Fan vote declares BW title fight main event for MFC 38
Sep 24, 2013 Comments
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Birchak vs. Jones takes top billing for Behind
Enemy Lines Oct. 4 For the first time ever, the Maximum Fighting
Championship let the fans decide the main event of an upcoming
show.
The 'PunchTheVote' campaign has wrapped up and the fans voted for the main event they most wanted to see get top billing. The results have been tabulated and MFC 38: Behind Enemy Lines will truly be a night of firsts.
MFC 38 is the first time the Maximum Fighting Championship boasts
three title fights on the same night. And fittingly, the very first
MFC bantamweight champion will be crowned in the night's true main
event.
Though it came down to the wire in fan voting cast via Twitter and Facebook, the MFC bantamweight title fight pitting Anthony Birchak against Tito Jones has the honor of being the main event for MFC 38.
"All three of these title fights are deserving of main-event status, so we wanted to hear what the fans had to say, and they decided which of the three they felt belonged with top billing," said Scott Zerr, Director of Media & Fighter Relations for the Maximum Fighting Championship.
Along with the three title fights, the MFC 38 lineup features a critical matchup in the lightweight division as Jonatas Novaes enters a hotly anticipated rematch with Kurt Southern - the winner being guaranteed a shot at the MFC lightweight title in 2014.
Also on the main card for MFC 38 is a bout pitting hot prospect Teddy Ash against durable veteran Jared McComb, plus a lightweight tussle with Aaron Gallant taking on Matt Jelly.
The MFC 38 broadcast on AXS TV Fights begins at 10 p.m. ET/8 p.m. MT/7 p.m. PT, and the MFC 38 prelims air live on the Maximum Fighting Championship's Facebook page beginning at 8:15 p.m. ET/6:15 p.m. MT/5:15 p.m. PT.
Tickets for MFC 38: Behind Enemy Lines are available at www.ticketmaster.ca and by calling the MFC Ticket Hotline at (780) 504-2024.
The 'PunchTheVote' campaign has wrapped up and the fans voted for the main event they most wanted to see get top billing. The results have been tabulated and MFC 38: Behind Enemy Lines will truly be a night of firsts.
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Though it came down to the wire in fan voting cast via Twitter and Facebook, the MFC bantamweight title fight pitting Anthony Birchak against Tito Jones has the honor of being the main event for MFC 38.
The bantamweight matchup narrowly slipped past the middleweight
title fight featuring "Smilen" Sam Alvey
against Jason "The Mover" South in the voting. The heavyweight tilt
with Smealinho
Rama facing Anthony
Hamilton will be the first of the three title fights on Friday,
October 4 from the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, and
airing live on AXS TV Fights.
"All three of these title fights are deserving of main-event status, so we wanted to hear what the fans had to say, and they decided which of the three they felt belonged with top billing," said Scott Zerr, Director of Media & Fighter Relations for the Maximum Fighting Championship.
Along with the three title fights, the MFC 38 lineup features a critical matchup in the lightweight division as Jonatas Novaes enters a hotly anticipated rematch with Kurt Southern - the winner being guaranteed a shot at the MFC lightweight title in 2014.
Also on the main card for MFC 38 is a bout pitting hot prospect Teddy Ash against durable veteran Jared McComb, plus a lightweight tussle with Aaron Gallant taking on Matt Jelly.
The MFC 38 broadcast on AXS TV Fights begins at 10 p.m. ET/8 p.m. MT/7 p.m. PT, and the MFC 38 prelims air live on the Maximum Fighting Championship's Facebook page beginning at 8:15 p.m. ET/6:15 p.m. MT/5:15 p.m. PT.
Tickets for MFC 38: Behind Enemy Lines are available at www.ticketmaster.ca and by calling the MFC Ticket Hotline at (780) 504-2024.
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