Cage Fury Fighting Championships

Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC)

Type	Private
Industry	Mixed martial arts promotion
Founded	November 2006
Headquarters	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Website	www.cffc.tv

Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion. Founded by Felix and Amy Martinez, it promoted in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The last-minute cancellation of its sixth event (second pay-per-view) in 2007 signaled its temporary demise; however, it resurfaced nearly four years later. CFFC featured many Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) veterans, including fight commentator Dan Severn, as well as appearances by Evan Tanner, Kimbo Slice, Frank Shamrock, and Homer Moore. A number of former champions (Carmelo Marrero, Jim Miller, and Dan Miller) have appeared or currently compete in the UFC.

Current champions

Division	Upper weight limit	Champion	Since	Title defenses	Next Fight
Heavyweight	265 lb (120 kg; 18.9 st)	Dan Spohn	December 4, 2015 (Cage Fury Fighting Championships 53)	0	Plinio Cruz ?
Light Heavyweight	205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)	Uninaugurated	N/A
Middleweight	185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)	Vacant	July 26, 2015
Welterweight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)	Vacant	June 24, 2015
Lightweight	155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)	Darrell Horcher	February 7, 2015 (Cage Fury Fighting Championships 45)	1
Featherweight	145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st)	Jeff Lentz	May 9, 2015 (Cage Fury Fighting Championships 48)	0	Bill Algeo ?
Bantamweight	135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st)	Nick Pace	June 30, 2015 (Cage Fury Fighting Championship 52)	0	Jordan Morales ?
Flyweight	125 lb (56 kg; 8.8 st)	Sidemar Honorio	December 13, 2014 (Cage Fury Fighting Championships 44)	1	Louis Gaudinot ?
Women's Flyweight	125 lb (56 kg; 8.8 st)	Katlyn Chookagian	January 9, 2016 (Cage Fury Fighting Championships 55)	0

List of events

No.	Event Name	Date	Location
1	Cage Fury Fighting Championships 1	June 30, 2006	Atlantic City, New Jersey
2	Cage Fury Fighting Championships 2	October 6, 2006	Atlantic City, New Jersey
3	CFFC 3: Battleground	January 19, 2007	Atlantic City, New Jersey
4	Cage Fury Fighting Championships 4	April 13, 2007	Atlantic City, New Jersey
5	CFFC 5: Two Worlds, One Cage	June 23, 2007	Atlantic City, New Jersey
6	CFFC 6: The Return	February 5, 2011	Atlantic City, New Jersey
7	CFFC 7: No Mercy	April 16, 2011	Atlantic City, New Jersey
8	CFFC 8: Seek and Destroy	May 20, 2011	Atlantic City, New Jersey
9	CFFC 9: Beach Brawl	June 10, 2011	Atlantic City, New Jersey
10	CFFC 10: Black Eye	July 23, 2011	Atlantic City, New Jersey
11	CFFC 11: Danger Zone!	October 22, 2011	Atlantic City, New Jersey
12	CFFC 12: Pollard vs. Soto	December 10, 2011	Atlantic City, New Jersey
13	CFFC 13: Gambino vs. Foster	February 4, 2012	Atlantic City, New Jersey
14	CFFC 14: No Mercy	April 14, 2012	Atlantic City, New Jersey
15	CFFC 15: Williams vs. Rumsey	June 30, 2012	Atlantic City, New Jersey
16	CFFC 16: Williams vs. Jacoby	August 24, 2012	Atlantic City, New Jersey
17	CFFC 17: Nsang vs. Louck	October 13, 2012	Dover, Delaware
18	CFFC 18: Wade vs. McCray	October 27, 2012	Richmond, Virginia
19	CFFC 19: Sullivan vs. Lane	February 2, 2013	Atlantic City, New Jersey
20	CFFC 20: Heckman vs. Martinez	February 8, 2013	King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
21	CFFC 21: Lashomb vs. Hickey	February 16, 2013	Richmond, Virginia
22	CFFC 22: Wynn vs. Velez	March 16, 2013	Dover, Delaware
23	CFFC 23: La Nsang vs. Baker	April 13, 2013	King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
24	CFFC 24: Sullivan vs. Becker	May 11, 2013	Atlantic City, New Jersey
25	CFFC 25: Williams vs. Faunce	June 22, 2013	King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
26	CFFC 26: Sullivan vs. Martinez	August 17, 2013	Atlantic City, New Jersey
27	CFFC 27: Heckman vs. Kelleher	September 21, 2013	King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
28	CFFC 28: Brenneman vs. Baker	October 26, 2013	Atlantic City, New Jersey
29	CFFC 29: Smith vs. Kelleher	November 1, 2013	King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
30	CFFC 30: Sterling vs. Roberts	November 2, 2013	King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
31	CFFC 31: Heckman vs. Lentz	February 8, 2014	Atlantic City, New Jersey
32	CFFC 32: Stripling vs. Anyanwu	February 22, 2014	King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
33	CFFC 33: Felder vs. Stevens	March 22, 2014	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
34	CFFC 34: Santella vs. Honstein	April 19, 2014	Morristown, New Jersey
35	CFFC 35: Heckman vs. Makashvili	April 26, 2014	Atlantic City, New Jersey
36	CFFC 36: Secor vs. Good	June 21, 2014	Morristown, New Jersey
37	CFFC 37: Anyanwu vs. Bell	June 28, 2014	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
38	CFFC 38: Felder vs. Johnson	August 9, 2014	Atlantic City, New Jersey
39	CFFC 39: Heckman vs. Gerhart	August 16, 2014	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
40	CFFC 40: Horcher vs. Ricci	August 23, 2014	King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
41	CFFC 41: Holt vs. Cruz	October 11, 2014	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
42	CFFC 43: Good vs. Webb	November 1, 2014	Atlantic City, New Jersey
43	CFFC 44: Bezerra vs. Makashvili	December 13, 2014	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
44	CFFC 45: Horcher vs. Stiner	February 7, 2015	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
45	CFFC 46: Williams vs. Smith	February 28, 2015	Chester, Pennsylvania
46	CFFC 47: Webb vs. Harshbarger	March 7, 2015	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
47	CFFC 48: Good vs. Burrell	May 9, 2015	Atlantic City, New Jersey
48	CFFC 49: Honorio vs. Oliveira	June 6, 2015	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
49	CFFC 50: Smith vs. Williams II	July 18, 2015	Atlantic City, New Jersey
50	CFFC 51: Ledesma vs. Gaudinot	September 12, 2015	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
51	CFFC 52: Horcher vs. Regman	October 31, 2015	Atlantic City, New Jersey
52	CFFC 53: Anyanwu vs. Spohn	December 4, 2015	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
53	CFFC 54: Next Generation	January 8, 2016	Atlantic City, New Jersey
54	CFFC 55: Lentz vs. Algeo	January 9, 2016	Atlantic City, New Jersey

