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Las Vegas (ខែកុម្ភៈ 3, 2016) ស៊េរីនៃការប្រយុទ្ធគ្នាក្នុងការស្ទង់មតិ (WSOF.com) announced today the addition of three main card matchups, including a heavyweight co-main event contest between Josh “Cuddly Bear” Copeland(11-3) និង Mike “300” Hayes (19-10-2), to its highly anticipated WSOF29: Gaethje ទល់នឹង. Foster world lightweight (155 ផោន) championship event at the Bank of Colorado Arena in Greeley, ភ្លៅ. នៅលើ ថ្ងៃសៅរ៍, ខែមិនា 12, រស់នៅលើ NBCSN ក្នុង 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. ក្រុមហ៊ុន PT.
In other action on the four-bout live telecast that will be headlined by the lightweight championship showdown between reigning, undefeated kingpin ចាស្ទីន "បន្លិច" ការ Gaethje (15-0) and number one contender លោក Brian ចិញ្ចឹម (25-9), មធ្យម (185 ផោន) standouts Cory បាន "មួយនេះ" Devela (15-6) និង លោក Louis "Handgunz" លោក Taylor (11-3) will collide in their respective World Series of Fighting debuts.
Kicking off the live, four-fight telecast will be a welterweight (170 ផោន) scrap pitting Josh Cavan (11-6) ប្រឆាំងនឹង Kris Hocum (7-4).
តម្លៃចាប់ពី $39.99, tickets for WSOF29: Gaethje ទល់នឹង. ចិញចឹម, are on sale at WSOF.com and the University of Northern Colorado’s online ticketing platform.
Josh Copeland vs. Mike Hayes
The 6-foot-1 Copeland of Denver, ភ្លៅ. is a former number one ranked heavyweight in his home state, and a four-time title holder since turning professional in 2010.
The 33-year-old, former Youth Ministry student at Dallas Baptist College, បានទទួល 8 របស់គាត់ 11 career victories as a professional by way of (T មាន)សន្លប់ឬការដាក់ស្នើ, ជាមួយនឹង 5 of those wins coming in less than 2 នាទី.
A teammate of Gaethje’s at Grudge Training Center, Copeland will look to rebound from a second round (2:50) ដាក់ស្នើ (Kimura) defeat at the hands ofវីតាលី Minakov នៅខែធ្នូ 11, a result that snapped a two-fight win streak for Copeland.
During his professional career spanning eight-plus years, the 6-foot-4, 35-year-old Hayes of Redmond, លាងសមាត. has faced off with elite level competition, including former world champion លោក Andrei Arlovski and superstar Ruslan Magomedov, both of whom he fought to a decision.
នៅលើខែវិច្ឆិកា 2, 2013, Hayes notched his most impressive victory to date, ស៊ុតបាល់បញ្ចូលទីបំផ្លិចបំផ្លាញមួយ, ជុំទីបី (3:11) KO on decorated MMA, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and wrestling champion Jeff “The Snowman” Monson with a head kick.
In his last start on June 4, 2015, Hayes produced another impressive result, fighting former South African national wrestling champion and four-time MMA titlistលោក Trevor Prangley, to a draw.
Cory Devela vs. Louis Taylor
6 ជើងទី 2, 31-year-old Devela of Bonney Lake, លាងសមាត។, will enter the decagon cage in the midst of a four-fight win streak that includes a unanimous decision victory over superstar Nick “The Promise” Ring នៅលើខែមិថុនា 26, 2015.
A longtime protégé of MMA superstar and submission expert លោក Dennis "Superman" Hallman, បានបង្ហាញ, who has notched 11 របស់គាត់ 16 អាជីពជាអ្នកឈ្នះដោយវិធីនៃការ (T មាន)សន្លប់ឬការដាក់ស្នើ, burst into the national spotlight at a Strikeforce promoted event in Tacoma, លាងសមាត. នៅលើខែកុម្ភៈ 23, 2008, ស៊ុតបញ្ចូលទីបានមួយជុំជាលើកដំបូង (1:22) TKO on heralded superstar លោក Joe "ម៉ាស៊ូត" Riggs with a thunderous slam that rendered Riggs unable to continue fighting.
Devela’s recent ascendance that has him knocking on the door of becoming a world championship contender again, comes after he took an extended, three-year hiatus from competition to care for a sick loved one between 2010 និង 2013.
Also looking to earn his fifth consecutive win, 5-ជើង-11, 36-year-old Taylor of Chicago, ជំងឺ. is the number one ranked middleweight in his home state, according to the latest Tapology.com ratings.
A prolific striker who has finished 10 របស់គាត់ 11 opponents to date by way of (T មាន)សន្លប់ឬការដាក់ស្នើ, Taylor’s last four victories all came inside of the first round of battle.
Prior to becoming a mixed martial artist, Taylor was a wrestling standout for the NCAA Division I program at Eastern Illinois University where he benefited from training with fellow, former team member turned assistant coach លោក Matt លោកហ៊ូហ្គេស, who went on to become a two-time UFC champion and Hall of Fame member.
Josh Cavan vs. Kris Hocum
Fighting out of Denver, Cavan is a 5-foot-10, 32-ឆ្នាំ, lifelong athlete who competed at the minor league level of professional hockey before turning his attention to MMA. A winner of 9 របស់គាត់ 11 professional career fights by way of (T មាន)សន្លប់ឬការដាក់ស្នើ, Cavan will look to bounce back from a second round (1:28) អង្គការសុខភាពពិភពលោក (ដាល់) defeat at the hands of Joe Eichelberger នៅលើខែវិច្ឆិកា 6.
The 5-foot-11, 30-year-old Hocum of Fort Collins, ភ្លៅ. made his professional debut on October 27, 2012 as a participant in a one-night, eight-man tournament, defeating multiple opponents to emerge the victor of the grueling affair. He will look to regain momentum after back-to-back losses in his last two appearances.
The WSOF29 preliminary bout card will be announced soon. |
