Titans of the Cage will hold its 30th MMA event on Nov. 6 at the Wytheville Meeting Center.
Five championship belts will be up for grabs at this event, with more than 20 hard-hitting MMA bouts lined up.
The event is overseen by the Virginia DPOR and sanctioned by United Combat Arts. The state of Virginia licensed amateur sanctioning organization determines the rules, weight classes, round length and size of gloves used.
Many Wytheville based fighters will be competing on this card, including Ring-Combat Sports fighter, Micah “The Original” Sheffey who will be taking on former Titans of the Cage featherweight champion Dylan Smith of Elite Grappling in Lebanon. Not only will this be the main event, but it will be for the Titans of the Cage lightweight championship.
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Micah Sheffey of Ring-Combat Sports in Wytheville will go for lightweight title
Sheffey has had more than 20 fights inside the cage and is the former TOC lightweight champ and makes his return to the cage to try to reclaim the title against a very tough Smith.
In the co-main event of the evening the vacant TOC featherweight title will be up for grabs when Dallas Manspile of Roanoke takes on Josh Lilley of Beaufort, South Carolina.
One of the many Wytheville based fighters will be Ring-Combat Sports Austin Sayers who will face Angel Rigney for the TOC youth 145-pound championship title.
Rigney is the current champion and fights out of Roanoke.
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Dylan Smith (top) of Lebanon lands punch during TOC #29 at the meeting center.
Other title fights include two Roanoke-based fighters butting heads when Chris Hamlett faces Nick Fisher for the interim cruiserweight title, with the winner having a chance to face current cruiserweight champion, C.J. Burleson.
Brandon Holloway of Greensboro, North Carolina, will battle Jonathan Freeman, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for the vacant bantamweight title.
In a big “super fight” battle it will be Wyatt Joyce of Asheboro, North Carolina, martial arts academy taking on Kyle Johnson of team Round 30 out of Roanoke.
Ring-Combat Sports gym of Wytheville is a gym that trains both professional and amateur MMA fighters and has become known as one of the most active MMA gyms in the state and has put fighters inside the cage for more than 500 bouts.
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Large crowd at meeting center at last TOC event
They once again have several fighters represented with the following fighters on the card; Pedro Jimenez Vasquez (RCS) vs. Curtis Davis (Wytheville), Luke Kincer (RCS) vs. Josh Cook (Halifax), Chris Spencer (RCS) vs. Jon Dalton (Roanoke), Shalee Spencer (RCS) vs. Desiree Simpkins (Myrtle Beach, SC), Bobby “the bland county bad boy” Collins (RCS) vs. John Coalson (Wytheville), Trevor Carter (RCS) vs. Lance Tate (Bluefield, WV), Kyle Frankenfield (RCS) vs. Devan Hancock (Wytheville), Jordan Cizl (RCS) vs. Mike Salazar (Roanoke), Tyler Mills (RCS) vs. Hunter Anderson (RCS), Alijah Webb (RCS) vs. Justice Cizl (RCS) and Savanna Smith (RCS) vs. Brianna Hancock (Wytheville).
Still other great fighters will be in action in the following bouts; Gavin Thomas (Denver, NC) vs. Demetri Mebane (Greensboro), Shane McGrew (Hurricane, WV) vs. Dakota Martin (Lacross), Eduardo Castillo (Beaufort, SC) vs. Ryker Powell (Greensboro), Daniel Wilkins (Denver, NC) vs. Matt Justice (Lebanon) and Darren Williams (Winston-Salem) vs. James Anderson (Clover).
The Wytheville meeting center will provide great comfort for all spectators as all seats will be padded banquet room chairs. There will also be two large projection screens so fans will always have a clear view of the action inside the cage.
Undefeated professional MMA fighter “Razor” Robbie Ring will be in attendance to meet fans and take pictures.
Titans of the Cage recently won “Best of Wythe County 2021” as the top Family Entertainment Venue. Doors open at the Meeting Center, 333 Community Blvd, Wytheville, at 4 p.m. and fights start promptly at 5 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.titansofthecage.com , at Ring-Combat Sports or at the door. Follow Titans of the Cage on Facebook or visit the website to keep up with all the latest MMA action.
