The Bellator pay per view is the only major fight card but there are still plenty of other MMA events taking place. With that let’s delve into them:
NAIOP FIGHT NIGHT
Fight Club OC holds a private fundraiser event in their typical hybrid show format at the Hotel Irvine on Thursday, May 15 in Irvine, California:
Lightweight 145.1 to 155 pounds Jacob Rosales vs. Rene Conant
Lightweight – 145.1 to 155 pounds Marcos Bonilla vs. TBD
Welterweight – 170 pounds Javier Garcia vs. Joshua Jones
ROC 48 – RING OF COMBAT 48
New England based Ring of Combat holds an event at the Tropicana Resort and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Friday, May 16th:
Brendan Barrett vs Justin Woods
Chris Wade vs Frankie Perez
Julio Arce vs John ‘Platano’ de Jesus
Andre Harrison vs Neil ‘The Gutterman’ Johnson
Matt ‘Razor Sharp’ Rizzo vs Jimmy Grant
James Jenkins vs Terrell ‘The Hollywood Hobbit’ Hobbs
Steve Tyrrell vs Randall Brown
Leo ‘The Mexicutioner’ Muniz vs Merab Dvalishvili
Michael Andrillo vs Michael Elshamy
Gregor Gillespie vs Brandon Priest
Max Bohanon vs Dan Corchado
Brian Booth vs Armin ‘The Bosnian Prince’ Mrkanovic
Chris Sladky vs Somner Martin
Titan FC 28: Brilz vs. Davis
The delayed Titan FC 28 finally takes place this Friday, May 16th at the United Center in Kansas City, Missouri broadcast on CBS Sports:
Light Heavyweight Raphael Davis vs. Jason Brilz
Lightweight Brock Jardine vs. Daniel Roberts
Welterweight Ricky Legere vs. Todd Moore
Heavyweight Dave Herman vs. Kalib Starnes
Bantamweight William Joplin vs. Walel Watson
Featherweight Gleristone Santos vs. Robert Washington
Flyweight Pedro Nobre vs. Dan O’Connor
Welterweight Mike Bronzoulis vs. Keith Johnson
KSW XXVII: Cage Time
Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki the premier promotion in Poland holds KSW 27 this coming Saturday, May 17th at the Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland:
Middleweight Mamed Khalidov vs. Maiquel Falcao
Heavyweight Mariusz Pudzianowski vs. Oli Thompson
Welterweight Championship Aslambek Saidov vs. Borys Mankowski
Women’s FW Champ Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Jasminka Cive
Middleweight Piotr Strus vs. Abu Azaitar
Lightweight Mateusz Gamrot vs. Jefferson George
Middleweight Tomasz Narkun vs. Virgil Zwicke
DEEP – JEWELS 4
Japanese promotion Deep holds the fourth event in their all women’s Jewels division on Sunday, May 18th at Shinkuku Face in Tokyo, Japan:
Shizuka Sugiyama vs Takayo Hashi
Saori ‘Shooting Star’ Ishioka vs Satomi ‘Sarami’ Takano
Mei ‘V.V’ Yamaguchi vs Yukiko Seki
Yuko Kawabata vs Naomi Taniyama
Ayaka Miura vs Ella ‘Power’ Wu
Tomo Maesawa vs Brittany Ann ‘Briko’ Decker
Shiori Hori vs Maya Dobashi
Are you going to watch any of the minor shows this weekend? Feel free to leave a comment!