Victory FC 50 at the Kansas Expo-Center in Topeka Kansas offers a fight card that is sure to thrill. The May 21^st event features two championship belts on the line. In the Main Event, Heavyweight Knock Out artists, Abe Wagner and Daniel Gallemore will bring their combined ten TKO/KO finishes to the cage. In the Co-Main Jarred Mercado puts his Featherweight Title on the line when he faces 14-1 Alexandre Pimental.

If the name Abe “Hurricane” Wagner sounds familiar, it’s likely because the 36 year old was a cast member on The Ultimate Fighter, Season 10. He lost his first fight to Jon Madsen and was eliminated from competition early. The Nebraska native hasn’t competed since a 4/25/14 no contest versus Rob Mitchell. Prior to that Wagner lost three straight, but his last win was in a Victory cage (7/30/11), a first round Rear-Naked Choke Submission over Justin Grizzard. Also in 2011, “Hurricane” TKO’d the former two-time UFC HW Champion, Tim Sylvia in only thirty-two seconds at Titan FC 16. Wagner has finished nine of his ten wins, six by KO/TKO. Wagner takes on Emporia, Kansas’, Daniel Gallemore.

This is Gallemore’s first fight with Victory FC. “Big Kansas” has only been to a decision one time, his pro debut back in 2011, a Unanimous Decision loss to Alex Huddleston. Since, he has gone 4-2, all KO/TKO. In 2014 Gallemore collected a pair of TKO wins under the Bellator banner, a second round (4:33) finish of Gzim Selmani (10/24), and a first round stoppage only 0:20 into the match versus Frederick Brown (3/21).

The Victory FC Featherweight Title fight, features Victory new-comer, Alexandre Pimental. In Pimental’s fourteen wins, eight have been by Submission and two by KO/TKO, his solitary loss was delivered by a third round KO (1:51) courtesy of Rick Glenn at WSOF 2. “Pulga” has won his last two by submission: in September he caught Rafael da Silva Alves in a second round Guillotine Choke (2:54) and back on 10/26/13 he cinched a Triangle Choke around Jade Porter’s neck.

Jarred Mercado, the more active fighter, is competing in his second fight of 2016. On January 29^th he took Alonzo Martinez’s back and submitted him via RNC in the second round (2:15) at VFC 47 to win the Victory FW belt. “Shutout” is riding a two fight win streak and has also competed at 135lbs.

In the Welterweight Division, 6-2 Maki Pitolo is the winner of five straight, including two wins by Sub and two by TKO. The Hawaiian fighter is fresh off a second round (2:21) TKO of Andrews Nakahara on April 1^st at VFC 49. Pitolo takes on twenty-six fight veteran, Justin Guthrie. The Thirty-five year old finished Steven Mann with a Brabo Choke (2^nd 1:09) at Bellator 138 (6/19/15) last time out.  

In the Lightweight Division, Twenty-five year old, Yuri Villefort has already competed in Strikeforce and the UFC. His November 21^st first round TKO (1:40) of Doug Jenkins, snapped a five fight skid. At 8-5 Villefort is looking to build momentum, following his January VFC debut, when he KO’d Kenneth Glenn with a late first round knee (4:15). He faces twenty-three fight veteran, Cody Carrillo. Carillo is also coming off a first round win at VFC 47 with a 0:32 Guillotine Choke of Sean Wilson. That was Carillo’s second, opening-minute win in a row, he TKO’d Shakir McKillip in just 0:26 in September.

What else to watch for: 7-2 Chuka Willis takes on 3-0 Justin Overton in the FW Division. Twenty-five year old Willis is on a three fight win streak, including 2 TKOs. Undefeated Justin Overton holds all three wins by Submission in the first round. The former Army Ranger’s longest Pro MMA fight to date went 2:28 before Dalton Goddard tapped (7/18/15).

Victory FC 50 Streams live on UFC FightPass Saturday May 21st.