CES MMA 42 gets second title fight: champ Chris Curtis vs Wilfredo Santiago Jr.

CES MMA 42 event will have a championship doubleheader.

Officials today announced welterweight champion Chris Curtis (14-5) meets challenger Wilfredo Santiago Jr. (7-3) in the co-headliner.

CES MMA 42 takes place March 31 at Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I., and the main card airs on AXS TV. As announced on Tuesday, bantamweight champ Andre Soukhamthath (11-3) meets Todd Gravely (8-3) in the headliner.

Curtis won the title in January 2016 with a TKO win over Gil de Freitas. He then suffered a non-title loss to big-show vet Nah-Shon Burrell (who missed weight) before rebounding for a non-CES MMA victory over Leo Bercier in June 2016. The 29-year-old Ohio native and Team Quest fighter is now on a 4-1 run.

He meets Santiago Jr., who began his career in 2010 with a 3-3 pro start. However, he’s since scored four consecutive first-round stoppage victories, which included a recent 41-second knockout of former CES MMA champ Chuck O’Neil in November.

The latest CES MMA 42 card includes:

Champ Andre Soukhamthath vs. Todd Gravely – for bantamweight title

Champ Chris Curtis vs. Wilfredo Santiago – for welterweight title

Curtis title defense highlights stacked CES MMA 42 lineup

Ohio's Chris Curtis (14-5, 5 KOs), the reigning CES MMA World Lawrence, Mass, vet Wilfredo Santiago (7-3, 6 KOs) on Friday, March 31st, 2017 in or cagetix/ces by phone at 401-724-2253/2254 or at the Twin

CES MMA returns to historic North Shore April 15th

Similar to its North Shore debut in 2017, CES MMA will feature a mix of online at cesmma, nsmtorg, or cagetix/ces or by phone at Kicking off the spring tripleheader is “CES MMA 42” on AXS TV, featuring his title against Lawrence, Mass, vet Wilfredo Santiago (7-3, 6 KOs)

CES MMA 42 gets second title fight: champ Chris Curtis vs Wilfredo

CES MMA 42 gets second title fight: champ Chris Curtis vs Wilfredo He meets Santiago Jr, who began his career in 2010 with a 3-3 pro start

Champ Andre Soukhamthath headlines CES MMA 42 on March 31

CES MMA 42 takes place March 31 at Twin River Casino in Lincoln, RI, The 28-year-old, who's fought 13 times for CES MMA in 14 career

Andre Soukhamthath defends CES MMA bantamweight title in main

Chris Curtis: “I'm Going To Give Wilfredo Santiago Trouble”

Chris “The Action Man” Curtis defends his CES MMA welterweight title against challenger Wilfredo Santiago in the main event of CES 42 on March 31 better to defend your title than it did to win it the first time, or will it be the

CES MMA 41 results: Matt Bessette makes easy work of gritty Kevin

CES MMA featherweight champion Matt Bessette ate a punch or two from a challenger in Kevin Croom who didn't want to go quietly into the

CES MMA 39 results: Wilfredo Santiago Jr earns highlight-reel

CES MMA 39 results: Wilfredo Santiago Jr earns highlight-reel finish to Bermudez near-stoppages or Almeida's work in the gaps between

CES MMA 39 highlights: A big overhand right! Toehold! A liver-kick

If you like variety with your finishes, Friday's CES MMA 39 card likely Wilfredo Santiago Jr (7-3) scored a highlight-reel overhand hand on

CES MMA 41 set for January in Rhode Island, featherweight champ

Promotion officials today announced that CES MMA 41 takes place on that date, with featherweight champion Matt Bessette (20-7) facing Kevin

Matt Bessette defends title against Kevin Croom at CES MMA 41

Ex-champ Chuck O'Neil meets Wilfredo Santiago in CES MMA 39

Santiago, meanwhile, returns to CES MMA with a three-fight winning streak He most recently earned a TKO win over Nuri Shakir (19-22) at a

CES MMA 38 adds undefeated bantamweight Rico DiSciullo vs

The card for CES MMA's return to Connecticut continues to e together with the addition of a bantamweight bout between Rico DiSciullo and

