Former Final Combating Championship (UFC) light-weight champion, Benson Henderson, labels himself a “competitors addict” on Instagram, which can clarify why he’s making his return to fight sports activities after retiring from combined martial arts (MMA) again in March 2023.
Henderson, now 40, will throw palms reverse UFC veteran Chris Avila as a part of the Stake Professional Event Card for Misfits Boxing on Sept. 14 at Vertu Motors Area in Newcastle. The winner strikes on to face the victor of Idris Virgo vs. Fes Batista at mild heavyweight.
“The Stake Professional Event Card is an absolute monster, with 4 title fights in a single night time,” promoter Mams Taylor stated within the official launch. “Followers will get to look at not one, not two however three feminine title fights in addition to the primary ever Stake Professional Event, that includes 4 mild heavyweights preventing it out to be the final man standing and topped the primary ever professional champion in Misfits Boxing.”
Middleweight champion Elle Brooke battles Jenny Savage within the Misfits Boxing 18 principal occasion. Elsewhere on the cardboard, Misfits Boxing girls’s cruiserweight champion Jully Pocca places her strap on the road towards former bareknuckle bruiser Crystal Pittman.
“Elle Brooke will present, but once more, how fearless she is within the large principal occasion towards Jenny Savage, which headlines an undercard that’s over-flowing with large match-ups,” Co-president Kalle Sauerland added. “We’re bringing you two extra feminine title showdowns plus it’s all in regards to the final man standing within the first ever Stake Professional Event, that includes 4 big-hitting mild heavyweights.”
Misfits Boxing 18 will air stay on DAZN.