Cage Fury Fighting Championships V

Cage Fury Fighting Championships V - TWO WORLDS, ONE CAGE.
Information
Promotion	Cage Fury Fighting Championships
Date	June 23, 2007
Venue	Trump Taj Mahal
City	Atlantic City, New Jersey
Attendance	7,286
Event chronology
Cage Fury Fighting Championships IV Cage Fury Fighting Championships V - TWO WORLDS, ONE CAGE.

Cage Fury Fighting Championships 5 - TWO WORLDS, ONE CAGE. was a mixed martial arts event held by Cage Fury Fighting Championships, and their first on pay-per-view. The event took place Saturday, June 23, 2007 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

CFFC:5 featured the mixed martial arts debut of Kimbo Slice, a bare knuckle street brawler from Miami, Florida. Slice's opponent was 'Merciless' Ray Mercer, an American professional boxer and former WBO World Heavyweight Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist that resides in Fayetteville, North Carolina, also made his MMA debut.

Kimbo Slice won the fight in the first round with a guillotine choke submission.

Mercer had missed a guillotine choke opportunity and paid the price. Kimbo added insult to injury, as he refused to let go, further aggravating the pain for mercer. When he finally let go, Mercer very irrate punched Slice's chest in anger and later was restrained by the referee and officials.

Mercer later stated in the press conference at Adrenaline III: Bragging Rights, when he was scheduled to fight Tim Sylvia under MMA rules instead of boxing rules, that he had expected Kimbo Slice to box with him and said that he did not really train in any other aspect of MMA and was unprepared for the guillotine choke.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Kimbo Slice	def.	Ray Mercer	guillotine choke	1
Light Heavyweight	Josh Rhodes	def.	Noah Inhofer	Ref stoppage (Strikes)	2
Lightweight	Deividas Taurosevičius	def.	Kevin Roddy	Rear-naked choke	1
Welterweight	Gregor Gracie	def.	Josh Lydell	Rear-naked choke	1
Middleweight	Dante Rivera	def.	Alexis Aquino	Straight ankle lock	2
Welterweight	Nick Serra	def.	Mike Varner	Armbar	2
Lightweight	Jim Miller	def.	Anthony Morrison	Triangle choke	1
Middleweight	Nick Catone	def.	John Howard	Unanimous decision	5	5:00
Welterweight	Lyman Good	def.	Doug Gordon	Unanimous decision	3	5:00
Welterweight	Al Buck	def.	Brian DeMuro	Unanimous decision	3	5:00

Shelby Walker Heart of a Lion Award

CFFC employed former MMA fighter Shelby Walker as their post-fight interviewer at CFFC I. Walker was to perform the duties again at CFFC II prior to her death September 24, 2006. In her honor, CFFC created the Shelby Walker Heart of a Lion Award, to be awarded to the fighter that showed the most heart at each event. Al Buck received the award at CFFC II for surviving a long rear naked choke attempt by Malachy Friedman en route to a TKO victory. Brian DeMuro received the award at CFFC IV for a battle with former welterweight champ Carlos Nieves in which DeMuro won via submission in the second round.

Championship	Recipient
Cage Fury Fighting Championships II	Al Buck
Cage Fury Fighting Championships III	Alexis Aquino
Cage Fury Fighting Championships V	Brian DeMuro

External links

• Official Website
• Cage Fury Facebook page