Here’s who will be present at the Fan Expo for autographs and photo opportunities:

Dan “The Beast” Severn

Dan Severn is an American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, notable for his success in the early years of Ultimate Fighting Championship tournaments. Severn has fought and wrestled for many mixed martial arts and professional wrestling promotions, including King of the Cage, PRIDE FC, Cage Rage, WEC, RINGS, the World Wrestling Federation and TNA Wrestling. He holds a professional MMA Record of 98–16–7 and is a UFC Hall of Famer and a former UFC Superfight Champion.

At age 52, Severn still competes in MMA Competition and pro wrestling. Along with competition, Severn also makes special appearances and autograph signings. He also travels the globe instructing seminars in MMA, grappling, and amateur wrestling.

Dan will be making an appearance at Saint Pete’s Men’s Club on Saturday, March 26th for UFC Fight Night Live.

Martin “The Hitman” Kampmann

Kampmann is a Danish mixed martial artist who is currently fighting out of Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. and trains at the Xtreme Couture gym. He is currently ranked the #6 best welterweight in the world by Sherdog, and the #7 by Yahoo! Sports with a record of 17-5-0.

Kampmann lost a very close decision to Diego Sanchez on March 3, 2011 at UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann in a bout where Sanchez pushed the action with Octagon control, but was left battered after 3 rounds of being peppered with Kampmann’s accurate punches and failing numerous times to secure a takedown.

Martin will appear at the Fan Expo courtesy of Kamikaze Punishment and Aggression MMA. He will also be at Union Hall on Saturday, March 26th for UFC Fight Night Live.

Jason “The Athlete” MacDonald

Jason MacDonald is a Canadian mixed martial artist who is currently fighting with the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a middleweight. He is also a veteran of the Maximum Fighting Championship and TKO Major League MMA in his native country of Canada. Born and raised in Merigomish, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, MacDonald currently resides in Red Deer, Alberta and fights out of Edmonton, Alberta.

MacDonald owns and runs his own gym, Pure Fitness & MMA, located in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. He also runs his own fight promotion called Pure Fighting Championship. He manages a number of Canadian professional MMA fighters, including Ryan Machan, Evan Sanguin, George Belanger and Derek Clark.

His current record is 24-14 and he is expected to return at UFC 129 against Ryan Jensen.

Ryan “The Kid” McGillivray

Ryan McGillivray is an Edmonton welterweight MMA fighter and it was recently announced that he is a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 13 which airs beginning March 30.

McGillivray is also an MMA instructor and owner of Legends Training Centre in Edmonton.  McGillivray was involved in baseball, hockey and lacrosse growing up but broke back playing lacrosse when he was 16. After rehab, he turned to MMA at age 18 as a new challenge and started training with MacDonald and former UFC fighter Victor Valimaki.

McGillivray is currently 11-4-1.

Local Fighters

There will be many local fighters in attendance as well, here’s a few who will be present for autographs and photos with fans – check back as we will be adding their bios shortly!

Tye “Big Sky” Fields

Ryan “The Big Deal” Jimmo

Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford

Tim “The Thrashing Machine” Hague

Victor “The Matrix” Valimaki

Jelena Mrdjenovich

Shane “Shaolin” Campbell

“The Afrikan Assassin “Mukai Maromo

Kurtis “The Hammer” Higgins

*select content from Wikipedia

Sponsors

Flaman Fitness
Crystal Glass
ERA Fight Wear
Saint Pete’s Men’s Club
Injected Ink
100.3 The Bear/Team 1260/104.9 Virgin Radio

Exhibitors

30 Minute Hit
.50 Caliber Clothing
Aggression MMA
Alberta Amateur Boxing
Arsenal Sports Management
Avenue Boxing Club
Blue Dragons
Castrol Raceway
Diesel Ultra Lounge
Edmonton Combative Sports Commission
Edmonton Rush Lacrosse Club
Fighter Gear
Fiji Tan
Frank Lee’s Martial Arts
Hyperion Laser Therapy
Kamikaze Punishment
KO Boxing
Legends Training Centre
Main Event Boxing
Maximum Fighting Championships
MMA News Canada
Munduruca BJJ
Oil City Derby Girls
Panther Gym
Passion 4 Smashin
pixelens photography & design
Popeye’s Supplements
Pro AM Sports
Serena’s Evolution of Fitness & Nutrition
Shara Vigeant Personal Training
TKO Fantasy
Triple B’s Boxing
Unified MMA
Victory Athletics
West Edmonton Knights
Western RV Custom Choppers

You can follow Ryan on Twitter (@KidMcGillivray). Be sure to tune in to TUF 13 starting March 30!

