestler who competes in the Heavyweight (MMA), Heavyweight division of Eagle FC. As a mixed martial ar ...

: Former UFC Heavyweight Champion * Ray Borg: Former UFC Flyweight Title Challenger * Liliya Shakirova: Former UFC Women's Flyweight and former Flyweight Champion of GFC. *

Umar Nurmagomedov Umar Nurmagomedov (born March 1, 1996), is a Russian mixed martial artist currently competing in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He has previously competed in the Eagle Fighting Championship (EFC) and Profe ...

: Current UFC Bantamweight and cousin of Eagle FC founder Khabib Nurmagomedov. Ex-Combat Sambo Champion (Not FIAS) & former Bantamweight Champion of GFC *

Usman Nurmagomedov Usman Nurmagomedov (born April 17, 1998), is a Russian mixed martial artist currently competing in the Lightweight division of Bellator MMA, where he is the current Bellator Lightweight World Champion. He has previously competed in the UAE Warri ...

: Current Bellator Lightweight Champion. Cousin of Khabib Nurmagomedov and younger brother of Umar Nurmagomedov. *

Tagir Ulanbekov Tagir Radzhabovich Ulanbekov (russian: Тагир Раджабович Уланбеков; born July 8, 1991) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He i ...

: Current UFC Flyweight and former Flyweight Champion of GFC. Ex-World Combat Sambo Champion (Not FIAS). * Loik Radzhabov: two-time PFL Lightweight finalist. * Raimond Magomedaliev: Current One/Eagle Fc Welterweight. Former World Combat Sambo Champion (FIAS), ex-World Champion in Kung Fu-Sanda & former World Cup Winner in Wushu-Sanda

Reference

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