Starting in January, Legacy Fighting Championship will take a shot at pro kickboxing.

The MMA promotion is planning its first kickboxing event for Jan. 16, promoter Mick Maynard told MMAjunkie. Already, several veteran muay Thai fighters and kickboxers have been signed and booked for fights.

Legacy’s debut kickboxing event will take place at Bayou Music Center in Houston, and a live broadcast will take place on AXS TV, the same cable network that hosts the promotion’s MMA shows.

Already booked for the card is 135-pounder Valentina Shevchenko, who has a 51-1 record in muay Thai and kickboxing, and also dabbles in boxing and MMA, where she has a 3-1 record. She’ll fight fellow kickboxing veteran Lindsay Haycraft (25-12) on the card.

Maynard said Shevchenko then is expected to make her Legacy MMA debut within two months after her Legacy kickboxing debut.

In addition to that fight, dual MMA and kickboxing veteran Cosmo Alexandre (42-15), who has won six straight in MMA, will meet Regian Eersel (26-2), and Michael Corley (18-11) takes on Marco Pique (60-38).

Legacy will continue to hold MMA events, of course. Its next card takes place next week in Tulsa. Legacy FC 35 is headlined by a light heavyweight title fight between Myron Dennis and Leonardo Leite.

For more on Legacy’s upcoming schedule, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.