Diego Saraiva to defend his belt at Palace Fighting Championship May 8

Originally posted by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Apr 30, 2008 at 12:19 pm ET

The California-based Palace Fighting Championship returns June 8 at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, Calif., and four championship belts will be on the line.

"PFC8" features lightweight, middleweight, featherweight and interim bantamweight title fights, including a main event of lightweight champion and UFC veteran Diego Saraiva (11-6-1) vs. Brian Cobb (11-4).

Saraiva, who also recently won the American Fight League's lightweight title, will go for his third straight victory since a 0-3 skid in the UFC. He meets Cobb, a Gladiator Challenge and EliteXC vet who's riding a five-fight win streak.

In other action, WEC veteran and PFC middleweight champ Kenny Ento (9-3) meets undefeated Nate Loughran (7-0), who's earned stoppages in all seven of his career victories, including six in the first round.

PFC featherweight title-holder Art Arciniega (6-1) will go for his fifth straight win when he takes on challenger Jorge Evangelista (6-2-1).

Additionally, former PFC title-holder Shawn Klarcyk (7-2) and Jason Georgianna (7-2) will meet for the PFC interim bantamweight belt. Current title-holder Rolando Velasco (5-0), who defeated Klarcyk for his belt in January, was forced to pull out of the event with an injury. He was slated to meet Klarcyk in a rematch.

"We mainly kept the fight... (due to) the fact that [Klarcyk] has been training hard,” stated PFC President Christian Printup, referencing the interim bout. "This is the right thing to do. They'll fight it out in an interim bout, but that doesn't make them the champion. They have to get through Rolando Velasco first. I think this is going to be good fight. Both guys are tough guys."

The full card includes:

Champ Diego Saraiva vs. Brian Cobb (for PFC lightweight title)
Champ Kenny Ento vs. Nate Loughran (for PFC middleweight title)
Champ Art Arciniega vs. Jorge Evangelista (for PFC featherweight title)
Shawn Klarcyk vs. Jason Georgianna (for interim PFC bantamweight title)
Sergio Cortez vs. Poppies Martinez
Devin Cole vs. Vince Lucero
Rafael Del Real vs. Lodune Sincaid
Dustin Akbari vs. Cody Canterbury
Joseph Benavidez vs. Maurice Eazel
Thonglor Armatsena vs. Noah Shinable
Casey Olson vs. Sergio Quinones
Olaf Alfonso vs. Matt Doyle