The match is made at 67kg and Sofiane Taib, fights out of Team Ezbiri (Lyon France) and has a 7 fights record.

Negotiations were successful to have Bird on Jerome Le Banners first promoted WKN event, this was made possible by Swiss promoter Carl Emery a long time friend to ProKick's Billy Murray.

Headlining the event is Belarusian world champion Dmitry Valent defending his title against Frenchman Yohan Lidon