in early 2008, cheek fought for the miami force in the world combat league and, on june 20, 2008, faced patrice quarteron for the vacant ikf world super heavyweight (+106.8 kg/235 lb) muay thai title in montego bay, jamaica. he was sent to the canvas early with a flurry of punches and elbows. after beating the count, he was dropped with a low kick, which also caused quarteron to fall over. as both fighters fell to the canvas, quarteron's knee landed on cheek's head, seemingly knocking him unconscious.