Saturday, July 23, 2011, Championship Fighting Alliance will go live from U.S. Century Bank Arena in Miami, Florida. The event will be headlined by a heavyweight tilt pitting UFC veteran Sean "Big Sexy" McCorkle against Bellator veteran Mike "300" Hayes (15-4-1).
McCorkle started his professional career with ten consecutive wins before getting stopped by Dutchman, Stefan Struve at UFC 124 - St. Pierre vs. Koscheck II. In march of this year McCorkle fought Christian Morecraft who dominated "Big Sexy" before catching him a fight-ending Guillotine Choke at 4:10 of round 2. McCorkle was released by the UFC shortly after and will look to get back in the win column in one weeks time.
Hayes last appeared at ROTR - Rumble on the Ridge 16, January 15, 2011, where he defeated Matt Kovacs by Rear Naked Choke. Fighting out of Redmond, Washington, Hayes is a winner in three-straight bouts and seven of his last eight. He has never been stopped inside the distance in twenty professional fights.Also on the card, TUF Season 8 winner Efrain Escudero (16-3-0) will battle Mike Rio (6-0-0) in a lightweight contest. Escudero last competed in May of this year, losing a unanimous decision to Fabricio Camoes at TPF 9. Going 3-2 inside the octagon, Escudero was released by the UFC in September of 2010; he has gone 3-1 since that departure.
Local favorite Mike Rio of Miami, Florida, is undefeated thus far with five stoppages in six professional bouts. He last fought at MFA - New Generation 4, winning against Sylvain Bynum via TKO at 0:51 of round 1.
The full fight-card is listed below:
Matchups:
Sean McCorkle vs. Mike Hayes
Efrain Escudero vs. Mike Rio
Yosilandy Izuierdo vs. Jayson Jones
Christopher Garcia vs. Rocky Georges
Trent McCown vs. Zach Juusola
Jerrid Burke vs. Patrick Cenoble
Allton Barbosa vs. Anderson Melo
Pablo Alfonso vs. Chino Duran
Lazar Stojadinovic vs. Tulio Quintanilla
Joseph Watson vs. Frank Carrillo
Gabriel Verona vs. Jose Maldonado
Dietter Navarro vs. Cesar Serje
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