WSOF31: IVANOV VS. COPELAND
MAIN CARD COMPLETE WITH ADDITION

OF THREE NEW, STAR-STUDDED MATCHUPS

වෙල්ටර්වෙයිට්: JOHN HOWARD VS. THIAGO MELLER
Featherweight: LUIS PALOMINO VS. SHEYMON MORAES
හෙවිවේට්: CHRIS “HUGGY BEAR” BARNETT VS. JUSTIN WILLIS

LIVE ON NBCSN AT 9 ප.ව.. සහ
FROM MASHANTUCKET, යාවන. සිකුරාදා, ජූනි 17

ලාස් වේගාස් (අප්රේල් 12, 2016) සටන් -World මාලා (WSOF.com) today announced the addition of three star-studded matchups to complete the main card for its WSOF31: Ivanov vs. Copeland world heavyweight championship Mixed Martial Arts (ඵම්එම්ඒ) උත්සවය, NBCSN දී ජීවත් 9 ප.ව.. පට / 6 p.m. Mashantucket දී Foxwoods රිසෝට් කැසිනෝ සිට, ඇවොන්. සිකුරාදා, ජූනි මස 17.

In a second heavyweight matchup, dynamic, නැගී එන තරු ක්රිස් "Huggy බෙයාර්" බානෙට් (14-2) will make his World Series of Fighting debut against Team AKA prodigy Justin Willis (4-1).

Also stepping in the decagon cage for the first time, battle-tested warrior John “Doomsday” Howard (23-12) will collide with submission expert Thiago “Minu” Meller (20-7) එය welterweight දී (170 රාත්තල්) අනියම්.

In a featherweight (145 රාත්තල්) scrap between two prolific strikers, ලුයිස් "උසුළු" Palomino (24-12) will face off with former world championship challenger Sheymon Moraes (8-1).

මෙහි ප්රධාන උත්සවය දී, reigning world heavyweight champion Blagoy Ivanov (13-1) will risk his title against Josh “Cuddly Bear” Copeland (13-1) අතර, in the lightweight (155 රාත්තල්) සම-ප්රධාන උත්සවය, වෙතින් සුපිරි ජේසන් "මෙම කැන්සාස් සිටි මංපහරන්නෙකු" මහ (19-5) හා මයික් "මෙම අඟහරු" Ricci (11-4) will square off with their division’s number one contender ranking at stake.

ක්රිස් බානෙට් එදිරිව. Justin Willis

After spending the last year and a half making waves in Japan, අඩි 5--9, 29-year-old Barnett of Tampa, එෆ්ඒඒල්. will suit up as “Huggy Bear,” and make his way onto a major stage in the U.S. for the first time in his career.

With heavy hands and tremendous agility for a fighter of his massive stature, Barnett has notched 12 ඔහුගේ 14 මාර්ගයෙන් වෘත්තීය ජයග්රහණ (ටී)KO, and has celebrated his wins in flamboyant fashion, with everything from cartwheels to breakdancing to hand stands.

Like Barnett, the stocky, 6-foot-3, 28-කැපවුණු,r-old Willis, a training partner of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) greats කායින් Velasquez හා දානියෙල් Cormier සඳහා, has been enjoying success in Japan under the promotion of Inoki Genome Federation (IFG).

Willis will make his first start of 2016, and look to extend his win streak to four consecutive bouts. In his last effort on August 29, he earned a unanimous decision over Rizvan Kuniev ටෝකියෝ නුවර.

ලුයිස් Palomino එදිරිව. Sheymon Moraes

The 5-foot-8, 35-year-old Palomino of Miami, එෆ්ඒඒල්. via Lima, Peru is coming off an epic year in which he engaged in twමෙම, all-out wars with reigning, සැහැල්ලු ශූර සටන් කිරීමේ තුන් වේලම ලෝක ශ්රේණි ජස්ටින් "ඉස්මතු කර පෙන්වන" Gaethje, both of which earned "Fight of the Month” honors.

After closing out 2015 with a gutsy appearance in World Series of Fighting’s first-ever, එක රැයක්, eight-man tournament in which he scored a devastating, පළමු වටයේ (4:55) WHO, (හැලහැප්පිලි අස්සේ) මත පොහොසත් Patishnock in the event’s quarterfinal stage, before being stopped in the semifinal stage of battle via second round (4:19) WHO, (හැලහැප්පිලි අස්සේ) at the hands පිළිබඳ eventual tournament winner බ්රයන් ෆොස්ටර්, Palomino will return to the featherweight division where he has held two world titles.

The 5-foot-8, 25-year-old Moraes of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil returned to form in his last bout, decimating fellow knockout artist රොබී "ගැටලු" Peralta by way of TKO (හැලහැප්පිලි අස්සේ) දෙවන වටයේ දී (3:21) of their matchup at WSOF26.

A seasoned Muay Thai stylist, Moraes ran to seven straight victories in his first seven starts as a professional MMA competitor before being handed his first career defeat by way of third round (3:46) ඉදිරිපත් (පසුපස නග්න දෙපා හිරවන) in a title bid against reigning bantamweight (135 රාත්තල්) ශූර මාලන් Moraes.

John Howard vs. Thiago Meller

Following his second stint with the UFC that spanned seven bouts and included victories over උරියා ශාලාවේ, Siyar Bahadurzada හා Cathal Pendred, මෙම 5-foot-7, 33-year-old Howard of Boston, ජනමාධ්ය. will aim to rebound from a second round (:21) KO (හැලහැප්පිලි අස්සේ) පාඩුව Tim Means දෙසැම්බර් 10.

අදට, Howard has notched 15 ඔහුගේ 23 මාර්ගයෙන් වෘත්තීය ජයග්රහණ (ටී)Ko හෝ ඉදිරිපත්. During his initial run with the UFC between January 2009 and June 2011, Howard scored a memorable, තෙවන වටය (4:55) KO (හැලහැප්පිලි අස්සේ) on submission ace ඩෙනිස් "සුපර්" Hallman දෙසැම්බර් 5, 2009, marking his third consecutive conquest in the league.

Meller of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil will look to collect his second win in a row, following his first round submission (පසුපස නග්න දෙපා හිරවන) පිළිබඳ Leonardo Rodriguez ජුනි 26, 2015.

The 5-foot-10, 33-year-old Meller, a near 13-year veteran of the sport, has emerged victorious in 14 ඔහුගේ 20 career wins, ඉදිරිපත් මගින්.

The preliminary bout card lineup for WSOF31: Ivanov vs. Copeland will be announced soon.

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