Card at Grantham — headline by Bailey ‘The British Bulldog’ Sugden, of Newark — pays tribute to Ramon ‘The Diamond’ Dekkers
A match-up for the prestigious Ramon Dekkers Belt has been added to a fight card headlined by Bailey ‘The British Bulldog’ Sugden.
Fighting on the FightMax Superstar Fight League show alongside Newark's professional kickboxer, whose match-up with France's Brahim Medi for the ISKA World Title is the headline fight, will be Leicester-based Chace Griffin competing at 57kg against Sheffield‘s Blayne Armitage in their co-headline fight for the prestigious Ramon Dekkers Belt.
“This is something I’ve been working on for some time with the family of the late, great Ramon ‘The Diamond’ Dekkers and I’m delighted to have been given the chance to honour and remember him in this way,” said Dean Sugden, co-founder of FightMax SFL with Steve Kerridge.
“He is without doubt the undisputed best of all time in our sport and I can’t thank Cor and Nick Hemmers enough for allowing us to pay this tribute to him.
“The belt will be an active one, whoever wins it will be fighting to defend it and we’re pleased to announce that at every one of our upcoming events we’ll be looking to match the very best in the UK to contend for it.
“To own it outright, it will have to be defended successfully twice, after which we will then be going all out to help the owner progress to fight on some of the biggest stages in the world.
“Blayne and Chace are two of my favourite fighters and both, like Ramon himself, love to fight.”
“I feel honoured to be fighting for the Ramon Dekkers belt,” said 25-year old Chace, whose debut for FightMax SFL in October 2019 saw him defeat the more experienced Ben Fahey by a second round KO.
“The opportunities are coming, I’m ready for them all and much as I respect my opponent he’s not on my level, which is exactly what I’ll be showing everyone.”
“I feel privileged to be given the opportunity to fight for this prestigious belt and I’m going to be doing my absolute best to take it back to Sheffield,” said his 23-year old opponent Blayne.
The card takes place at Grantham Meres Leisure Centre on Friday, March 18.
“Two great fights to mark our long-awaited return to Grantham Meres and several more on the card too, including one featuring London-based Marcus Powell, a familiar face on our events, up against Ben Hubball from Sheffield in what could easily be the fight of the night,” said Dean.
Tickets are priced at £75 for golden VIP table seats and £35 for standard tiered seating.
To buy tickets or for more information use the ticket hotline on 07816 840920.
