Saturday, Jan 29: HUGE Fight Card For First Event of 2011 !!!

Wild Bill’s Fight Night
Saturday, Jan 29
Doors at 7:30 / Fights at 8:30
2075 Market Street. Duluth, GA 30096
JOE “THE HITMAN” ELMORE VS DIEGO “THE OCTOPUS” SARAIVA

Wild Bill’s Fight Night is making sure that 2011 gets off to a bang with an enormous fight card of approximately 12 MMA fights. At least 6 of those fights are pro MMA fights with a a hell of a main event and a mix of evenly matched pro fights!

Tickets can be purchased at all Ticketmaster locations, or by clicking HERE for ticketmaster online or by calling the Fight Hotline at 678-TKO-0115. Tickets are priced at $25 for General Admission standing room tickets, $40 for a seat at a table of 4 or the full table for $160, $75 for ringside rows 1-3, $50 for ringside rows 4-10, or $800 for a vip table of 8 that includes access to the vip room and dinner catered by Hooters.

Leading the way in the main event is Joe Elmore from HardKnox Gym fighting Diego Saraiva of Saraiva MMA. Elmore recently won in the main event of Bangkok Fight Night beating the previously undefeated Chike Lindsay in the first round. Saraiva has much more experience with three fights in the UFC and a fight vs the Bellator champion in 2010. The two will lock horns at 155, a weight familiar to Elmore, but 10 lbs higher than what Saraiva should be fighting at. With Saraiva’s previous fights at Wild Bill’s earning Fight of the Year consideration, this could quickly turn into a blood bath!

Supporting the card is Dhiego Lima, an undefeated standout from Ascension MMA and ATT. Lima is 4-0 as a pro with a recent victory on the MFC televised card from Canada on HDNet. Lima will be facing Sasuke Zapata from Birmingham, AL. Zapata actually won in the main event of the December Wild Bill’s Fight Night by defeating The HardCore Gym’s George Kassaev. Both fighters come into this fight with a ton of momentum!

Will Kuhn of X3 Sports will look to rebound from a loss at Bellator with a fight against Daniel Watts from Zapata’s gym in Birmingham. Both fighters are known as strikers, something the crowd should relish in.

In an interesting heavyweight matchup, John Juarez brings a 1-2 record and 265 lbs solid muscle frame against the much more experienced, but lighter Kevin Brooks. This could be a very interesting matchup of brute strength vs skill as more than 500 lbs go at it!

Chase Thomas and Lance Dickson will also lock horns at 152 lbs in a tough pro fight for both guys early in their career.

And after a year layoff, the ever exciting Tom Nguyen will make his return to the ring at Wild Bill’s.

The full card is listed below:

PRO MMA
Diego Saraiva (Saraiva MMA) vs Joe Elmore (HardKnox): 157 lbs
Will Kuhn (X3 Sports) vs Daniel Watts (Aztec Athletics MMA): 172 lbs
Dhiego Lima (Ascension MMA) vs Sasuke Zapata (Aztec Athletics MMA): 172 lbs
John Juarez vs Kevin Brooks: 265 lbs
Chase Thomas (Faith MMA) vs Lance Dickson (Eagle MMA): 152 lbs
Tom Nguyen (X3 Sports) vs TBA: 185 lbs

AMATEUR MMA
Chris Gibbs (Knuckle Up) vs Aaron Meadows (Urban Fitness Kickboxing): 187 lbs
Chris Beal (Striker Fight Center) vs Eric Castro (Knuckle Up): 157 lbs
Steve Wilson (Defiant MMA) vs Dean Friedland (Knuckle Up): 140 lbs
Josh Witter (Aztec Athletics MMA) vs Ja Lowery (ATT): 187 lbs 

AMATEUR MUAY THAI
Nick Dekay (Unit 2 Fitness) vs Chris Mize (Urban Fitness Kickboxing): 160 lbs
Mary Matia (KBX) vs Erica Taylor (Force One Kickboxing): 120 lbs