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 KOTB 4: Evolução
The King of the Beach evolution keeps rolling. One week after crowning its first super-heavyweight champion, KOTB will give out it’s inaugural welterweight belt. You can count on KOTB to produce weekly events from now on, so tune in every Saturday be a part of the fastest growing fight promotion in Brazil. Besides the aforementioned title fight, KOTB 4’s main card is stacked with new fighters looking to make an early statement in their young careers.
Kevin “The Beast” Wideman (1-0, 0-0) v Gabriel “Gorilla” Santos Silva (1-1, 0-1)
On paper, our main card opening super-heavyweight contest is about as close as it gets. Canadian Kevin Wideman and Brazilian Gabriel Santos Silva are both 18 year-old BJJ brown belts with developing wrestling and standup skills. Even their heights and weights are a couple inches and pounds apart, respectfully. Will one fighter show off their improved standup skills, or will a chest match play out on the mat?
Kenji “DK” Tamura (0-0, 0-0) v Sean “The Strangler” Soffman (0-0, 0-0)
Up next we have a pair of lightweight 18 year-olds making their professional debuts. Kenji Tamura has just moved to Rio this week from his Japanese home and will probably look to use his top shelf wrestling game to keep this one on the feet so that he can use his boxing advantage. Canadian Sean Soffman, on the other hand, will likely look to take this fight into the clinch and onto the mat.
Hermes Franca (0-0, 0-0) v Pablo “Breaker” Esposito (1-0, 0-0)
It’s Fortaleza vs. Rio de Janeiro in our next lightweight contest, as BJJ purple belts Hermes Franca and Pablo Esposito fight for ground in the wide-open lightweight division. Fortaleza’s Franca will be making his professional debut and looks to have an advantage on the feet with heavy hands. Rio’s Esposito has one submission victory under his belt and will be looking to use his wrestling to control the pace of this fight.
Don “The Dragon” Wilson (4-1, 1-0) v Kyle McCarthy (1-0, 1-0)
In our co-main event, we have a pair of young featherweights looking to improve to 2-0 in the KOTB promotion. The American Don Wilson will no doubt be looking to keep this one on the feet with his kickboxing experience, while the well rounded Kyle McCarthy should look to get Wilson on his back. McCarthy does have a growing stand-up game, so it’ll be interesting to see how confident he is there.
PJ McDermott (1-0, 1-0) v Parker “The Terrorizer” Allen (1-0, 0-0)
The first ever KOTB welterweight champion will be crowned in our main event, as a pair of extremely talented and evenly matched 18 year-olds take center stage. Despite both American fighters only having one professional fight each, both are highly regarded in the MMA community as future stars. Parker Allen has been vocal since signing with KOTB, calling out the entire division. PJ McDermott is coming off a one-sided victory at KOTB 1 and looks to keep that momentum going. It’s an incredibly even match-up on paper, but McDermott may have a slight wrestling and physical advantage. That being said, we won’t really know until they step into the ring on Saturday night.
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