Updated Fight Card for Journey Fight Series 3

On June 10th the third installment of the Journey Fight Series will take place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The second round of their 140lb tournament will feature two exciting fights, Josh Palmer vs. Justin Greskiewicz and Coke Chunhawat vs. Matt Embree.

Greskiewicz defeated Nate Smandych to punch his ticket into the tournament semi-finals and Palmer defeated Mark DeLuca to earn his spot. Since the tournaments opening round both fighters have been in action. Greskiewicz dropped a close split decision to Turan Hasanov at Friday Night Fights, while Palmer defeated James France in Europe. 

Josh Palmer talks opening round win, and semi-finals of Journey Fight Series tournament

Josh Palmer defeated Mark DeLuca this past weekend to earn his spot in the semi-finals of the Journey Fight Series 140lb tournament. Josh was kind enough to answer a few questions for Muay Thai Authority about his win, the semi-finals, and what he has coming up.

MTA: You advanced past the first round of the tournament by winning a decision over Mark DeLuca. Were you pretty confident that fight was yours when it went to the judges cards?

Josh: Yes, once I got the cut 1st cut and the 8 count on him, I knew he couldn't win, all I had to do was stay on my feet pretty much. That's why I backed off in the last round , I didn't want to hurt him anymore or risk making a silly mistake.

Journey Fight Series 140lb tournament semi-finals official for June 11th

The semi-final of the Journey Fight Series 140lb tournament are official, and set to take place at the Century Casino in Calgary, Canada on June 11th.

Semi-final match-ups for the tournament are Coke Chunhawat vs. Matt Embree in a re-match of their September 2010 fight. Chunhawat defeated Parwez Ghulam by TKO in the tournaments opening round to advance while Embree defeated Rami Ibrahim via decision.