[Oktagon presents]: It's Showtime Milan - card finalizzata (13/03/2010)

We're a little over a week away from the second It's Showtime card of 2010 and the first real blockbuster fight of the year. On March 13, It's Showtime comes from Milan with a strong card headlined by #1 fighter Giorgio Petrosyan v. Khem Sitsongpeenong. As we've said before, Khem provides a nice challenge for the unstoppable-looking Petrosyan, and this is a main event many are looking forward to.

In addition to this fight, It's Showtime has finalized the rest of the card, adding in a fight with K-1's Chahild Oulad El Hadj. Chahid will meet Thai fighter Sudsakorn sor Klinmee. For Chahid, this is a must win as his career has been on a massive slide in the past year. Once pegged as a potential breakout star of 2009, Chahid has gone 1-5 in his last 6, including a current 3 fight losing streak to Murat Direkci, Chris Ngimbi, and Hafid el Boustati. He desperately needs to turn it around and get back to winning here. His opponent, Sudsakorn, is a 23 year old traditional Thai fighter, whose biggest fight to date was a loss to Khem at Lumpinee Stadium last year. He'll bring a strong Muay Thai game to the table, and it will be interesting to see how he does in a featured bout.

The main card also includes Hesdy Gerges facing an opponent yet to be announced. Gerges comes in off his win over Ashwin Balrak last weekend and looks to continue building momentum before his May showdown with Badr Hari. Dmitry Shakuta defends his It's Showtime 77kg title against Cosmo Alexandre, who comes in off a pair of impressive tournament victories in 2009. Armen Petrosyan, brother to Giorgio, faces the man Giorgio defeated in his K-1 debut, Dzhabar Askerov. And Hicham Bettani faces Yavuz Kayabasi. The undercard includes an additional five fights featuring Wendell Roche and Orono vor Petchpoon among others.

Look for more from us next week in anticipation of this event.

MATCHMAKING OKTAGON PRESENT'S IT'S SHOWTIME MILAN, ITALY
MARCH 13, 2010

PART 1
Sergio Wielzen VS Matteo Luppi
Robert van Nimwegen VS Federico Pacini
Ali Cenik VS Bruno Franchi
Wendell Roche VS Luca Panto
Egon Racz VS Orono vor Petchpoon

PART 2
Yavuz Kayabasi VS Hicham Bettani
Dzhabar Askerov VS Armen Petrosyan
TBA VS Hesdy Gerges
Sudsakorn sor Klinmee vs Chahid Oulad el Hadj
It's Showtime World Title 77 max
Cosmo Alexandre VS Dmitri Shakuta
Khem Sitsonpeenong VS Giorgio Petrosyan