MFC 20
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MFC 20: Destined for Greatness was a mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 event held by the Maximum Fighting Championship (MFC) on February 20th, 2009 in Enoch, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

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Main card

  • MFC Welterweight Championship:   Pat Healy
    Pat Healy (fighter)
    Patrick Healy is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight and welterweight divisions. Currently, Healy is signed with Strikeforce, holding a 4–1 record inside the promotion...

     vs.   Ryan Ford
    Ryan Ford (Fighter)
    Ryan Ford is a professional Canadian mixed martial arts fighter . He fights out of Edmonton, Alberta Canada and is currently signed to The Fight Club and Maximum Fighting Championship.-Mixed martial arts:...

Healy defeated Ford via split decision.
  • Welterweight bout:   Paul Daley
    Paul Daley
    Paul Daley is an English professional mixed martial artist who has fought for EliteXC, Cage Rage, Strikeforce, BAMMA, Maximum Fighting Championship, Cage Warriors, Shark Fights, Impact FC, Pancrase and the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

     vs.   Nick Thompson
    Nick Thompson
    Nicholas Delton Thompson is a retired American mixed martial artist. He retired with a professional mixed martial arts record of 38-14-1. He has fought professionally on both the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Bodog Fight shows...

Thompson defeated Daley via unanimous decision.
  • MFC Lightweight Championship:   Derrick Noble
    Derrick Noble
    Derrick "The Eraser" Noble is an American professional mixed martial artist from Cuba, Illinois.-Biography and career:Derrick began martial arts training at the age of 13 in Taekwondo, and he eventually earned a Black Belt in Hapkido from Master Bob Long. He attended Eastern Illinois University...

     vs.   Antonio McKee
    Antonio McKee
    Antonio McKee is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division and is known for his high number of decision victories.-Early life:McKee grew up with a mother who battled drug addiction....

McKee defeated Noble via unanimous decision to win the MFC
MFC
MFC may refer to:Computing:* Mel-frequency cepstrum, a representation of sounds used in applications such as automatic speech recognition* Memory flow controller, a part of a computer architecture, e.g. in the Cell Broadband Engine...

 Lightweight Championship
  • Middleweight bout:   Bryan Baker
    Bryan Baker (fighter)
    Bryan Baker is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Baker fought in various promotions, most notably World Extreme Cagefighting and Bellator Fighting Championships...

     vs.   Rory Singer
    Rory Singer
    Rory Michael Singer is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a middleweight.Although Rory had begun making a name for himself as a 185 pound prospect; his big break came after meeting the producers of TUF. They were filming Forrest Griffin at The HardCore Gym for his fight...

Baker defeated Singer via TKO (punches) at 4:56 of round 1.
  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Roger Hollett
    Roger Hollett
    Roger "The Hulk" Hollett, is a Canadian mixed martial artist fighting out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has competed in various events such as ECC, Extreme Cage Combat and Maximum Fighting Championship...

     vs.   David Heath
    David Heath (fighter)
    David Alan Heath is an American mixed martial artist who formerly competed in the light heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he made his debut at UFC 62, defeating Cory Walmsley by first-round submission...

Heath defeated Hollett via submission (guillotine choke
Guillotine choke
The guillotine choke is a chokehold in martial arts and wrestling applied from in front of the opponent. The choke involves using the arms to encircle the opponent's neck in a fashion similar to a guillotine. The technique is either a type of tracheal compression restraint that prevents air flow...

) at 2:30 of round 1.
  • Middleweight bout:   Solomon Hutcherson
    Solomon Hutcherson
    Solomon Hutcherson is an american mixed martial arts fighter. He competes in the Middleweight division.-The Ultimate Fighter:During The Ultimate Fighter 3 Hutcherson trained under Ken Shamrock's team...

     vs.   Dave Mewborn
Hutcherson defeated Mewborn via unanimous decision.

Preliminary card

  • Lightweight bout:  Simon Marini vs.   Ryan Machan
Machan defeated Marini via submission (rear naked choke
Rear naked choke
The Rear naked choke is a chokehold in martial arts applied from an opponent's back. Depending on the context, the term may refer to one of two variations of the technique, either arm can be used to apply the choke in both cases...

) at 1:48 of round 1.
  • Lightweight bout:  Alain Hernandez vs.   Evan Sanguin
Sanguin defeated Hernandez via TKO (slam) at 2:50 of round 1.
  • Lightweight bout:   Donovan Foley vs.   Josh Russell
Russell defeated Foley via submission (triangle choke
Triangle choke
A triangle choke, or sankaku-jime in Judo, is a type of figure-four chokehold which strangles the opponent by encircling the opponent's neck and one arm with the legs in a configuration similar to the shape of a triangle...

) at 1:00 of round 1.
  • Middleweight bout:   Richard Symons vs.   Brad Zazulak
Zazulak defeated Symons via TKO (punches) at 3:54 of round 1.
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