Prokick kingpin Gary Hamilton said “Mark is a great new talent, I spar with him regularly and if he stays focused and trains hard he could be a champion of the future.”

Saintfield’s Stuart Jess is back an action too as he also travels with Bird to the English capital. This time Jess will compete in the Thai style low leg kick division - this will be Stuart’s first competitive match since he won the super welterweight European title back in June last year against Germany’s Marcel Tratnik.

Mark Bird lands a high kick at his last bout in AberdeenThe two fighters will fight on the undercard to Riyadh Al Azzawi an Iraqi born British kickboxer who will face Poland’s world champion Tomasz Borowiec in a top of the bill clash.

The event will be broadcast for television in the UK and will air in the Middle-east. Special guest at the event will be Mr Lennox Lewis - Former undisputed super Heavyweight boxing world champion. Check back here at Prokick.com for fight results