MMA fans in Ontario are in for a blast in the next few weeks as two great shows are set to go off in our region. Of course, UFC 140 is the big show set for December 10th, at the ACC in Toronto and will feature an incredible main event title match between Jon Jones and Lyoto Machida. The card will also feature plenty of fights involving this regions top fighters in Mark Hominick, Claude Patrick and Mark Bocek.
Before the big show comes through, The Score Fighting Series and Avantguard Production’s stacked show “Meltdown in the Valley” is also poised to go down Saturday, December 3rd at the RBC Center in Sarnia, Ontario.
Meltdown will showcase Ontario’s best fighters outside of the UFC with headliner and local star John “Haggis Basher” Fraser and Chris “The Menace” Clements scheduled in separate bouts.
The 34-year-old Fraser is a veteran submission wizard and holds a 9-3 record in the cage with eight of those wins coming via armbar or choke. Fraser fights out of Supreme Martial Arts in Sarnia and will be facing fellow submission artist Travis Reddinger in the main event. Fraser is coming off a masterful submission win over Chuck Mady at PFC Border Wars in July. Fraser will be looking to boost his stock with a win and get the attention of the UFC brass.
Ringside and PFC welterweight champion and highlight reel artist Chris “The Menace” Clements is also fighting on the card and has informed me that UFC veteran Rich Clementi has just been secured as his opponent. Clements supplied yet another highlight reel knockout in July with a spinning back kick victory over up and comer from Alberta Travis Briere. The 35-year-old welterweight is also gunning for that one shot in the big show and a solid win over UFC veteran Clementi may be the mark he needs.
The Meltdown card is stacked with a great mix of Canadian veterans and young up-and-comers and should be an electric night of mixed martial arts. The Score Fighting Series has established itself as a very solid, professional regional fight production.
Aside from the local headliners, two very highly anticipated fights are on the card as Canadian pioneer John Alessio will face former Strikeforce and WEC fighter Paul Healy and two of the regions best big men will clash with Misha Cirkunov facing Ali Mokdad.
UFC Veteran star and former middleweight champion Rich “Ace” Franklin will be appearing at the show.
Other local notables on the card are Clint Kingsbury, Jesse Ronson and Jesse Gross.
The Meltdown Fight Card: (card subject to change)
John Fraser vs Travis Reddinger
John Allessio vs Ryan Healy
Jesse Ronson vs Tony Hervey
Chris Clements vs Rich Clementi
Jesse Gross vs Brad Cardinal
Misha Cirkunov vs Ali Mokdad
Clint Kingsbury vs Randy Turner
Joel Paquette vs Jason Meisel
Ryan Dickson vs Josh Taveirne
Blake Nash vs Craig Hudson
Marcello Solinas vs Adam Hie
Kyle Prepolec vs Jeff Harrison
Tickets start at $40 and are available at the RBC Centre box office and online at www.rbccentresarnia.com.
Dwight Wakabayashi is a Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report MMA and correspondent for MMACanada.net.
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