The AFL announced today that current American Fight League lightweight champion, Diego Saraiva, will defend his title in the main event of AFL “Bulletproof” against HooknShoot vet Josh Cate.

The event, which takes place on May 30th, will be the first ever mixed martial arts show to be held at Atlanta’s historical Phillips Arena.

A second title bout was also announced between Marine, George Lockhart, and George Allen, a more experienced fighter with over 25 fights to his name. The two will battle it out for the first ever AFL middleweight belt.

26 year old Diego Saraiva hails from Atlanta, GA and possesses an extremely sound jiu-jitsu game. With a record of 11-6-1, Saraiva has captured 10 of his 11 wins via submission and has never been stopped in a fight. He recently defeated Joe Ammerman at AFL “Eruption” in March to become the lightweight champion. Diego had a brief stint in the UFC, unfortunately ending up 0-3, after fighting some stiff competition including Jorge Gurgel.

Saraiva’s opponent, Josh Cate, is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Hermes Franca who has competed mainly under the HooknShoot promotion. Diego claims that Cate’s 5-6 record is misleading and says that Josh is a phenomenal athlete who has really improved since the beginning of his career.

Cate was absent from MMA competition from 1999 until his return in 2006 when he was defeated by Brent Weedman at HooknShoot Live via knockout. He has not competed since that match and will definitely have to brush off the ring rust if he expects to take out the champ later this month.

The AFL has recently been on the prowl for new talent and should announce some new additions in the weeks to come. Stay tuned for more updates on the “Bulletproof” fight card.