MFC 22 Takes Shape, and Arena Rumble Books a Few Notables
In a busy newsweek for fight bookings and moves, it would be easy to let some notable fighters in action on lesser North American events slip through the cracks, but I’m not going to let that happen for at least two events.
The Western Canada based Maximum Fighting Championship recently sent out a press release confirming its matches for the upcoming MFC 22: Payoff event on October 2nd just outside Edmonton, Alberta. The event will be televised live on HDNet Fights. Included on the card are several UFC castoffs, as well as a batch of MFC staples. The headlining bout will be match up between two top grapplers, as Jason MacDonald will look to topple Travis Lutter. Also on the card, Antonio McKee will take on Carlo Prater for the MFC lightweight belt, and Luigi Fioravanti will face John Alessio.
The full card for MFC 22 is:
- Jason MacDonald vs. Travis Lutter
- Antonio McKee vs. Carlo Prater
MFC Lightweight Title Bout - Luigi Fioravanti vs John Alessio
- Ryan Jimmo vs Marvin Eastman
- David Heath vs Mike Nickels
- Pete Spratt vs Nathan Gunn
- Thiago Goncalves vs Jesse Juarez
The Spokane, Washington based Arena Rumble will hold its debut event this Saturday, September 12th at the Spokane arena. To kick things off they have enlisted the services of a few TUF alums, and a few recent UFC castoffs, as well as some up and coming fighters. Headlining the event is a match up between Jason Guida (known for not making weight on “The Ultimate Fighter 8″) and Jeremy Horn, a veteran of over one hundred fights. Other notables in action on the card include former UFC fighters Trevor Prangley, Brad Imes, and Terry Martin, as well as undefeated Strikeforce prospect Lyle “Fancy Pants” Beerbohm, who has yet to have a fight go the distance.
The event is slated to feature 15 professional bouts, with no broadcast plans, according to MMAJunkie. The main card for Arena Rumble is:
- Jason Guida vs. Jeremy Horn
- Trevor Prangley vs. Dennis Reed
- Lyle Beerbohm vs. Josh Martin
- Brad Imes vs. Josh Queen
- Mike Hanks vs. Sidney Silva
- Justin Grizzard vs. Ben McCombs
- Terry Martin vs. Julio Paulino
Pictured: Jason Macdonald
Tags: Antonio McKee, Ben McCombs, Brad Imes, Carlo Prater, David Heath, dennis reed, Jason Guida, Jason MacDonald, jeremy horn, Jesse Juarez, john alessio, Josh Martin, josh queen, Julio Paulino, Justin Grizzard, Luigi Fioravanti, Lyle Beerbohm, Marvin Eastman, mike hanks, Mike Nickels, Nathan Gunn, Pete Spratt, Ryan Jimmo, Sidney Silva, Terry Martin, Thiago Goncalves, Travis Lutter, Trevor Prangley
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Cool card for MFC 22, some known names that i wouldn’t mind watching.
Glad to see “The Athlete” Jason Mcdonald back in action.
hopefully pete spratt will do well. i know he recently had knee surgery. hopefully he is at 100%. i know hes training at a good jitz school here in san antonio. hopefully his RNC defense is better.
I’d like to see mcdonald and horn do well. Two jiu jitzu aces that i’m a fan of. Lutter is a joke to the sport imho. The guy is just not dciplined enough to do his ground game justice. He either gasses out or doesn’t make weight. Either one is unacceptable.
Even thought it doesn’t get its share of the spotlight, I’m really glad that the surge in MMA popularity is helping not just the UFC and the members of the Strikeforce Alliance, but other smaller regional promotions as well…
Yeah and a lot of smaller shows are getting some pretty good talent who can’t keep themselvs in the bigger promotins. Prater, McDonald, Alessio are all good fighters.
War Horn after 1 or 2 more wins its back to the UFC or Strikeforce