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World Middleweight Championship Main Event:
David Ceg (Yeej) vs. Clifford Starks (Challenger)
World Welterweight Championship Co-Main Event:
Jon Fitch (Challenger) vs. Joao Zeferino (Challenger)
Ntau:
Vinny Magalhaes vs. Jake Heun
Abu Azaitar vs. Danny Davis Jr.
Las Vegas (Lub peb hlis ntuj 14, 2016) -World Series ntawm Sib ntaus (WSOF.com) announced today that it will make its much-anticipated return to Las Vegas with a star-studded, lub ntiaj teb Championship Tov Martial Arts (MMA) doubleheader event at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Saturday, Plaub Hlis Ntuj 2, nyob rau NBCSN (11 p.m. THIAB/8 p.m. PT), headlined by a middleweight (185 phaus) title bout between reigning kingpin David Ceg (17-3) thiab Clifford Starks (13-2).
Luv nqi los ntawm $29, tickets for WSOF30: Ceg vs. Starks, are available for purchase online at WSOF.com and AXS.com.
Nyob rau hauv lub co-ntsiab kev tshwm sim, superstar Jon Fitch (27-7-1, 1 NC) will collide with recent World Series of Fighting one-night, eight-man tournament runner-up Joao "Lub Brazilian Samurai" Zeferino (20-7) with the vacant World Series of Fighting welterweight (170 phaus) championship at stake.
In other action on the four-fight, nyob NBCSN telecast, submission expert Vinny “Pezao” Magalhaes (13-7) yuav square tawm nrog Jake "Lub Zib ntab Xyooj" Heun(9-4) nyob rau hauv ib lub teeb heavyweight (205 phaus) contest, while World Series of Fighting newcomer and knockout artist Abu “Gladiator” Azaitar (11-1-1) yuav muab pov rau cia nrog Danny "Dee1" Davis, Jr. (11-10-1) ntawm welterweight.
The complete WSOF30 preliminary bout card will be announced soon.
David ceg vs. Clifford Starks
Lub 6-taw-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) cuav (rear-liab qab caj pas) kov yeej Teddy yas dhos 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.
Tsis tas li ntawd 34 xyoo ntawm hnub nyoog, 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. Joao 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, 6-taw, 38-year-old Fitch of Fort Wayne, Nyob rau hauv. earned a unanimous decision in his last appearance, over fellow accomplished superstar Yushin Okami at WSOF24 on October 17, 2015.
Originally from Florianopolis, Raug Catarina, Brazil, lub 5-ko taw-11, 30-year-old Zeferino who fights out of Middletown, N.Y.. has notched 15 ntawm nws 20 hauj lwm yeej los ntawm txoj kev ntawm kev mloog lus. 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, yim-txiv neej khaub-ncaws nyias (155 phaus) tournament at WSOF25 on November 20, 2015.
After defeating both Brian Foster thiab Jorge Patino by way of heel hook submission in the first round of action in the quarterfinal and semifinal stages of the tournament, feem, 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 (punches) 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, thawj round (1:08) cuav (kneebar) of wrestling stylist Matt "Lub Rauj" Hamill at WSOF24.
Ib tug 6-taw-3, 31-year-old world grappling champion, Magalhaes has claimed 11 ntawm nws 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 ntawm WSOF26 rau hlis ntuj nqeg 18, 2015.
A member of South Florida-based American Top Team, 6-taw-2, 28-year old Heun has claimed 6 ntawm nws 9 professional wins by way of (T)KO los yog cuav.
Abu Azaitar vs. Danny Davis, Jr.
The number one ranked middleweight (185 phaus) in Germany and the number five ranked middleweight in Poland, lub 5-ko taw-11, 30-year-old Azaitar of Cologne, Germany will enter the World Series of Fighting decagon cage for the first time at 170 phaus, after tearing through the ranks of competitors in Europe over the last seven years.
Rau hnub tim, the heavy-handed Azaitar has notched 7 ntawm nws 11 hauj lwm yeej los ntawm txoj kev ntawm (T)KO. His lone defeat came in 2012, and he has since remained unbeaten in his last 8 pib.
Davis, Jr. of Las Vegas will look to rebound from two consecutive losses – a split decision defeat at the hands of Mathais Frincu at WSOF23, and a unanimous decision loss to Abubakar Nurmagomedov at WSOF26.
Prior to the matchup with Frincu, 6-taw-2, 33-xyoo-laus Davis, Jr. had run to five straight wins, three of which were World Series of Fighting contests. |
