FOUR NEW LIVE EVENT DATES BEGIN WITH UNPRECEDENTED, THREE-HOUR NBCSN TELECAST
OF WSOF33 FROM KANSAS CITY, KAN. AR Deireadh Fómhair 7
EPIC YEAR CONCLUDES WITH WSOF36 MEGA-EVENT ON NBC
FROM MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ON Nollaig 31
LAS VEGAS (Lúnasa 23, 2016) – Following its highest-viewed live event of the year on July 30, Sraith an Domhain de Troid (www.WSOF.com) announced today that it has pegged new dates to its four remaining 2016 Imeachtaí, beginning with an unprecedented, three-hour, cónaí NBCSN telecast (11 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. PT) of WSOF33: Gaethje vs. Dugulubov from Kansas City, Bealtaine. ar Dé hAoine, Deireadh Fómhair. 7, and concluding with the recently announced WSOF36 mega-event at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Dé Sathairn, Nollaig. 31, live on NBC.
WSOF34 and WSOF35, both of which will air live on NBCSN, will take place on Dé Sathairn, Samhain. 12 at Budweiser Event Center from Loveland, Lap. outside of Denver, agus ar Dé Sathairn, Nollaig. 3 at XFINITY Arena in Everett, Nigh. 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,"A dúirt Sraith Domhanda na troda POF Carlos Silva.
World Series of Fighting President Athair Chiefs Dúirt, “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.”
Chomh maith leis sin, the world championship fight series will air a two-hour replay of WSOF32: Moraes vs. Hill II on Dé Sathairn, Seacht. 24. The WSOF32 world championship doubleheader event that took place at XFINITY Arena in Everett, Nigh. garnered over 250,000 live viewers on NBCSN on July 30, and an immediate replay of the show drew an additional 107,000 lucht féachana.
WSOF33 will take place at Kansas City Memorial Auditorium and will be headlined by a world lightweight (155 punt) championship showdown between undefeated, kingpin banríonacha Justin "An Aibhsigh" Gaethje (16-0) de SAFFORD, Ariz. agus crua-bhualadh, 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) de Sallisaw, Okla.
Additional WSOF33 bouts will be announced soon.