WSOF30: BRANCH VS. STARKS
FINALIZED WITH SIX PRELIMINARY BOUTS
LIVE NBCSN TELECAST OF
FOUR-FIGHT MAIN CARD NOW BEGINS AT
11:30 P.M ET ON SATURDAY, Apríl 2
Matt Church replaces injured Gil Guardado against
Steve Kozola in 160-pound preliminary contest
Rex Harris vs. Clinton Williams in middleweight bout
LAS VEGAS (Mars 30, 2016) -World Series að berjast (WSOF.com) tilkynnti í dag that it has finalized the lineup for the WSOF30: Branch vs. Starks, Heimsmeistaramót Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) doubleheader event, with the addition of a sixth preliminary card bout – a middleweight (185 £) matchup milli Clinton Williams (7-3, 1 NC) og Rex "T-Rex" Harris (8-2) – at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino í Las Vegas á laugardag, Apríl 2, lifa á NBCSN á 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT.
Auk, a broken nose has forced Gil Guardado to withdraw from his scheduled lightweight (155 £) matchup with undefeated Steve Kozola (6-0), sem mun nú frammi Matt “The Sleeper” Church (3-1) in a 160-pound catchweight affair, og jeff Roman (1-2-1) mun ferningur burt með Zach Bunnell (0-0) í veltivigtar (170 pounds) preliminary card contest.
The 5-foot-11, 32-year-old Williams is looking to rebound from a narrow, split decision defeat at the hands of Jake "The Honey Bear" Heun á WSOF26 á Desember 18, 2015.
One fight prior to the loss, Williams submitted Jared Hatch with a shoulder choke in the third round (4:10) of their matchup on November 14, 2015.
The 6-fótur, 33-year-old Harris of West Pittston, Pa. is riding a four-fight win streak. Í síðasta byrjunarliðinu, Harris, sem hefur unnið 7 hans 8 career victories by way of (T)KO eða uppgjöf, edged out a split decision over Justin Torrey at WSOF24 on October 17, 2015.
Church of Las Vegas will attempt to notch his fourth consecutive win, after threestraight lýkur, the last of which came on March 4 when he submitted Pat DeFranco with a leglock in the first round (2:55) of their matchup.
Tickets for WSOF30: Branch vs. Starks are available for purchase online at WSOF.com and AXS.com.
Hurðir á samskeytunum á Hard Rock Hotel & Casino mun opna fyrir the atburður á 4 p.m. PT, og fyrsta forkeppni lota hefst kl 5 p.m.
Í helstu atburði, reigning World Series of Fighting middleweight champion David Branch (17-3), deildinni er fyrstur-alltaf, tveggja-deild titill handhafa, mun setja eftirsóttu kórónu hans á línu gegn efstu keppinautur Clifford Starks (13-2).
Í sam-aðalkeppni, Superstar Jon Fitch (27-7-1, 1 NC) munu berjast nýleg World Series of Fighting einnar nætur, átta-maður mót hlaupari-upp Joao "The Brazilian Samurai" Zeferino (20-7) með laust World Series of Fighting welterweight titil í húfi.
Annars staðar á fjögurra baráttunni, lifa NBCSN útsending, skil sérfræðingur Vinny "Pezao" Magalhaes (13-7) mun ferningur burt með Jake "The Honey Bear" Heun(9-4) í ljós þungavigtar (205 £) keppni, en World Series of Fighting nýliði og knockout listamaður Abu "Gladiator" Azaitar (11-1-1) mun læsa horn með Danny "Dee1" Davis, Jr. (11-10-1) á welterweight.
MAIN CARD (Live á NBCSN)
World Series of Fighting Middleweight Championship Main Event:
David Branch (Champion) vs. Clifford Starks (Challenger)
World Series of Fighting Vacant Welterweight Championship Main Event:
Jon Fitch (Challenger) vs. Joao Zeferino (Challenger)
Light Heavyweight: Vinny Magalhaes vs. Jake Heun
Welterweight: Abu Azaitar vs. Danny Davis, Jr.
Forkeppni CARD (Lifa á WSOF.com)
Welterweight: Abubakar Nurmagomedov vs. Matt Frincu
Middleweight: Rex Harris vs. Clinton Williams
Catchweight (160 £): Steve Kozola vs. Matt Church
Flyweight: Carlos Garcia vs. Jason Pacheco
Bantamweight: Adam Acquaviva vs. Andres Ponce
Welterweight: Jeff Roman vs. Zach Bunnell |
