WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING HEADS TO FEDEX FORUM IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE SATURDAY, Styczeń 23, Żyć na NBCSN

Main Event: Mike Ricci vs. Caros Fodor
Co-Main Event: Teddy Holder vs. Szamil Gamzatov

Bilety już w sprzedaży
LAS VEGAS (Grudzień 21, 2015) -World Seria Fighting (WSOF.com) will kick off the New Year with its 27th live event and first trip ever to the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn. na Sobota, Jan. 23, żyć na NBCSN na 10 p.m. I/7 p.m. PT.

In the WSOF27 lightweight (155 funtów) główne wydarzenie, Mike "Marsjański" Ricci zmierzą się z Caros "Przyszłość" Fodor podczas, in the light heavyweight (205 funtów) współpraca Głównym wydarzeniem, heavy-handed finisher Teddy Holder będzie walczyć niepokonany Szamil Gamzatov.

“We are excited to make our debut in Memphis thanks, in great part, to V3 Fights, which has a stellar reputation for putting together great events in that market and is helping us bring our brand of live, world-class MMA action to new fans,"Powiedział World Series of Fighting CEO Carlos Silva.

Bilety na imprezy zaczynają się po prostu $39.99, and are on sale at WSOF.com, wszystkie lokalizacje ticketmaster, ticketmaster.com, the FedExForum Box Office, lub telefonicznie pod (800) 745-3000.

Mike Ricci vs. Caros Fodor

The 29-year-old Ricci (11-4) Montreal, Quebec, Canada will enter the World Series of Fighting decagon cage on 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 matchup in the quarterfinal stage matchup of the WSOF25 one-night, eight-man tournament.

Fodor (10-4) z Kirkland, Myjnia. is looking to notch his third consecutive win in his World Series of Fighting debut after concluding a successful, four-fight run in Asia. The 31-year-old protégé of Matt Hume and brother of fellow World Series of Fighting competitor and costumed superhero Phoenix Jones exploded onto the national MMA scene in 2010 when he ran to five consecutive wins with the now defunct Strikeforce promotion.

Teddy Holder vs. Szamil Gamzatov

Uchwyt (9-2) od Bartlett, Tenn. is a former high school football star turned MMA machine who made his first big mark in the sport at WSOF19 on Marzec 28 after being bumped up from the event’s undercard to a co-main event matchup with established star Thiago Silva, on the day of the event due to the withdrawal of Silva’s original opponent, Matt Hamill, from the matchup.

Uchwyt, whose nine-career victories have all come by way of (T)KO lub poddanie, scored an upset, Pierwsza runda (2:00) TKO on Silva with a barrage of punches.

The unbeaten Gamzatov (9-0) z Machaczkała, Russia will make his debut in the U.S. after finishing all of his professional opponents to date in either the first or second round. The 25-year-old is the number two ranked light heavyweight in the Ukraine and the number 24 ranked light heavyweight in Russia.

Additional matchups for WSOF27 will be announced soon.

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