Why a restaurant owner and news personality are fighting at an MMA event

The Cajun Executioner is one of the signature pies found at Dean-O's Pizza.

It could also serve as a nickname for the restaurant's owner, Tim Metcalf, as he prepares to take on a local news personality in a mixed martial arts exhibition.

The unlikely match between Metcalf and KLFY's Bob Moore will happen Saturday during the World Fighting Championships 86 at Cypress Bayou Casino in Charenton.

Metcalf and Moore, both in their 50s, share a passion for watching mixed martial arts fights. Now, they'll experience one firsthand.

They have spent the past several weeks training rigorously at the I Love Kickboxing gym.

They'll spend the next few days refining their smack talk.

"By the time Saturday is over, Tim Metcalf is going to be regulated to just delivering pizza," Moore said with a laugh. "It’s going to be the only employment he’ll be able to find."

The match is all in good fun because both fighters are donating their ticket proceeds to the Acadiana chapter of Susan G. Komen.

WFC will match each fighter's donation to the breast cancer organization.

"Tim approached me with the idea and I have to give props to both guys for putting it all on the line for such a great cause," said WFC President Matt McGovern. "May 12th is going to be a special night because of these two guys."

Metcalf, who turns 56 this month, hasn't been in a fight for more than 25 years. He practiced the Korean marital art Taekwondo when he was younger.

Metcalf has lost 38 pounds in just eight weeks in preparation for the fight.

"I'm going to eat everything I see and relax and not train on Mother's Day," he said. "I like the way I feel, so I'm going to start on my diet and training again on Monday, but Sunday's going to be all about making the biggest pizza I can fit in my oven."

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Moore, 53, has never practiced martial arts but is a competitive bodybuilder.

He has also been training for a bodybuilding competition, so he hasn't lost weight in preparation for Saturday's match. Moore has, however, had to learn the ins and outs of martial arts.

"How in the heck did I get involved in this?" he said. "I'm still asking myself that question."

Here's a soundtrack idea for Saturday's match: a mashup of the jingles from Dean-O's Pizza, Passe Partout and Cypress Bayou Casino.

Can't hear it?

That's the rhythmic "You've got to go to Dean-O's to get a Dean-O's pizza" jingle mashed with the jazzy "Fun and friendly, loose and easy" Cypress Bayou Casino jingle mashed with the more melodic "Hello, Acadiana" intro.

The song would sound something like this:

"You've got to go to Cypress Bayou Casino, Acadiana."

In addition to the kickboxing exhibition, WFC 86 will feature matches between some of the best fighters in the South.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and the first bell starts at 7 p.m. Saturday at The Pavilion inside of Cypress Bayou Casino in Charenton.

Tickets start at $30. Get yours at Planet Nutrition, 4660 Johnston St.

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