McKee sidelined by injured knee Veach steps in to face Fickett at MFC 28
February 19, 2011 by
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Maximum Fighting Championship lightweight title-holder Antonio McKee will be unable to defend his
title at MFC 28: Supremacy due to a knee injury.
Drew Fickett, McKee’s scheduled opponent for the co-main event, will maintain his spot on the card in
a showdown against replacement Matt Veach (15-2). The Fickett-Veach encounter will be a three-round
bout contested at a catchweight of 160 pounds.
“I’m disappointed not to be facing McKee for the title but it’s only a matter of time until I get my hands
on the MFC lightweight belt,” said Fickett.
“It’s truly a sign of what some fighters are made out of,” added MFC Owner/President Mark
Pavelich. “Drew Fickett didn’t hesitate one bit to accept the change in opponent, and Matt Veach
showed the amount of courage he’s got in taking the fight with Fickett on short notice.”
Veach, who will be fighting on the same event as his H.I.T. Squad teammate Robert Washington, has
won four straight fights and holds seven career victories via submission. This will be a return to the
Maximum Fighting Championship for the 29-year-old who previously captured a decision win over Matt
MacGrath at MFC 16 in May 2008.
Among his other notable victories, Veach, a former junior college All-American wrestler, earned a
decision verdict over British knockout artist Kenneth Rosfort-Nees along with a first-round knockout of
Matt Grice. Veach’s career was launched with a perfect run of 11 consecutive wins.
The only two setbacks in the career of the five-foot-seven native of Granite City, Illinois, came against
top-ranked competitors Frankie Edgar and Paul Kelly.
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