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World Middleweight Championship Main Event:
David Branch (Chanpyon) vs. Clifford Starks (Pwovokatè)

World Welterweight Championship Co-Main Event:
Jon Fitch (Pwovokatè) vs. João ZEFERINO (Pwovokatè)

Plis:

Vinny Magalhaes vs. Jake Heun
Abu Azaitar vs. Danny Davis Jr.

LAS VEGAS (Mas 14, 2016) -World Seri de Goumen (WSOF.com) announced today that it will make its much-anticipated return to Las Vegas with a star-studded, chanpyona mond Melanj Arts masyal (Mma) doubleheader evènman nan Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Samdi, Avril 2, ap viv sou NBCSN (11 p.m. AK/8 p.m. PT), headlined by a middleweight (185 liv) title bout between reigning kingpin David Branch (17-3) ak Clifford Starks (13-2).

Soti nan pwi $29, tikè pou WSOF30: Branch vs. Starks, yo disponib pou achte sou entènèt la nan WSOF.com ak AXS.com.

Nan evènman an ko-prensipal, sipèsta Jon Fitch (27-7-1, 1 NC) will collide with recent World Series of Fighting one-night, uit-nonm konpetisyon kourè-up João "samure a brezilyen" ZEFERINO (20-7) with the vacant World Series of Fighting welterweight (170 liv) championship at stake.

In other action on the four-fight, viv difuze NBCSN, soumèt ekspè Vinny "Pezao" Magalhaes (13-7) pral kare koupe ak Jake "Siwo myèl Bear a" Heun(9-4) nan yon pwa loud limyè (205 liv) Konkou, pandan y ap Mondyal seri de Batay Nouvo ak atis pentch Abu "Gladiators" Azaitar (11-1-1) pral jete desann ak Danny "Dee1" Davis, Jr. (11-10-1) nan wèltèr.

The complete WSOF30 preliminary bout card will be announced soon.

David Branch vs. Clifford Starks

6 nan-pye-1, 34-year-old Branch of Brooklyn, N.Y.. made history in his last start at WSOF23 on September 18, 2015 when he notched a first round (2:21) soumèt (dèyè-toutouni toufe) viktwa sou Teddy Holder to become the first World Series of Fighting light heavyweight champion in history as well as the first-ever two-division champion in promotional history.

A protégé of MMA and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu legend Renzo Gracie, Branch will seek his eighth consecutive win.

Epitou 34 ane ki gen laj, the 5-foot-10 Starks of Tempe, Arizona. earned a shot at Branch’s middleweight title after three consecutive victories in the World Series of Fighting decagon cage. In his last effort at WSOF23, Starks handed Krasimir Mladenov the first defeat of the Bulgarian wrestling standout’s career by way of unanimous decision.

Starks is riding a five-fight win streak that began with two consecutive wins under the promotion of Bellator.

Jon Fitch vs. João ZEFERINO

A former world top 10 ranked competitor who has faced and defeated a collection of rival icons over the course of his 14-year professional career, 6-pye a, 38-year-old Fitch of Fort Wayne, Nan. earned a unanimous decision in his last appearance, over fellow accomplished superstar Yushin Okami at WSOF24 on October 17, 2015.

Originally from Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brezil, 5-nan pye-11, 30-year-old Zeferino who fights out of Middletown, N.Y.. has notched 15 nan l ' 20 karyè ranport pa fason pou soumèt. Zeferino demonstrated superior physical and mental toughness in his last appearance in the cage, going to battle three times in one night in the one-night, uit-nonm ki lejè (155 liv) tournament at WSOF25 on November 20, 2015.

After defeating both Brian Foster ak Jorge Patino by way of heel hook submission in the first round of action in the quarterfinal and semifinal stages of the tournament, respektivman, Zeferino again faced off with Foster, who had advanced to the championship stage as a “lucky loser,” but suffered a second round (4:51) KO (pwenson) at the hands of Foster in a barnburner affair.

Vinny Magalhaes vs. Jake Heun

Magalhaes of Las Vegas via Rio de Janeiro, Brezil, will make his second start under the promotion of World Series of Fighting after pulling off a stunning, premye tou (1:08) soumèt (kneebar) of wrestling stylist Matt "Hammer a" Hamill at WSOF24.

Yon 6-pye-3, 31-year-old world grappling champion, Magalhaes has claimed 11 nan l ' 13 career MMA wins by way of submission and is looking for his fourth consecutive victory.

Heun of Coconut Creek, Fla. is seeking his third straight win after edging out a split decision over Clinton Williams nan WSOF26 sou Desanm 18, 2015.

A member of South Florida-based American Top Team, 6 a-pye-2, 28-year old Heun has claimed 6 nan l ' 9 professional wins by way of (T)KO oswa soumèt.

Abu Azaitar vs. Danny Davis, Jr.

The number one ranked middleweight (185 liv) in Germany and the number five ranked middleweight in Poland, 5-nan pye-11, 30-year-old Azaitar of Cologne, Germany will enter the World Series of Fighting decagon cage for the first time at 170 liv, after tearing through the ranks of competitors in Europe over the last seven years.

Pou dat, the heavy-handed Azaitar has notched 7 nan l ' 11 karyè ranport pa fason pou (T)KO. His lone defeat came in 2012, and he has since remained unbeaten in his last 8 kòmanse.

Davis, Jr. of Las Vegas will look to rebound from two consecutive losses – a split decision defeat at the hands of Matye Frincu at WSOF23, and a unanimous decision loss to Abubakkar Nurmagomedov at WSOF26.

Prior to the matchup with Frincu, 6 a-pye-2, 33-ane-fin vye granmoun Davis, Jr. had run to five straight wins, three of which were World Series of Fighting contests.