High-level MMA to be at The Mill

PICKENS — Are you ready for some high-level MMA on Sept. 14?

Bill Hazelwood, The Voice of the Carolinas, will be announcing (inside the cage) some of the best up-and-coming fighters in the region at the “Judgement Day at the Mill.” The doors open at 4 p.m. and the fights begin at 5 p.m. You can get your tickets early on sale at: www.conflictMMA.com. Plus, you can call for VIP seating or sponsorships at 843-603-1115.

Not to be overlooked is these fights will be inside at The Market at the Mill in Pickens, which recently got a brand-new air conditioning system.

At press time, there were 15 fights scheduled.

“These fighters are — in my opinion — the top of the food chain when it comes to combat sports,” said Hazelwood. “They are trained in the martial arts as well as striking and wrestling. I feel the fans who have never been to a live MMA UCF cage-style fighting event are going to be impressed with these guys skills when seeing it in person.”

This fight card will be headlined with two great title fights. In the main event, undefeated Upstate Karate’s Darius Parker takes on also undefeated Mitchell Pollard of Icebox MMA. The co-main event will be No. 1 ranked in South Carolina Josh Cook (Next Element Academy) versus No. 2 ranked JR Banks (ATT-Asheville).

The remaining fight card will feature a barrage of MMA, Muay Thai, K1 and a couple of youth bouts throughout the evening.

“Several training facilities will be represented including Upstate Karate in Simpsonville,” said Hazelwood. “That is the home of UFC’s Stephen ‘Wonderboy” Thompson who is training for a UFC event coming up on Oct. 5. But Stephen will be present at Conflict 64 because Upstate Karate is represented by three fighters on the card including Darius Parker who is putting his undefeated record on the line in the main event. Also fighting is 17-year-old Koen Kuchowski who has been taking martial arts under Stephen Thompson since he was 4 years old.”

Conflict MMA is headed to the Upstate in this all-ages event! This event is Sanctioned by GAMMA.

Main event: Parker vs Mitchell Pollard

Co-Main Event: Josh Cook vs JR Banks

Preliminary card:

Jimmy Jones vs Nayshawn Jenkins

Riley Drake vs Drew Fitschen

Grant Tucker vs Bruce Ruiz

Cory Wehrly vs Brendan Chapman

Austin Lippencott vs Cannon Brunson

Boog Lentz vs Nate Esquival

Cody Wills vs Luke Renk

James Fair vs Chris Johnstone

Cole Johnson vs Tyler Myers

James Fetterly vs Koen Kuuchowski

Jazmin Fellini vs Avani Palmer

MMA 155 TBD vs Dallas Barton

BJJ 185-205 TBD vs Tanner Chambers