BRACE

Private Company
Industry Mixed martial arts promotion
Founded 2005
Founder Kya Pate
Headquarters Sydney, Australia
Key people
 Kya Pate, Frank Barca, Jez Margosis
Website http://bracemma.com/

BRACE (formerly known as Brace For War) is an Australian mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion. BRACE was founded in 2005 by Kya Pate. In an interview with MMA Kanvas Kya Pate detailed what it is like to be the promoter of Australian MMA.[1]

Since 2009 BRACE has staged 50 events in 9 cities over 4 Australian States. After following the standard MMA format, in 2014 BRACE changed to an elimination tournament format based on the style of AFL, NRL, A-League soccer.[2] 8 Fighters per division compete in knock out elimination rounds all aiming to reach an end of season Grand Final event.[3]

BRACE Follows the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.

Broadcast Partners

BRACE is broadcast live on Network TEN exclusively in Australia and Fight Network based out of Canada

In November 2014, BRACE signed a multi year multi event broadcast deal with Network TEN (a major Australian TV network), this is the first for any MMA event within Australia[4]

UFC Fight Pass will begin streaming BRACE MMA live events and the promotion’s fight library later in 2015.[5][6][7]

Current champions

DivisionUpper weight limitChampionSinceTitle defenses
Light Heavyweight205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)Australia Mike Turner November 4, 2016 0
Middleweight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)Australia Rob Wilkinson October 23, 2015 1
Welterweight170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)Australia Theo Christakos November 26, 2016 1
Lightweight155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)Australia Alex MacDonald November 26, 2016 0
Featherweight145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st)Australia Jamie Mullarkey November 6, 2015 1
Bantamweight135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st)Australia Jordan Lucas November 22, 2014 0

Upcoming events

# Event Title Date Arena Location
49 BRACE 50 October 1, 2017 Township Auditorium Townsville, Australia

Pass Events list

# Event Title Date Arena Location
48 BRACE 49 April 8, 2017 AIS Arena Canberra, Australia
N/A BRACE 48 N/A N/A N/A
47 BRACE 47 March 18, 2017 Big Top Luna Park Sydney, Australia
46 BRACE 46 March 4, 2017 RSL Southport Gold Coast, Australia, Australia
45 BRACE 45 November 26, 2016 AIS Arena Canberra, Australia
44 BRACE 44 October 8, 2016 RSL Southport Gold Coast, Australia, Australia
43 BRACE 43 October 1, 2016 Cowles Stadium Christchurch, New Zealand
42 BRACE 42 August 13, 2016 AIS Arena Canberra, Australia
41 BRACE 41 June 17, 2016 Lincoln Events Centre Christchurch, New Zealand
40 BRACE 40 May 14, 2016 RSL Southport Gold Coast, Australia, Australia
39 BRACE 39 April 16, 2016 AIS Arena Canberra, Australia
38 BRACE 38 March 26, 2016 Big Top Luna Park Sydney, Australia
37 BRACE 37 November 21, 2015 AIS Arena Canberra, Australia
36 BRACE 36 September 19, 2015 Big Top Luna Park Sydney, Australia
event cancelled[8] BRACE 35 July 17, 2015 Southport Sharks Gold Coast, Australia, Australia
35 BRACE 34 May 23, 2015 AIS Arena Canberra, Australia
34 BRACE 33 April 18, 2015 Panthers Newcastle, Australia
33 BRACE 32 March 20, 2015 Big Top Luna Park Sydney, Australia
32 Tournament Season 1 Final November 20, 2014 AIS Arena Canberra, Australia
31 BRACE Ascend 2 November 15, 2014 North Sydney Leagues Club Sydney, Australia
30 BRACE 30 September 20, 2014 AIS Arena Newcastle, Australia
29 BRACE 29 August 9, 2014 North Sydney Leagues Club Sydney, Australia
28 BRACE 28 August 8, 2014 North Sydney Leagues Club Sydney, Australia
27 BRACE 27 May 17, 2014 AIS Arena Canberra, Australia
26 BRACE Ascend 1 2014|May|3} North Sydney Leagues Club Sydney, Australia
24 BRACE 25 December 21, 2013 North Sydney Leagues Club Sydney, Australia
23 BRACE 24 November 29, 2013 AIS Arena Canberra, Australia
22 BRACE 23 October 26, 2013 Townsville Entertainment Centre Townsville, Australia
21 BRACE 22 September 21, 2013 North Sydney Leagues Club Sydney, Australia
20 BRACE 21 July 20, 2013 North Sydney Leagues Club Sydney, Australia
19 BRACE 20 2013|May|25} Broncos Leagues Brisbane, Australia
18 BRACE 19 February 16, 2013 Big Top Luna Park Sydney, Australia
17 BRACE 18 December 21, 2012 Convention Centre Canberra,Australia
16 BRACE 17 October 27, 2012 Southport RSL Gold Coast, Australia
(event cancelled)[9] BRACE 16 June 16, 2012 Southport RSL Gold Coast, Australia
15 BRACE 15 April 28, 2012 Ex-Services Bowling Club Coffs Harbour, Australia
14 BRACE 14 February 18, 2012 Convention Centre Canberra, Australia
13 BRACE 13 November 19, 2011 Townsville Entertainment Centre Townsville, Australia
12 BRACE 12 October 15, 2011 Derwent Entertainment Centre Hobart, Australia
11 BRACE 11 September 17, 2011 Chandler Theatre Brisbane, Australia
10 BRACE 10 August 27, 2011 Convention Centre Canberra, Australia
9 BRACE 9 June 4, 2011 Townsville Entertainment Centre Townsville, Australia
8 BRACE 8 April 30, 2011 Mansfield Tavern Brisbane, Australia
7 BRACE 7 January 15, 2011 Convention Centre Canberra, Australia
6 BRACE 6 November 13, 2010 Townsville Entertainment Centre Townsville, Australia
5 BRACE 5 August 14, 2010 Broncos Leagues Brisbane, Australia
4 BRACE 4 May 8, 2010 Townsville Entertainment Centre Townsville, Australia
3 BRACE 3 Jan 16, 2010 Jupiters Casino Townsville, Australia
2 BRACE 2 August 15, 2009 Broncos Leagues Brisbane, Australia
1 BRACE 1 March 27, 2009 Broncos Leagues Brisbane, Australia

Notable alumni

Bec Rawlings (UFC)
Alex Chambers (UFC)
Ben Alloway (UFC)
Richie Walsh (UFC))
Damien Brown (UFC)
Rob Wilkinson (UFC)

References

  1. ↑ Adam Ireland (9 September 2014). "An insider's look: what's it really like to be a fight promoter?".
  2. ↑ Mike. "Brace announce unique multi division title tournaments commencing 2014". Australian MMA News, Reviews, Interviews & Results.
  3. ↑ Bryan Henderson. "Out of Obscurity: Center Real Fights 14, PFC 7 and BRACE 31". Combat Press.
  4. ↑ Adam Ireland (13 November 2014). "Aussie MMA promotion BRACE inks deal with Network10".
  5. ↑ http://www.bracemma.com/brace-signs-with-ufc/
  6. ↑ http://www.ufc.tv/category/brace-mma
  7. ↑ http://www.news.com.au/technology/home-entertainment/tv/ufc-and-brace-broker-content-deal-to-broadcast-bouts-across-the-globe-on-ufc-fight-pass/news-story/bdff7e6d9db373b206449c2facf9ec0b
  8. ↑ "BRACE 35". Tapology. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
  9. ↑ "BRACE 16". Tapology. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
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