When Jason Towns and Ryan Knysh fight at King of the Cage Canada's upcoming "Disturbed" event, September 25th, in Edmonton, Alberta, the 35 year-old Towns will compete for the first time since August, 2002. Fighting at a UFCF show in Washington State, Towns submitted Chris Liles in the first round; at the time, the Edmonton newcomer likely didn't think his next fight wouldn't come until 7 years later.

"I've been missing it for a long time," said Towns, when asked about his upcoming comeback. "I have 3 children, so I had to make sure that I was meeting my obligations there. It's always been something that I really, really, missed. It's part of my life that just hasn't been there. Before I left Kelowna, I was training pretty heavily there for a number of months at Toshido with David Lea. When I moved to Edmonton I sought out a club right away to train and so I've been training at Legends. They're a great bunch of guys and a great group to be training with."

Bill "Hush" Mesi continues to prepare for what will be the toughest test in the MMA newcomer's brief career to date, as the prospect will take on one of Canada's more accomplished fighters in Bill "The Butcher" Mahood, July 18th, at King of the Cage Canada's "Capital Excalibur" event. If the stakes weren't high enough for the 3-0 Edmonton fighter, Mesi will also fight Mahood for the Canadian light-heavyweight title, in front of a hometown audience, at the city's historic Rexall Place.

"Ken (Kupsch) had approached me and asked if I was available to fight on the Rexall card," said Mesi. "I said no, depending on who the opponent was, whether or not I had enough time to train. He approached me with fighting Mahood, and I mean, Mahood is one of my favorite Canadian fighters; I have a lot of respect for the guy. So I said yes, you have to jump at an opportunity to fight a guy the caliber of Mahood. A couple of days later he asked if I wanted to fight for the belt, and that right there, that's a win-win situation. A) fight Mahood and B) fight for the title."