LIVE ON NBCSN FROM EVERETT, WASH.
PÅ LÖRDAG, JULI 30
LAS VEGAS (Juni 29, 2016) -World Serie av Slagsmål (WSOF.com) announced today that undefeated, top prospect Phil Hawes (4-0) will make a quick turnaround and step back in the decagon cage just six weeks after his promotional debut, and will square off with Louis “Put The Guns Down” Taylor (12-3) in a middleweight (185 pounds) contest at WSOF32, bor på NBCSN på 10:30 p.m. OCH/7:30 p.m. PT from XFINITY Arena in Everett, Tvätta. på Lördag, Juli 30.
Hawes of Little Ferry, N.J. kommer att ersätta Shamil Gamzatov, another undefeated, rising star in the World Series of Fighting stable, after Gamzatov was forced to withdraw from the commitment due to a personal issue.
“We hope to see Shamil back in action soon, and we salute Phil Hawes for having the courage and willpower to return to action less than two months after his first fight with us,"Sade World Series of Fighting ordförande Far chefer.
In his first start for World Series of Fighting on June 17, den 6-fots, 27-year-old Hawes made quick work of Joshua Key, scoring en första omgång (2:52) TKO on Key with a series of elbow strikes.
A product of the Jackson-Winklejohn camp in Albuquerque, N.M., Hawes was a 2009 junior college national wrestling champion for Iowa Central Community College, also the alma mater of Jackson-Winklejohn teammate and UFC champion Jon "Bones" Jones.
Taylor of Chicago, Dålig. is a 5-foot-11, 37-åriga, battle-tested veteran of World Series of Fighting, Strikeforce and Bellator, and a devastating finisher who has earned 11 av hans 12 karriär vinner genom (T)KO eller underkastelse.
In his last start and debut for World Series of Fighting on Mars 12, Taylor extended his win streak to five consecutive bouts by submitting Cory Develain just 29 seconds with a guillotine choke.
Kostar från $29, tickets for WSOF32: Moraes vs. Hill II are on sale at XFINITYArenaEverett.com and WSOF.com.
In the world bantamweight (135 pounds) championship main event, Marlon Moraes 16-4-1) will defend his coveted title for the second time against Josh "Gentleman" Hill (14-1) medan, in the co-main event and a second world championship rematch, Alexandre "Captain" Almeida (18-5) will put his featherweight (145 pounds) belt on the line against the fighter he took it from –Lance Palmer (10-2).
I andra åtgärder på den levande NBCSN telecast, costumed crime fighter Phoenix Jones (6-1-1) aka Ben Fodor of Seattle, Tvätta. will look to settle his rivalry with adopted brother Caros "Framtiden" Fodor (10-5) of Seattle in a 162-pound catchweight affair.
Obesegrad featherweights Hakeem "betyder" Dawodu (5-0-1) och Marat Magomedov (7-0-1) will square off in a preliminary card bout.
Additional preliminary card bouts for WSOF32 will be announced soon. |