FAIRFIELD, Ohio -- Kerry Schall has had more than his share of bad breaks in the sport of mixed martial arts.

Better known as the "Meat Truck," in the last couple of years he has...

• Fell through ring ropes, suffering a broken vertebrae in his back.


• Had a year-long battle with a skin disease he got from an opponent.


• Fell down stairs and knocked himself out shortly before he was to fight.


• Add shoulder surgery, a torn ACL, a broken foot... and food poisoning.

On Friday, March 19th, Schall will try to get things back on track when he fights Chris Herring in the main event of ICE 8: Return of the Heavyweights.

The event is being held at Tori's Station. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., first bout at 8 p.m.

"Kerry has had the kind of bad luck that makes you think twice... sometimes three times about getting on a plane with him," said manager Monte Cox. "Seriously, it has been just one thing after another... and nobody is more frustrated than he is about it."

Schall, 6-foot-2 and 275 pounds, has a decent 17-6 record with two of his losses coming to notables Fedor Emelianenko and Bobby Hoffman (in overtime). He has won five of his last six bouts and hopes that 2004 will be his comeback year.

In addition to the main event, the 19-bout card will include a couple of interesting matchups: Sluggers Ron Fields and Houston Alexander; jiu-jitsu standouts Michael Patt and Justin Ellison; and heavyweights John Murphy and Maurice Walker.

"There are a lot of really good fights on this one," Cox said. "We knew after the last show (which featured Jeremy Horn), we had to follow up with something just as good or better. We've added like five or six more fights and have a lot of solid matchups."

Metropolis, the site of the last event, will be the host of the after-fight party. The show can no longer be held there due to construction to the building.

For tickets, contact Kerry Schall at 513 290-3259.

Main Event
Chris Herring vs. Kerry Schall

Feature bouts
Houston Alexander vs. Ron Fields
Justin Ellison vs. Michael Patt
John Murphy vs. Maurice Walker
Trevor Garrett vs. Neal Rowe
Sal Agrusa vs. John Paun
Jim Bova vs. Lenny Plaza

Regular card
Josh Souder vs. Dave Hayes
Shawn Coffman vs. Charles Trice
Gerald Pierson vs. Brian Klonowski
John Moore vs. Bryan Herring
Ricky Hutchins vs. Ricky Borders
Brian Paul vs. Ryan Rinsheid
Nathan Fitch vs. Josh Pelfrey
Dan Swift vs. Jake Burriola
Clay Coffman vs. Josh Strange
Brian Richardson vs. Thomas Zapf
TBA vs. Shaun Strange
TBA vs. Jeff Walcott