Vancouver Island's MMA fans will soon have an opportunity to watch one of this nation's fastest rising prospects, as King of the Cage Canada has announced that the promotion's World and Canadian Lightweight Champion, Rory MacDonald, will take on accomplished welterweight Andrew Buckland, May 8^th in Nanaimo, British Columbia. The 19 year-old MacDonald (7-0), who has continued to impress since turning pro at the young age of 16, captured headlines in November by knocking out highly regarded, former KOTC lightweight champ, Clay French. The veteran Buckland (8-3) is a force in his own right, however, and has competed against top caliber fighters like David Loiseau and Dan Hornbuckle. Recently, the Calgary fighter made his KOTC debut a successful one, by submitting Brandon MacArther with a second round armbar at the promotion's recent ‘Trooper' event.

This Friday, March 13^th, the Maharaja Banquet Hall in Edmonton, Alberta, will be the spot where local MMA fans will have an opportunity to watch one of the more interesting middleweight title fights to take place in Canada for some time. Pride and Elite XC veteran Travis "The Gladiator" Galbraith (15-6) will square off with Nick Hinchliffe (10-3) for the third time, as each man has displaced the other from KOTC Canada's light-heavyweight crown in the past. In November, 2007, the up-and-coming Hinchliffe turned heads around Canada when he stopped the much more experienced Galbraith in the first round. The veteran fighter soon had his revenge however, as just over 4 months later, he handed Hinchliffe his first career loss at that point, submitting the Nanaimo fighter with a first round guillotine choke. Now each man is looking to entrench their spot in the 185lb. division, by taking home the middleweight belt Friday night.