– Saturday, August 20, 2011 8:00pm ET featuring Lion Fight Promotions presents WBC Muay Thai – Battle in the Desert 3 from the Star of the Desert Arena in Primm, Nev.. In the main event of Lion Fight Promotions “Battle In The Desert 3” card, two-time world Muay Thai champion Cosmo Alexandre (40-13) of Brazil will square off with five-time Muay Thai champion and multi-title Lumpinee Stadium champion Sakmongkol Sitchuchoke “Zingano“ (228-19) of Broomfield, Colo. via Thailand in a middleweight (*contracted weight of 155 pounds for this bout) “Superfight.” In addition to his two titles, Alexandre won the coveted, annual King’s Cup tournament in Bangkok, Thailand on Dec. 5, 2009. Sitchuchoke is coming off a third round (TKO victory over James Martinez, a K-1 USA veteran and contestant on the 2008 first season of The Contender Asia, the Mark Burnett-created reality television series that documented 16 Muay Thai fighters from 12 different countries as they competed for a prize of $150,000. Sitchuchoke consistently beat Martinez to the punch throughout the matchup and broke Martinez’s arm with repeated round kicks aimed at the head and body. The co-main event will feature a world interim middleweight (160 pounds) title bout between explosive champion Ky Hollenbeck (18-1) of San Francisco, Calif. and powerhouse challenger Simon Chu (29-6) of Leeds, England. A middleweight (*contracted weight of 155 pounds for this bout) matchup between Chaz Mulkey (6-4) of Las Vegas and Remy Bonnel (55-7) of Miami, Fla. will be contested with the WBC interim international title at stake. Joe Schilling (10-1) of Los Angeles, Calif. will take on Brandon Banda (5-1) of Concord, Calif. for the vacant WBC USA light heavyweight (175 pounds) crown. Women’s Muay Thai and MMA star Jeri Sitzes (3-0) of Springfield, Mo. will defend her WBC international title against Misty Sutherland (1-0) of Calgary, Canada. Sitzes captured her title on Aug. 28, 2010 by scoring a second round (2:06) TKO on Australia’s Joanna MacEachern with a flurry of straight punches.
– Saturday, August 20, 2011 7:30pm ET featuring Absolute Action MMA presents AAMMA XVII at the Midwest Sports Complex from Florence, Kentucky. The card is headlined by 3 title fights. In one bout, Eric Moell (7-1) fights Tyler Stover (4-1) for the AAMMA Amateur Bantamweight Championship. Moell is the reigning 135 lb champion and this will be the 5th title fight in his career. No stranger to main events, Moell will look to utilize his speed and grappling ability against his bigger opponent. Moell has 4 of his 7 wins coming by submission and will look to grab a hold of an arm or secure a choke on Stover. For Stover, he will have the strength advantage as he has fought previously at 155 lb and will look to nullify Moell’s fast start. This will be Stover’s first title fight so he will have to battle the butterflies early in the fight. Expect this fight to be a barnburner as bantamweights are some of the most exciting fighters in all of MMA. In the co-main event, Ryan Debelak (4-1) battles Kelly Pennington (3-0) for the AAMMA Amateur Light Heavyweight Championship. Debelak usually fights at heavyweight, so the cut down to 205 lb should give him an advantage on the mat and in the clinch. For the undefeated Pennington, he has never had a fight go out of the first round with all 3 of his wins coming by KO or TKO. Pennington will look to throw heavy leather in the opening seconds, so don’t blink. Debelak is the more battle-tested fighter and his experience could pay dividends in this championship bout. In the other co-main event, Joshua “Tank” Franklin (6-10-1) fights Andrew Fogg (5-0) for the AAMMA Amateur Heavyweight Championship. For the Champion Franklin this is another opportunity to show the fans that his record is a bit misleading. A grizzled veteran of 17 fights, Franklin has seen it all inside of the cage and he looks to deliver the first loss to the undefeated Fogg. For Fogg, already a champion with another organization, a victory against Franklin could show that he is the top amateur heavyweight in Kentucky and a blue-chip prospect. There will be a lot on the line in this title fight.
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