Las Vegas (Mei 19, 2016) -World Series tempur (WSOF.com) today announced a complete, seven-bout preliminary fight card for its WSOF31: Ivanov vs. Copeland world heavyweight championship Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) kajadian, hirup dina NBCSN di 9 p.m. AND/6 p.m. PT from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. dina Jumaah, Juni 17.

The WSOF31 undercard lineup includes the promotional debut of heavyweight knockout artist Balong Hood (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, Gering. 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.

Raja, a 6-foot-5, 35-year-old resident of North Attleboro, Massa. geus earned 8 téh nya 10 career wins via (T)KO atawa kaluman. He is coming off a 51-second submission (keuneung hook) ti Eric Bedard dina April 16.

In another heavyweight contest, Juliano “Banana” Coutinho (7-2) of Cape COD, Massa. via 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.. bakal mawa kana Devin Powell (6-1) of South Berwick, Maine in one of three lightweight (155 kilogram) matchups on the WSOF31 preliminary bout card.

Powell boasts won four straight fights, three by way of (T)KO atawa kaluman.

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

Saul "The lancah" Almeida (18-6) of Boston, Massa. will make his third start in the decagon cage in a lightweight matchup with prolific power striker Bruce "geulis Boy" Boyington of Bangor, Maine.

Thirty-year-old rising star Rodrigo "The Young Singa" Almeida of Woburn, Massa. will do battle with Ben Pierre-Saint (9-4) of Superior, Wisc. di bantamweight (135 kilogram).

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

Dibanderol ti $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. AND, sarta nu munggaran bout kartu penyisihan bakal dimimitian di 6 p.m.

In the live NBCSN televised main event, reigning world heavyweight championBlagoy pendak (13-1) will risk his title against Josh “Cuddly Bear” Copeland (13-1) waktu, in the lightweight co-main event, superstars Jason "The Kansas City bandit" High (19-5) jeung 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) di welterweight.

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

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