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MAIN EVENT: CARLOS FODOR VS. MIKE RICCI
CO-MAIN: TEDDY HOLDER VS. SHAMIL GAMZATOV
LIVE ON NBCSN FROM FEDEXFORUM
IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE ON SATURDAY, 一月 23
LAS VEGAS (一月 5, 2016) - 世界系列的戰鬥 (WSOF.com) announced today that it has completed the live NBCSN televised (10 P.M. ET /下午7時. PT), main card portion of its inaugural event of the New Year that will also mark its debut at the FedExForum in Memphis, 田納西州. 週六, 一月. 23, with two new bouts featuring three undefeated, 冉冉升起的新星.
In a lightweight (155 英鎊) contest that will kick off the live NBCSN telecast of WSOF27, 不敗 Bryce “Thug Nasty” Mitchell 將廣場下車用 Jorge Medina 而, 在次中量級 (170 英鎊) 配對, Jaleel “The Realist” Willis 和 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,“說世界系列格鬥總統 父親酋長.
Bryce Mitchell vs. Jorge Medina
在剛 21 歲, 米切爾 (4-0) of Searcy, 方舟. 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.
作為一個業餘愛好者, Mitchell delivered similar results, earning all five of his victories between June 2013 八月 2014 by way of first round submission, en route to a near-perfect 5-1 記錄.
Mitchell’s opponent, 梅迪納 (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 達斯汀·奧爾蒂斯 和不敗 Luke Sanders, Medina is looking to rebound from a second round (4:22) WHO (kicks) defeat at the hands of Pedro Gomes 三月 28, 2015.
Jaleel Willis vs. Chauncey Foxworth
威利斯 (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.
至今, Foxworth (2-0) of Hot Springs, 方舟. 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 結束, 勝利 7 of the contests by way of (牛逼)KO或提交.
Tickets for WSOF27 start at just $39.99, and are on sale at WSOF.com, 所有票務地點, ticketmaster.com, the FedExForum Box Office, 或通過電話 (800) 745-3000.
In the lightweight (155 英鎊) 主要事件, 邁克“火星”利瑪竇 will square off rival star Caros“未來”福多爾.
The 29-year-old Ricci (11-4) 蒙特利爾, 魁北克, Canada is riding a three-fight win streak after scoring a highlight reel KO on 喬·康登 with a head kick in the first round (2:41) of their WSOF25 quarterfinal stage tournament matchup on November 20, 2015.
福多爾 (10-4) 柯克蘭, 洗. is a 31-year-old protégé of 馬特·休謨 and brother of fellow World Series of Fighting athlete 鳳凰·瓊斯, 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 英鎊) 合作的主要事件, heavy-handed finisher泰迪持有人 (9-2) 巴特利特, 田納西州. will battle undefeated 沙塔爾Gamzatov(9-0) 馬哈奇卡拉, 俄羅斯.
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 (牛逼)KO或提交.
The WSOF27 preliminary bout card will be announced soon.
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