Samurai Fighting Championship 8 - all you need to know

Samurai Fighting Championship 8 is live at Ebbw Vale Sports Arena on Saturday, 28 March as some of the brightest amateur and professional talent from the United Kingdom showcase their skills. It is the eighth show under the SFC brand since its inception in October 2023, but the promotion has gone under other names and guises for more than a decade. All the main card bouts will be shown on BBC iPlayer.

Former UFC star Brett Johns is on co-commentary alongside Joe Robbins, while the event is MC'd by Stella actor Justin Davies. Who is on the card? Welterweight Ioan Harris will be fighting David Round in the main event.

Harris won the 2022 International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) European Championship while finishing his masters degree in mathematics. Harris is coming off a defeat by unbeaten George Staines at Cage Warriors 199 in December, but will look to bounce back against Round. Fellow Welshman Round is a veteran of 45 professional fights, more recently competing in bare knuckle boxing.

Joe Orrey takes on Ash Williams in a featherweight clash, while Tallon Jones will make his professional debut against Uganda's Jordan Galabuzi, who fights out of Ireland, in a bantamweight clash. There are also four SFC amateur titles up for grab on the main card. Welsh duo Louie Murphy and Malakai Gough will meet for the SFC Featherweight Championship and Wales' Rhys Evans takes on Greece's Michail Papadopoulos for the lightweight title.