Lance Palmer los mus tiv thaiv lub ntiaj teb no featherweight title

Daim pib rau WSOF 26 ntawm kev muag khoom Friday, Oct. 16 ntawm 10 a.m. PST

Las Vegas (Oct. 14, 2015) - Lub ntiaj teb no Series ntawm Sib ntaus (WSOF) yuav lub taub hau musLub Chelsea hauv Lub Cosmopolitan ntawm Las Vegas rau thawj lub sij hawm puas tau nrog ib lub hnub qub-studded, lub ntiaj teb Championship kev tshwm sim featuring qhov ntev-awaited rov qab los ntawm Tyrone "King ntawm lub nplhaib" Spong raws li tau zoo raws li ib tug lub npe tiv thaiv los ntawm reigning featherweight zus Lance Palmer, rau Friday, Dec. 18, nyob rau NBCSN ntawm9 p.m. EST / 6 p.m. PST.

Spong (2-0 MMA, 2-0 boxing, 74-7-1, 1 NC, 46 KO lub kickboxing) ntawm Boca Raton, Florida ntawm Paramaribo, Suriname yuav fim nrog tus nrog sib ntaus yuav tsum tau txiav txim, thiab Palmer (10-1) yuav muab nws txoj siv rau txoj kab tiv thaiv tus khiav ntawm cov WSOF 24 matchup ntawm Alexandre Almeida (16-5) ntawm Manaus, Brazil thiab Xa-u Almeida (18-5) ntawm Boston, Pawg.

Daim pib mus WSOF 26 mus rau-muag Friday, Oct. 16 ntawm 10 a.m. PST. Luv nqi ntawm $119, $69 thiab $39, tickets will be available for purchase at www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com , www.WSOF.com los yog www.ticketmaster.com.

"Peb tab tom nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej yog los ua peb debut ntawm ib qho ntawm lub finest venues nyob rau hauv qhov kev sib ntaus capital ntawm lub ntiaj teb no, thiab mus rau lwm lub historic hmo ntuj ntawm MMA kev txiav txim nrog tus rov qab los ntawm ob Tyrone Spong, ib tug ntawm cov kev ua si nawv kub npas, thiab hmuv Palmer, ib tug menyuam coob coob lub ntiaj teb champion,"Hais tias lub ntiaj teb no Series ntawm Sib ntaus sib tua Thawj Tswj HwmLeej Txiv Chiefs.

At age 30, Spong’s appearance will bring an end to the phenom’s absence from competition that was prompted by a broken leg that he sustained in the kickboxing ring in April 2014.

Ib tug qub tub rog ntawm 87 kev bouts collectively thoob plaws MMA, kickboxing thiab boxing, ib tug-rau-ib-yam Spong, uas pib nws cov hauj lwm raws li ib tug protégé ntawm so K-1 kickboxing lus dab neeg Ernesto Hoost, tau mob siab rau nws lub neej mus rau kab thawj fighter mus ntes ib tug loj lub ntiaj teb Championship nyob rau hauv txhua nqe ntaus rog kev ua si nawv.

Palmer, ib tug tswv cuab ntawm superstar Urijah Faber'S Team Alpha Txiv neej sib ntaus tub cheev xwm, yuav raug nws npe rau lub thib ob lub sij hawm txij li thaum lub 27-xyoo-laus seized lub coveted championship los ntawm cov yeeb ncuab Rick "Lub Gladiator" Glenn nyob rau hauv lub co-ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm WSOF 16 on Dec, 13, 2014.

Nrog peb puag ncig (3:09) cuav (rear-liab qab caj pas) kov yeej Glenn, Palmer tub Glenn tus zoo kawg, unbeaten khiav uas tsim 13 fights tshaj plaub lub xyoos.

Palmer, neeg uas yog tswv rau yeej los ntawm txoj kev ntawm kev mloog lus, ntse defended nws txoj siv rau thawj lub sij hawm nyob Lub rau hli ntuj 5, yuam sib ntaus sib tua-kuaj qub tub rog Chris Horodeckicoj mus rhaub tawm los ntawm ib tug caj dab crank nyob rau hauv thawj round (4:28) ntawm cov kev txiav txim.

Ntxiv matchups rau WSOF 26 yuav muab tshaj tawm sai. Lub card yog kev kawm mus rau kev hloov.