This July’s tournament, like the original one will be held at 154lbs. In 2009 Friday Night Fights held the tournament at 140lbs and chose not to run the tournament in 2010.
In Friday Night Fights tradition, participants will be from throughout the entire country. FNF Promoter, Justin Blair said “When we started producing the 8 man tournament in New York we knew we were breaking new ground. Our commitment to providing our fans with the best possible fights required us to go far and wide to bring the best we could to compete on (both of) our tournaments and this one is no different. We have fighters from Canada & throughout the US”. When asked about including West Coast fighters in the tournament, Blair added “We’ve inquired with a few but many seemed to be ‘unavailable’ however we hope to have that region represented as there is such a strong base of Muay Thai there”.
Participants include Hiro Perera (Washington, DC), Phillip LeGrand (Brooklyn, NY), Mike Dougherty (Ottawa, Canada), Diarmade McGregor (Boston, MA) with the remaining four fighter’s names to be released in the next 10 days.
The card will also include several super bouts including the long awaited match between Alex Berrios vs Rigel Balsamico amongst them.
While rumors of a pending television deal have been reported, there has been no confirmation from our sources at Friday Night Fights.
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