Joe Doerksen will be in the main event of a local MMA promotion in Calgary:

UFC and WEC veteran Joe Doerksen will be headlining an upcoming event titled “Venom at the Snake Pit” which is scheduled to take place on August 29th at Foothills Stadium, home of the Golden Baseball League’s Calgary Vipers.

Doerksen will take on Midwestern prospect John Meyer in the show’s main event. Additional fighters listed as competing on the card include Hardcore Championship Fighting veteran Todd Gouwenberg, who will face Jacob MacDonald and Glenn Kulka, a former professional wrestler and CFL football player who was victorious in his pro MMA debut last month. Kukla will be taking on Buddy Dixon.

Tickets start at $25 and are available through Ticketmaster for those interested in attending. The gates will open at 6:00 PM MT and the show will start promptly one hour later. A total of 11 fights are expected to take place.