Shark Fights 15: Villaseñor vs Camozzi is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to held by Shark Fights on Friday, May 27, 2011 at Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
Official fight card
Main card
Middleweight bout: United States Chris Camozzi vs. United States Joey Villaseñor
Middleweight bout: United States Dave Branch vs. United States Jeremy May
Bantamweight bout: United States Jared Downing vs. United States Bobby Huron
Middleweight bout: United States Kyle Bracey vs. United States Artenas Young
Featherweight bout: United States Timothy Snyder vs. United States Frank Gomez
Light Heavyweight bout: United States Lionel Lanham vs. TBA
Preliminary Card
Lightweight bout: United States Robbie Guiterrez vs. United States Russell Wilson
Featherweight bout: United States Kasey Yates vs. United States Fredrico Crosby
Middleweight bout: United States Adam Gonzales vs. United States Zac Hynes
Lightweight bout: United States Edgar Lopez vs. United States Eric Baca
Lightweight bout: United States Armando Mendiblez vs. United States Randy Sanchez
Background
Headlining the event will be UFC veteran Chris Camozzi and Strikeforce veteran Joey Villaseñor. This event will be the first of many Shark Fight events that will be held outside of their home state of Texas.
Camozzi was a cast member on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz. He left the show early due to injury and recently was released from the UFC despite a 2-1 run in the organization. The Colorado-based fighter posted a four-fight win streak, which included UFC wins over James Hammortree and Dongi Yang, but was released following a submission loss to Kyle Noke at UFC 127 in February.
Villaseñor has competed for notable organizations such as King of the Cage, EliteXC, and Strikeforce. He recently suffered a decision loss to Danillo Villefort at Shark Fights 13, which followed a Strikeforce defeat to Ronaldo Souza. The decision losses ended his four-fight win streak, which included wins over notables Riki Fukuda, Ryan Jensen, Phil Baroni and Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos.
Broadcast details have not been announced for the show, though past events have aired on HDNet, pay-per-view and online streams.
It is unlikely that the event will air live on HDNet due to a scheduling conflict with Titan Fighting Championships 18, set to broadcast the same evening.