Pair Of Bouts Signed For Shark Fights 13

September 5th, 2010

Stephen Rhodes

Posted in MMA Calendar, Octagon Buzz

Usually when a MMA event is scrambling to get a full card into place with a very small time window to get it done, that often can lead to a cancellation.

Fortunately for Shark Fights, they managed to get a full lineup of bouts in just under the gun as they signed a pair of fights just before the event’s scheduled date of September 11. The event in question, Shark Fights 13, will take place on September 11 at the Amarillo Civic Center Coliseum in Amarillo, TX.

The pair of bouts that were recently signed and announced on Sunday include Danillo Villefort taking on Joey Villasenor while Daniel Straus will go up against Karen Darabedyan.

Villefort’s claim to fame may be his two-fight stint in the UFC, where he TKO’d Mike Campbell at WEC 39 in January of 2009; he would then drop a decision to Jesse Lennox at UFC 101 via doctor’s stoppage. Since his release from the UFC, he has won a pair of consecutive bouts – one over Mike Massenzio while also defeating The Ultimate Fighter 11 contestant Clayton McKinney.

Meanwhile, Villasenor has reccently ended a four-fight win streak as he lost a unanimous decision to Ronaldo Souza at Strikeforce St. Louis: Heavy Artillery.

Straus is on a current eight-bout win streak, with his most recent win coming at a Bellator Fighting Championship event, defeating Chad Hinton. On the flip side, Darabedyan is back with Shark after a three-bout stint with the WEC; his most recent action was under Shark as he defeated Estevan Payan at Shark Fights 6 in June 2009.

With the recent signings, Shark Fights 13 ia as follows:

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