The latest match announcement for Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport will see a pairing of NXT and Stardom performers.
NXT’s Karmen Petrovic is set to face Stardom’s Maika on the April 17 event in Las Vegas in a first-time meeting.
Petrovic (Monika Klisara) began training in karate at the age of five and ascended to become a member of the Canadian national karate team. She became a three-time gold medalist at the Fonseca Cup, a Kubota World Cup gold medalist, and placed fifth at the Pan-Am Games.
She was signed by WWE in 2022 and first appeared on NXT Level Up in July 2023. In NXT, she has been part of an ongoing story with Ashante Thee Adonis as her love interest.
Maika, 27, has been wrestling for six years and joined Stardom as a member of Donna Del Mondo.
She won the World of Stardom title at Dream Queendom in December 2023 and held the title for seven months and won the Stardom Five Star Grand Prix last year.
Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIII will stream on TrillerTV+ on Thursday, April 17 at 11 p.m. ET.
Updated card:
*Natalya vs. Miyu Yamashita
*Shinya Aoki vs. Charlie Dempsey
*Pete Dunne vs. Timothy Thatcher
*Leyla Hirsch vs. Jordan Blade
*Maika vs. Karmen Petrovic
