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Whoop-Up Days countdown: Fight Night adds a punch to Whoop-Up Days

An evening of high-energy bare-knuckle boxing comes to the Agri-food Hub & Trade Centre

 

Lethbridge, Alta. – The energy will be high and the punches will pack a wallop as Fight Night 20 brings its action-packed card to Whoop-Up Days. Fight Night 20 will feature a pair of bare-knuckle boxing bouts in addition to other mixed martial arts fights in a ticketed event on Friday, Aug. 23 in the UFA Hall of the Agri-food Hub & Trade Centre.


Tickets for Fight Night 20 can be purchased through the Whoop-Up Days website. All tickets include admission to Whoop-Up Days as the event brings another high-value entertainment option into the fold.


“We want to ensure Whoop-Up Days includes entertainment for all ages, and covers a wide variety of interests,” says Paul Kingsmith, Director, Community Engagement, Lethbridge & District Exhibition. “Fight Night 20 provides a unique offering right in the heart of Whoop-Up Days and we’re excited to have these athletes going toe-to-toe during the event.”


Fight Night 20 is headlined by a championship bare-knuckle boxing bout between a pair of Americans as ZP Heavyweight Champion Bobby Brents (Springfield, Ill., 17-8-0) takes on Rob Morrow (Lockport, Ill., 25-22-1) in a title defence. Also on the card is a bare-knuckle bout between Gilberto Aguilar (Mexico City, Mexico, 17-18-1) and Florin Lupu (Bacau, Romania, 0-4-0); a welterweight MMA fight between Darian Weeks (Sedalia, Miss., 8-3-0) and Danny Malette (Quebec City, 6-1-0); a heavyweight MMA bout between Jared Vanderaa (Hemet, Cal., 15-11-0) and Demoreo Dennis (Oklahoma City, Okla., 9-5-0), and more.


Tickets for Fight Night 20 are $55.24 plus tax, and include admission to Whoop-Up Days. They can be purchased at whoopupdays.ca.


Fight Night 20 is one of two ticketed entertainment events coming to Whoop-Up Days alongside Pure Power Wrestling’s Hot Summer Night on Saturday, Aug. 24.


About Whoop-Up Days


Whoop-Up Days runs from Aug. 20 to 24 at Lethbridge & District Exhibition. Whoop-Up Days is where our community comes together to celebrate, experience, eat, laugh, and ride. Where the midway lights brighten up the southern sky, where the authentic west still runs wild, where cultures come together and memories are made. Enjoy Free ‘Til 3 admission Fuelled by Gas King from Tuesday, Aug. 20 to Thursday, Aug. 22. Advance tickets to Whoop-Up Days are available now at Lethbridge and Picture Butte Gas King locations. Learn more at whoopupdays.ca.  

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