NICKELS AND SPRATT RETURN TONIGHT AT MFC

Posted on | October 3, 2009 | No Comments

The Maximum Fighting Championship returns tonight with MFC 22: Payoff at the River Cree Resort and Casino.

The event will be televised live on HDNet Fights. Included on the card are several UFC veterans, as well as a batch of MFC staples.

The headlining bout will be match up between two top grapplers, as Jason MacDonald will look to topple Travis Lutter.

The full card for MFC 22 is:

Jason MacDonald vs. Travis Lutter
Antonio McKee vs. Carlo Prater
Luigi Fioravanti vs John Alessio
Ryan Jimmo vs Marvin Eastman
David Heath vs Mike Nickels
Pete Spratt vs Nathan Gunn
Thiago Goncalves vs Jesse Juarez

THOMAS ADDED TO WEC CARD

The WEC has confirmed all ten bouts for the rescheduled WEC 43 card on Oct. 10 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

The card was pushed back last month when Ben Henderson went down due to an undisclosed injury. He’ll be back and ready to take on Donald Cerrone in a lightweight tilt to determine the interim WEC lightweight champion.

Changes to the card are Will Campuzano subbing in for Akitoshi Tamura against Damacio Page, Noah Thomas replacing the injured Rafael Rebello against Scott Jorgensen and Javier Vazquez in for injured Mark Hominick against Deividas Taurosevicius.

The full card is listed below:

MAIN CARD

WEC interim lightweight championship:

Donald Cerrone vs. Benson Henderson
Dave Jansen vs. Richard Crunkilton Jr.
Will Campuzano vs. Damacio Page
Rafael Assuncao vs. Yves Jabouin

PRELIMINARY CARD

Muhsin Corbbrey vs. Anthony Njokuani
Scott Jorgensen vs. Noah Thomas
Wagnney Fabiano vs. Erik Koch
Manny Tapia vs. Eddie Wineland
Charlie Valencia vs. Coty Wheeler

*Fighters in RED indicate ROF Veterans