[Shine Fights 3]: Worlds Collide - l'ex campione di Boxe Mayorga sarà nel main event (15/05/2010)

American Top Team’s Din Thomas will meet former two-division boxing champion Ricardo Mayorga in the Shine Fights 3 “Worlds Collide” headliner on May 15 at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C. The promotion on Wednesday greenlit the match and the event, which will air live on pay-per-view.

Thomas has rattled off three straight wins since being cut by the UFC in wake of his April 2008 decision loss to Josh Neer. The 33-year-old Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt has delivered 21 of his 25 career victories by knockout, technical knockout or submission. A semi-finalist on Season 4 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” Thomas owns wins over one-time UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra, former UFC lightweight king Jens Pulver, former two-division Deep titleholder Dokonjonosuke Mishima and former Strikeforce lightweight champion Clay Guida.

Mayorga -- perhaps best known for his victories against the late Vernon Forrest in 2003 -- holds a 28-7-1, 1 NC record as a professional boxer. The 36-year-old Nicaraguan last fought in September 2008, when he suffered a 12th-round knockout at the hands of Shane Mosley in Carson, Calif. He has never before competed in mixed martial arts.

A matchup between former EliteXC middleweight champion Murilo “Ninja” Rua and UFC veteran Falaniko Vitale will likely appear on the Shine Fights 3 lineup, as well. The promotion also has former Bodog Fight champion Nick Thompson and Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Braulio Estima under contract.