WCK Muay Thai October 2nd, 2010
By Mike LNg
WCK Muay Thai October 2nd, 2010
WCK Muay Thai has been pretty busy again throwing basically back to back cards in the USA. Its good to see this kind of a busy circuit from them especially with the busy hub of activity that has been going on with them and the Chinese Wu Lin Feng events. It’s apparent to me the international flavor of the event is again being emphasized with fighters being brought in once again from China, Korea and fairly diverse cross sections of the United States including Pennsylvania’s Eric Utsch and New Mexico’s Terris James.
James has in the past fought high level opponents such as Duane Ludwig, Adam Higson and participated in the now defunct by all appearances Super League in Europe. His opponent Luis Bio has been kept busy fighting here in the USA as well as in China where he won pretty definitively. This will be an interesting match-up with James making his re-debut in an IKKC title match.
Utsch is a a former student of Melchor Menor but has now been under the tutelage of Fairtex USA home of the wooden man himself Jongsanan Fairtex. Utsch was formerly an MMA fighter who transitioned into Muay Thai fully. The full card known thus far is as follows:
IKKC MuayThai Superfight: Muay Thai vs MMA
Denis Grachev (San Diego) vs Fernando Gonzalez (Temecula)
IKKC MuayThai International Super Bantamweight Title
Romie Adanza (Orange County) vs Haigang Huang (China)
IKKC MuayThai International Super Lightweight Title
Byoung-Ku Park (Korea) vs Justin Grezkewitz
WBC MuayThai National Super Middleweight Title
Jared Lara (Redlands, Calif.) vs Eric Utsch (Allen Town, Penn.)
IKKC MuayThai Welterweight Bout
Joey Pagliuso (Riverside, Calif.) vs Sean Dizay (Las Vegas, Nev.)
IKKC MuayThai Welterweight Bout
Artem Sharoshkin (Russia by way of San Diego, Calif.) vs Vandu Vo (Texas)
IKKC MuayThai Middleweight Bout
Luis Bio (Ensenada, Mexico) vs Terris James (New Mexico)
WBC MuayThai Bantamweight Superfight
(Korea) vs TBA Celeste Navarro
Amateur fights:
IAMTF Cruiserweight Superfight
Dave Nielsen (San Diego, Calif.) vs Frank Bamford (Orange County, Calif.)
IAMTF US Super Featherweight Title
Tiffany van Soest (San Diego, Calif.) vs Tandi Schaffer (Salt Lake City, Utah)
All bouts are subject to change. Fights start at 7 p.m. Tickets are priced at $40 and $100 ringside. Tickets are on sale now, with no service charge, at the Pala Privileges Center in the casino, or call 1-877-WIN PALA (1-877-946-7252) or 877-446-7962.
Fans must be at least 21 years old.
The Science of 8 Limbs 