Maximum Fighting Anthony Birchak Highlight

MFC President Mark Pavelich has done a tremendous job of promoting his organization & has watched it grow into a legitimate MMA promotion. They've done this by signing a long term deal with AXS TV, utilizing social media & signing both young talent & established veterans. One such talent is 27-year-old, Tucson, AZ native Anthony Birchak. This past May at MFC 37 Birchak defeated Ryan Benoit in his MFC debut. That victory was enough to earn him a spot opposite Tito Jones this Friday at MFC 38 in a bout that will determine the first bantamweight champion in the organizations 12 year history. The past week has been especially busy as well as very eventful for the 10-1 bantamweight. With the birth of his son and a huge title fight upcoming, Birchak was given more good news recently. Pavelich announced that he would allow the fans to choose the main event of MFC 38. Their options were the heavyweight title bout between Smealinho Rama and Anthony Hamilton, the middleweight title match featuring Sam Alvey and Jason South and of course the bantamweight title fight pitting Birchak vs., Jones. Lo and behold the fans chose the 135lb. title contest. "When Mark told me he was going to let the fans decide, I was like are you kidding me," explained Birchak. "I thought Alvey was going to blow me out of the water. He was in the TUF house, he was a big knockout artist in Bellator and his wife is McKey Sullivan who had a big following from her time on America's Next Top Model. I thought they were just going to smash me.". "I have a little secret weapon of my own; Mercedes White is the mother of my child, my manager and co-owner of Luta Elite Sports Management with me. We've been doing everything our way and it's been going the right way. I want to thank all of my fans and supporters for rallying behind us and giving me that push to be part of the main event." Birchak is committed to the MFC and appreciates the opportunity they have put in front of him. He is looking forward to fulfilling a promise he made to Pavelich when he first signed with the organization. The faith they have put in him means a lot and he plans on showing them the investment they made was more than worth it. "The whole family aspect that the MFC brings to the table is something I love," stated the 27-year-old Arizona native. "My fight team is my family and my family is my fight team. For them (MFC) to be doing something so close to home as a family means a lot to me. They're super passionate and if you've heard Mark talk it sounds like he has Red Bull going straight into his veins. Anytime an owner is that passionate he's going to want to make big moves." Beginning his career in 2009, Birchak racked up six straight wins with five coming by way of submission. After suffering his one and only loss in September of 2011, Birchak has since gone on to win four straight fights, three of them coming by way of TKO. He maintains he is focusing just as much of his attention on his striking as he does his ground game. He has also learned to take advantage of whatever opportunity presents itself. "I always try to keep everything nice and rounded and I've been training a lot of Muay-Thai for this fight. My Muay Thai instructor is Sumart Symphosy out of Titan Fitness in San Francisco, he's a two time Lumpini World Champion. My striking game has been locked down and my ground game is handled by several blackbelts here in town. Just being able to go from wrestling to Jiu-Jitsu was a pretty seamless transition. All in all I'm trying to stay or become the full package as a mixed martial artist" Website: http://www.MaximumFighting.com Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/MaximumFighting Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/MaximumFighting Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/MaximumFightingTV Instagram: http://www.Instagram.com/MaximumFighting HashTag: #THEMFC