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LAS VEGAS (八月 30, 2016) - 世界系列的戰鬥 (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時三十分. PT) telecast of the WSOF33: Gaethje VS. Dugulubgov world championship doubleheader extravaganza at Kansas City Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, 你. 上星期五, 十月. 7.
從價格 $20, tickets for WSOF33: Gaethje VS. Dugulubgov go on sale on星期五, 七 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 英鎊) championship main event between reigning, undefeated kingpin 賈斯汀的“亮點”Gaethje (16-0) and number one contender 奧茲Dugulubgov (8-2); the light heavyweight (205 英鎊) championship co-main event between defending champion 大衛·科 (16-3) 和挑戰者 馬加良斯溫尼 (14-7); and the lightweight tilt between WSOF25 eight-man tournament winner 布賴恩·福斯特 (25-9) 和 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) 和 若昂·“巴西的武士”Zeferino (20-8).
“這是, 毫無疑問, 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,“說世界系列格鬥總統 父親酋長.
In other action on the six-bout telecast, John “Doomsday” Howard (24-12) 將與碰撞 阿布巴卡爾Nurmagomedov (12-1-1) 在次中量級 (170 英鎊) 配對.
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) 和 Ashley “Gio” Gooch (10-4).
The WSOF33 preliminary bout card will be announced soon.
賈森高VS. 若昂Zeferino
Entering the World Series of Fighting decagon cage for the third time, 5尺9寸, 34-year-old High of Kansas City, 你. 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 埃斯特萬Payan 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 star邁克·里奇. 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 六月 17.
The 5-foot-11, 30-year-old Zeferino of Middletown, 紐約州. via Florianopolis, 聖卡塔琳娜, Brazil has earned a remarkable 15 的 20 事業勝利在提交的方式.
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 (拳) loss in the event’s championship round at the hands of 布賴恩·福斯特, whom Zeferino had handily defeated earlier that night in the first stage of the tournament, 通過第一輪的方式 (1:46) 服從 (腳後跟鉤).
Following the win over Foster, Zeferino notched another first round (1:24) heel hook submission, this time on 豪爾赫“狐猿”帕蒂諾, in the semifinal stage of the tournament. The result marked Zeferino’s seventh consecutive victory.
John Howard vs. 阿布巴卡爾Nurmagomedov
5英尺7, 33-year-old Howard of Boston, 質量. is coming off a successful World Series of Fighting debut on 六月 17 when he earned a unanimous decision over Michael Arrant.
A 14-fight veteran of the UFC, Howard triumphed over the likes of 丹尼斯·“超人”霍爾曼, 烏利亞大廳 和 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 (拳) 的 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 在UFC 94 一月 31, 2009.
Nurmagomedov of Makhachkala, 達吉斯坦, 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, 第二輪 (3:05) WHO (拳) 的馬修Frincu at WSOF30 on 四月 2.
至今, 10 of Nurmagomedov’s 12 career wins have come by way of either (牛逼)KO或提交.
Shawn Jordan vs. Ashley Gooch
The stocky, 6-腳, 31-year-old Jordan of Baton Rouge, 該. 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 (牛逼)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 和 2007 national championship teams.
Gooch of Glendale, 亞利桑那州. 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 (牛逼)KO或提交.
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.
