Prestige FC, the first home-grown mixed martial arts promotion in the Province of Saskatchewan, has announced the date for their inaugural event in Weyburn.
Prestige FC 1: Atonement will take place on Saturday, October 24, live at Crescent Point Place, with co-main events topping the bill. The main card will stream on GoFightLive.com and air on tape-delay on both The Fight Network and ACCESS Communications.
Headlining the card will be a welterweight clash pitting three-time UFC combatant Mike "Biggie" Rhodes against Ryan "The Sylvan Lake Strangler" Machan, who is the top 170-pounder in Canada outside of the UFC roster.
Completing in the co-main event is Saskatchewan's own Kurt "The Hurt" Southern battling Gabriel "Solo" Solorio in a bantamweight tilt.
"We are very proud to be Saskatchewan's undisputed first born-and-bred MMA promotion, and just as proud to be able to put together this level of a lineup in our very first event," said Cord Crowthers, CEO and Matchmaker of Prestige FC.
"There is MMA talent on this card from across Canada as well as the United States and Brazil, and from world-renown elite camps like Tristar and Roufusport. Our intent is to become the leading source of live MMA events in Canada and this is certainly an outstanding start to that end goal."
Two of Canada's veteran MMA fighters are also slated to be in action on the Prestige FC 1 card. Ontario's Alex Ricci (9-3) will take on Gil Guardado (4-1) of Las Vegas in a lightweight tilt, while Calgary's Jordan McKay (7-2) goes head-to-head against undefeated Mariusz "The Iron Pole" Ksiazkiewich (4-0) from Winnipeg.
Several promising Saskatchewan fighters are also slated for action including welterweights Sheldon Leblanc and Clayton Schira, both of whom will be fighting with hometown support behind them in Weyburn, plus heavyweight Josh Heinz from nearby Estevan.
Many more fights, including additional bouts for the main card, will be announced very soon. Updates and information will be found on Prestige FC's social media pages: Facebook - www.facebook.com/PrestigeFightClubMMA; Twitter - @PFCPrestige
