Petruzelli, Shamrock Top April 22 World Extreme Fighting Card
Sherdog.com Staff Mar 21, 2011
Although Seth
Petruzelli and Ken Shamrock’s
scheduled March 6 bout in Mexico fell by the wayside, the
UFC veterans are now set to co-headline the April
22 offering from Florida-based promotion World
Extreme Fighting -- albeit in separate fights.
Floridian Petruzelli will face Atlanta’s Dave Mewborn in the main event of the show, which takes place at UCF Arena on the campus of Orlando’s University of Central Florida. Meanwhile, 47-year-old Shamrock will see his 46th professional bout when he meets French knockout artist Antony Rea. Both matchups will be contested at 205 pounds.
A representative from WEF on Monday informed Sherdog.com of the
contests, noting that the fight card is still awaiting approval
from the Florida State Boxing Commission.
Featured on the event’s undercard is a heavyweight tilt pitting once-beaten “Beast Boy” Chris Barnett against Walt Harris, as well as a 155-pound bout between 4-0 Armory prospect R.J. Goodridge and American Top Team Orlando fighter Gert Kocani.
Mewborn also looks to rebound from back-to-back defeats, having dropped bouts to current Bellator signees Anthony Lapsley and Richard Hale in 2010.
Shamrock has won only two of his last nine fights, with all seven defeats coming via first-round knockout. The onetime King of Pancrase went 1-2 in 2010, a decision win over Johnathan Ivey sandwiched between losses to Pedro Rizzo and Mike Bourke.
Rea, 34, has won three in a row, including first-round stoppages of Kazuo Takahashi and Juan Miranda in 2010. The well-traveled “Wild Thing” has seen the judges’ scorecards only twice in 33 bouts.
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Floridian Petruzelli will face Atlanta’s Dave Mewborn in the main event of the show, which takes place at UCF Arena on the campus of Orlando’s University of Central Florida. Meanwhile, 47-year-old Shamrock will see his 46th professional bout when he meets French knockout artist Antony Rea. Both matchups will be contested at 205 pounds.
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Featured on the event’s undercard is a heavyweight tilt pitting once-beaten “Beast Boy” Chris Barnett against Walt Harris, as well as a 155-pound bout between 4-0 Armory prospect R.J. Goodridge and American Top Team Orlando fighter Gert Kocani.
Best known for his October 2008 knockout of Kevin “Kimbo
Slice” Ferguson, Petruzelli was released by the UFC for the
second time last November following losses to Ricardo
Romero and Karlos
Vemola. The 31-year-old “Silverback” holds a career mark of
12-6, including 10 knockouts, one submission and a lone decision
win against MMA pioneer Dan Severn in
2004.
Mewborn also looks to rebound from back-to-back defeats, having dropped bouts to current Bellator signees Anthony Lapsley and Richard Hale in 2010.
Shamrock has won only two of his last nine fights, with all seven defeats coming via first-round knockout. The onetime King of Pancrase went 1-2 in 2010, a decision win over Johnathan Ivey sandwiched between losses to Pedro Rizzo and Mike Bourke.
Rea, 34, has won three in a row, including first-round stoppages of Kazuo Takahashi and Juan Miranda in 2010. The well-traveled “Wild Thing” has seen the judges’ scorecards only twice in 33 bouts.
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