Explosive Fight Promotions will close out a banner year on Thanksgiving Eve, as Caged Madness 39 is set to go down at the Tadmor Shrine in Akron, Ohio.
A total of 16 amateur bouts will take place, and current UFC bantamweight contender and Northeast Ohio native Cody “No Love” Garbrandt will be a special guest on hand at the event.
In the night’s main event, super heavyweight champion Nick Brashear (5-0) will defend his title against Tyler Tschour (5-1).
Brashear has yet to be defeated, and he earned the EFP super heavyweight title with a unanimous decision victory over Eddy Faison at Caged Madness 38 in September. Tschour has just one defeat, but he has won three in a row, including a win over Faison as well at Big Guns 14 just over a year ago.
In the co-main event, EFP middleweight champion Frankie Festa (5-1) will square off again in a rematch against Mike Seibert (4-4) in a non-title bout.
Festa and Seibert competed in a fantastic fight back at Caged Madness 34 in February in a middleweight title eliminator, which Festa took via unanimous decision. With Seibert set to go into the military soon, he asked matchmaker Scott Corbin for a return match, and Festa obliged setting up what should be another great battle.
In an intriguing debut, Austin Meese (0-0) will make his debut. Meese is the son of boxing coach Bob Meese, and is also Garbrandt’s cousin.
The elder Meese has worked extensively with Garbrandt and many say that the former Olympic alternate has been one of the keys to Cody’s success throughout his career. It will be interesting to see if any of the talent of Garbrandt has rubbed off on the 18-year-old Austin Meese as he makes his debut against Tristian Houston (0-1) in a lightweight bout.
In other notable bouts, highly touted Evolve MMA prospects Tywan Claxton (1-0) and Brian Hauser (2-0) will look to stay unbeaten with tough matchups.
Check out the entire lineup for Caged Madness 39 below.
Official Caged Madness 39 card
Champ Nick Brashear vs Tyler Tschuor – for super heavyweight title
Mike Seibert vs Frankie Festa
Austin Meese vs Tristian Huston
Tywan Claxton vs Dominique Ayers
Kayla Potts vs Areil Duncan
Mike Kiser vs Michael Hummel
Desmond Ford vs Joshua Barbee
Easton Johnson vs Zach Novosielski
Travis Lee vs Brian Hauser
Christopher Smith vs Dominic Bolasky
Roger Rice vs Nathan Boyd
Dustin Bates vs Zachary Hall
Shawn Marshall vs Jesse Terwilliger
Jack Young vs Ryan Croyle
Mitchell Dotto vs Adam Wadian
John Varela vs Andrew Moreland
*card subject to change