Las Vegas (August 30, 2016) - World Series o te whawhai (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, Koe. i runga iRāmere, Oketopa. 7.

Utu i $20, tickets for WSOF33: Gaethje vs. Dugulubgov go on sale onRāmere, E whitu 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 pauna) championship main event between reigning, undefeated kingpin Justin "Ko e Miramirahia" Gaethje (16-0) and number one contender Ozzy Dugulubgov (8-2); the light heavyweight (205 pauna) championship co-main event between defending champion Rawiri Manga (16-3) me te kaiwero Vinny Magalhaes (14-7); and the lightweight tilt between WSOF25 eight-man tournament winner Brian Foster (25-9) a 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) a João "Te Beresiria Samurai" Zeferino (20-8).

"Ko tenei, i waho i te feaa, 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,"Ka mea a World Series o Fighting peresideni Rangatira Matua.

In other action on the six-bout telecast, John “Doomsday” Howard (24-12) ka whawhai ki Abubakar Nurmagomedov (12-1-1) i roto i te Welterweight (170 pauna) 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) a Ashley “Gio” Gooch (10-4).

The WSOF33 preliminary bout card will be announced soon.

Jason Runga vs. João Zeferino

Entering the World Series of Fighting decagon cage for the third time, te 5-waewae-9, 34-year-old High of Kansas City, Koe. 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 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 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 Pipiri 17.

The 5-foot-11, 30-year-old Zeferino of Middletown, N.Y.. via Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil has earned a remarkable 15 o 20 mahi toa i te ara o te tāpaetanga.

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 (nifó) 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, i te ara o te tuatahi a tawhio noa (1:46) tāpaetanga (rekereke matau).

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

John Howard vs. Abubakar Nurmagomedov

Ko te 5-waewae-7, 33-year-old Howard of Boston, Mass. is coming off a successful World Series of Fighting debut on Pipiri 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, Uria Hall a 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 (nifó) o 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 i UFC 94 i runga i Hānuere 31, 2009.

Nurmagomedov of Makhachkala, Dagestan, 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, tuarua a tawhio (3:05) WHO (nifó) oMatthew Frincu at WSOF30 on April 2.

Ki te rā, 10 of Nurmagomedov’s 12 career wins have come by way of either (T)KO tukunga ranei.

Shawn Jordan vs. Ashley Gooch

The stocky, 6-waewae, 31-year-old Jordan of Baton Rouge, Te. 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 a 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 tukunga ranei.

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.

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

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

Las Vegas (August 23, 2016) – Following its highest-viewed live event of the year on July 30, Ao Series o te whawhai (www.WSOF.com) announced today that it has pegged new dates to its four remaining 2016 ngā, beginning with an unprecedented, three-hour, ora NBCSN telecast (11 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. PT) of WSOF33: Gaethje vs. Dugulubov from Kansas City, Haratua. i runga i Rāmere, Oketopa. 7, and concluding with the recently announced WSOF36 mega-event at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Rāhoroi, Dec. 31, live on NBC.

WSOF34 and WSOF35, both of which will air live on NBCSN, will take place on Rāhoroi, Nov. 12 at Budweiser Event Center from Loveland, Lap. outside of Denver, a ki runga ki Rāhoroi, Dec. 3 at XFINITY Arena in Everett, Horoi. 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,"Ka mea a World Series o te whawhai Tumu Carlos Silva.

World Series of Fighting President Rangatira Matua kī, “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.”

I tua atu, the world championship fight series will air a two-hour replay of WSOF32: Moraes vs. Hill II on Rāhoroi, E whitu. 24. The WSOF32 world championship doubleheader event that took place at XFINITY Arena in Everett, Horoi. garnered over 250,000 live viewers on NBCSN on July 30, and an immediate replay of the show drew an additional 107,000 kaimätakitaki.

WSOF33 will take place at Kansas City Memorial Auditorium and will be headlined by a world lightweight (155 pauna) championship showdown between undefeated, kingi hīanga, Justin "Ko e Miramirahia" Gaethje (16-0) o Safford, Ariz. me te pakeke-patu, 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) o Sallisaw, Okla.

Additional WSOF33 bouts will be announced soon.