S.L. Feldman & Associates is proud to present MFC 29: Conquer
Elite mixed martial arts event to take place on April 8 at The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor

Press Release – Windsor, ON (February 24, 2011): S.L. Feldman & Associates (SLFA) is thrilled to announce its first mixed martial arts event in the province of Ontario. MFC 29: Conquer will take place on Friday, April 8 at 8 p.m. at The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor featuring fighters from the roster of the Maximum Fighting Championship (MFC).

MFC 29: Conquer will feature highly skilled and conditioned athletes for an evening of intense match competition. A detailed fight lineup* for MFC 29: Conquer will be released in the very near future. One fighter who will undoubtedly be scheduled on the card is reigning MFC welterweight champion Douglas “The Phenom” Lima. The Atlanta, Georgia product will make the first defense of his title on the show, and he is thrilled to have this opportunity.

“I’m very excited and looking forward to the event in Ontario,” said Lima. “I’m happy to be defending my title there. I am training very hard and I’m ready to fight my heart out.”

One of the MFC 29: Conquer featured bouts is a matchup of devastating strikers David “The Headhunter” Heath who takes on Marvin “The Beastman” Eastman. Undefeated welterweight sensation Andreas “The Sweet Swede” Spang is also slated to appear at the event.

Added to what will be a stellar lineup of MFC talent are two exciting young prospects who will be fighting in their home town of Windsor. Making their organizational debuts on the undercard of MFC 29: Conquer will be featherweight Chucky “The Energiza Bunny” Mady and unbeaten light-heavyweight Ali “The Monster” Mokdad – both of whom train under famed martial arts instructor Albert Mady.

Tickets for the event start at $65 Canadian and go on sale to the public on Friday, March 4 at 12 noon.

“SLFA is very excited to bring the talent of the Maximum Fighting Championship to Ontario. I am looking forward to an amazing evening at Caesars Windsor for our inaugural mixed martial arts event in the province.” said Jeff Craib, Senior Vice President, S.L. Feldman & Associates. “We are going to showcase the MFC, especially the great lineup of fighters, to fans who are craving top-quality mixed martial arts.” said Craib.

The talent-rich fight card for the April 8 bouts will be created by MFC President, Mark Pavelich. “This will be the biggest and best lineup we have ever put together” said Pavelich. “I’m eager to see the matchups take place at Caesars in my hometown of Windsor, Ontario.”

Kevin Laforet, President and CEO for Caesars Windsor says, “MFC 29: Conquer will feature an exciting overall fight card. The Caesars properties are known for their outstanding live events and we are thrilled to continue the tradition by hosting the MFC for our first fight night at The Colosseum.”

MFC 29: Conquer will air live on HDNet Fights from The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor, the casino resort’s state-of-the-art 5,000-seat venue.

Tickets for MFC 29: Conquer can be purchased through caesarswindsor.com or at the Box Office located in the main casino building on the second floor, open Wednesday to Sunday from noon to 8 pm. On performance days, the Box Office is open noon until midnight, call 1-800-991-8888. Guests must be 19 years of age or older to attend Colosseum events and to enter the casino and all other outlets. Prices listed do not include applicable taxes and fees.

About S.L Feldman & Associates:

SLFA is Canada’s leading full-service agency with over 30 years of experience in artist representation, management and production of events, promotional services and corporate consulting.

About Maximum Fighting Championship:

The Maximum Fighting Championship is Canada’s longest-running mixed martial arts organization and is regarded as one of the top-four organizations in North America. The MFC is the only-Canadian based show with a live television contract through its broadcast partner HDNet which was created by world-renowned entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.

About Caesars Windsor:

Caesars Windsor is the largest casino resort in Canada and the first of its kind outside of the U.S. to be branded with this legendary, world-renowned name. Caesars Windsor features two hotel towers of luxury accommodations with a total of 758 rooms and suites. The 5,000 seat theatre features headline entertainment. Two floors of non-stop gaming action offer round the clock excitement with 2,300 slot machines and 85 table games. There are eight delectable restaurants and lounges to choose from and more than 100,000 square feet of multi-use convention space. Caesars Windsor is the proud recipient of the CAA/AAA Four Diamond hotel award, was also voted “Overall Best Hotel and Casino” by Casino Player Magazine and has won the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for its gourmet steakhouse, Neros. Please visit caesarswindsor.com

*All fighters subject to OAC approval.

