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WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING ANNOUNCES SEVEN-BOUT PRELIMINARY CARD FOR WSOF33: GAETHJE VU. DUGULUBGOV MEGA-EVENT IN KANSAS CITY ON FRIDAY, Oct. 7

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Undercard headlined by much-anticipated rematch
between bantamweight stars Chris Gutierrez and Timur Valiev

Live, three-hour NBCSN telecast begins at 11 p.m. AND
Preliminary bout card to stream live on WSOF.com at 8 p.m. AND

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Las Vegas (E whitu. 1, 2016) - World Series o te whawhai (www.WSOF.com) has announced a stellar and complete, seven-fight preliminary bout card, headlined by a much-anticipated rematch between rival bantamweight (135 pauna) whetu Chris “El Guapo” Gutierrez (9-1-1) a Timur "Lucky" Valiev (10-2), for the star-studded, WSOF33: Gaethje vs. Dugulubgov world championship doubleheader extravaganza at Kansas City Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Koe. i runga i Rāmere, Oketopa. 7, ora i runga i NBCSN i 11 p.m. AND/8 p.m. PT.

The preliminary bout card will stream live, i roto i te taatoaraa, i runga i te kaitākaro ataata embeddable i runga i WSOF.com, timata i 8 p.m. AND/5 p.m. PT, immediately before the unprecedented, three-hour telecast of the six-fight main card that will be headlined by a world lightweight (155 pauna) title fight between reigning, toa tūturu Justin "Ko e Miramirahia" Gaethje (16-0) o Safford, Ariz. and number one contender Ozzy Dugulubgov (8-2) o New York, N.Y..

Utu i $20, tickets for WSOF33: Gaethje vs. Dugulubgov go on saleapopo, Rāmere, E whitu 2 at the Kansas City Municipal Auditorium box office as well as online at Ticketmaster.com and WSOF.com.

The rematch between the 5-foot-9, 25-year-old Gutierrez of Greenville, Texas and the 5-foot-6, 26-year-old Valiev of Albuquerque, N.M. via Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia will unfold less than eight months after the two went to war in a see-saw battle for three full rounds in Garden Grove, Calif. i runga i February 20.

After the closing bell, Gutierrez, walked away with a controversial, split decision, leaving unfinished business between the two prolific athletes.

Leading off the undercard, undefeated submission ace Bryce “Thug Nasty” Mitchell (6-0) will face off with fellow rising star and knockout artist Brandon Phillips (6-1) i roto i te mā (145 pauna) matchup.

One of MMA’s hottest prospects, the ferocious, 5-foot-9, 21-year-old Mitchell of Searcy, Ark. has notched all six of his professional wins to date via submission in the first round of action. He made his promotional debut at WSOF27 in Memphis, Tenn. i runga i January 23, mutunga Jorge Medina with a rear-naked choke at the 1:02 tohu o te rauna whakatuwhera.

Phillips of Oklahoma City, Okla. is a hard-hitting striker who has earned four of his six professional career wins, ko te kupu tenei i tawhiti, by way of (T)KO. The 5-foot-6, 26-year-old is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Chuka Willis i Bellator 159 i runga i Hōngongoi 22.

Elsewhere on the WSOF33 preliminary card, ao-runga Hehe Brock (22-8) will make his World Series of Fighting debut opposite dangerous finisher Bekbulat Magomedov (16-1) i roto i te whā (135 pauna) mau.

I roto i tona timatanga whakamutunga, the 5-foot-4, 34-year-old Brock of Boise, Idaho notched his sixth consecutive victory, forcing Olly Bradstreet to tap out from a rear-naked choke in the third round (3:57) of their bout at Bellator 155 i runga i Kia 20.

The 5-foot-8, 25-year-old Magomedov of Makhachkala, Dagestan will look to rebound from his sole loss to date, a split decision to Josh Hill, at WSOF26 on Hakihea 18. Prior to the fight, Magomedov had gone unbeaten since his professional debut in 2011.

Abu "Gladiator" Azaitar (12-1-1, 1 NC) of Cologne, Germany will square off with “Mad” Mike Arrant (15-11) of Las Vegas in a welterweight (170 pauna) honga.

In a second welterweight matchup, Magomed Magomedkerimov (17-5) o Makhachkala, Dagestan will lock horns with Bobby “Super Duper” Cooper(12-6) of Knob Noster, Koe.

Streaking finisher Ihirama Mamedov (13-1) o Jersey City, N.J. mā Derbent, Dagestan will face battle-tested veteran Alonzo “Zo Diddy” Martinez (40-19) of Papillion, Neb. i Kōmāmā.

In middleweight (185 pauna) mahi, three-time UFC veteran Bruno “Carioca” Santos (14-2) of Macae, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will make his World Series of Fighting debut against Xtreme Couture team member Clinton Williams (11-4) o Las Vegas.

