Las Vegas (E whitu. 1, 2016) - World Series o te whawhai (www.WSOF.com) has announced a stellar and complete, seven-fight preliminary bout card, headlined by a much-anticipated rematch between rival bantamweight (135 pauna) whetu Chris “El Guapo” Gutierrez (9-1-1) a Timur "Lucky" Valiev (10-2), for the star-studded, WSOF33: Gaethje vs. Dugulubgov world championship doubleheader extravaganza at Kansas City Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Koe. i runga i Rāmere, Oketopa. 7, ora i runga i NBCSN i 11 p.m. AND/8 p.m. PT.

The preliminary bout card will stream live, i roto i te taatoaraa, i runga i te kaitākaro ataata embeddable i runga i WSOF.com, timata i 8 p.m. AND/5 p.m. PT, immediately before the unprecedented, three-hour telecast of the six-fight main card that will be headlined by a world lightweight (155 pauna) title fight between reigning, toa tūturu Justin "Ko e Miramirahia" Gaethje (16-0) o Safford, Ariz. and number one contender Ozzy Dugulubgov (8-2) o New York, N.Y..

Utu i $20, tickets for WSOF33: Gaethje vs. Dugulubgov go on saleapopo, Rāmere, E whitu 2 at the Kansas City Municipal Auditorium box office as well as online at Ticketmaster.com and WSOF.com.

The rematch between the 5-foot-9, 25-year-old Gutierrez of Greenville, Texas and the 5-foot-6, 26-year-old Valiev of Albuquerque, N.M. via Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia will unfold less than eight months after the two went to war in a see-saw battle for three full rounds in Garden Grove, Calif. i runga i February 20.

After the closing bell, Gutierrez, walked away with a controversial, split decision, leaving unfinished business between the two prolific athletes.

Leading off the undercard, undefeated submission ace Bryce “Thug Nasty” Mitchell (6-0) will face off with fellow rising star and knockout artist Brandon Phillips (6-1) i roto i te mā (145 pauna) matchup.

One of MMA’s hottest prospects, the ferocious, 5-foot-9, 21-year-old Mitchell of Searcy, Ark. has notched all six of his professional wins to date via submission in the first round of action. He made his promotional debut at WSOF27 in Memphis, Tenn. i runga i January 23, mutunga Jorge Medina with a rear-naked choke at the 1:02 tohu o te rauna whakatuwhera.

Phillips of Oklahoma City, Okla. is a hard-hitting striker who has earned four of his six professional career wins, ko te kupu tenei i tawhiti, by way of (T)KO. The 5-foot-6, 26-year-old is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Chuka Willis i Bellator 159 i runga i Hōngongoi 22.

Elsewhere on the WSOF33 preliminary card, ao-runga Hehe Brock (22-8) will make his World Series of Fighting debut opposite dangerous finisher Bekbulat Magomedov (16-1) i roto i te whā (135 pauna) mau.

I roto i tona timatanga whakamutunga, the 5-foot-4, 34-year-old Brock of Boise, Idaho notched his sixth consecutive victory, forcing Olly Bradstreet to tap out from a rear-naked choke in the third round (3:57) of their bout at Bellator 155 i runga i Kia 20.

The 5-foot-8, 25-year-old Magomedov of Makhachkala, Dagestan will look to rebound from his sole loss to date, a split decision to Josh Hill, at WSOF26 on Hakihea 18. Prior to the fight, Magomedov had gone unbeaten since his professional debut in 2011.

Abu "Gladiator" Azaitar (12-1-1, 1 NC) of Cologne, Germany will square off with “Mad” Mike Arrant (15-11) of Las Vegas in a welterweight (170 pauna) honga.

In a second welterweight matchup, Magomed Magomedkerimov (17-5) o Makhachkala, Dagestan will lock horns with Bobby “Super Duper” Cooper(12-6) of Knob Noster, Koe.

Streaking finisher Ihirama Mamedov (13-1) o Jersey City, N.J. mā Derbent, Dagestan will face battle-tested veteran Alonzo “Zo Diddy” Martinez (40-19) of Papillion, Neb. i Kōmāmā.

In middleweight (185 pauna) mahi, three-time UFC veteran Bruno “Carioca” Santos (14-2) of Macae, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will make his World Series of Fighting debut against Xtreme Couture team member Clinton Williams (11-4) o Las Vegas.

WSOF33: GAETHJE VU. DUGULUBGOV

KĀRI MAIN (Ora i runga i NBCSN)

World Series o Fighting Kōmāmā Takahanga Main Championship:
Justin Gaethje (Champion) vs. Ozzy Dugulubgov (Kaiwero)

World Series o Fighting Light Heavyweight Championship Co-Main Takahanga:
Rawiri Manga (Champion) vs. Vinny Magalhaes (Kaiwero)

Kōmāmā: Jason Runga vs. João Zeferino
Kōmāmā: Brian Foster vs. Luiz Firmino
Welterweight: Abubakar Nurmagomedov vs. John Howard
Taumahamaha: Shawn Jordan vs. Ashley Gooch

KĀRI PRELIMINARY (Ora i runga i WSOF.com)

Whā: Chris Gutierrez vs. Timur Valiev
Whā: Jesse Brock vs. Bekbulat Magomedov
Welterweight: Abu Azaitar vs. Mike Arrant
Kōmāmā: Ihirama Mamedov vs. Alonzo Martinez
Welterweight: Magomed Magomedkerimov vs. Bobby Cooper
Mā whitu: Bryce Mitchell vs. Brandon Phillips
Whitu: Bruno Santos vs. Clinton Williams