XTREME FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS RETURNS
TO THE ST. PETE TIMES FORUM
Friday, December 3rd, 2010 for XFC 13 “Unstoppable”

Tampa Bay – Just back from a successful event abroad in Northern Cyprus / Turkey the XFC returns to The St. Pete Times Forum for XFC 13” Unstoppable” on Friday, December 3rd!!! This highly anticipated event features some of the XFC’s top fighters such as XFC Featherweight Champion Jarrod Card & female fighter Mari…anna Kheyfets (who just defeated Kim Couture on XFC 11 “The Next Generation”) taking on B.J.J. specialist Marissa Caldwell. XFC Open Fighter Tryout Winners Mike Milmerstadt and Jason Hicks will be laying it all on line and fighting for a 5 fight deal with the XFC!!! The first bout of the evening takes place at 7PM, and the event will be airing LIVE on HDNet at 9:00pm!! Since the St. Pete Times Forum hosted its first XFC mixed martial arts fight card in November 2007, the XFC has done multiple events with 8-10 thousand fans in attendance!!

The XFC is a local based MMA (mixed martial arts) promotion company that has become one of the leading promotions in the industry in a few short years. They have a weekly TV show in 50,000,000 homes, (locally on Brighthouse Sports Networks on Saturdays at Midnight and Tuesday at 10:30pm) and were just picked up by NBC. They also have a weekly radio show on ESPN Radio (1040 AM) here in Tampa every Wednesday from 6:00pm – 7:00pm.

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is an evolving combat art in which competitors use integrated forms of fighting that includes jiu-jitsu, judo, karate, boxing, Taekwondo, wrestling and others to overcome their opponent in a sanctioned and supervised match. Competitors are allowed to use all martial arts techniques to end the fight within the limits of the Mainstream MMA rules. Each fighter is assigned to compete in their appropriate weight class. The different weight classes are Bantamweight (under 135 lbs.), Featherweight (136 lbs. to 145 lbs.), Lightweight (146 lbs. to 155 lbs.), Welterweight (156 lbs. to 170 lbs.), Middleweight (171 lbs. to 185 lbs.), Light Heavyweight (186 lbs. to 205 lbs.), and Heavyweight (205 lbs. to 265 lbs.). Mainstream MMA reserves the right to set different weight limits under reviewed conditions. All non-championship bouts are three rounds, and all championship bouts are five rounds, with each round being five minutes in duration.

Tickets: (Email [email protected] with questions or for discount pricing!)
Tickets for this event go on sale 10:00am Saturday, October 30th at the St. Pete Times Forum Box Office& all Ticketmaster Outlets. To order by phone, call 800-745-3000. Tickets are priced at $15.00, $30.00, $40.00, $50.00, $70.00 & tables for $1,400 and do not include service charges. For dinner reservations at Medallions Restaurant please call 813.301.6926. For more information please call 813.301.2500 or visit Amalie Arena. Advanced parking passes are available at Ticketmaster.com and The St. Pete Times Forum Box Office.

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