Mixed Striking Championship (MSC) is back for it's second event this Saturday. MSC 2 will take place at the Bank United Center in Miami, FL and feature a main event bout between Alan Arzeno and Johnavan Vistante.
MSC features "EVO" gloves which are designed by the promotion. At first glance they resemble MMA gloves, but are 8 and 10 oz. The rules allow for punches, kicks, knees and elbows.
MSC president Wayne Bermudez's purpose for the "EVO" glove is to place all competitors from different martial arts on a level playing field since not all are accustomed to the traditional gloves used in Muay Thai, Kickboxing, or Boxing.
You can read the full press release for MSC 2 below.
MIXED STRIKING CHAMPIONSHIP
CONTINUES ITS COMBAT SPORTS
REVOLUTION
WITH STACKED FIGHT CARD ON
FRIDAY, JULY 25
KO Artist Alan “The Rebel” Arzeno Battles Johnavan
Vistante in Welterweight Main Event
Live on GFL.tv from Miami,
Fla.
MIAMI, Fla. (July 16, 2015) –With its
patented “EVO” competition glove and an assembly of combatants from a vast
array of striking-based martial arts disciplines, Mixed Striking Championship (MSCFights.com)
will continue its bid to provide the most exciting, action-packed sports
entertainment experience in world-class, professional martial arts combat
sports with its second live event at BankUnited Center in Miami, Fla. on Saturday,
July 25, live on Go
Fight Live (GFL.tv).
In the welterweight (170 pounds) main event of a9-bout fight
card, Combate Americas MMA competition reality series star, and hard-hitting
Muay Thai specialist,Alan “The Rebel”
Arzeno(1-0, 1 KO, MSC) will square off with battle-tested Johnavan Vistante(0-1 MSC).
“We are excited to be back in action with a fight card that
is loaded with some of the best American strikers from their respective martial
arts disciplines,” said MSC President Wayne
Bermudez, whose promotion allows its fighters to use punches and kicks as
well as both elbow and knee strikes in competition.
“MSC is poised to break new ground in the world of combat
sports,” continued Bermudez,“with our talent, our matchmaking and, of course,
our compact‘EVO’ competition glove that essentially places all of our fighters
on an even playing field in the ring, since many martial artists are not
accustomed to using boxing gloves.”
Carefully constructed to protect the hands of MSC fighters,
the EVO glove is curved at the fingers to provide the feel of a boxing glove,
and is fully enclosed at the thumb to avoid eye pokes. The glove has separate, webbed fingers that
are stitched together to enable advanced hand mobility.
Arzeno of Miami is coming off a spectacular performance at
the inaugural MSC event on April 18 when the Combate Americas MMA competition
reality series star scored a quick and devastating, first round (:46) KO on Whitney Waddell, with a punishing right
hook.
In the co-main event, Taylor
Krahl (0-0 MSC) will face Antonio
Molloy (0-0 MSC) at a catchweight of 155 pounds.
Murc Jones (0-0
MSC) will square off with Joey “The Real
Deal”Rodriguez (0-1 MSC) in a lightweight (155 pounds) contest.
Jimmy Alexander
(0-0 MSC) will battle Abe Estacio
(0-0 MSC) in a flyweight (125 pounds) affair.
In another flyweight matchup, hard punching Luay Ashkar (0-0 MSC) will lock horns
with Josh “Fireball Kid” Mercado(0-0
MSC).
Making his professional combat sports debut, 25-year-old
prospect Amos Merriweather (0-0 MSC)
will face 23-year-old Harrison Melendez
(0-0 MSC) in a 140 pound catchweight bout.
A second 140 pound catchweight contest will pit Edir Terry (0-0 MSC) against
aggressive-minded finisher Andre “The
Asian Sensation” Soukhamthath (0-0 MSC).
In a battle between two prospects making their respective
professional combat sports debuts, Judah
Anderson (0-0 MSC) and Luke Jackson
(0-0 MSC) will duke it out at
welterweight (170 pounds).
The live GFL.tv stream of MSC 2 will begin at 7 p.m. ET with
coverage of the leadoff preliminary bout of the night, a featherweight (145
pounds) meeting between Bruce Lutchmedial
(0-0 MSC) and Pedro Cossoma (0-0 MSC).
No comments:
Post a Comment