A welterweight clash between ATT fighter Ali Cevik and Integrated MMA’s Damien Fraser headlines the ninth installment from Western Sydney based promotion Urban Fight Night this Saturday night. All up a massive 22 fights are scheduled for the “Fight of the Nations” event, which takes place at Whitlam Leisure Centre in Liverpool.
An Eternal MMA and XFC Australia veteran, Fraser will hold the experience advantage going into the fight however the Brisbane native will be making his promotional debut on just six days notice. Cevik, meanwhile, will finally fight in 2016 following a string of bout cancellations this year.
The co-main event will feature a middleweight clash between Boxing Works Sydney’s Billy McAlees and local ATT product Mose Afoa.
Pacific X-treme Combat veteran, and former UFN amateur featherweight champion, Aydin Mrouki returns to the local circuit to take on Townsville’s Aden Hawke. A lightweight bout between Storm Damage champion Raymart Quintana and Tasmanian veteran Steven Maxwell is also announced and among other matchups slated for the show, featherweights Simon Arentz (Brotherhood MMA) and Paul Traish (Thrive MMA) are set to collide.
The promotion will also crown their women’s strawweight champion on the night as Redback MMA’s Leigha Aurisch takes on ATT product Nadia Kassem.
Fight Card (Pro):
- Ali Cevik vs. Damien Fraser
- Billy McAlees vs. Mose Afoa
- Aden Hawke vs. Aydin Mrouki
- Joel Kendricks vs. Sam Jo Toetu
- Steven Maxwell vs. Raymart Quintana
- Simon Arentz vs. Paul Traish
- Leigha Aurisch vs Nadia Kassem – UFN Women’s Strawweight Title
Fight Card (Amateur):
- Anderson Chen vs. Kaleb Rideout
- Coutney Gray vs. Eden Fordham
- Stuart McBeath vs. Hayden Harbutt
- Jerry Chen vs. Ben Fasano
- Joselito Nacua vs. John Mikhail
- Kristian Garlick vs. Matthew Raso
- Conan Singh vs. Sef Ioapa
- Mitchell Fear vs. Moey Ozmen
- James Hannaford vs. Matt Warne
- Mitchell Birkett vs. Adam Ozkan
- George Chamoun vs. Shahin Bakhtiyari
- Sam Anderson vs. Cody Barnwell
- Luke Jacob vs. Ugur Kocak
- Junior Mo vs. Danny Hopper
- Louay Ishak vs. Brandon Zielinski
* The amateur matchups may not be in fight order
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