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World Middleweight Championship Main Event:
Rawiri Manga (Champion) vs. Clifford Starks (Kaiwero)

World Welterweight Championship Co-Main Event:
Jon Fitch (Kaiwero) vs. João Zeferino (Kaiwero)

Ētahi atu:

Vinny Magalhaes vs. Jake Heun
Abu Azaitar vs. Danny Davis Jr.

Las Vegas (March 14, 2016) -World Series o te whawhai (WSOF.com) announced today that it will make its much-anticipated return to Las Vegas with a star-studded, taitara ao whakauru toi hōia (MMA) hui doubleheader i Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Rāhoroi, April 2, ora i runga i NBCSN (11 p.m. AND/8 p.m. PT), headlined by a middleweight (185 pauna) title bout between reigning kingpin Rawiri Manga (17-3) a Clifford Starks (13-2).

Utu i $29, tīkiti mō te WSOF30: Manga vs. Starks, E wātea ana hoki hoko online i WSOF.com me AXS.com.

I roto i te hui tahi-matua, superstar Jon Fitch (27-7-1, 1 NC) will collide with recent World Series of Fighting one-night, e waru-te tangata whakataetae kaikawe-ake João "Te Beresiria Samurai" Zeferino (20-7) with the vacant World Series of Fighting welterweight (170 pauna) championship at stake.

In other action on the four-fight, ora NBCSN telecast, tohunga tukunga Vinny "Pezao" Magalhaes (13-7) Ka Square atu ki Siaki "Ko te Honey Bear" Heun(9-4) i roto i te taumahamaha marama (205 pauna) whakataetae, i te Ao Series o Fighting roanga me te toi knockout Abu "Gladiator" Azaitar (11-1-1) ka maka iho ki Danny "Dee1" Davis, JR. (11-10-1) i te Welterweight.

The complete WSOF30 preliminary bout card will be announced soon.

Rawiri Manga vs. Clifford Starks

Ko te 6-waewae-1, 34-year-old Branch of Brooklyn, N.Y.. made history in his last start at WSOF23 on September 18, 2015 when he notched a first round (2:21) tāpaetanga (kowaowaotia iho muri-tahanga) wikitoria ki runga Teddy Holder to become the first World Series of Fighting light heavyweight champion in history as well as the first-ever two-division champion in promotional history.

A protégé of MMA and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu legend Renzo Gracie, Branch will seek his eighth consecutive win.

Ano 34 tau o te ao, the 5-foot-10 Starks of Tempe, Ariz. earned a shot at Branch’s middleweight title after three consecutive victories in the World Series of Fighting decagon cage. In his last effort at WSOF23, Starks handed Krasimir Mladenov the first defeat of the Bulgarian wrestling standout’s career by way of unanimous decision.

Starks is riding a five-fight win streak that began with two consecutive wins under the promotion of Bellator.

Jon Fitch vs. João Zeferino

A former world top 10 ranked competitor who has faced and defeated a collection of rival icons over the course of his 14-year professional career, te-waewae 6, 38-year-old Fitch of Fort Wayne, I roto i te. earned a unanimous decision in his last appearance, over fellow accomplished superstar Yushin Okami at WSOF24 on October 17, 2015.

Originally from Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, te 5-waewae-11, 30-year-old Zeferino who fights out of Middletown, N.Y.. has notched 15 o tona 20 mahi toa i te ara o te tāpaetanga. Zeferino demonstrated superior physical and mental toughness in his last appearance in the cage, going to battle three times in one night in the one-night, waru-tangata Kōmāmā (155 pauna) tournament at WSOF25 on November 20, 2015.

After defeating both Brian Foster a Jorge Patino by way of heel hook submission in the first round of action in the quarterfinal and semifinal stages of the tournament, aua, Zeferino again faced off with Foster, who had advanced to the championship stage as a “lucky loser,” but suffered a second round (4:51) KO (nifó) at the hands of Foster in a barnburner affair.

Vinny Magalhaes vs. Jake Heun

Magalhaes of Las Vegas via Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will make his second start under the promotion of World Series of Fighting after pulling off a stunning, tuatahi a tawhio noa (1:08) tāpaetanga (kneebar) of wrestling stylist Matt "Ko e Hammer" Hamill at WSOF24.

He 6-waewae-3, 31-year-old world grappling champion, Magalhaes has claimed 11 o tona 13 career MMA wins by way of submission and is looking for his fourth consecutive victory.

Heun of Coconut Creek, Fla. is seeking his third straight win after edging out a split decision over Clinton Williams i WSOF26 i runga i Hakihea 18, 2015.

A member of South Florida-based American Top Team, te 6-waewae-2, 28-year old Heun has claimed 6 o tona 9 professional wins by way of (T)KO tukunga ranei.

Abu Azaitar vs. Danny Davis, JR.

The number one ranked middleweight (185 pauna) in Germany and the number five ranked middleweight in Poland, te 5-waewae-11, 30-year-old Azaitar of Cologne, Germany will enter the World Series of Fighting decagon cage for the first time at 170 pauna, after tearing through the ranks of competitors in Europe over the last seven years.

Ki te rā, the heavy-handed Azaitar has notched 7 o tona 11 toa mahi i te ara o te (T)KO. His lone defeat came in 2012, and he has since remained unbeaten in his last 8 tīmata.

Davis, JR. of Las Vegas will look to rebound from two consecutive losses – a split decision defeat at the hands of Matthew Frincu at WSOF23, and a unanimous decision loss to Abubakar Nurmagomedov at WSOF26.

Prior to the matchup with Frincu, te 6-waewae-2, 33-Davis tau-tau, JR. had run to five straight wins, three of which were World Series of Fighting contests.