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Maximum Fighting Championships Announce Addition of Bantamweight Division in 2013

MFC sent out a press release announcing plans to launch a bantamweight division in 2013. Here is the statement from Scott Zerr, the Director of Media & Fighter Relations:

With the recent re-launch of its heavyweight division and the upcoming debut of its featherweight division, the Maximum Fighting Championship is excited to announce that the organization will add a bantamweight division in 2013.

The new 135-pound division will be unveiled at the MFC event slated for February of next year. With the steadily increasing influx of quality of fighters in the class, the Maximum Fighting Championship chose to add the division and bolster its roster of top-notch talent.

“The time is right to do it,” said MFC Owner/President Mark Pavelich. “We waited a long time to re-ignite the heavyweight division because at the time we dropped the division the talent pool, especially the overall athleticism, was very thin. Now the batch of heavyweights available is much better.

“We are bringing in the featherweights at MFC 35 because we found the right guys to kickstart that division with. And as we received calls and emails about the 145ers, it became clear that there is a very good crop of 135ers out there, so the decision was made to launch the bantamweights.

“I would expect that the MFC will have its first bantamweights signed in the very near future.”

To get the bantamweight division rolling, plans are being developed that will see two bouts on the MFC card in February with the winners of those fights squaring off later in ’13 for the inaugural MFC bantamweight title match. The MFC recently adopted the same two-fight title eliminator scenario for events during which title fights were set in the welterweight and middleweight divisions.

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*So he cuts the LW div. but plans on addint a BW div....

[TreK]

Didn't Mark Pavelitch just fire the entire lightweight division? In fact, I thought he folded the lightweight division due to fighters not being able to make weight in the last couple of events and he freaked out and took drastic action? Now they’re going to go and launch Feather and Bantam weights? I’ve met Mark and he seems nice enough but, it makes me wonder if he now regrets folding the lightweights. Either he’ll stick to his choice and the MFC will skip lightweight (which would be strange) or, he’ll have to eat crow and bring the LW’s back… which I think he should.