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MAIN kev tshwm sim: CARLOS FODOR VS. MIKE RICCI
CO-MAIN: TEDDY HOLDER VS. SHAMIL GAMZATOV
LIVE ON NBCSN FROM FEDEXFORUM
IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE ON SATURDAY, IB HLIS NTUJ TIM 23
Las Vegas (Lub ib hlis ntuj 5, 2016) -World Series ntawm Sib ntaus (WSOF.com) announced today that it has completed the live NBCSN televised (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT), main card portion of its inaugural event of the New Year that will also mark its debut at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn. nyob rau hnub Saturday, Jan. 23, with two new bouts featuring three undefeated, nce hnub qub.
In a lightweight (155 phaus) contest that will kick off the live NBCSN telecast of WSOF27, unbeaten Bryce “Thug Nasty” Mitchell yuav square tawm nrog Jorge Medina thaum lub sij hawm, nyob rau hauv ib tug welterweight (170 phaus) matchup, Jaleel “The Realist” Willis thiab Chauncey “The Machine” Foxworth will put their respective, perfect records on the line against one another.
“We are looking forward to kicking off 2016 with another spectacular, action-packed fight card that is filled with our customary mix of established, name fighters and top level prospects that have been climbing the ranks of rival competitors in order to make it to the big show,"Hais tias lub ntiaj teb no Series ntawm Sib ntaus sib tua Thawj Tswj Hwm Leej Txiv Chiefs.
Bryce Mitchell vs. Jorge Medina
Ntawm cia li 21 xyoo ntawm hnub nyoog, Mitchell (4-0) of Searcy, Ark. is quickly gaining steam on the professional circuit and a reputation for being a considerable threat on the mat. Since making his pro debut last January, he has produced first round submissions – three by way of rear-naked choke and the last by way of armbar – in all four of his starts.
Raws li ib tug pib xyaum ua, Mitchell delivered similar results, earning all five of his victories between June 2013 thiab lub yim hli ntuj 2014 by way of first round submission, en route to a near-perfect 5-1 cov ntaub ntawv.
Mitchell’s opponent, Medina (4-2) of Nashville, Tenn., has also imposed his will on the canvas with phenomenal submission work, forcing his first three professional opponents to tap out from either strikes or from a rear-naked choke.
A product of Nashville MMA, the training camp that gave rise to notable stars such as Dustin Ortiz thiab undefeated Luke Sanders, Medina is looking to rebound from a second round (4:22) LEEJ TWG (kicks) defeat at the hands of Pedro Gomes on Lub peb hlis ntuj 28, 2015.
Jaleel Willis vs. Chauncey Foxworth
Willis (5-0) of Memphis is a former high school wrestling star who has carried his previous athletic success into the cage where he has been taken the distance of a fight just once over the course of five professional matchups.
Outside of the sole unanimous decision that he was the victor of, Willis has finished all of his adversaries inside of one round, and all with an onslaught of punches.
Rau hnub tim, Foxworth (2-0) of Hot Springs, Ark. has dominated similarly, scoring first round TKO’s in both of his efforts as a professional. The 24-year-old competed as an amateur for nearly three years and 15 xaus, winning 7 of the contests by way of (T)KO los yog cuav.
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In the lightweight (155 phaus) ntsiab kev tshwm sim, Mike "Lub Martian" Ricci will square off rival star Caros "Lub neej yav tom ntej" Fodor.
The 29-year-old Ricci (11-4) ntawm Montreal, Quebec, Canada is riding a three-fight win streak after scoring a highlight reel KO on Joe Condon with a head kick in the first round (2:41) of their WSOF25 quarterfinal stage tournament matchup on November 20, 2015.
Fodor (10-4) ntawm Kirkland, Ntxuav. is a 31-year-old protégé of Matt Hume and brother of fellow World Series of Fighting athlete Phoenix Jones, looking to notch his third consecutive win in his promotional debut after concluding a successful, four-fight run in Asia.
In the light heavyweight (205 phaus) co-ntsiab kev tshwm sim, heavy-handed finisherTeddy yas dhos (9-2) ntawm Bartlett, Tenn. will battle undefeated Shamil Gamzatov(9-0) ntawm Makhachkala, Russia.
Gamzatov, the number two ranked light heavyweight in the Ukraine, has yet to be taken past the second round of a fight, while Holder has earned all nine of his professional career wins by way of (T)KO los yog cuav.
The WSOF27 preliminary bout card will be announced soon.
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