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MFC 28: Supremacy, the latest Maximum Fighting Championship event takes place Friday night at the River Cree Resort & Casino just outside of Edmonton, Canada. The event is headlined by a MFC light heavyweight title bout between Ryan Jimmo vs. Dwayne Lewis, as well as a 160 lbs catchweight bout between Drew Fickett vs. Matt Veach.

Weigh-ins for the latest Maximum Fighting Championship event took place today near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

All sixteen participants for MFC 28: Supremacy appeared to make weight for their respective bouts.

Headlining the event is a MFC light heavyweight title bout featuring Ryan “The Real Deal” Jimmo and Dwayne “D-Bomb” Lewis. The co-main event has lightweights Drew “Night Rider” Fickett meeting Matt Veach.

The live fight card will take place on Friday, February 25 at the River Cree Resort and Casino, just outside Edmonton, Alberta. The main card will air live throughout North American on HDNet Fights, MFC’s broadcasting partner.

The official MFC 28: Supremacy weigh-ins are as follows:

MFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Ryan Jimmo (203.4) vs. Dwayne Lewis (203.6)
Catchweight (160 lbs) bout: Drew Fickett (160) vs. Matt Veach (159.4)
Lightweight bout: Richie Whitson (155) vs. Curtis Demarce (153.8)
Welterweight bout: Thomas Denny (169.4) vs. Sheldon Westcott (169.4)
Light Heavyweight bout: Rodney Wallace (204) vs. Emanual Newton (204.2)
Lightweight bout: Robert Washington (155.6) vs. Tyrone Glover (154)
Lightweight bout: Dan Ring (155) Garret Nybakken (155)
Catchweight (179 lbs) bout: Brendan Kornberger (178) vs. Paapa Inkumsah (176.8)

Update: Weights confirmed by MFC staff

Maximum Fighting Championship Press Conference
Title fight highlights MFC 28: Supremacy

Press Release – A reminder to our friends in the media that the Maximum Fighting Championship is extending an invitation to attend the official press conference for MFC 28: Supremacy.

The press conference will take place on Wednesday, February 23 at 12:30 p.m. at Sage Restaurant inside the River Cree Resort and Casino. Lunch will be provided.

MFC Owner/President Mark Pavelich will be the featured speaker at the press conference and he will be alongside the biggest names on the card including both fighters involved in the MFC world light-heavyweight title fight – Ryan “The Big Deal” Jimmo (Edmonton, Alberta; 13-1) and Dwayne “D-Bomb” Lewis (Fort McMurray, Alberta; 13-6).

Also in attendance at the press conference will be lightweight sensation Drew “Night Rider” Fickett (Tucson, Arizona; 40-13), and blossoming home-town standout Sheldon Westcott (Edmonton, Alberta; 4-1) who will meet eclectic veteran Thomas “Wildman” Denny (Centennial, Colorado; 27-18).

The live fight card will take place on Friday, February 25 at the River Cree Resort and Casino, just outside Edmonton, Alberta. The main card will air live throughout North American on HDNet Fights, MFC’s broadcasting partner.

Schedule of Events for MFC 28: Supremacy

* Media members can pick up their accreditation for MFC 28 at the press conference.

*All fighters will be on the scale and available for interviews and photos.
*Take Whitemud Drive West past 215th Street, continue till meeting up with Hwy. 60 and turn left. Take the next left (approx. 1 km) and go past the community centre before reaching the school.
*The official weigh-in for MFC 28: Supremacy will also air live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mfc-28-weigh-ins.

Antonio McKee’s return to the ring has put been temporarily put on hold due to a knee injury sustained in training meaning the outspoken lightweight will no longer be able to defend his Maximum Fighting Championship title this Friday night at MFC 28 against Drew Fickett. McKee last fought on New Year’s Day at UFC 125 resulting in a one-and-done stint inside the Octagon after falling by way of Split Decision to Jacob Volkmann.

Fickett will still see action at the event and has been linked to a bout with 15-2 grappler Matt Veach in a catch-weight clash at 160 pounds.

News of the change in circumstances was relayed to media by way of an official announcement from the organization.

Fickett is 40-13 in his career and was considered to be on his way to stardom with past wins over Kurt Pellegrino, Josh Koscheck, and Ken Florian before personal problems stymied his ascension in the sport. However, the 31-year old has won his last four fights including three in a single evening last September en route to winning Shine Fights’ 155-pound Grand Prix.

