A featherweight tussle will headline XFC’s twenty seventh fight card, as Daniel Swain takes on Junior Assuncao.
Although XFC has not officially announced the main event, Swain’s management team released the information and MMASucka.com confirmed it with sources close to the bout.
Daniel Swain vs Junior Assuncao headlines XFC 27
Swain (10-2) is a Pancrase and MFC veteran that is looking to continue on his winning ways. He is currently riding a four-fight winning streak with his most recent victory against Tomonari Kanomata at Pancrase 248 in Japan. “Agent Orange” is a wrestling standout who is now training with Trevor Prangley’s AKA school.
Assuncao (14-5) is coming off a big submission victory at Premium Fight Championship 2 against Guilherme Faria de Souza. The Brazlian was on a six-fight winning streak and got a call back to the UFC in 2011 where he picked up a unanimous decision victory over Eddie Yagin. He lost his next match-up to Ross Pearson at UFC 141 in December 2011 and was released from the promotion.
This will be the debut match-up for Swain with the XFC.
XFC 27 is set to go down on December 13 from Muskegon, MI. The co-main event will be for the featherweight championship, as Farkhad Sharipov will take on the winner of XFC 26’s Jason Hicks vs. Deivison Ribeiro match-up.
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