WSOF30: BRANCH VS. STARKS
FINALIZED WITH SIX PRELIMINARY BOUTS
LIVE NBCSN TELECAST OF
FOUR-FIGHT MAIN CARD NOW BEGINS AT
11:30 P.M ET ON SATURDAY, APRIL 2
Matt Church replaces injured Gil Guardado against
Steve Kozola in 160-pound preliminary contest
Rex Harris vs. Clinton Williams in middleweight bout
LAS VEGAS (Mas 30, 2016) -World Seri de Goumen (WSOF.com) anonse jodi a that it has finalized the lineup for the WSOF30: Branch vs. Starks, chanpyona mond Melanj Arts masyal (Mma) doubleheader event, with the addition of a sixth preliminary card bout – a middleweight (185 liv) matchup ant Clinton Williams (7-3, 1 NC) ak Rex "T-Rex" Harris (8-2) – at Hard Rock Hotel & Kazino nan Las Vegas nan Samdi, Avril 2, ap viv sou NBCSN a 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT.
Anplis de sa, a broken nose has forced Gil Guardado to withdraw from his scheduled lightweight (155 liv) matchup with undefeated Steve Kozola (6-0), ki ap fè fas a kounye a Matt “The Sleeper” Church (3-1) in a 160-pound catchweight affair, ak Jeff Women (1-2-1) pral kare koupe ak Zach Bunnell (0-0) nan yon wèltèr (170 pounds) preliminary card contest.
The 5-foot-11, 32-year-old Williams is looking to rebound from a narrow, split decision defeat at the hands of Jake "Siwo myèl Bear a" Heun nan WSOF26 sou Desanm 18, 2015.
One fight prior to the loss, Williams submitted Jared Hatch with a shoulder choke in the third round (4:10) of their matchup on November 14, 2015.
6-pye nan, 33-year-old Harris of West Pittston, PA. is riding a four-fight win streak. Nan kòmansman dènye l ', Harris, ki moun ki te touche 7 nan l ' 8 career victories by way of (T)KO oswa soumèt, edged out a split decision over Justin Torrey at WSOF24 on October 17, 2015.
Church of Las Vegas will attempt to notch his fourth consecutive win, after threestraight finishes, the last of which came on March 4 when he submitted Pat DeFranco with a leglock in the first round (2:55) of their matchup.
Tickets for WSOF30: Branch vs. Starks are available for purchase online at WSOF.com and AXS.com.
Pòt nan Plan kad Nasyonzini an nan Hard Rock Hotel & Kazino yo ap louvri pou evènman an nan 4 p.m. PT, ak premye bout la preliminè pral kòmanse nan 5 p.m.
Nan evènman an prensipal, reigning World Series of Fighting middleweight champion David Branch (17-3), lig la premye-tout tan, de-divizyon detantè tit, pral mete kouwòn te sitèlman anvi l 'sou liy lan kont tèt contender Clifford Starks (13-2).
Nan evènman an ko-prensipal, sipèsta Jon Fitch (27-7-1, 1 NC) ap batay ki sot pase Seri Mondyal la nan Goumen yon sèl-lannwit, uit-nonm konpetisyon kourè-up João "samure a brezilyen" ZEFERINO (20-7) ak seri a ak Dezyèm vid nan chanpyona Goumen wèltèr nan mennen.
Lòt kote sou kat-batay la, viv difuze NBCSN, soumèt ekspè Vinny "Pezao" Magalhaes (13-7) pral kare koupe ak Jake "Siwo myèl Bear a" Heun(9-4) nan yon pwa loud limyè (205 liv) Konkou, pandan y ap Mondyal seri de Batay Nouvo ak atis pentch Abu "Gladiators" Azaitar (11-1-1) pral fèmen kat kòn ak Danny "Dee1" Davis, Jr. (11-10-1) nan wèltèr.
KAT MAIN (Live sou NBCSN)
World Series of Fighting Middleweight Championship Main Event:
David Branch (Chanpyon) vs. Clifford Starks (Pwovokatè)
World Series of Fighting Vacant Welterweight Championship Main Event:
Jon Fitch (Pwovokatè) vs. João ZEFERINO (Pwovokatè)
Limyè lour: Vinny Magalhaes vs. Jake Heun
Wèltèr: Abu Azaitar vs. Danny Davis, Jr.
KAT PRELIMINÈ (Ap viv sou WSOF.com)
Wèltèr: Abubakkar Nurmagomedov vs. Matt Frincu
Middleweight: Rex Harris vs. Clinton Williams
Catchweight (160 liv): Steve Kozola vs. Matt Church
Mouch: Carlos Garcia vs. Jason Pacheco
Bantamweight: Adam Acquaviva vs. Andres Ponce
Wèltèr: Jeff Roman vs. Zach Bunnell |
