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Shamrock Fighting Championships, a Missouri-based regional promotion, recently hosted its first events since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic rocked the world in March 2020. The Return of Shamrock FC For Shamrock FC CEO Jesse Finney, the promotion’s return with Shamrock FC 330 on June 25 and...
Erion Zekthi (4-1 MMA, 4-1 SFC) will look to resume his MMA career with a win when he meets Dillon Tolbert (6-5 MMA, 5-4 SFC) at Shamrock FC 329 on Saturday, June 26. Zekthi and Tolbert were due to meet on March 14, 2020, though the Shamrock FC event was canceled as the world entered the […]
Erion Zekthi will look to make it four wins in a row and improve his professional record to 5-1 at Shamrock FC 329. He’ll take on 6-5 Dillon Tolbert in a clash of Missouri regional circuit bantamweights scheduled for March 14. Zekthi said he’s not taking Tolbert lightly – he’s been training seven...
Calen Born (6-1 MMA) is gearing up to re-enter the cage for the first time in over a year. He’s slated to fight Craig Fairley (3-3 MMA) at Shamrock FC 328 Saturday, Feb. 22. Even with Born’s layoff, he doesn’t consider Fairley a tuneup fight. “He does have three finishes, so he’s obviously a grea...
Evan Elder will meet Orell Fisher at Shamrock FC 327 on Saturday Jan. 11, where he’ll hope to improve to an unbeaten 3-0. Fisher enters the lightweight bout at 0-1. Elder, a prospect who’s fought Luis Pena as an amateur, still feels Fisher may be his most dangerous opponent yet. “[He’s] not neces...
Erion Zekthi (3-1 MMA) returns to MMA at Shamrock FC 320 against Horacio Escobar (5-2 MMA) following the longest layoff of his career. The two will compete in a main event bantamweight bout for the Missouri-based promotion. A Long Layoff Zekthi last fought at Shamrock FC 300 against Jordan Collin...
Shamrock FC, a Missouri-based promotion, has a new streaming partner, the promotion announced on Wednesday. Going forward, all events will be aired as pay-per-views exclusively on FITE TV. “We couldn’t be more excited to partner with FITE,” Jesse Finney, the promotion’s founder and president stat...
Undefeated bantamweight prospect Dustin Lampros (3-0) is slated to meet Colton Minster at Shamrock FC 318. Lampros was originally supposed to meet Raul Romero, who had to pull out of the fight. Minster stepped up about a month ago to take the fight with Lampros, which will mark his professional d...
In a 13-year, 45-fight professional MMA career, Bobby Voelker has seen his ups and downs. Voelker (32-13 MMA) has competed for the UFC and Strikeforce and many Midwest regional promotions. His most recent set of peaks and valleys have come with Shamrock FC, the Missouri-based show he’s called hom...
Midwest welterweight prospect Cameron VanCamp is less than one week away from the biggest opportunity of his professional MMA career yet: a shot at the vacant Shamrock FC welterweight title against UFC and Strikeforce veteran Bobby Voelker. Earning a Title Shot VanCamp (11-4-1, 1 NC) is looking f...
The spring 2019 season will be a busy, and if CEO Jesse Finney has his way, successful, period for the St. Louis-based Shamrock FC. Between a trio of upcoming events, title pictures coming into focus, hot prospects, streaming rights up in the air and more, it will be an eventful spring for the Mi...
The last time Jordan Dowdy stepped into a cage to fight was April 13, 2018. That will change on March 15 at Shamrock FC 316. Dowdy will take on Ben Brewer in a 180-lb. catchweight main event spot. Dowdy (6-4) will look to make it three in a row against one of his most experienced […]
American Top Team standout and former Shamrock FC middleweight, Johnny Eblen, has recently signed a deal to fight under the Bellator banner. Shamrock FC shared the news via Twitter which was first reported by Sherdog. “Congrats to @JohnnyEblen for signing on the dotted line with @BellatorMMA. Fou...
Age seems to not phase the 39-year-old Bobby Voelker (31-13 MMA). “Vicious” Bobby Voelker will be returning for his 45th professional mixed martial arts bout this Saturday, December 8th at the Ameristar Casino in Kansas City, Missouri when he takes on Darius Flowers (6-2-1 MMA) at Shamrock 313. S...
Shamrock FC has had a busy 2018 thus far: They’ve signed a short-term deal with FloCombat to stream their events, emphasized quality over quantity when it comes to fight cards and have seen the emergence of some top prospects. Shamrock FC CEO Jesse Finney discussed the state of his promotion with...
James Bochnovic (9-3 MMA, 1-0 SFC) and Ty Flores (5-2 MMA, 2-1 SFC) will compete in a middleweight main event for Shamrock FC 311. Bochnovic won his debut fight with Shamrock FC against Adam Cella in September with a first-round rear naked choke. The UFC veteran will take on Flores next, a traini...