Anthony Pettis Combating Championship makes its manner again to the Hoosier State in what’s slated to be the most important night time of fights for the youthful promotion. APFC 7 might be capped off by a middleweight showdown that can decide the promotion’s first ever 185-lb. champion.
APFC 7: Indiana Struggle Evening II Struggle Card Preview
Middleweight Title Struggle Dialed in for Foremost Occasion
Topping out the primary card might be a matchup that can decide the inaugural APFC Middleweight Champion. Chris Crosby (12-4) has stored an extremely busy schedule over the previous fifteen months, because the 37-year-old has cranked out seven fights and 7 victories since June 2022. The Soul Fighters athlete is a ferocious animal on the mat, scoring 11 of his 12 skilled victories by the use of faucet.
Kevin Nowaczyk (20-4) made an emphatic return to MMA this yr at LFA 153 after being sidelined from competitors for practically 5 years. The 34-year-old Valle Movement Placing fighter is a seasoned veteran with in-cage expertise with veterans of UFC, Bellator, and WSOF. In an unique pre-fight interview, “Gimme Your Lunch Cash” advised MMASucka, “I’m positively moving into for the kill, I’m not—I’m gonna look to present the judges an evening off. . .”
This title struggle ought to show to supply a end.
The Co-Foremost Occasion
The co-main occasion will spotlight two excessive stage featherweight combatants eyeing a shot at title rivalry. Motaz Askar (4-1) is without doubt one of the Midwest’s sharpest 145ers. Debuting professionally in 2019, the 25-year-old’s solely profession blemish got here within the type of a choice loss at LFA 138. Trying to stack two in a row, the Palestinian fighter should prime James Pfeiffer (5-1).
Pfeiffer is an extremely tall featherweight, scaling out to five’10”. “The Merc” shares his gymnasium house with APFC Light-weight Champion, Josh “Rockin” Rohler. With a uncanny means to search out favor with the judges, the 35-year-old is on a 5 struggle win streak with all of these victories coming by the use of the scorecards.
The Remainder of the Foremost Card
Justin “Juice” Lovrich appears to get his first victory within the APFC cage in opposition to Venezuela’s Gregor Cisneros (5-6) who appears to do the identical in a catchweight showdown. Undefeated prospect Brandon Moran (2-0) will battle it out with Premier MMA’s Emmanuel Pugh (0-3). At featherweight, Mohammed Maali (0-0) and Chris Sanchez (0-0) say goodbye to the newbie circuit of their respective strikes to skilled competitors.
Asher Frederick (2-0) meets Jose Salgado (1-1) in a flyweight contest. Cade Herod (1-0) will look to thwart Rufusport’s Jeremy Strobel Jr. (0-0) in his skilled debut and rounding out the primary card, struggle followers will witness Adrian Cardenas (0-0) make his skilled debut in opposition to Carl Jefferson (0-4).
APFC 7 will showcase a bunch of prime stage newbie MMA competitors that includes the likes of Matt Ryan (4-3) and Victor Aguirre (3-0).
All of this motion is about to happen Sunday, September third, and can air on UFC Struggle Move.
