MFC bolstered by bantamweights in ’13
Time is right to
strengthen talent pool with 135-pound division
For Immediate Release
With the recent re-launch of its heavyweight
division and the upcoming debut of its featherweight division, the Maximum
Fighting Championship is excited to announce that the organization will add a
bantamweight division in 2013.
The new 135-pound division will be unveiled at
the MFC event slated for February of next year. With the steadily increasing
influx of quality of fighters in the class, the Maximum Fighting Championship
chose to add the division and bolster its roster of top-notch talent.
“The time is right to do it,” said MFC
Owner/President Mark Pavelich. “We waited a long time to re-ignite the
heavyweight division because at the time we dropped the division the talent
pool, especially the overall athleticism, was very thin. Now the batch of heavyweights
available is much better.
“We are bringing in the featherweights at MFC
35 because we found the right guys to kickstart that division with. And as we
received calls and emails about the 145ers, it became clear that there is a
very good crop of 135ers out there, so the decision was made to launch the
bantamweights.
“I would expect that the MFC will have its
first bantamweights signed in the very near future.”
To get the bantamweight division rolling, plans
are being developed that will see two bouts on the MFC card in February with
the winners of those fights squaring off later in ’13 for the inaugural MFC
bantamweight title match. The MFC recently adopted the same two-fight title
eliminator scenario for events during which title fights were set in the welterweight
and middleweight divisions.
At MFC 32, welterweights tangled in
top-contender contests, and Nathan Coy defeated Dhiego Lima, while Ryan
McGillivray stopped Diego Bautista. Coy would go on to claim the MFC
welterweight crown at MFC 33 with a third-round TKO of McGillivray.
Then at MFC 34, the middleweights battled it
out with Joseph Henle and Elvis Mutapcic both earning first-round TKO victories
as they toppled Luke Harris and Jacen Flynn, respectively. Henle and Mutapcic
will clash for the MFC middleweight title in the co-main event of MFC 35:
Explosive Encounter coming up on Friday, Oct. 26 at the Mayfield Conference
Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. The event will air live on AXS TV Fights beginning
at 10 p.m. ET/8 p.m. MT/7 p.m. PT (check local listings for channel
designation).
Tickets for MFC 35 are currently on sale and
available exclusively through the MFC Ticket Hotline by calling (780) 504-2024.
For more information and interview requests,
please contact:
Scott Zerr, Director of Media and Fighter
Relations
Maximum Fighting Championship
Follow the MFC on Twitter @maximumfighting
Follow me on Twitter @scottmaxfight
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