On Saturday evening March 1st, 2008 look for history to be made once again at the Kick Down 48 "Fight On" when Louise Johnson makes her professional  MMA debut against Shalee Shannon. The Kick Down will make Colorado history when these two women are featured as the main event . The Kick Down long known for it's support of women in combat sports will once again showcase a main event where the female combatants will headline the show. Louise Johnson will turn professional after a successful amateur campaign in MMA where she captured the Women' s Bantamweight title in December 2007. Her opponent, Shalee Shannon, is a good striker and a muay thai stylist also making her professional debut. Brett Shafer will fight in the promotion once again where he will face Brian Cristina who returns after being absent for several months.

The Kick Down is known for the place to start in the rocky mountain region and move on to other fight promotions in other regions. The 48th show for the promotion will officially mark the beginning of their 7th year in operation which started in February 2002.  Prentice Ingram will challenge Lightweight Champion Jeff Brokx in modified muay thai and try to become the 2nd fighter in the promotions history to hold 2 different titles in two different styles of fighting. Ingram is the current Lightweight MMA Champ. An evening scheduled for up to 13 bouts will have fighters in just about every weight class and feature up to 2 Title fights.

Preliminary Fight Card

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