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WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING ANNOUNCES COMPLETE, SIX-FIGHT MAIN CARD FOR UNPRECEDENTED, THREE-HOUR LIVE NBCSN TELECAST OF WSOF33: GAETHJE VS. DUGULUBGOV

Star-studded, Pasaules čempionāts doubleheader
airs live from Kansas City, Tu. par Piektdiena, Oktobris. 7

Biļetes pārdošanā Piektdiena, Septiņi. 2

 

LAS VEGAS (Augusts 30, 2016) - World Series of Fighting (www.WSOF.com) today announced the completion of a stacked, six-fight main card for the unprecedented, three-hour, live NBCSN (11 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. PT) telecast of the WSOF33: Gaethje vs. Dugulubgov world championship doubleheader extravaganza at Kansas City Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Tu. parPiektdiena, Oktobris. 7.

Cena no $20, tickets for WSOF33: Gaethje vs. Dugulubgov go on sale onPiektdiena, Septiņi 2 at the Kansas City Municipal Auditorium box office as well as online at Ticketmaster.com and WSOF.com.

Joining the previously announced lightweight (155 mārciņas) championship main event between reigning, undefeated kingpin Justin "Izcelt" Gaethje (16-0) and number one contender Ozzy Dugulubgov (8-2); the light heavyweight (205 mārciņas) championship co-main event between defending champion David Branch (16-3) un Challenger Vinny Magalhaes (14-7); and the lightweight tilt between WSOF25 eight-man tournament winner Brian Foster (25-9) un Luiz “Buscape” Firmino (19-6), are three other, star-studded bouts, led by a featured lightweight contest between Jason ‘The Kansas City Bandit” High (19-5) un Joao "Brazīlijas Samurai" Zeferino (20-8).

"Tas ir, bez šaubām, the most stacked fight card from top to bottom that we have put together, thanks in large part to NBCSN, which has given us a three-hour window for the first time since we launched on the network four years ago, to showcase our best fighters in action,"Sacīja World Series of Fighting prezidents Tēvs Chiefs.

In other action on the six-bout telecast, John “Doomsday” Howard (24-12) būs saduras ar Abubakar Nurmagomedov (12-1-1) kādā papildsvars (170 mārciņas) matchup.

Kicking off the main card will be a heavyweight showdown between two World Series of Fighting newcomers and knockout artists – Shawn “The Savage” Jordan (18-7) un Ashley “Gio” Gooch (10-4).

The WSOF33 preliminary bout card will be announced soon.

Jason High vs. Joao Zeferino

Entering the World Series of Fighting decagon cage for the third time, 5-foot-9, 34-year-old High of Kansas City, Tu. has been nothing short of spectacular in his first two starts.

In his promotional debut at WSOF25 on November 20, 2015, the UFC and Strikeforce veteran and 2009 DREAM Grand Prix tournament runner-up scored a highlight reel KO on Estevan Payán with a head kick-punches combination in the second round (:47) of their matchup.

High followed up the victory with an inspiring comeback against fellow starMike Ricci. After taking punishment for the majority of each of the first two rounds, High went on the offensive and scored a devastating TKO on Ricci with an onslaught of punches in the second round (4:08) of their WSOF31 meeting on Jūnijs 17.

The 5-foot-11, 30-year-old Zeferino of Middletown, N.Y.. via Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil has earned a remarkable 15 no 20 karjeras uzvar veidā iesniedzot.

The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt finished as runner-up in the first-ever World Series of Fighting one-night, eight-man tournament on November 20, 2015, suffering a second round (4:51) KO (perforatori) loss in the event’s championship round at the hands of Brian Foster, whom Zeferino had handily defeated earlier that night in the first stage of the tournament, veidā pirmās kārtas (1:46) iesniegšana (papēža āķis).

Following the win over Foster, Zeferino notched another first round (1:24) heel hook submission, this time on Jorge "lemurs" Patino, in the semifinal stage of the tournament. The result marked Zeferino’s seventh consecutive victory.

John Howard vs. Abubakar Nurmagomedov

5-foot-7, 33-year-old Howard of Boston, Masa. is coming off a successful World Series of Fighting debut on Jūnijs 17 when he earned a unanimous decision over Michael Arrant.

