Louis Neglia Jr and Frankie Perez’s Lifeless Severe Promotions are pillars within the MMA group. Their consistency in offering a high-level discussion board for blended martial artists to carry out and entertaining fights for the followers simply retains getting higher.
Ring of Fight will host their first of 4 2024 occasions on Friday night, March 1, at their standard residence contained in the Showroom on the Tropicana Resort and On line casino in Atlantic Metropolis.
Lou and Frankie are usually not messing round with their first battle card of the 12 months. There are three championship fights and a super-fight which might be a title elimination battle. I might wager cash that there are a number of fighters getting into the cage this night time, that can be making that stroll to the UFC”s Octagon within the close to future.
The Most important Occasion
Itso Babulaidze is the defending ROC welterweight champion, and his story is wonderful identical to he’s. Itso got here to the US about 4 and a half years in the past from the Republic of Georgia at 25 years outdated desirous to observe his dream of changing into an expert fighter like his fellow countryman Merab Dvalishvili. He had no preventing or blended martial arts background in any respect. He discovered a building job and a improbable gymnasium at Marquez MMA in Northeast Philadelphia. They’re residence to quite a few UFC fighters. Head teacher, John Marquez informed Itso if he wished to battle, he needed to practice. So Itso did. Daily. In lower than 5 years, Babulaidze has fought 5 newbie fights and now gone on to begin his skilled profession at 4-0. In his most up-to-date battle at ROC 81, he fought by adversity and dropping the primary two rounds to Jimmy Drago, to lastly clamp on to Drago and do his greatest python imitation as he secured the choke, and the submission win to earn his first ever championship of any variety. This was an amazing battle from each males. However now it’s time for his journey to proceed and he’s tasked with a really harmful Josh Jackson. Jackson is 8-3 and coming off of three consecutive KO finishes. Jackson is available in from Maryland and 6 of his 8 wins have come from KO/TKO stoppages. Seems to be at first look like your grappler vs striker matchup.
Interview with Josh Jackson beneath
MyMMANews reached out to Josh Jackson to study just a little bit about him and the way he sees this matchup. When requested about how he discovered MMA and preventing, he tells us…
“I simply randomly occurred to see the Anderson Silva vs Chris Leben battle at my grandmother’s home. I used to be like, that is totally different. I like this. I continued with school and performed soccer and baseball however discovered my method again.”
Please try our interview on the hyperlink above to listen to extra about his path into the cage in addition to his tackle his principal occasion and welterweight title alternative. Josh is assured and has an excellent crew round him.
Ring of Fight 83 is hosted in Atlantic Metropolis on the Tropicana On line casino and Resort Resort on Friday night March 1st. Doorways open at 8 pm. First bell is 8:30 pm. The occasion can be streamed stay on the Streaming Pulse app and is completely FREE. Test us out as I can be on the commentary desk with Professor Jay Regalbuto and former UFC standout “Raging” Al Iaquinta, and heading into the cage for some post-fight interviews as this card is stacked with 3 championship fights, a super-fight and a number of other different nice matchups.