WSOF33: GAETHJE VU. DUGULUBGOV

KĀRI MAIN (Ora i runga i NBCSN)

World Series o Fighting Kōmāmā Takahanga Main Championship:
Justin Gaethje (Champion) vs. Ozzy Dugulubgov (Kaiwero)

World Series o Fighting Light Heavyweight Championship Co-Main Takahanga:
Rawiri Manga (Champion) vs. Vinny Magalhaes (Kaiwero)

Kōmāmā: Jason Runga vs. João Zeferino
Kōmāmā: Brian Foster vs. Luiz Firmino
Welterweight: Abubakar Nurmagomedov vs. John Howard
Taumahamaha: Shawn Jordan vs. Ashley Gooch

KĀRI PRELIMINARY (Ora i runga i WSOF.com)

Whā: Chris Gutierrez vs. Timur Valiev
Whā: Jesse Brock vs. Bekbulat Magomedov
Welterweight: Abu Azaitar vs. Mike Arrant
Kōmāmā: Ihirama Mamedov vs. Alonzo Martinez
Welterweight: Magomed Magomedkerimov vs. Bobby Cooper
Mā whitu: Bryce Mitchell vs. Brandon Phillips
Whitu: Bruno Santos vs. Clinton Williams
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WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING COMPLETES WSOF27 MAIN CARD WITH TWO NEW BOUTS FEATURING THREE UNBEATEN, RISING STARS

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Undefeated KO artist Jaleel “The Realist” Willis (whakaaturia) will put his 5-0 record on the line against fellow unbeaten welterweight Chauncey Foxworth (2-0) at WSOF27 on Saturday, Jan 23, live on NBCSN from the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn.

MAHI MAIN: CARLOS FODOR VS. MIKE RICCI
CO-MAIN: TEDDY HOLDER VS. SHAMIL GAMZATOV

LIVE ON NBCSN FROM FEDEXFORUM
IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 23
Las Vegas (January 5, 2016) -World Series o te whawhai (WSOF.com) announced today that it has completed the live NBCSN televised (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT), main card portion of its inaugural event of the New Year that will also mark its debut at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn. i runga i Rāhoroi, Jan. 23, with two new bouts featuring three undefeated, whetu maranga.

In a lightweight (155 pauna) contest that will kick off the live NBCSN telecast of WSOF27, hinga kore Bryce “Thug Nasty” Mitchell Ka Square atu ki Jorge Medina ia, i roto i te Welterweight (170 pauna) matchup, Jaleel “The Realist” Willis a Chauncey “The Machine” Foxworth will put their respective, perfect records on the line against one another.

“We are looking forward to kicking off 2016 with another spectacular, action-packed fight card that is filled with our customary mix of established, name fighters and top level prospects that have been climbing the ranks of rival competitors in order to make it to the big show,"Ka mea a World Series o Fighting peresideni Rangatira Matua.

Bryce Mitchell vs. Jorge Medina

I tika 21 tau o te ao, Mitchell (4-0) of Searcy, Ark. is quickly gaining steam on the professional circuit and a reputation for being a considerable threat on the mat. Since making his pro debut last January, he has produced first round submissions – three by way of rear-naked choke and the last by way of armbar – in all four of his starts.

I te runaruna, Mitchell delivered similar results, earning all five of his victories between June 2013 a August 2014 by way of first round submission, en route to a near-perfect 5-1 record.

Mitchell’s opponent, Medina (4-2) of Nashville, Tenn., has also imposed his will on the canvas with phenomenal submission work, forcing his first three professional opponents to tap out from either strikes or from a rear-naked choke.

A product of Nashville MMA, the training camp that gave rise to notable stars such as Dustin Ortiz a tūturu Luke Sanders, Medina is looking to rebound from a second round (4:22) WHO (kicks) defeat at the hands of Pedro Gomes i runga i Maehe 28, 2015.

Jaleel Willis vs. Chauncey Foxworth

Willis (5-0) of Memphis is a former high school wrestling star who has carried his previous athletic success into the cage where he has been taken the distance of a fight just once over the course of five professional matchups.

Outside of the sole unanimous decision that he was the victor of, Willis has finished all of his adversaries inside of one round, and all with an onslaught of punches.

Ki te rā, Foxworth (2-0) of Hot Springs, Ark. has dominated similarly, scoring first round TKO’s in both of his efforts as a professional. The 24-year-old competed as an amateur for nearly three years and 15 pito, toa 7 of the contests by way of (T)KO tukunga ranei.

Tickets for WSOF27 start at just $39.99, and are on sale at WSOF.com, tauwāhi Ticketmaster katoa, ticketmaster.com, the FedExForum Box Office, ranei i te waea i (800) 745-3000.

In the lightweight (155 pauna) hui matua, Mike "Te Martian" Ricci will square off rival star Caros "Te Future" Fodor.

The 29-year-old Ricci (11-4) o Montreal, Quebec, Canada is riding a three-fight win streak after scoring a highlight reel KO on Joe Condon with a head kick in the first round (2:41) of their WSOF25 quarterfinal stage tournament matchup on November 20, 2015.

Fodor (10-4) o Kirkland, Horoi. is a 31-year-old protégé of Matt Hume and brother of fellow World Series of Fighting athlete Phoenix Jones, looking to notch his third consecutive win in his promotional debut after concluding a successful, four-fight run in Asia.

In the light heavyweight (205 pauna) tahi-matua hui, heavy-handed finisherTeddy Holder (9-2) o Bartlett, Tenn. will battle undefeated Shamil Gamzatov(9-0) o Makhachkala, Russia.

Gamzatov, the number two ranked light heavyweight in the Ukraine, has yet to be taken past the second round of a fight, while Holder has earned all nine of his professional career wins by way of (T)KO tukunga ranei.

The WSOF27 preliminary bout card will be announced soon.

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