King Mo-Mark Kerr to Headline M-1 Global Breakthrough

Friday, August 28 will mark the U.S. TV debut of several up-and-coming fighters at M-1 Breakthrough.  The event will be headlined by Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal vs. Mark "The Smashing Machine" Kerr.

M-1 Breakthrough, which will air live on HDNet at 9 PM (CT), takes place at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas.  The preliminary bouts will be streamed live on Sherdog.com.  For ticket info, click here.

A former standout collegiate wrestler at Oklahoma State and Central Oklahoma (Division II), Lawal is 4-0 in his young career.  Fighting all of his fights in the Japanese promotion Sengoku, his last victory came against Pancrase Light Heavyweight Champion Ryo Kawamura (10-4-2) in March.

Lawal will face another former wrestler in Mark Kerr.  A UFC and PrideFC veteran, Kerr was the 1992 NCAA Division I wrestling champion at Syracuse defeating Randy Couture of Oklahoma State in the final.

Kerr (15-10) is attempting yet another comeback after not fighting for the past 11 months.  Losing four fights in a row, his last fight was a 1st round submission loss to Jeff Monson on September 28, 2008.

French phenom Karl "Psycho" Amoussou (10-2-1) will fight veteran John Doyle (8-8) in a middleweight bout.  Amoussou is coming off a spectacular 23-second KO victory by flying knee at M-1 Challenge 14 on April 29.

FIGHTCARD:

• Mark Kerr (15-10) vs. Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal (4-0)
• Fedor Emelianenko vs. Gegard Mousasi (sparring exhibition)
• Karl Amoussou (10-2-1) vs. John Doyle (8-8)
• Lucio Linhares (12-4) vs. Mikkail Zayats (8-3)
• Rob Broughton (10-4-1) vs. Jessie Gibbs (8-2)
• Michael Kita vs. Lloyd Marshbanks (17-8)
• Ferrid Kheder (13-4) vs. Daisuke Nakamura (19-10)
• Rogent Lloret (7-1) vs. Alexey Oleinik (24-4)
• Tim Bazer vs. Eric Marriot
• Josh Orocho vs. Sean Wilson
• Rudy Bears vs. Brendan Seguin
• Mollie Ahlers-Estes vs. Andria Caplan