FOUR NEW LIVE EVENT DATES BEGIN WITH UNPRECEDENTED, THREE-HOUR NBCSN TELECAST
OF WSOF33 FROM KANSAS CITY, KAN. ON Tháng Mười 7
EPIC YEAR CONCLUDES WITH WSOF36 MEGA-EVENT ON NBC
FROM MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ON Tháng mười hai 31
LAS VEGAS (Tháng tám 23, 2016) – Following its highest-viewed live event of the year on July 30, World Series of Fighting (www.WSOF.com) announced today that it has pegged new dates to its four remaining 2016 sự kiện, beginning with an unprecedented, three-hour, sống NBCSN truyền hình (11 giờ chiều. ET / 8 giờ chiều. PT) of WSOF33: Gaethje vs. Dugulubov from Kansas City, Có thể. trên Thứ sáu, Tháng Mười. 7, and concluding with the recently announced WSOF36 mega-event at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Thứ bảy, Tháng mười hai. 31, live on NBC.
WSOF34 and WSOF35, both of which will air live on NBCSN, sẽ diễn ra vào Thứ bảy, Tháng mười một. 12 at Budweiser Event Center from Loveland, Vạt áo. outside of Denver, và hơn thế nữa Thứ bảy, Tháng mười hai. 3 at XFINITY Arena in Everett, Rửa. 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,"Nói World Series of Fighting CEO Carlos Silva.
World Series of Fighting President Cha Chiefs phát biểu, “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.”
Ngoài ra, the world championship fight series will air a two-hour replay of WSOF32: Moraes vs. Hill II on Thứ bảy, Bảy. 24. The WSOF32 world championship doubleheader event that took place at XFINITY Arena in Everett, Rửa. thu hút hơn 250,000 live viewers on NBCSN on July 30, and an immediate replay of the show drew an additional 107,000 người xem.
WSOF33 will take place at Kansas City Memorial Auditorium and will be headlined by a world lightweight (155 pounds) championship showdown between undefeated, đương kim kingpin Justin "Các Highlight" Gaethje (16-0) của Safford, Ariz. và cứng rắn, 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, Paraiba, 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) của Sallisaw, Okla.
Additional WSOF33 bouts will be announced soon.