TEDDY HOLDER VS. SHAMIL GAMZATOV
ELEVATED TO MAIN EVENT STATUS

LAS VEGAS (જાન્યુઆરી 12, 2016) –A re-injury of his hip has forced માઇક "આ માર્ટિન" રિક્કી to withdraw from his scheduled World Series of Fighting (WSOF.com) main event bout with Caros "ભવિષ્યમાં" Fodor (10-4), who will now face streaking Blackzilians ace Luiz “Buscape” Firmino (18-6) under co-main event status at WSOF27, પર NBCSN પર રહે છે 10 વાગ્યાની. ET / 7 વાગ્યાની. PT from the FedExForum in Memphis, ટેનેસી. શનિવારે, જાન્યુ. 23.

Originally billed as the co-main event, the light heavyweight (205 પાઉન્ડ) contest between heavy-handed finisher ટેડી ધારક (9-2) બાર્ટલેટ, ટેનેસી. અને અપરાજિત Shamil Gamzatov (9-0) મખાચકાલા ના, Russia has been elevated to the main event.

“Our entire team wishes Mike Ricci a full and speedy recovery, and hopes to see him return soon,"લડાઈ પ્રમુખ વર્લ્ડ સિરીઝ ઓફ જણાવ્યું હતું કે પિતા ચીફ્સ.

“Luiz Firmino, no stranger to our decagon cage,"ચાલુ રાખ્યું ચીફ્સ, “is truly a courageous warrior for stepping up on such short notice to compete against a fellow star like Caros Fodor. We commend Luiz for doing so and look forward to seeing him back in action.”

The 33-year-old Firmino of Joao Pessoa, પેરાઇબા, Brazil is riding a five-fight win streak. His last two victories – a unanimous decision over Jacob Volkmann ઓક્ટોબર પર 26, 2013 અને સર્વસંમત નિર્ણય પર Tyson Griffin જૂન પર 21, 2014, both came under the World Series of Fighting banner.

Prior to the victory over Volkmann, Firmino earned an impressive, five-round unanimous decision over લુઈસ "Baboon" Palomino, who has since gone on to challenge reigning, અપરાજિત ચેમ્પિયન જસ્ટિન "ધ હાઇલાઇટ" Gaethje twice for the World Series of Fighting lightweight title.

A veteran of professional MMA since the young age of 18, Firmino also boasts notable wins over prolific striker “Diamond” Ryan Healy અને સબમિશન નિષ્ણાતToby Imada, both of whom Firmino defeated by way of unanimous decision.

Tickets for WSOF27 start at just $39.99, and are on sale at WSOF.com, બધા ટિકિટમાસ્ટરના સ્થાનો, ticketmaster.com, the FedExForum Box Office, અથવા ઓછામાં ફોન દ્વારા (800) 745-3000.

A three-bout preliminary card will stream live on an embeddable video player on WSOF.com, શરૂ 8 વાગ્યાની. અને / 5 વાગ્યાની. પી.ટી..

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MAIN કાર્ડ

પ્રકાશ હેવીવેઇટ મુખ્ય ઇવેન્ટ: Teddy Holder vs. Shamil Gamzatov
હલકો કો મુખ્ય ઇવેન્ટ: Caros Fodor vs. Luiz Firmino
વેલ્ટરવેઇટ વારો: Jaleel Willis vs. Chauncey Foxworth
વજનમાં તદ્દન હલકી વ્યક્તિ વારો: Jorge Medina vs. Bryce Mitchell

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હલકો: Alvin Williams vs. Wes Sharp