Vitale (27-9) is coming off a first round submission victory over UFC veteran Kalib Starnes, which took place at X-1’s “Champions” event in March. The veteran is 3-2 in his last five fights, with losses coming against notable opposition in Frank Trigg and Trevor Prangley.
Hose (7-3) hasn’t competed since last April, when he was tapped out by Jason “Mayhem” Miller while competing on a Kingdom MMA event. The Elite XC veteran is 3-2 in his last five fights and has a TKO win over veteran Phil Baroni during that stretch.
Here is the confirmed line-up for the September 11th X-1 “Heroes” event:
Main Event: 185 lb. World MMA Championship:
Falaniko Vitale* vs. Kala “Kolohe” Hose
*Champion
Light Heavyweight Tournament (second round):
Poai Suganuma vs. Vitaly Shemetov
Sang Soo Lee vs. Roy Boughton
145 lb. World MMA Championship:
Ricky Wallace vs. Alvin Cacdac
135 lb. World MMA Championship:
Bryson Hanson* vs. Russell Doane
155 lbs. – Max “Lil’ Evil” Halloway vs. Duke Saragosa
135 lbs. – Raquel Paaluhi vs. Colleen Schnider
135 lbs. – Eddie Perrell vs. Mark Tajon (State Title Match)
170 lbs. – Anthony Torres vs. Thomas Sedeno
145 lbs. – Dustin Kimura vs. Chris Williams
185 lbs. – Collin Mansanas vs. Caleb Price
135 lbs. – Van Shiroma vs. Timothy Meeks