TEDDY HOLDER VS. SHAMIL GAMZATOV
ELEVATED TO MAIN EVENT STATUS
ЛАС ВЕГАС (Јануар 12, 2016) –A re-injury of his hip has forced Мике "Тхе Марсовац" Ричи to withdraw from his scheduled World Series of Fighting (ВСОФ.цом) main event bout with Царос "Будућност" Фодор (10-4), who will now face streaking Blackzilians ace Луиз "Бусцапе" Фирмино (18-6) under co-main event status at WSOF27, живе на НБЦСН у 10 п.м. ЕТ / 7 п.м. ПТ из ФедЕкФорума у Мемпхису, Тенн. у суботу, Јан. 23.
Originally billed as the co-main event, the light heavyweight (205 фунти) contest between heavy-handed finisher Теди држач (9-2) од Бартлетт, Тенн. и непоражен Схамил Гамзатов (9-0) од Махачкала, 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,", Рекао је Ворлд Сериес оф Фигхтинг председника Фатхер Чифс.
“Luiz Firmino, no stranger to our decagon cage,"Наставак Челници, “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, Параиба, Brazil is riding a five-fight win streak. His last two victories – a unanimous decision over Jacob Volkmann октобар 26, 2013 и једногласна одлука у Tyson Griffin он Јуне 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 Луис "Бабоон" Паломино, who has since gone on to challenge reigning, непоражен шампион Џастин "Хигхлигхт" Гаетхје 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 и подношење стручњакToby Imada, обоје whom Firmino defeated by way of unanimous decision.
Tickets for WSOF27 start at just $39.99, and are on sale at WSOF.com, све Тицкетмастер локације, тицкетмастер.цом, the FedExForum Box Office, или на број телефона (800) 745-3000.
A three-bout preliminary card will stream live on an embeddable video player on WSOF.com, са почетком у 8 п.м. ДР / 5 п.м. ПТ.
За више информација, посета fedexforum.com, ‘like’ FedExForum on Facebook or follow on Twitter (@FedExForum).
ГЛАВНИ КАРТИЦА
Главни догађај у полутешкој категорији: Teddy Holder vs. Схамил Гамзатов
Лаган Ко Маин Евент: Caros Fodor vs. Луиз Фирмино
Велтервеигхт Боут: Jaleel Willis vs. Цхаунцеи Фоквортх
Феатхервеигхт Боут: Jorge Medina vs. Bryce Mitchell
ПРЕТХОДНИ КАРТИЦА
Велтер категорија: Justin Hartley vs. Wade Johnson
Лак: Zach Underwood vs. Jason Williams
Лак: Alvin Williams vs. Wes Sharp |
