Cancellation?!! No Fear

                Despite the cancellation of the UFC’s Manilla card this Saturday, there is plenty of MMA to check out this weekend. Hall-of-Famer, BJ Penn was forced to withdraw from his debut fight in the Featherweight Division due to an injured rib. Penn was scheduled to make his first Octagon appearance since a 2014 TKO loss to Frankie Edgar, versus veteran fighter, Ricardo Lamas in the Philippines capital city. MMA fans need not panic, there are plenty of interesting fights to watch this weekend.

             

Legacy Fighting Championship brings two Championship fights to Dallas at LFC 61 Friday night. Steven Peterson looks to defend his Bantamweight Title versus undefeated, Mark De La Rosa in the evening’s Main Event. In the Co-Main former champ, Damon Jackson looks to recapture Legacy’s Gold in his Featherweight Championship fight against Levi Mowles. Also check out future star and BJJ world champ, Mackenzie Dern compete in her second MMA fight against 5-2 Montana Stewart. For a more comprehensive look at the card check out my Breakdown: http://fightpage.blogspot.com/2016/10/breakdown-legacy-fighting-champioship.html

               

The UFC has a show scheduled for Nov 26^th in Melbourne, Australia headlined by former Middleweight Champ, Luke Rockhold and Jacare Souza. The sport’s biggest promotion tends to give local fighters a chance on their undercards. Saturday Australian Fighting Championship’s AFC 17 features a Heavyweight with dynamite in his fists in the Main Event. Undefeated Tai Bam Bam Tuivasa takes on The Ultimate Fighter 10 alumni, James Mc Sweeney in a HW Tilte fight. If Tuivasa can stop a veteran like Mc Sweeney with the same ease as his past opponents the UFC might feature the Sidney striker on the Nov 26^th undercard. Bam Bam has not been out of the first round as a pro, in fact his past three TKO wins have each come in the opening minute. He won the AFC HW title by smashing an elbow into Brandon Sosoli that halted the fight just twenty-one seconds in. For a comprehensive event breakdown: Check back soon

               

Many of tomorrow’s star’s come out of Cage Warriors FC and that’s great reason to watch today (airs on UFC FightPass). Example: the lineup change for CWFC 79, 20-5 Jack Marshman was called to fight in Belfast at UFC Fight Night 99, scraping the Oct 15^th Middleweight Title Main Event. Instead, TUF Season 22 competitor, Martin Svensson will face a fighter with two KO/TKO stoppages already in 2016, Scott Clist in the Lightweight Main Event. Also Undefeated, Josh Reed takes on, finisher of all eight of his wins, Martin Sheridan in a Bantamweight bout.

               

Also available on UFC Fight Pass is Friday night’s Combate Americas, Empire Rising live from Verona, NY. The Main Event is a BW Title fight between 11-2 John Sexy Mexy Castaneda and 6-1 Gustavo Lopez. In the Co-Main familiar name to many, TUF 3 cast member, Matt The Hammer Hamill takes on 3-1 Julian The Cuban Missile Crisis Marquez in the Light Heavyweight Division. The three time NCAA D-3 National Champ, Hamill will be looking to avoid Marquez’s power, who has stopped all three of his wins with strikes.