Fresh off his first-round knockout of East Palo Alto’s Nikko
Jackson last month, Hollister’s Cris Barber will square off against
Santa Maria’s Eric Prado in the main event of Central Coast
Throwdown presents Unfinished Business on Oct. 16, Main Street
Kickboxing instructor Danny Kelly confirmed earlier this week.
HOLLISTER
Fresh off his first-round knockout of East Palo Alto’s Nikko Jackson last month, Hollister’s Cris Barber will square off against Santa Maria’s Eric Prado in the main event of Central Coast Throwdown presents Unfinished Business on Oct. 16, Main Street Kickboxing instructor Danny Kelly confirmed earlier this week.
The mixed martial arts event will be held at Palma High School, located at 919 Iverson Street in Salinas. The event is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.
Palma High was the site of Central Coast Throwdown presents War on July 24, where Barber, who trains at Main Street Kickboxing, improved to 3-0 by defeating Jackson just 43 seconds into the first round.
Prado improved to 3-0 as well that night, delivering a technical knockout against Watsonville’s Mike Ellis.
“I’m not nervous,” Barber said of his upcoming bout with Prado. With October’s MMA fight being the first main event for Barber, though, the 19-year-old Hollister middleweight added, “I feel like I’ve got to go do something.”
Main Street Kickboxing’s Justin Bronson is also scheduled to fight against San Jose’s Steven Dickey on Oct. 16, Kelly said.
Bronson, 25, made his MMA debut during the July 24 event, where he defeated Soledad’s Fabian Lopez (0-1) by technical knockout in the first round.
Dickey will enter with more experience, though. The San Jose heavyweight has a 3-1 record, and won his July 24 match by unanimous decision against Fatai Bailala of East Palo Alto.
“It’ll be a big step up for a second fight,” Kelly said of Bronson, who previously wrestled at the University of Minnesota.
“But he’s such a quick learner and is very coachable, and a lot of it has to do with him wrestling at Minnesota, being such a high-caliber program.”
