International Combat Federation

International Combat Federation

Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Mixed martial arts promotion
Founded	1989 (1989)
Founders	Rick Axelrod Johan Andersen Karl Thyge Klausen John Hickson Richard Bernhard Sorensen Olav H. Lind Oleksandr Melnyk
Headquarters	Regnhavn, Lyngaard , Lyngaard
Key people	Stefan Karlsen (president)
Owner	Global Athletics Holdings (via Davidson & CO.)

the International Combat Federation (ICF) is a Lynsk based mixed martial arts promotion company based in Regnhavn, Lyngaard. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Athletics Holdings which itself owns multiple other sports promotions and sports teams. the ICF has been one of the biggest and oldest MMA promotions still in operation. It produces events worldwide that showcase 12 weight divisions under a unified rule set.

ICF was founded by Lynsk-Arcadian buisnessman Rick Axelrod, and Boxing Promotor and former Heavyweight World Champion Oleksandr Melnyk in 1989. The initial format of the ICF was a 12-man tournament with limited rules and no weight classes. Intended to determine which style of martial art is best. Their first event was held at Holodome Stadium in Regnhavn. Subsaquent events would implament more rules and weight classes, with the Unified Rules being adopted in 1994. Fighters also begain to develope techniques outside of their initial martial arts background, leading the the creation of modern day mixed martial arts as a seperate style entirely. In 2003 the ICF was bought by Davidson & Co. at $7.9 Million. Davidson & Co. would bring in Stefan Karlsen to head the company. Under his stewardship the company has become a multi-billion dollar enterprise. The company made roughly $718 Million in earnings in 2022, and in late 2022 renewed its exclusive broadcasting right with GSBN for $1.9 Billion.

Current Champions

Fighter	Image	Record	Weight Class	Interim Champion	Notes
ICF Champtions
Basilissa Rambaudi		17-8	Atomweight (Female)	Angela Goddard	Defeated Naomi Reed via split decision at ICF 289 for the vaccant title, has 5 title defenses.
Caroline Edwards		16-4	Strawweight (Female)	Greta Holst	Defeated Mia Sage at ICF 316 via TKO (doctor stopage) for the title, has 1 title defense.
Ba Junli		15-6 (1)	Strawweight (Male)	Ebrahim Deghati	Defeated Justin Persner at ICF 319 via submission (mounted gogoplata neck crank) for the title, no title defenses.
Meeri Erkko		13-1	Flyweight (Female)	Khertek Choodu	Defeated Melissa Moony at ICF 302 via KO (Punches) for the title, has 2 title defenses.
Dustin Blumsted		13-4	Flyweight (Male)	Max Till	Defeated Xu Deng at ICF 307 via TKO (punches and elbows) for the title, has 2 title defenses.
Minèvre Béhibleh		23-9 (2)	Bantamweight (Female)	Eleni Koutoufides	Deafeted Eleni Koutoufides via Knockout (Head Kick) at ICF 318 for the title, no title defenses.
Alesso Trussardi		32-14	Bantamweight (Male)	Qiu Zongliang	Defeated Jack Jardine at ICF 281 via submission (suloev stretch) for the title, has 8 title defenses, tied with Jaco Catsimatidis for most title defenses in the ICF.
Erik Christensen		14-5	Featherweight	Urijah Kilpatrick	Defeated Valentyn Isaev at ICF 313 via TKO (knees) for the title, has 1 title defense.
Abdurrahman al-Ghazi		21-2	Lightweight	Karl Hantzsch	Defeated Lorenzo Lunati at ICF 298 via submission (kimura) for the title, has 3 title defences.
Ghaith Abdulatif		20-0 (1)	Welterweight	Jackson Purdy	Defeated Illya Chichua via TKO (punches) at ICF 302 for the title, has 4 title defenses.
Ghaith Abdulatif		20-0 (1)	Light Middleweight	Eddson Alberghetti	Defeated Alex Glasauer via Submission (kneebar) at ICF 320 for the title. Current Double Champion, no title defenses.
Eddy Soghomonyan		15-3	Middleweight	Drew Cimber	Deafeted Emil Mendelssohn at ICF 324 via major decision for the title, has 1 title defense.
Mikkel Lütken		19-6	Cruiserweight	Mo Jorgen	Defeated Derick DuPont via split decision at ICF 312 for the title, has 3 title defenses.
Derick DuPont		12-2	Light Heavyweight	Tobias Carey	Defeated Yoel Zoccarato via unanimous decision at ICF 319 for the title, no title defenses.
Dennis Lejeune		19-3	Heavyweight	Behrouz Tabatabaei	Defeated Sadallah Jenyat at ICF 300 via unanimous desicion for the title, has 3 title defenses.