Each event had a4 Man Tournament in the heavy weight division with a winning amount of AED 1 Million. Along with the 4 Man Tournament, 7 superfights were conducted with kickboxers and MMA fighters from around the world. A total of 8 fight series had to be conducted, with each winner progressing towards the grand prix of $1 Million. The first series, took place atDubai World Trade Centre on 29 May 2014 and featuredPeter Aerts,Badr Hari andStefan Leko.
GFC Fight Series 2[5] took place on 16 October 2014 atDubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, withMoroccanIsmael Lazar emerging as winner of theAED 1 Million defeatingSenegal's Sem Tevette by TKO in Round 2 in the final and advancing to theGFC Grand Prix.Mike Markham was theRing announcer along withSteve Patrick Moore.MoroccanBadr Hari was supposed to fightFrenchPatrice Quarteron in the Exhibition Superfight,[6] but the fight fell through.Patrice Quarteron was eventually replaced withLithuanianArnold Oborotov.Melvin Manhoef was replaced withSem Tevette days before the fight due to an injury. He still came to support his replacement who lost the finals toIsmael Lazzar.
Badr Hari vsPatrice Quarteron was the much-awaited fight among fans for GFC Fighter Series 2. Due to Quarteron's unsportsmanlike conduct, he was axed from the fight.[7] Hari went on to say "About Patrice... he has been saying a lot about me. I don't care, I have been through those kind of clowns many times so he's nothing special,". Quarteron had made quite a hype about the fight across all social media platforms bashing Hari with memes. He was eventually replaced withArnold Oborotov who lost toBadr Hari by KO in round 1.
