Kevin Croom Battles Jacob Akin for Shamrock FC Title
On January 17th, at the Ameristar World Casino in Kansas City, Missouri, Shamrock Fighting Championships will present “Shock” featuring the “The Hard Hitting Hillbilly” Kevin Croom (14-5) clashing with Jacob “The Rosedale Strangler” Akin (6-4); for the Shamrock FC Bantamweight title.
Croom a member of Luttrell’s MMA and Albuquerque Kickboxing & MMA, from Dec. 2012 to Feb. 2014 won 9 fights in a row. During the winning streak “The Hard Hitting Hillbilly” collected a pair of knock outs, 4 RNC’s and 4 decisions; counting a lone kickboxing match too. Croom will be gunning for his 2nd world title having won a Bantamweight title in Kazahstan in Dec of 2013; with a TKO (corner stoppage) of Aslan Toktarbaev. Now Croom will be looking to rebound after having loss a split decision at MFC 40 to Jesse Brock and having lost a decision to Juan Carlos Guillen in a recent, on short notice professional boxing debut, for Croom. Croom is use to being very active and after a having a Nov. 22 bout with Jeremy Spoon fall through do to a Sppon injury, “The Hard Hitting Hillbilly” is chopping at the bit to get back in action.
Akin a member of the American Jiu Jitsu Academy as won three fights in a row over Zach Hubbard (SUB), James Smith (SUB), and William Joplin (SD); which proceeded a 3 fight losing streak. Akin has 4 of his 6 wins by submission and all 4 have come in the 1st round.
For more information on this event head to- http://shamrockfightingchampionships.com/dt_portfolio/shamrock-fc-shock/
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