Amathikithi UKUDAYISWA MANJE
World Middleweight Championship Main Event:
David Branch (Champion) vs. Clifford Starks (Challenger)
World Welterweight Championship Co-Main Event:
Jon Fitch (Challenger) vs. Joao Zeferino (Challenger)
Okuningi:
Vinny Magalhães vs. Jake Heun
Abu Azaitar vs. Danny Davis Jr.
Las Vegas (March 14, 2016) -World Series of Fighting (WSOF.com) announced today that it will make its much-anticipated return to Las Vegas with a star-studded, umhlaba ubuqhawe Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) doubleheader umcimbi Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Saturday, April 2, bahlala on NBCSN (11 p.m. KANYE/8 p.m. PT), headlined by a middleweight (185 amakhilogremu) title bout between reigning kingpin David Branch (17-3) futhi Clifford Starks (13-2).
Ontengo yakhe yayinqunyiwe kusuka $29, amathikithi WSOF30: Branch vs. Starks, ayatholakala ukuze ithengwe inthanethi at WSOF.com futhi AXS.com.
In the umcimbi co-main, superstar Jon Fitch (27-7-1, 1 NC) will collide with recent World Series of Fighting one-night, -Man nesishiyagalombili mqhudelwano umgijimi-up Joao "Brazilian Samurai" Zeferino (20-7) with the vacant World Series of Fighting welterweight (170 amakhilogremu) championship at stake.
In other action on the four-fight, siphile NBCSN telecast, isazi ukuzithoba Vinny "Pezao" Magalhães (13-7) ngeke izikwele off with Jake "The Honey Bear" Heun(9-4) in a wesibhakela ekukhanyeni (205 amakhilogremu) umncintiswano, kuyilapho World Series of Ukulwa elisha futhi Knockout umculi Abu "Gladiator" Azaitar (11-1-1) uyodiliza kanye Danny "Dee1" Davis, Jr. (11-10-1) at welterweight.
The complete WSOF30 preliminary bout card will be announced soon.
David Branch vs. Clifford Starks
The 6-foot-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) ukuzithoba (okukhulisa-naked binda) phezu Ukunqoba Teddy Holder 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.
Futhi 34 iminyaka yobudala, 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, the-foot 6, 38-year-old Fitch of Fort Wayne, In. earned a unanimous decision in his last appearance, over fellow accomplished superstar Yushin Okami at WSOF24 on October 17, 2015.
Originally from Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 5-foot-11, 30-year-old Zeferino who fights out of Middletown, N.Y.. has notched 15 of yakhe 20 career iwina ngendlela yokuzithoba. 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, nesishiyagalombili man engasindi (155 amakhilogremu) tournament at WSOF25 on November 20, 2015.
After defeating both Brian Foster futhi Jorge Patino by way of heel hook submission in the first round of action in the quarterfinal and semifinal stages of the tournament, ngokulandelana, 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 Magalhães 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, emzuliswaneni wokuqala (1:08) ukuzithoba (kneebar) of wrestling stylist Matt "The Hammer" Hamill at WSOF24.
A 6-foot-3, 31-year-old world grappling champion, Magalhaes has claimed 11 of yakhe 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 UClinton Williams at WSOF26 ngoDisemba 18, 2015.
A member of South Florida-based American Top Team, 6-foot-2, 28-year old Heun has claimed 6 of yakhe 9 professional wins by way of (T)KO noma ukuzithoba.
Abu Azaitar vs. Danny Davis, Jr.
The number one ranked middleweight (185 amakhilogremu) in Germany and the number five ranked middleweight in Poland, 5-foot-11, 30-year-old Azaitar of Cologne, Germany will enter the World Series of Fighting decagon cage for the first time at 170 amakhilogremu, after tearing through the ranks of competitors in Europe over the last seven years.
Kuze kube manje, the heavy-handed Azaitar has notched 7 of yakhe 11 career iwina ngendlela (T)KO. His lone defeat came in 2012, and he has since remained unbeaten in his last 8 siqala.
Davis, Jr. of Las Vegas will look to rebound from two consecutive losses – a split decision defeat at the hands of Mathewu Frincu at WSOF23, and a unanimous decision loss to Abubakar Nurmagomedov at WSOF26.
Prior to the matchup with Frincu, 6-foot-2, 33-Davis oneminyaka engu-, Jr. had run to five straight wins, three of which were World Series of Fighting contests. |