His opponent, Veach, has also emerged from the ring with his hands raised the last four times he’s entered it including a trio of decision victories. Fans may remember the teammate of Matt Hughes’ at H.I.T. Squad based on his recent run in the UFC where Veach debuted with an opening round TKO of Matt Grice before dropping back-to-back bouts including a submission loss to current lightweight champ Frank Edgar.

In addition to Fickett’s fight with Veach “MFC 28: Supremacy” will also feature in-ring appearances from notable names like Ryan Jimmo, Thomas Denny, and Rodney “Sho Nuff” Wallace. Fans can tune in to watch things unfold live on HDNet starting at 10:00 PM EST.Similar Posts:

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Mixed martial arts veteran Drew Fickett (40-13) has had a rough few years, which included a five fight losing streak, but has seen things pick up in 2010 when he defeated three opponents in one night to win the Shine Fights lightweight Grand Prix last September.

This Friday he was to have met Maximum Fighting Championship lightweight champ Antonio McKee for the belt at MFC 28, but an injury forced McKee off the card. With a week to go the promotion found a replacement in Matt Veach, someone Fickett feels is just as dangerous of an opponent, but feels the result will be the same, his hand raised in victory at the end of the fight.

In an interview with MMAWeekly.com Fickett talked to them about finding new motivation for fighting and how he hopes that exciting wins will help him get into one of the big promotions.

“I’m more motivated than I’ve ever been. I look at fighting as not just a passion, but as a career. I look at it as a responsibility and hold myself accountable for my lifestyle. I have a daughter and there’s a lot more on the line now than when I was just a young kid in college wrestling…I just want to be the best Drew Fickett ever. Now after I’ve built my confidence and I’m in shape and I’m fight-ready, I can smoke anybody at lightweight. It’s not about just winning – it’s about dominating my fights. I’m a fighter’s fighter and I like to fight the best competition out there, and the best competition just happens to be in Strikeforce, the UFC, and some of the bigger events, so I’d like to get in those shows so I can fight the best guys.”

Fickett meets Veach this Friday, Feb. 25, in the co-main event of MFC 28: Supremacy at the River Cree Casino in Edmonton, Alberta. The main card will air live on HDNet.

Press Release – The Maximum Fighting Championship’s official weigh-in for MFC 28: Supremacy is taking a unique twist.

After numerous high-profile weigh-ins at West Edmonton Mall, City Centre Mall, and River Cree Resort and Casino, the MFC has decided to give back to the local community where the fight card is taking place. With that in mind, the official weigh-in for MFC 28 will take place at Kitaskinaw School on the Enoch Cree Nation beginning at 12:30 p.m. MT on Thursday, Feb. 24.

All MFC fans and sponsors along with all friends and teammates of the fighters are invited to attend the event. Take Whitemud Drive West past 215th Street, continue till meeting up with Hwy. 60 and turn left. Take the next left (approx. 1 km) and go past the community centre before reaching the school.

The official weigh-in for MFC 28: Supremacy will also air live at MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from “blocked::http:” claiming to be http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mfc-28-weigh-ins (2:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. PT).

“I’m very excited to be bringing the weigh-in to the Kitaskinaw School as a special thank you to Chief Harry Sharphead of the Enoch Cree Nation who is a tremendous fan of the Maximum Fighting Championship and has shown our organization a great deal of respect and trust to be able to have our weigh ins at this fantastic school.” said MFC Owner/President Mark Pavelich.

“It’s been awesome doing the weigh-ins in the past in front of huge crowds at the shopping centres but I think it’s going to be something very special to have the MFC fighters hit the scales in front a big group excited young students.

“Chief Sharphead continues to be a huge supporter of the MFC and we wanted to pay tribute to him plus also show the young people of the Enoch Cree Nation what truly dedicated athletes the MFC fighters. The students are not able to attend the show because it is in a casino but this is a super opportunity for them to see the fighters up close.”

Fighters will be available for a brief period following the weigh-in for autographs and photos.

Press Release – Maximum Fighting Championship lightweight title-holder Antonio McKee will be unable to defend his title at MFC 28: Supremacy due to a knee injury. Drew Fickett, McKee’s scheduled opponent for the co-main event, will maintain his spot on the card in a showdown against replacement Matt Veach (15-2). The Fickett-Veach encounter will be a three-round bout contested at a catchweight of 160 pounds.

