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ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΗ ΕΚΔΗΛΩΣΗ: CARLOS FODOR VS. MIKE RICCI
CO-MAIN: TEDDY HOLDER VS. SHAMIL GAMZATOV
LIVE ON NBCSN FROM FEDEXFORUM
IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE ON SATURDAY, Ιανουάριος 23
LAS VEGAS (Ιανουάριος 5, 2016) -World Σειρά πάλης (WSOF.com) announced today that it has completed the live NBCSN televised (10 μ.μ. ET / 7 μ.μ.. PT), main card portion of its inaugural event of the New Year that will also mark its debut at the FedExForum in Memphis, Τενεσί. Σάββατο, Ιαν. 23, with two new bouts featuring three undefeated, ανερχόμενα αστέρια.
Σε ένα ελαφρύ (155 λίρες) contest that will kick off the live NBCSN telecast of WSOF27, ανίκητος Bryce “Thug Nasty” Mitchell θα τακτοποιήσει μακριά με Jorge Medina ενώ, σε ένα welterweight (170 λίρες) ταιριάξει, Jaleel “The Realist” Willis και 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,"Δήλωσε World Series of Fighting Πρόεδρος Πατέρας Αρχηγών.
Bryce Mitchell vs. Jorge Medina
Σε απόσταση μόλις 21 ετών, 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.
Ως ερασιτέχνης, Mitchell delivered similar results, earning all five of his victories between June 2013 και τον Αύγουστο 2014 by way of first round submission, en route to a near-perfect 5-1 ρεκόρ.
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 και αήττητος Λουκ Σάντερς, Medina is looking to rebound from a second round (4:22) ΠΟΥ (kicks) ήττα στα χέρια του Pedro Gomes τον Μάρτιο 28, 2015.
Jaleel Willis vs. Τσόνσι Φόξγουορθ
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.
Μέχρι σήμερα, 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 άκρα, νίκης 7 of the contests by way of (Τ)KO ή την υποβολή.
Tickets for WSOF27 start at just $39.99, and are on sale at WSOF.com, όλες οι θέσεις Ticketmaster, ticketmaster.com, the FedExForum Box Office, ή τηλεφωνικά στο (800) 745-3000.
Στο ελαφρύ (155 λίρες) Main Event, Ο Mike "The Martian" Ricci will square off rival star Caros "Το Μέλλον" Fodor.
The 29-year-old Ricci (11-4) του Μόντρεαλ, Κεμπέκ, 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) της Kirkland, Πλύσιμο. is a 31-year-old protégé of Ματ Hume and brother of fellow World Series of Fighting athlete Φοίνιξ Τζόουνς, 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 λίρες) συν-κύριο γεγονός, heavy-handed finisherTeddy Κάτοχος (9-2) του Bartlett, Τενεσί. will battle undefeated Shamil Gamzatov(9-0) της Makhachkala, Ρωσία.
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 (Τ)KO ή την υποβολή.
The WSOF27 preliminary bout card will be announced soon.
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