The Golden Fighter Championship (GFC) is a Romanian kickboxing, Muay Thai and

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(MMA)

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founded in 2015 and based in Timișoara, Romania, owned by Alin Fălcuşan. It is the third largest kickboxing promotion in

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, alongside fellow

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. The Golden Fighter Championship and Pro TV, and its subsidiary Pro X announced a multi-year broadcast deal on 24 September 2019, effectively ending the promotion's Digi Sport partnership. With the new TV deal and expansion in the country, the GFC has increased in popularity, and has achieved greater mainstream media coverage. The promotion also has a long-term contract with

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giving GFC a deal in other 60 countries. GFS has a partnership with

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of China since 2017. The GFC are also in partnership with the World Kickboxing and Karate Union (WKU). In August 2022, GFC entered into an official partnership with The Golden Cage MMA.

GFC Events

Each GFC event contains several fights. Traditionally, every event starts off with an opening fight followed by other fights, with the last fight being known as the main event.

Notable fighters

* Andrei Stoica * Bogdan Stoica * Amansio Paraschiv *

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* Adrian Maxim * Gabriel Bozan * Ionuț Popa * Adrian Mitu * Cristian Milea * Petru Morari * Michael Boapeah * Christian Baya * Jan Kaffa * Muhammed Balli * Eduard Aleksanyan *

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References

External links

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GFC Events

Notable fighters

See also

References

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