“I’m disappointed not to be facing McKee for the title but it’s only a matter of time until I get my hands on the MFC lightweight belt,” said Fickett.

“It’s truly a sign of what some fighters are made out of,” added MFC Owner/President Mark Pavelich. “Drew Fickett didn’t hesitate one bit to accept the change in opponent, and Matt Veach showed the amount of courage he’s got in taking the fight with Fickett on short notice.”

Veach, who will be fighting on the same event as his H.I.T. Squad teammate Robert Washington, has won four straight fights and holds seven career victories via submission. This will be a return to the Maximum Fighting Championship for the 29-year-old who previously captured a decision win over Matt MacGrath at MFC 16 in May 2008.

Among his other notable victories, Veach, a former junior college All-American wrestler, earned a decision verdict over British knockout artist Kenneth Rosfort-Nees along with a first-round knockout of Matt Grice. Veach’s career was launched with a perfect run of 11 consecutive wins.

The only two setbacks in the career of the five-foot-seven native of Granite City, Illinois, came against top-ranked competitors Frankie Edgar and Paul Kelly.

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Maximum Fighting Championship co-headliners lightweight champ Antonio “Mandingo” McKee (25-4-2) and Drew Ficket (40-13) will meet on Friday Feb. 25 at the upcoming MFC 28: Supremacy event in Edmonton, Canada.

Both men were guests on HDNet’s ‘Inside MMA’ program to discuss their upcoming title fight.

Press Release – (18 February 2011): Winning a title in the Maximum Fighting Championship is a difficult challenge.

Holding onto the belt has proven to be an even greater battle. And certainly in the case of the MFC’s world light-heavyweight title, maintaining the role of champion has not been an easy task.

While the belt has been an attractive treasure for several fighters over the years, there’s been very little longevity to any title reign. In fact only once has the MFC’s 205-pound division crown been defended successfully by its holder.

So when Dwayne “D-Bomb” Lewis and Ryan “The Big Deal” Jimmo square-off for the light-heavyweight gold at MFC 28: Supremacy, they go into the fight knowing that just winning the belt isn’t good enough. They have the opportunity to not just claim the crown but to also start on a quest to be the MFC’s longest-serving light-heavyweight champ.

“It’s been a pretty long journey for me in the MFC and I’ve been aiming to get that belt so winning it would be huge,” said Jimmo, who will be riding a 13-fight winning streak into the matchup. Included in that streak is a decision victory over Lewis, though there have been some significant changes since that original clash at MFC Unplugged 3 in 2007.

A previously tentative Lewis has found a more aggressive side that has resulted in eight knockout wins. Jimmo, meanwhile, has maintained a very deliberate style, but has flashed a mean streak on rare occasions such as the second-round assault on Wilson Gouveia at MFC 25.

“All I’m doing is refining the system that I use because it has been successful for me,” noted Jimmo. “I’ve been training hard, and training with more consistency than I did for my last fight. I’ve been training for a five-round fight. Dwayne is very dangerous with that KO power so if I do see the opportunity to end the fight that’s what I’ll do.”

One past MFC light-heavyweight champ took that sentiment to heart – finish the fight when the opportunity presents itself. Roger Hollett, the second man to hold the title, pounced on a fallen Victor Valimaki to take his belt only 2:06 into their matchup at MFC 13. But Hollett’s reign was a short one, in part affected by a serious knee injury, yet upon coming back, he surrendered the belt to Emanuel Newton at MFC 19 in a five-round decision. And Hollett would further tumble down the rankings in his next effort when he was the victim of a shocking first-round submission at MFC 20 against David Heath.

Newton lasted only one encounter as the man in the division, however, as he was narrowly beaten by Trevor Prangley at MFC 21 – this too in a fight that went the distance, though it was an entertaining scrap particularly a wild fifth round that saw both men hit the canvas at the final bell. Like Hollett, Newton also would take another tumble after losing his belt when he dropped a decision to Jimmo at MFC 23. Newton will look to regain his footing in the MFC’s rankings when he meets Rodney Wallace at MFC 28.

Valimaki, in fact, was the only former champ who successfully defended the belt. He claimed the title at MFC 10 with a quick submission win over Jason Day, and then held off a hard-hitting Jared Kilkenny before scoring the knockout at 3:26 of Round 1 in their main-event tussle at MFC 11.