WSOF31: IVANOV VS. COPELAND PRELIMINARY BOUT CARD COMPLETE WITH SEVEN MATCHUPS

PRELIMINARY BOUTS STREAM LIVE AT 6 P.M. NA
ON AN EMBEDDABLE VIDEO PLAYER ON WSOF.COM

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MAIN CARD
AIRS LIVE ON NBCSN AT 9 P.M. NA
FROM MASHANTUCKET, CONN. NA Friday, JUN 17

Las Vegas (Ka 19, 2016) -World Usoro Ọgụ (WSOF.com) today announced a complete, seven-bout preliminary fight card for its WSOF31: Ivanov vs. Copeland world heavyweight championship Mixed Martial Arts (Emmanuel) omume, ibi na NBCSN na 9 p.m. NA/6 p.m. PT from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. na Friday, June 17.

The WSOF31 undercard lineup includes the promotional debut of heavyweight knockout artist Lorenzo hundu (9-3), who will square off with fellow finisher Tyler “The Marauder” King (10-4).

The 6-foot-3, 27-year-old Hood of Chicago, Ọrịa. is a former professional football player turned MMA wrecking machine who has notched all 9 of his professional victories by way of (T)KO in the first round of battle.

Eze, a 6-foot-5, 35-year-old resident of North Attleboro, Uka. emeela 8 nke ya 10 career wins via (T)Ko ma ọ bụ na-erubere. He is coming off a 51-second submission (n'ikiri ụkwụ nko) nke Eric Bedard na April 16.

In another heavyweight contest, Juliano “Banana” Coutinho (7-2) nke Cape okporoko, Uka. site na Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will look to secure his second straight victory when he faces off with Team AKA product Justin Willis (3-1) of San Jose, Calif.

Willis, who is riding a three-fight win streak, was originally slated to face Chris "Huggy Bear" Barnett on the main card portion of the bill.

Returning to the decagon cage for the fourth time, submission specialist Tom “Tommy Gunnz” Marcellino (7-4) of Amsterdam, N.Y.. ga-on Devin Powell (6-1) of South Berwick, Maine in one of three lightweight (155 pound) matchups on the WSOF31 preliminary bout card.

Powell boasts won four straight fights, three by way of (T)Ko ma ọ bụ na-erubere.

In welterweight (170 pound) edinam, Robert Fonseca (10-3, 1 NC) nke Manaus, Amazon, Brazil will seek his fourth consecutive victory when he squares off with Sean Lally (4-2) of Orleans, Uka.

Sọl "The Ududo" Almeida (18-6) nke Boston, Uka. will make his third start in the decagon cage in a lightweight matchup with prolific power striker Bruce "Mara Boy" Boyington nke Bangor, Maine.

Thirty-year-old rising star Rodrigo "The nwa ọdụm" na Almeida nke Woburn, Uka. will do battle with Ben Pierre-Saint (9-4) of Superior, Wisc. na bantamweight (135 pound).

In the leadoff preliminary card fight, unbeaten Sam Watford (2-0) of Mount Vernon, N.Y.. ga na-enwe Christian “The Terminator” Torres (0-0) of Endicott, N.Y..

Ọnụ si $39.99, tickets for WSOF31: Ivanov vs. Copeland are on sale at WSOF.com and Foxwoods.com.

Doors at The Grand Theatre at Foxwoods Resort Casino will open at 5 p.m. NA, na mbụ mbido kaadị bayere ga-amalite na 6 p.m.

In the live NBCSN televised main event, reigning world heavyweight championBlagoy Ivanov (13-1) will risk his title against Josh “Cuddly Bear” Copeland (13-1) mgbe, in the lightweight co-main event, superstars Jason "The Kansas City oji egbe ezu osi" High (19-5) na Mike "The Martian" Ricci (11-4) will square off with their division’s number one contender ranking at stake.

Elsewhere on the live NBCSN telecast, John “Doomsday” Howard (23-12) will make his highly-anticipated World Series of Fighting debut against submission expert Thiago “Minu” Meller (20-7) na welterweight.

In a featherweight (145 pound) tilt between two prolific strikers, Luis "adaka" Palomino (24-12) will battle former world championship challenger Sheymon Moraes (8-1).

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