Despite the loss of Kalib Starnes from the main event, the final bout of the evening proved to be a hard-hitting affair as Nick Hinchliffe took the opportunity to pound out the gritty Dan “Torture” Chambers - knocking him out cold in the first round to close out the AFC with a big bang of his own.

In the early goings, Hinchliffe closed the distance and stayed on Chambers working on takedowns and submissions until he made his way into a modified backmount with his right leg tying up Chambers right arm from the back, giving him little defense to an onslaught of punches to the head that had him out cold before the referee stepped in to halt the action.

Following a disappointing performance against fellow cardmate Dan MacIver at King of the Cage, Hinchliffe has put together a string of two very impressive performances and appears ready to take a step up in competition again.

The semi-main event of the evening saw the rubber-match between the “Mountain of Mayhem” Chris Peak and his old nemesis Marcus “The Loud Mouthed Assassin” Hicks in a grudge match ignited when they met in the ring for the first time in 2003.

This time there was no controversy and it was Hicks who seized his opportunity to move his record to 9-16 by scooping the fight right to the mat, fending off a guillotine choke, and eventually finishing with a rear-naked choke in the first stanza to the take final bout in the trilogy.

The fight of the night belonged to the lightweights Gavin Neil and Curtis Demarce who waged war in a battle of attrition over three five-minute rounds. Neil’s well-rounded MMA game alongside superior conditioning tilted the bout in his favor as he took the Unanimous and entertaining decision from a gritty Demarce.

Dan MacIver stopped Parksville’s Duncan Wilson in the first round with ground-and-pound against the cage midway through the first stanza in a bout that ended with some controversy.

Wilson was able to fend off the takedown in the early goings but MacIver eventually worked the bout to the mat where he went to work from the half-guard against the cage, hitting Wilson with hard shots to the face until the referee John Alessio stepped in to stop the fight.

While the stoppage appeared to be a little on the early side, it was Victoria’s first taste of MMA, and as expected fights were going to be stopped a few punches early, rather than a few punches late.

Shaun Albrecht continued to roll with a workmanlike effort against Lethbridge’s Tim Tamaki. Albrecht was able to dictate the action for most of the fight before finishing with ground-and-pound on the mat in the second stanza.

Derek Medler’s 0-0 record was deceiving, as he looked like a veteran of 10 fights with his calm demeanor and superior octagon control against a gritty but overmatched Brandon MacArthur.

Despite MacArthur having seven professional bouts to Medler’s zero, it was Medler who looked like the more relaxed competitor as the Island MMA trained fighter stayed away from the quick hands of his opponent, and fired back with a mixed bag of leg kicks and right hands.

After a clinch against the cage Medler muscled the fight to the ground and went to work with ground-and-pound that MacArthur simply had no answer for. Medler tied up the right arm of his opponent in a Matt Hughes-esque crucifix position, pounded his opponent with left hands, and eventually finished from the back with punches to the side of the head until the referee stepped in to halt the action.

Zuma’s Nick Driedger was impressive in his bout with Tim Jeffreys overwhelming his opponent from start to finish with combinations on the feet that had Jeffreys back peddling and on the defensive from the ring of the bell.

Driedger would not let up on the gas, eventually landing numerous solid punches and dropping Jeffreys to the ground, a follow-up with some ground-and-pound signaled the end and the bout was stopped by the referee shortly after.

Local fighter Tyler Lynk and Matt Bagshaw competed in an entertaining back-and-forth battle that saw both competitors have opportunities to finish the fight. Bagshaw started out quickly with a nice takedown and went right to work with some ground and pound, but Lynk proved to be crafty getting back to his feet and securing a nice takedown of his own to turn the tide into his favor.

After a restart to check a cut on Lynk’s head, the fight made it’s way back to the feet where Bagshaw landed a solid knee to the face with Lynk responding with a punch that rocked the wrestler and had him back peddling into the cage.

Lynk dove in to finish the fight but Bagshaw came over the top with a huge overhand right that flattened Lynk out cold, giving him a finish reminiscent of Scott Smith vs. Pete Sell.

Iury Aquino, a fighter known primarily for his stand-up was absolutely dominant against Arran McLellan, but surprisingly did so primarily on the ground.

Following a flurry of punches that pushed his opponent up against the fence, Aquino took the fight to the ground and dominated position from side control, grinding his opponent down with elbows and punches before finally knocking him out late in the first round.

Connor Reddell was impressive slamming his opponent Dustin Dickeson to the mat and finishing with an armbar in the first round.

Jonathon Kirk defeated Ryan Gustafson using his superior stand up to control the action on the feet, and working his takedown defense to keep it there.

Gustafson had trouble setting up his takedowns and it would prove to cost him as he took damage every time he engaged until the end came in the second when Kirk bullied him on the mat and forced the referee John Alessio to step in and halt the action after he took a number of unanswered punches to the face.

The “Beefstorm” Josh Spong, who moonlights as a student at the West Coast College of Massage Therapy proved to be every bit as advertised overwhelming his opponent Jason Weare to finish in the second stanza.

Dominating the stand-up and keeping the fight on the feet when it mattered most, Spong who hails from the Final Round Gym in Duncan swarmed his opponent with punches against the cage in the second finished his opponent and kicking off the night of fights with a bang.

With the AFC’s first foray into MMA in the books, the promoters are targeting a date later in the year for AFC 2 back in B.C.'s capital.