On Friday June 10th, the Midtown Throwdown will take place inside the Lane Events Center at the Lane County Fairgrounds in Eugene, OR. The doors open at 7 PM and is an all-ages event. More info available at midtownmma.com. 

This pro/am show will have Midtown MMA fighter Levi Kurtovich take on Donnie Evenson out of NW Training Center in the main event. The Co-main Event will have Midtown MMA fighter Shorty Weikel versus Dogpound MMA fighter Denny Linton. Spaniard spoke with Kurtovich, Weikel, and Linton two days before the show and the interviews are below...

PRE-FIGHT INTERVIEW WITH LEVI KURTOVICH

"Training's been really good... I've been working a lot with Brent Primus who is at NW Martial Arts and Ben Baxter who teaches jiu-jitsu over here [at Midtown MMA] so I've had some good partners, and had some good training leading up to this fight."

"I go into every fight training to end it everywhere. So wherever the fight goes, I'll be prepared to be there and look for the finish there. Whether I finish on the ground or whether I finish on the feet, doesn't matter. Wherever he wants to take it, I'm glad to go there."

"Being the main event is definitely exciting. I feel like me and Donnie both deserve to be the main event. I feel we'll put on a great show and the fans will be happy."

 "..Fight day its getting [my] game face on, focus, and go in there and get it done."

Listen to the entire interview with Levi HERE

PRE-FIGHT INTERVIEW WITH DENNY LINTON

"Shorty's a tough opponent and that's what I look for in my fights. I like to fight the best and challenge myself, and better myself in MMA."

"I'm pretty sure I got better wrestling skills than Shorty as far as my credentials. I was a three time state champion wrestler, and I wrestled all through middle school and high school and everything. That was my number one. Wrestling's in my bag."

"I got some tough training partners. We've been sparring. Getting really into it. Throwing a lot of punches. Hoping to keep it on the feet and put him out."

"I'm the guy who just goes in there and gets the job done... I'm going to keep it on the feet and see how it goes from there. I'm pretty confident in my standup and my wrestling too. So either way it goes, I'm going to do my best and hope to come out on top."

Listen to the entire interview with Denny HERE

PRE-FIGHT INTERVIEW WITH SHORTY "THE PITBULL" WEIKEL

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"..I don't think he's as good as he thinks he is and I'm ready to prove it to him.

"Ground's my game, [but] I've been working on my hands and my hands are phenomenal now."

"Wrestling is great if we were in a wrestling match. We are not in a wrestling match. This is jiu-jitsu and MMA. Wrestling is all good and dandy for him, he may have been a state wrestling champion back in the day, but that does not help you when you step into the cage. You got to know what you're doing." 

"I think I'm going to knock him out on the feet.. I'm going to try and keep it standing with him, but if it goes to the ground I think its going to be a pretty quick ending for Denny.

Listen to the entire interview with Shorty HERE