The American Fight League announced today that they will be heading to Atlanta, GA for their next show which will be titled "Bulletproof".

Presenting the show with Bullet Fight Gear, the AFL will be the first mixed martial arts promotion ever allowed to use Phillips Arena as the venue for their event. Phillips Arena, home of the Atlanta Thrashers and Atlanta Hawks, holds a capacity crowd of 21,000 people.

Previous MMA organizations have been turned down by the Atlanta based venue.

"It’s an amazing opportunity for the AFL," AFL Chief Executive Officer BJ Santiago stated. "I know that other MMA organizations — big ones — were turned down, so we feel especially grateful to the folks at Phillips Arena for allowing us in."

The AFL has been busy signing new talent as of late including "The Ultimate Fighter 2" cast member and UFC vet, Dan Christison. Christison along with WEC and IFO veteran, Chilo Gonzalez were signed to long term deals earlier this week. They joined a growing list of top fighters in the AFL roster which includes brothers Rafael and Junior Assuncao, current AFL lightweight champ Diego Saraiva, and Douglas Lima.

With this being the first time an MMA event has been held at Phillips, we can expect to see some prime Atlanta based MMA talent making it’s way onto the May 30 "Bulletproof" fight card.

"We have athletes in our organization that are from that area and would give up a body part to get to fight in Phillips Arena," AFL Marketing Director Sean McClure stated. "It’s one of those arenas that you dream of competing in when you are a kid."

The full fight card for this event is expected to be announced soon. For updated info on this card as well as other major MMA fight cards visit our MMA Events page. Stand by for more breaking MMA news!