Admission gets you access to the amateur boxing card as well as the  following guest personalities: UFC Hall of Famer Dan “The Beast” Severn, current UFC Fighters Martin “The Hitman” Kampmann & Jason “The Athlete” MacDonald, former UFC fighters Joe “El Dirte” Doerksen, Tim “The Thrashing Machine” Hague and Victor Valimaki; Professional Boxers Tye “Big Sky” Fields and Jelena Mrdjenovich and Local MMA Stars Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford, Shane “Shaolin” Campbell and “The Afrikan Assassin” Mukai Maromo.

Get your tickets today, you are not going to want to miss this event!

First off, we would like to thank our “Major Sponsors” supporting this year’s show – Thank you to Flaman Fitness, Crystal Glass, ERA Fight Wear, Saint Pete’s Gentlemens Club and our “Media Sponsors” 100.3 The Bear & Team 1260.

We are very excited to confirm the following guest personalities: UFC Hall of Famer Dan “The Beast” Severn, current UFC Fighters Martin “The Hitman” Kampmann & Jason “The Athlete” MacDonald, former UFC fighters Joe “El Dirte” Doerksen, Tim “The Thrashing Machine” Hague and Victor Valimaki, Professional Boxers Tye “Big Sky” Fields and Jelena Mrdjenovich and Local MMA Stars Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford, Shane “Shaolin” Campbell and “The Afrikan Assassin” Mukai Maromo.

The response for this show has been overwhelming and booths are going fast – there are only a handful left! Please don’t hesitate if you are considering reserving a vendor booth. Don’t be disappointed, these last few will not last long. Please contact us as soon as possible.

General Admission Tickets are also now available – You may contact Ken or Jason to purchase them, or for your convenience, tickets can purchased online at http://go.fightscene.ca/tickets. Posters will be available within the next couple weeks, you can contact Jason if you wish to have a few posters for display at your store, gym, or other locations.

The excitement and hype is only going to grow before the show – especially once Yukon Jack starts promoting the show on The Bear the last week in March before the Expo. As well, on March 25th, Flow Lounge & Grill will be hosting an Edmonton Fight Scene Fan Expo kick off party which will be attended by both Dan Severn and Martin Kampmann, Dan will be at Saint Pete’s on Saturday, March 26th for UFC and Martin will be at Union Hall on the 26th for the televised UFC event as well.

As always, if you have any questions about the show, feel free to contact Ken or Jason! Looking forward to seeing you all at the show.

The format will be slightly different as we have been working diligently to increase the level of excitement surrounding the event. Amateur Boxing Alberta will be holding an amateur boxing card for approximately three hours of the event. As well, we have confirmed that UFC Legend and Hall of Famer Dan “The Beast” Severn will also be in attendance and will be taking some time in the center ring to discuss the sport of MMA. We are working on securing additional name draws and will be keeping you informed. Once again, local promoters will have booths set up to showcase their product and will be anxious to meet fans and answer questions about the sport, players or whatever those attending are curious about. Fan favourites including Tim “The Thrashing Machine” Hague, Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford and Kris Andrews (Canadian Light Middleweight Boxing Champion) will also be on hand to meet fans and sign autographs.

We are also very proud to announce and would like to thank just a few of our confirmed major event sponsors. Flaman Fitness, Crystal Glass Canada, and ERA Fightwear. We are also very excited to announce our media sponsors once again this year will be 100.3 The Bear and TEAM 1260 – with the addition of Edmonton’s newest radio station Virgin 104.9!

We would also like to share more exciting information with you… This year we have recruited the professional services of 100.3 The BEAR Morning Show Host (and local MMA Legend) “Yukon Jack” as our guest Event MC for the entire day of activities! Welcome on board Yukon!

One last item that we would like to share with you; In the spirit of showing the general public that all of us in the Combat Sports Community care and want to give back to our community. We here at the Edmonton Fight Scene have decided to donate a portion of any profits to the MS Society.

There is no doubt that Edmonton is a Canadian hotspot when it comes to combative sports. All you have to do is go to your bar or restaurant on a Saturday night when there is a UFC event or a high profile boxing match scheduled. If there is a fight event on pay-per-view, the place is guaranteed to be packed – mostly consisting of males between the ages of 18-35. Boxing has been a main stream sport for over a century. Mixed Martial Arts is the fasting growing sport in the world! The success of the UFC is placing MMA into the sporting world mainstream.

There is simply no better boxing breeding ground anywhere than right here in Edmonton. Great names from the past like; Al Ford, Ken Lakusta and Scotty Olsen, have paved the way for current local stars; Jelena Mrdjenovich, Kris Andrews, and Adam Trupish. These great boxers are able to fight in their hometown because of the promotions of KO Boxing, Alliance, and Prime Time Promotions and their belief in putting on great boxing cards for Edmonton fans.

