Australian Matthew Frincu returns to the cage this Friday when he takes on Kris Hocum on the Legeacy Fighting Alliance 5 card taking place in Broomfield, Colorado.
Formerly from the Gold Coast and now based out of the Arizona Combat Sports academy, the 23-year-old finished 2016 strongly, winning a pair of bouts on regional cards to take his professional record to 9-2.
He previously went 2-1 in World Series of Fighting with his lone loss coming at the hands of Abubakar Nurmagomedov, the cousin of UFC contender Khabib Nurmagomedov.
His opponent Kris Hocum is a Colorado local and trains out of Trials MMA & Fitness. Hocum brings a 9-5 professional record and comes into the fight winning his last two bouts which included a split decision victory at World Series of Fighting 29.
Fight Card:
- Marcus Edwards vs. Adam Townsend
- Cory Sandhagen vs. Jamall Emmers
- Ian Heinisch vs. Lucas Rota
- Kris Hocum vs. Matthew Frincu (Australia)
- Le’Ville Simpson vs. Matt Johnson
- Slobodan Maksimovic vs. Eric Grant
- Jonathan Wyderko vs. Maurice Salazar
- Cody Yohn vs. Josh Watson
- Joe Guerrero vs. Jorge Dominguez
Matthew Frincu goes down to Abubakar Nurmagomedov at WSOF 30
Matthew Frincu defeats Danny Davis Jr. to remain undefeated in WSOF