A 14-fight veteran of the UFC, Howard triumphed over the likes of Dennis "Superman" Hallman, Uriah Hall un Siyar Bahadurzada over the course of two different stints with the promotion, and earned “Knockout of the Night” honors for his first round (2:01) KO (perforatori) no Daniel Roberts at the ‘UFC Live’ event on March 21, 2010, as well as a “Fight of the Night” award following his split decision win over Chris Wilson UFC 94 gada janvārī 31, 2009.

Nurmagomedov of Makhachkala, Dagestānā, Russia is a 6-foot, 26-year-old protégé of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father and trainer of UFC superstar Khabib Nurmagomedov, and a 2014 Combat Sambo World Championships bronze medalist.

When he faces Howard, Nurmagomedov will look for his fourth consecutive win in the World Series of Fighting decagon cage, and his fifth straight win overall, following his crushing, otrā kārta (3:05) PVO (perforatori) noMatthew Frincu at WSOF30 on Aprīlis 2.

Līdz šim, 10 of Nurmagomedov’s 12 career wins have come by way of either (T)KO vai iesniegšana.

Shawn Jordan vs. Ashley Gooch

The stocky, 6-pēda, 31-year-old Jordan of Baton Rouge, La. will make his much-anticipated debut for World Series of Fighting following a 10-fight stretch with the UFC, during which the heavy-handed fighter posted a strong, 6-4 overall record, with all of his wins coming by way of (T)KO.

A veteran of Strikeforce and Bellator action as well, Jordan is an accomplished athlete who earned a football scholarship to Louisiana State University (LSU) where he was a member of both the 2003 un 2007 national championship teams.

Gooch of Glendale, Ariz. earned his shot with World Series of Fighting as a result of his recent surge that has seen the 6-foot-3, 41-year-old emerge victorious in each of his last eight bouts, with all eight of the wins having come by way of (T)KO vai iesniegšana.

Gooch’s success of late has earned him the number one ranking in the heavyweight division in the New England region, as well as the number two ranking in the state of Arizona, according to Tapology.com.

WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING RELEASES FALL/WINTER 2016 “SUPER SCHEDULE” ON NBC AND NBCSN

FOUR NEW LIVE EVENT DATES BEGIN WITH UNPRECEDENTED, THREE-HOUR NBCSN TELECAST
OF WSOF33 FROM KANSAS CITY, KAN. ON Oktobris 7

EPIC YEAR CONCLUDES WITH WSOF36 MEGA-EVENT ON NBC
FROM MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ON Decembris 31

LAS VEGAS (Augusts 23, 2016) – Following its highest-viewed live event of the year on July 30, World Series of Fighting (www.WSOF.com) announced today that it has pegged new dates to its four remaining 2016 notikumi, beginning with an unprecedented, three-hour, dzīvot NBCSN raidījums (11 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. PT) of WSOF33: Gaethje vs. Dugulubov from Kansas City, Maijs. par Piektdiena, Oktobris. 7, and concluding with the recently announced WSOF36 mega-event at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sestdiena, Decembris. 31, live on NBC.

WSOF34 and WSOF35, both of which will air live on NBCSN, notiks Sestdiena, Novembris. 12 at Budweiser Event Center from Loveland, Aplis. outside of Denver, un uz Sestdiena, Decembris. 3 at XFINITY Arena in Everett, Mazgāšana. The main event and co-main event for each of these two fight cards will also be revealed soon.

“We are excited to head into the fall season of our busiest year to date, with a full schedule of live television events that will see us bring the World Series of Fighting brand of MMA action to new, major media markets; produce a three-hour, live show for the first time ever; and return to broadcast television on NBC from Madison Square Garden’s Theater venue on New Year’s Eve,"Sacīja World Series of Fighting CEO Carlos Silva.

World Series of Fighting President Tēvs Chiefs noteikts, “We have in store for MMA fans, some phenomenal, world championship bouts as well as other star-studded matchups, and I think these last four events of 2016 will firmly put an exclamation point on what has been a banner year for the league.”

Turklāt, the world championship fight series will air a two-hour replay of WSOF32: Moraes vs. Hill II on Sestdiena, Septiņi. 24. The WSOF32 world championship doubleheader event that took place at XFINITY Arena in Everett, Mazgāšana. garnered over 250,000 live viewers on NBCSN on July 30, and an immediate replay of the show drew an additional 107,000 skatītāji.

