Glendale’s Khashakyan set to defend CXF title Saturday night

In search of another knockout and the first defense of his California Xtreme Fighting bantamweight championship, Alfred Khashakyan will return to mixed martial arts action on Saturday night at CXF: Proving Grounds.

The Glendale High product will defend his 135-pound title against Anthony Perales at the Lights Out Promotions/Bash Boxing event at the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City.

Khashakyan (6-2), who trains at the Glendale Fighting Club, has claimed all six of his career victories via knockout, including his first-round stoppage of Andrew Natividad for the vacant title at the Sportsmen’s Lodge on April 22.

In contrast, Peres (5-2) has won all five of his bouts via submission and is riding a three-fight winning streak, though he has not fought since June of 2013.

Elsewhere on the card, Curtis Millender (8-3), a Bellator veteran, will face Casey Greene (4-1) in what is likely to be a stand-up showdown for the CXF welterweight title, while the CXF lightweight championship is up for grabs between Dominick Clark (8-6) and Emilio Chavez (11-7).

Glendale’s Tigran Grigoryan (0-1) is scheduled to fight Eric Johnson (0-2), as well, while Southern California favorite Rob Gooch (3-3) and CXF middleweight titlist Moses Murrieta (3-0) are also slated to compete in separate bouts.

Tickets are available at www.valleyfightnight.com. Doors are set to open at 6:30 p.m. with first bout tenatively scheduled for 7 p.m. All bouts are subject to change.

Fans unable to attend Saturday’s event can watch it for $9.99 on FITE TV. For more information on the live stream, visit www.FITE.tv.