On January 22nd, Alberta MMA fans will once again have an opportunity to watch one of the sport's most experienced and well travelled fighters, as Shannon "The Cannon" Ritch will return to Edmonton, to take on the resilient welterweight Elmer Waterhen. The two veterans, who have entrenched reputations for being entertaining and aggressive fighters, will meet at KOTC Canada's "Nailbiter" event.

"From local guys that I've called that I know in Canada, they told me that Elmer is more like a 50 / 50 fighter," the 39 year-old Ritch told KOTC. "He comes out and fights hard. They told me that he's the type of guy that won't quit. They also said it depends on which Elmer shows up. Sometimes they say he's really good and other times he doesn't fair so well. So it all depends on which Elmer shows up."

This coming Saturday, the Westbild Centre in Vernon, B.C. will host King of the Cage Canada's "Catalyst" event, a card that will feature a middleweight title fight rematch between Ryan Chiappe and Jason Volpe, as well as a lightweight "World Super Fight" between Chang Hyun Kim and Vinicius Lemos. In addition, competitors from all over the Province will be fighting on the 13 bout card, as athletes from Trail, Langley, Kelowna, Kamloops, among other B.C. cities, are scheduled to compete.

For the card's matchmaker, King of the Cage Canadian Light-Heavyweight Champion Bill "The Butcher" Mahood, Saturday's title fight between Chiappe and Volpe will hold special significance, as the veteran promoter is one of Chiappe's instructors and training partners at Team Revolution. The main event bout will mark the second time Chiappe and Volpe have fought; in July, Chiappe was disqualified early into the fight for poking Volpe in the eye.