Following the success of their sold out event earlier this month, The Main Event have today announce the next big step forward for their brand.
On 7th June 2014 the USN Bolton Arena will play host to the first arena show. Capable of holding up to 5000 spectators, the arena has hosted many high profile events over the past few years, most recently WBA World champion boxer Scott Quigg’s fight vs. William Prado in the Summer.
The card for the show wills surly surpass anything that The Main Event produced and will some of the very best fighters in our sport.
The Main Event has now announced the first of many headline fights penned in for their upcoming show.
In a Battle of 65kgers Greg Wootton (KO gym, London) will take on Liam Harrison (Bad Company, Leeds). This bout pits two of the stand out names in U.K. Muay Thai against one another in a fight that has been on the cards for a long time.
KO’s superstar Wootton boasts a record of 28 wins from 30 fights and is known for his amazing technical ability and slick fighting style. He has beaten the who’s who of Muay Thai names in the U.K including Panicos Yusuf, Paul Karpowicz and Luke Turner and is the current WMC MAD World Title holder.
Other notable scalps for the Londoner include wins over Thai champion Prathet Sor Thanikul and World champion Andre Kotsur. In addition to his impressive collection of Muay Thai wins, he has also competed several times under kickboxing rules and recently picked up the Enfusion World strap.
Harrison is coming off the back of a brilliant win over Frenchman Dylan Salvador on The Main Event earlier this month and has a busy start to 2014 planned. With more than 90 fights on his record he has long been considered one of the very best fighters on the planet, competing at the highest level for many years. He holds wins over countless Thai champions and recorded a spectacular win over Andrei Kulebin on our first The Main Event show in 2012, stopping the Belarussian in 3 rounds.
The excitement surrounding this fight is such that excitement for this fight has already reached fever pitch in the short time since it was leaked and The Main Event have already taken many orders for VIP packages and tickets!
We have many top-level fights agreed for this event, which we will release over the next couple of months.
Tickets will go on sale in December!
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