Posts Tagged ‘MFC’

MFC to air 5 Prelim Fights on Facebook for “True Grit”

MFC 37 Facebook

Press Release For the first time in organizational history, the Maximum Fighting Championship will bring all the heated action of an event undercard to a live audience around the world via Facebook. At MFC 37: True Grit, fans will be able to see a five-fight preliminary bout lineup streaming live on the Maximum Fighting Championship’s [...]

MFC Signs Top Canadian Lightweight Kurt Southern

Press Release The Maximum Fighting Championship has added another strong talent to its lightweight division with the signing of Canadian standout Kurt Southern. Southern (10-3) will make his organizational debut at MFC 36: Reality Check on Friday, February 15 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. The Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, product will be part of [...]

Silva vs. Flynn, Zentgraf vs. Harris Added To MFC 36 ‘Reality Check’

Press Release The Maximum Fighting Championship has bolstered its lineup for MFC 36: Reality Check with a pair of key fights in the middleweight division featuring fan favorites. Newly signed Jay “Da Spyda Killa” Silva (8-6) will meet Jacen Flynn (10-3) in one middleweight matchup, while Jason “The Savage” Zentgraf (6-1) will collide with Luke [...]

Heavyweights Mike Hackert and Smealinho Rama To Clash At MFC 36 ‘Reality Check’

Press Release The Maximum Fighting Championship has officially signed one of the biggest heavyweight matchups in organizational history for MFC 36: Reality Check. Canada’s top two heavyweights will square-off with an MFC title shot at stake when undefeated hotshot Smealinho Rama meets rising star Mike “The Honey Badger” Hackert on Friday, Feb. 15. The bout [...]

MFC adds Maromo vs. Lynn and Kent vs. Krahn to finalize MFC 33 Main Card

By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) MM-eh has been keeping close tabs on the suspected lineup for MFC 33′Collision Course,’ set for Edmonton’s Mayfield Trade Centre on May 04. We already had Ryan McGillivray and Nathan Coy clashing for the Maximum Fighting Championship  World Welterweight Title, and Mukai Maromo (pictured left) facing Adam Lynn in a lightweight bout in our MM-eh Upcoming [...]

McGillivray to take on Coy for MFC strap

Press Release A trio of fights, including a matchup for the welterweight title, have been signed for the Maximum Fighting Championship’s next event – MFC 33: Collision Course – set for Friday, May 4 in Edmonton, Alberta. Emanating from the Mayfield Conference Centre and airing live on HDNet Fights, MFC 33: Collision Course will be [...]

Dwayne Lewis to take on Aron Lofton at MFC 33

By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) Popular Fort McMurray, Alberta fighter Dwayne Lewis is planning his debut in the new Maximum Fighting Championship Cage on May 4, in a rematch against the always tough Aron Lofton at MFC 33. Lewis is just 2 weeks removed from his disappointing TKO loss to UFC veteran Wilson Gouveia at MFC 32 in the end [...]

MFC Takes Hard Stance On Missed Weight

Press Release The Maximum Fighting Championship has released Antonio McKee, Brian Cobb, and James Haddad from their contracts with the organization. McKee and Cobb were both slated to compete for the MFC lightweight title at MFC 32: Bitter Rivals on Jan. 27, but both fighters came in over the contract weight at the official weigh-in [...]

McKee Stripped of MFC Belt – Still Fighting

By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) Current Maximum Fighting Championship Lightweight Champion Antonio McKee was stripped of his belt last night by MFC President Mark Pavelich, after McKee weighed in 7 pounds over the limit for tonight’s fight against Brian Cobb. “I am extremely disappointed and incredibly frustrated by the fact that McKee missed weight by such [...]

Lewis Ready To Make Memories At MFC 32

By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) Mixed Martial arts fans might be surprised to hear that while growing up in the Labrador town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Dwayne Lewis never once had a fight. “I always shied away from confrontation.” He told MM-eh from his home in Fort MacMurray, Alberta.  ”I never had a fight in my [...]