KOTC 33: Battle of the Joes'

 Camacho vs. Stevenson

February 20, 2004

Soboba Casino

San Jacinto, CA 

It's been confirmed, Joe Camacho will fight Joe Stevenson for the lightweight title on February 20th

at King of the Cage 33. It will air on Pay-Per-View on February 29th. 

This will be the long awaited rematch between the two from their 1998 bout at (Pre-KOTC) Inland Empire

Classic promoted by KOTC promoter Terry Trebilcock. In that bout, It was Camacho's debut in MMA and

Stevenson took it to him as Camacho's nerves got the best of him and Stevenson caught him in a triangle

choke.

Camacho has wanted a rematch ever since and was originally scheduled to fight Juliano Prado on this

card but Prado backed out which moved Camacho into the number one lightweight contender position.

Stevenson was originally scheduled to fight Marcus Aurelio on the card.

Preliminary Line-up:

Lightweight Title Bout

Champ Joe Stevenson vs. Joe Camacho

Bantamweight Title Bout (vacant?)

Dave Rivas vs. Bobby Gamboa

Heavyweight Bout

Larry "The Landlord" Landless vs. TBA

Lightweight Bout

Charles "Krazy Horse" Bennett vs. Shad Smith

(1/15/04)