Even though MMA does not have the storied past that boxing has, it is rapidly growing in popularity. Many people do not realize this, but there are no less than 5 professional MMA promotions in Edmonton alone! MFC, Aggression MMA, Heat XC, KOTC, and Unified MMA all call Edmonton their home. These Edmonton based promotions have produced many stars including Ryan Ford, Tim Hague, Victor Valimaki and Ryan Jimmo.

With the emergence of the Edmonton MMA scene, and the already established past and solid presence of the Edmonton boxing scene, there is a tremendous need to make the players in the Edmonton area more recognizable and available to local fans. This why the Edmonton Fight Scene was born. The Edmonton Fight Scene (EFS) is designed to form a bridge between the fight fans of Edmonton and their favourite local fighters. Not only is there the local boxing and MMA promotions, but amateur boxing and Muay Thai (professional and amateur) are also very popular in the City of Champions. Athletes in these sports are becoming local celebrities and deserve to be recognized as well.

For more information on how to make the most of your promotional investment, email us at vendorbooth@fightscene.ca. Feel free to contact Ken Franczek or Jason Bouwmeester if you have any specific questions. We look forward to seeing you again at the Spring 2011 Edmonton Fight Scene Fan Expo!

After the success and interest in the first Edmonton Fight Scene Fan Expo last August 15, we are pleased to announce our next Fan Expo on March 27, 2011 from 12pm – 6pm.

The format will be slightly different as we have been working diligently to increase the level of excitement surrounding the event. Amateur Boxing Alberta will be holding an amateur boxing card for approximately three hours of the event. As well, we have confirmed that UFC Legend and Hall of Famer Dan “The Beast” Severn will also be in attendance and will be taking some time in the center ring to discuss the sport of MMA. We are working on securing additional name draws and will be keeping you informed. Once again, local promoters will have booths set up to showcase their product and will be anxious to meet fans and answer questions about the sport, players or whatever those attending are curious about. Fan favourites including Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford and Kris Andrews (Canadian Light Middleweight Boxing Champion) will also be on hand to meet fans and sign autographs.

This year, the Edmonton Fight Scene Fan Expo will also be giving back to the community and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.

There is no doubt that Edmonton is a Canadian hotspot when it comes to combative sports. All you have to do is go to your bar or restaurant on a Saturday night when there is a UFC event or a high profile boxing match scheduled. If there is a fight event on pay-per-view, the place is guaranteed to be packed – mostly consisting of males between the ages of 18-35. Boxing has been a main stream sport for over a century. Mixed Martial Arts is the fasting growing sport in the world! The success of the UFC is placing MMA into the sporting world mainstream.

There is simply no better boxing breeding ground anywhere than right here in Edmonton. Great names from the past like; Al Ford, Ken Lakusta and Scotty Olsen, have paved the way for current local stars; Jelena Mrdjenovich, Kris Andrews, and Adam Trupish. These great boxers are able to fight in their hometown because of the promotions of KO Boxing, Alliance, and Prime Time Promotions and their belief in putting on great boxing cards for Edmonton fans.

Even though MMA does not have the storied past that boxing has, it is rapidly growing in popularity. Many people do not realize this, but there are no less than 6 professional MMA promotions in Edmonton alone! Aggression MMA, Heat XC, KOTC, MFC, TFC, and Unified MMA all call Edmonton their home. These Edmonton based promotions have produced many stars including Ryan Ford, Tim Hague, Victor Valimaki and Ryan Jimmo.

With the emergence of the Edmonton MMA scene, and the already established past and solid presence of the Edmonton boxing scene, there is a tremendous need to make the players in the Edmonton area more recognizable and available to local fans. This why the Edmonton Fight Scene was born. The Edmonton Fight Scene (EFS) is designed to form a bridge between the fight fans of Edmonton and their favourite local fighters. Not only is there the local boxing and MMA promotions, but amateur boxing and Muay Thai (professional and amateur) are also very popular in the City of Champions. Athletes in these sports are becoming local celebrities and deserve to be recognized as well.

For more information on how to make the most of your promotional investment, email us at vendorbooth@fightscene.ca. Limited sponsorship opportunities are available as well starting from $1000, please contact Ken Franczek (ken@fightscene.ca) for more information. Feel free to contact Ken or Jason Bouwmeester (jason@fightscene.ca) or visit www.fightscene.ca if you have any specific questions. We look forward to seeing you again at the Spring 2011 Edmonton Fight Scene Fan Expo!