WSOF33 will take place at Kansas City Memorial Auditorium and will be headlined by a world lightweight (155 mārciņas) championship showdown between undefeated, valdošo Kingpin Justin "Izcelt" Gaethje (16-0) no Safford, Ariz. un nesaudzīgu, number one contender Ozzy Dugulubgov (8-2) of Ridgewood, N.J.

In the co-main event of WSOF33, Blackzilians star Luiz “Buscape” Firmino(19-6) of Joao Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil will put a six-fight win streak on the line against former world championship challenger and the first-ever World Series of Fighting eight-man tournament winner, Brian Foster (25-9) no Sallisaw, Okla.

Additional WSOF33 bouts will be announced soon.

MIKE RICCI OUT OF WSOF27 WITH INJURY; LUIZ FIRMINO STEPS UP TO FACE CAROS FODOR ON SATURDAY, Janvāris 23, LIVE ON NBCSN FROM MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

Luiz Firmino (attēlotie), whose last two victories came under the World Series of Fighting banner, will replace an injured Mike Ricci in the WSOF27 bout against Caros Fodor on Saturday, Jan. 23, live on NBCSN from Memphis, Tenn.

TEDDY HOLDER VS. SHAMIL GAMZATOV
ELEVATED TO MAIN EVENT STATUS

LAS VEGAS (Janvāris 12, 2016) –A re-injury of his hip has forced Mike "Marsa" Ricci to withdraw from his scheduled World Series of Fighting (WSOF.com) main event bout with Caros "Nākotne" Fodor (10-4), who will now face streaking Blackzilians ace Luiz “Buscape” Firmino (18-6) under co-main event status at WSOF27, tiešraidē NBCSN at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT from the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn. sestdien, Jan. 23.

Originally billed as the co-main event, the light heavyweight (205 mārciņas) contest between heavy-handed finisher Teddy Holder (9-2) no Bartlett, Tenn. un undefeated Shamil Gamzatov (9-0) Makhachkala, Russia has been elevated to the main event.

“Our entire team wishes Mike Ricci a full and speedy recovery, and hopes to see him return soon,"Sacīja World Series of Fighting prezidents Tēvs Chiefs.

“Luiz Firmino, no stranger to our decagon cage,"turpināja Chiefs, “is truly a courageous warrior for stepping up on such short notice to compete against a fellow star like Caros Fodor. We commend Luiz for doing so and look forward to seeing him back in action.”

The 33-year-old Firmino of Joao Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil is riding a five-fight win streak. His last two victories – a unanimous decision over Jacob Volkmann oktobrī 26, 2013 un vienprātīgs lēmums vairāk Tyson Griffin jūnijā 21, 2014, both came under the World Series of Fighting banner.

Prior to the victory over Volkmann, Firmino earned an impressive, five-round unanimous decision over Luis "Baboon" Palomino, who has since gone on to challenge reigning, undefeated čempions Justin "Izcelt" Gaethje twice for the World Series of Fighting lightweight title.

A veteran of professional MMA since the young age of 18, Firmino also boasts notable wins over prolific striker “Diamond” Ryan Healy un iesniegšana ekspertsToby Imada, both of whom Firmino defeated by way of unanimous decision.

Tickets for WSOF27 start at just $39.99, and are on sale at WSOF.com, visi Ticketmaster vietas, ticketmaster.com, the FedExForum Box Office, vai pa tālruni (800) 745-3000.

A three-bout preliminary card will stream live on an embeddable video player on WSOF.com, sākas 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.

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GALVENĀ CARD

Light Heavyweight Main Event: Teddy Holder vs. Shamil Gamzatov
Viegls Co-Main Event: Caros Fodor vs. Luiz Firmino
Papildsvars Bout: Jaleel Willis vs. Chauncey Foxworth
Viegls Bout: Jorge Medina vs. Bryce Mitchell

IEPRIEKŠĒJA CARD

Papildsvars: Justin Hartley vs. Wade Johnson
Viegls: Zach Underwood vs. Jason Williams
Viegls: Alvin Williams vs. Wes Sharp