For undefeated Barrett brothers, tonight's CES MMA 39 is next step

For undefeated Barrett brothers, tonight's CES MMA 39 is next step on “It's really not an issue or any different than spending all day training

CES MMA 37 video highlights with stoppage wins in all three title fights

The fans at CES MMA 37, whihc took place at Twin River Casino in Lincoln, RI, with a main card on AXS TV, got to see three stoppage wins in

CES MMA 38 set for Sept 23, includes UFC vets Levan Makashvili

CES MMA 38 set for Sept 23, includes UFC vets Levan Makashvili vs CES MMA will return to Connecticut next month, and its next card will

CES MMA 37 results: Andre Soukhamthath avenges 2014 loss

Andre Soukhamthath entered his bantamweight title defense with Kin Moy with something to prove After all, Moy defeated him by submission

Tragedy strikes Friday's CES MMA 37 event with fighter dead

“Everyone is very shaken up,” CES MMA rep Ed Kapp stated in an email to MMAjunkie “He was just 21 years old and was a joy to work with”

AXS TV re-ups with CES MMA in advance of 39th event

AXS TV will continue to be the home for CES MMA after the network headliner between UFC vet Chuck O'Neil and Wilfredo Santiago, Jr

CES MMA 34 results: Burrell beats champ Curtis in controversial

CES MMA 34 results: Burrell beats champ Curtis in controversial non-title bout but neither seriously threatened with knockout or submission

For CES MMA's Chuck O'Neil, pro wrestling or MMA seems an

O'Neil (16-8) now petes in CES MMA, where he won the welterweight title from fellow UFC veteran Ricardo Funch and defended it

CES MMA 37 slated for Aug 12 with championship triple-header on

Officials announced three title fights, two of which are for vacant belts, for the Aug 12 event, which airs on AXS TV from Twin River Casino in

Story image for CES MMA 42 Curtis vs Santiago from Pro MMA Now

Chris Curtis Predicts KO Over Wilfredo Santiago At CES 42

Before CES MMA World Welterweight Champion Chris Curtis defends his title against red-hot Wilfredo Santiago at CES 42 on March 31 at Twin

WSOF, Bellator vet Saul Almeida meets unbeaten Manny Bermudez

Next month's CES MMA event has a new fight ticketed for the card featuring a “I don't care who Saul is or what he's done,” Bermudez stated

Luis Felix vs Ryan Sanders title fight headlines CES MMA 36 on

Felix and Sanders first fought in January at CES MMA 32, and the non-title catchweight bout came to an abrupt end when Felix suffered a knee

CES MMA 38 video highlights: Sean Soriano's mistake leads to

CES MMA 38 took place at Twin River Casino in Lincoln, RI The giving him a pair of wins for CES MMA since his release from the UFC

CES MMA 38 results: Levan Makashvili taps out fellow UFC vet

In a battle of UFC veterans, Levan Makashvili used a big takedown in the second to lead to a submission of Sean Soriano in the CES MMA 38

Matt Bessette gets new opponent for CES MMA 37's championship

CES MMA 37, which features three title fights, takes place Aug 12 at Twin River Casino in Lincoln, RI, and the main card airs on AXS TV

Nah-Shon Burrell heavy, so CES MMA 34 fight with champ Chris

Friday's CES MMA 34 main event no longer will be a title fight thanks was set to challenger welterweight champion Chris Curtis (13-4) for the

UFC veteran Patrick Walsh returns to action against Carlos Zevallos

CES MMA 38 will take place Sept 23 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn The main card will air live on AXS TV Walsh (7-2)

CES MMA 38's Rico DiSciullo wants slow climb to UFC – starting

In an era when fighters sometimes appear in the UFC octagon for their first or second professional fights, Rico DiSciullo has a refreshing

CES MMA 33 highlights, including a crushing flying-knee finish

It was billed as a grudge match but wound up serving as a highlight-reel finish, as Andre Soukhamthath stopped Kody Nordby in the fifth round