UNBEATEN FEATHERWEIGHTS
HAKEEM DAWODU AND MARAT MAGOMEDOV
TOP THE NINE-FIGHT UNDERCARD
UNDERCARD STREAMS LIVE ON WSOF.COM,
MAIN CARD AIRS LIVE ON NBCSN
FROM EVERETT, WASH. ON SATURDAY, JULY 30
Las Vegas (Hōngongoi 12, 2016) -World Series o te whawhai (WSOF.com) announced today the completion of a nine-fight preliminary card for the highly-anticipated WSOF32: Moraes vs. Hill II, world championship doubleheader that airs live on NBCSN at 10:30 p.m. AND/7:30 p.m. PT from XFINITY Arena in Everett, Horoi. i runga i Rāhoroi, Hōngongoi 30.
The preliminary card will stream live, i roto i te taatoaraa, timata i 7:00 p.m. AND/4:00 p.m. PT, i runga i te kaitākaro ataata embeddable i runga i WSOF.com.
Joining the previously announced, headlining featherweight (145 pauna) preliminary card showdown between undefeated, whetu maranga Hakeem Dawodu (5-0-1) o Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Marat Magomedov (7-0-1) o Dagestan, Russia, Ko 8 fights stacked with a collection of 12 local upstarts.
“We have a phenomenal fight card in store for fans for our debut in Washington State, and are looking forward to touching down in Everett, and seeing some of the best prospects in the area, and potential, future World Series of Fighting athletes in action,"Ka mea a World Series o Fighting peresideni Rangatira Matua.
I roto i te whakaatu, whitu (185 pauna) preliminary card battle, Rex "T-Rex" Harris (9-2) will put a five-fight win streak on the line against undefeated Nicolai “Blanka” Salchow (6-0).
The 33-year-old Harris of West Pittston, Pa. is a perfect 2-0, to date, inside the World Series of Fighting decagon cage. In his last start at WSOF30 onApril 2, he earned a unanimous decision over Clinton Williams.
Salchow of Dusseldorf, Germany is a 32-year-old finisher who has been taken the distance of a fight only once since turning pro in 2004. He is coming off a first round (2:25) WHO (nifó) o Steve Montgomery i runga i Kia 7.
In another middleweight preliminary card contest and rematch, Alfonso “Big Smooth” Gonzales (9-1) o Tacoma, Horoi. a Thomas Hoeper (4-2) of Arlington, Horoi. will revisit their first meeting that took place on September 26, 2015 and ended with Gonzales scoring a second round (1:29) WHO (nifó) on Hoeper.
Elsewhere on the undercard, recent World Series of Fighting signee and former K-1 star Andrews Nakahara (4-3-2) of Mogi Das Cruzes, Brazil will make his promotional debut against Travis “The Praying Mantis” Doerge(5-8) of Renton, Horoi. i roto i te Welterweight (170 pauna) mutunga.
Unbeaten prospects Patrick Benson (2-0) of McKenna, Horoi. a Brett Malone (1-0) of Marysville, Horoi. will put their perfect records on the line against each other in a lightweight (155) matchup.
Also at lightweight, Matt Coble (9-7) of Bellingham, Horoi. ka whawhai ki Colt Hausauer (5-4) of Eastsound, Horoi.
Following a stellar, near perfect amateur career during which he amassed an overall record of 10-1, 28-tau-tau Tycen “Shin To Chin” Lynn of Everett will make his highly-anticipated professional debut in a bantamweight (135 pauna) matchup with 23-year-old, fellow upstart Justin Hugo (1-1) of Everett.
I roto i te mahi taumahamaha, Matt “The Attack” Kovacs (11-13) of Everett will face off with Bill Widler (9-6) of Redding, Calif.
Kicking off the WSOF32 preliminary bout card will be a bantamweight contest between Jon Marc Cortez (0-2) of Renton and Joe Elea (0-1) of Everett.
Utu i $29, tickets for WSOF32: Moraes vs. Hill II are on sale at XFINITYArenaEverett.com and WSOF.com.
In the world bantamweight (135 pauna) championship main event, Marlon Moraes (16-4-1) will defend his coveted title for the second time against Josh "Pūwhero" Hill (14-1) ia, in the co-main event and a second world championship rematch, Alexandre "Captain" Almeida (18-5) will put his featherweight (145 pauna) belt on the line against the fighter he took it from –Lance Palmer (10-2).
Doors at XFINITY Arena Everett will open at 3:30 p.m. PT for WSOF32, a ka timata te a'ee kāri tuatahi tuatahi i 4:00 p.m.
WSOF32: MORAES VS. HILL II
KĀRI MAIN (Ora i runga i NBCSN)
World Series of Fighting Bantamweight Championship Main Event:
Marlon Moraes (Champion) vs. Josh Hill (Kaiwero)
World Series of Fighting Featherweight Championship Co-Main Event:
Alexandre Almeida (Champion) vs. Lance Palmer (Kaiwero)
Catchweight (162 pauna): Caros Fodor vs. Phoenix Jones
Whitu: Phil Hawes vs. Louis Taylor
KĀRI PRELIMINARY (Ora i runga i WSOF.com)
Mā whitu: Hakeem Dawodu vs. Marat Magomedov
Whitu: Rex Harris vs. Nicolai Salchow
Welterweight: Andrews Nakahara vs. Travis Doerge
Whitu: Alfonso Gonzales vs. Thomas Hoeper
Taumahamaha: Matt Kovacs vs. Bill Widler
Kōmāmā: Patrick Benson vs. Brett Malone
Kōmāmā: Matt Coble vs. Colt Hausauer
Whā: Justin Hugo vs. Tycen Lynn
Whā: Jon Marc Cortez vs. Joe Elzea |
