Ringside – Fight card changes : Franczuz will face Fortier

Posted on | July 19, 2010 | No Comments

(For Immediate Release) July 19, 2010 – Montreal – Several changes have been made to the Ringside MMA « Invasion » fight card which will be held at the Gilles-Tremblay Arena in the Beauport district of Quebec City on August 7th. Featured on the card by taking center stage in front of his hometown fans will be UFC veteran Jonathan “The Road Warrior” Goulet, as he takes on Canadian welterweight prospect Matt MacGrath. In addition, Mitch Gagnon will be making his first title defence when he battles the formidable John Franchi. This will be the first time in the history that a mixed martial arts event will take place in a cage within the city, making Ringside 8 : Invasion a much anticipated event for fight fans in the Old Capital.

Ringside MMA is pleased to announce that the opponent for Quebec’s young prospect, Guillaume Fortier (2-2-0) has been determined. It will be none other than Brent “For Real” Franczuz (1-1-0) from team MFC Windsor. Do not be fooled by his record, as this fighter is far more experienced than his record would indicate. This is a fighter who has fought both in the amateur and professional ranks against fighters such as Brandon Sturgis, Balow Craiger, Matt Spendlove and Chad Coon. In Quebec, he has fought against the likes of Cyril Robert, and most recently against the undefeated Josh Hill, the latter of whom gave Franczuz the first loss of his career. For his part, Fortier holds victories over Erik Dumaine and Pierre-Etienne Marcoux, two fighters from Drummondville, but lost in his last fight to Dwight Sutherland from Winnipeg in June.

Unfortunately, the fight between Erik Dumaine of Drummondville and Stephane Bernadel must be cancelled due to an injury suffered by the Team Bergeron member during training camp.

For this same reason, Michael Karkula, who was supposed to face David Lafond from Sherbrooke, will also be taken off the August 7th fight card. Ringside MMA was able to find a replacement, in the form of Albert Cheng (1-0-0). Cheng was victorious in his MMA debut when he won by rear naked choke against Wesley Ranger in April. A native of Mississauga, Ontario, Cheng, who is also conditioning coach, was particularly impressive with his form in the ring.

Please note that tickets for Ringside 8 : Invasion are now on sale at all Billetech networks, either by phone at (418) 813-6131 or Toll-Free at 1-800-900-SHOW, or online at the official Billetech website at the following url: (http://www.billetech.com/html/browse.htmI?l=FR&cat=34&siteCat=2). If you would like to purchase a VIP table, please contact Yohan Berube-Hovington at (418) 717-0774. Invasion will also be streamed over the world wide web live via the official Ringside website at http://www.ringsidemma.tv for a low fee.

RINGSIDE 8 : INVASION – CONFIRMED FIGHT CARD

Date : August 7 2010 – 7:30pm
Location : GILLES-TREMBLAY ARENA – BEAUPORT, QUÉBEC

170 – Jonathan Goulet vs Matt MacGrath

145 – Mitch Gagnon vs John Franchi
Ringside Featherweight Title

135 – Guillaume Fortier vs Brent Franczuz
145 – Guillaume Lamarche vs Tristan Johnson
155 – Kevin Morin vs Steven Rogers
205 – Guillaume Vigneau vs David Fraser
135 – Keven Tremblay vs Tommy Côté
155 – Lévis Labrie vs Aaron Bellemare
155 – David Lafond vs Albert Cheng