Tickets for WSOF34 on sale now
Las Vegas (အောက်တိုဘာလ 10, 2016) - တိုက်ပွဲတွေ၏ကမ္ဘာ့စီးရီး (www.WSOF.com) announced that it has tabbed four military veterans for action in three different bouts, including one that will air on its live NBCSN telecast (10:30 p.m. AND/7:30 p.m. PT), to kick off it’s “Who’s The Toughest?” program at WSOF34: Foster vs. ဒိုင်း, at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, ပြေးလမ်း. အပေါ် စနေနေ့, နိုဝင်ဘာ. 12.
The league also announced that Josh “Cuddly Bear” Copeland (13-4) has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled heavyweight matchup with former world champion Smealinho “The Prince” Rama (9-2) due to a knee injury. Rama will now face Kevin Sears (4-2).
“We are extremely excited to launch the ‘Who’s The Toughest?’ program with a group of four professional fighters that have served our country valiantly, and who have since been looking for a potentially career-changing opportunity to compete on a major stage,"သမ္မတ Fighting ၏ကမ္ဘာ့စီးရီးကပြောပါတယ် ခမညျးတျောစီးချုပ်များ.
World Series of Fighting announced in May that it would be launching “Who’s The Toughest?” in order to provide military veterans who are active or aspiring MMA fighters, with the opportunity to compete under its promotion.
Leading off the live NBCSN telecast of WSOF34, Shane Kruchten (11-4) နှင့် Jeremy Mahon (5-4) – both U.S. Marine Corps veterans – will do battle in a 150-pound catchweight contest.
အလငျးဟဲဗီးဝိတ်အတွက် (205 ပေါင်) matchup that will headline the WSOF34 preliminary bout card, U.S. Marine Corps veteran Brandon Collins (3-2) အတူဝင်တိုက်လိမ့်မည် Chris Morgan (0-0), who will make his professional debut.
The fourth veteran, former U.S. Army ranger Nicoli Navarro (3-1), will square off with unbeaten upstart Alan Gutierrez (2-0) ပေါ့ပါးတဲ့အချိန်မှာ (155 ပေါင်).
Shane Kruchten vs. Jeremy Mahon
အဆိုပါ 6-ခြေလျင်-1, 32-year-old Kruchten of San Diego, ကာလီဖိုးနီးယား. saw action in the Iraq War in 2003 နှင့် 2004, and was subsequently awarded a Presidential Unit Citation and a Combat Action Ribbon for his efforts in battle before retiring from the military with the rank of Lance Corporal.
အတွက်ပရော်ဖက်ရှင်နယ်လှည့်ကတည်းက 2007, Kruchten has donated a portion of each of his fight purses to the Mighty Oaks Warrior Foundation, a California-based retreat for veterans run by fellow U.S. Marine Corps veteran and former World Series of Fighting competitor Chad Robichaux.
Kruchten’s start will bring an end to a two-and-a-half-year hiatus that he took following a loss to Mike Corey by way of second round (2:59) နားထောင်ခြင်း (နောက်ဘက်-အဝတ်အချည်းစည်းပိတ်ဆို့) in what was Kruchten’s World Series of Fighting debut. ကိုရှုံးနိမ့်မတိုင်မီက, Kruchten had reeled off 11 ဆက်တိုက်အောင်ပွဲ, 6 via submission and 3 ကနေတဆင့် (T က)KO.
The 5-foot-10, 37-year-old Mahon of Houston, Texas was deployed to Iraq during the initial invasion of the country in 2003, and later served as a security contractor in Fallujah, working to procure the safety of civilians there.
Before retiring as a Sergeant, Mahon earned a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal as well as a Presidential Unit Citation. He runs a non-profit organization, DAWG Foundation, which trains dogs and offers them to veterans in need of everyday assistance.
Mahon is looking to notch his third straight victory following a second round (4:22) WHO က (လာကြတယ်) ၏ Davis Sylvester Bellator မှာ 149 အပေါ် ဖေဖေါ်ဝါရီလ 19.
Brandon Collins vs. Chris Morgan
အဆိုပါ 6-ခြေလျင်-1, 32-year-old Collins of Houston, Texas was also a recipient of a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal during his eight-year stint (2004-2012) with the Marine Corps that saw him tour Afghanistan where he was a special operations officer and his unit’s martial arts instructor.
Collins was a member of his North Carolina base’s boxing team and, after relocating to California, he quickly transitioned to MMA.
Morgan, a 6-foot-3, 28-year-old resident of Denver, ပြေးလမ်း. will make his first professional start after a three-year amateur career that saw him compile an overall record of 5-2. အားလုံး 5 of his victories came inside the first round of action via (T က)KO သို့မဟုတ်တင်သွင်းခဲ့တဲ့.
Nicholi Navarro vs. Alan Gutierrez
အဆိုပါ 6-ခြေလျင်, 30-year-old Navarro of Denver served in the Army’s 75ကြိမ်မြောက် Ranger Regimen, a special operations unit, အကြား 2004 နှင့် 2008, eventually reaching the rank of Corporal.
During his four-year tenure in the military, Navarro earned a Combat Infantry Badge, an Expert Infantry Badge and a Parachutist Badge.
Navarro is a student of retired, former Muay Thai world champion and UFC star Duane “Bang” Ludwig. All three of Navarro’s professional victories to date have come by way of (T က)KO သို့မဟုတ်တင်သွင်းခဲ့တဲ့.
While not a veteran, 5-ခြေလျင်-11, 23-year-old Gutierrez of Skagit Valley, ရေချိုး. was born into and raised by a family of Marines, သူ၏ဖခင်နှင့်အတူ, mother and brother all having served. Gutierrez dedicates each of his fights to his recently deceased brother.
Gutierrez made quick work of each of his first two professional opponents, ယနေ့အထိ, submitting Ryan Schecterson with a brabo choke in the first round (2:00) of action in Gutierrez’s professional debut on May 9, 2015, and scoring a first round (1:11) KO (လာကြတယ်) အပေါ် Taylor Roberts အပေါ် ဖေဖေါ်ဝါရီလ 27.
ကနေစျေးနှုန်း $20, tickets for “WSOF34: Fitch vs. Shields” are on sale at the Budweiser Events Center box office, BudweiserEventsCenter.com, and by phone at 1-877-544-TIXX.
In the main event of WSOF34, reigning world welterweight (170 ပေါင်) တံခွန်စိုက်သူ Jon Fitch (28-7-1, 1 NC) will collide with number one contender and fellow decorated superstar Jake Shields (31-8-1).
In the welterweight co-main event, ရှင်ပေါလုသည် Bradley (23-6), will make his promotional debut for World Series of Fighting and take on former top 10 ကမ္ဘာ့အဆင့်သတ်မှတ် Yushin "မိုးကြိုး" Okami (32-10).
Additional matchups for “WSOF34: Fitch vs. Shields” will be announced soon.
