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WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING ANNOUNCES SEVEN-BOUT PRELIMINARY CARD FOR WSOF33: GAETHJE VU. DUGULUBGOV MEGA-EVENT IN KANSAS CITY ON FRIDAY, Oct. 7

Undercard headlined by much-anticipated rematch
between bantamweight stars Chris Gutierrez and Timur Valiev

Live, three-hour NBCSN telecast begins at 11 p.m. AND
Preliminary bout card to stream live on WSOF.com at 8 p.m. AND

Tīkiti i runga i te hoko apopo

Las Vegas (E whitu. 1, 2016) - World Series o te whawhai (www.WSOF.com) has announced a stellar and complete, seven-fight preliminary bout card, headlined by a much-anticipated rematch between rival bantamweight (135 pauna) whetu Chris “El Guapo” Gutierrez (9-1-1) a Timur "Lucky" Valiev (10-2), for the star-studded, WSOF33: Gaethje vs. Dugulubgov world championship doubleheader extravaganza at Kansas City Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Koe. i runga i Rāmere, Oketopa. 7, ora i runga i NBCSN i 11 p.m. AND/8 p.m. PT.

The preliminary bout card will stream live, i roto i te taatoaraa, i runga i te kaitākaro ataata embeddable i runga i WSOF.com, timata i 8 p.m. AND/5 p.m. PT, immediately before the unprecedented, three-hour telecast of the six-fight main card that will be headlined by a world lightweight (155 pauna) title fight between reigning, toa tūturu Justin "Ko e Miramirahia" Gaethje (16-0) o Safford, Ariz. and number one contender Ozzy Dugulubgov (8-2) o New York, N.Y..

Utu i $20, tickets for WSOF33: Gaethje vs. Dugulubgov go on saleapopo, Rāmere, E whitu 2 at the Kansas City Municipal Auditorium box office as well as online at Ticketmaster.com and WSOF.com.

The rematch between the 5-foot-9, 25-year-old Gutierrez of Greenville, Texas and the 5-foot-6, 26-year-old Valiev of Albuquerque, N.M. via Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia will unfold less than eight months after the two went to war in a see-saw battle for three full rounds in Garden Grove, Calif. i runga i February 20.

After the closing bell, Gutierrez, walked away with a controversial, split decision, leaving unfinished business between the two prolific athletes.

Leading off the undercard, undefeated submission ace Bryce “Thug Nasty” Mitchell (6-0) will face off with fellow rising star and knockout artist Brandon Phillips (6-1) i roto i te mā (145 pauna) matchup.

One of MMA’s hottest prospects, the ferocious, 5-foot-9, 21-year-old Mitchell of Searcy, Ark. has notched all six of his professional wins to date via submission in the first round of action. He made his promotional debut at WSOF27 in Memphis, Tenn. i runga i January 23, mutunga Jorge Medina with a rear-naked choke at the 1:02 tohu o te rauna whakatuwhera.

Phillips of Oklahoma City, Okla. is a hard-hitting striker who has earned four of his six professional career wins, ko te kupu tenei i tawhiti, by way of (T)KO. The 5-foot-6, 26-year-old is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Chuka Willis i Bellator 159 i runga i Hōngongoi 22.

Elsewhere on the WSOF33 preliminary card, ao-runga Hehe Brock (22-8) will make his World Series of Fighting debut opposite dangerous finisher Bekbulat Magomedov (16-1) i roto i te whā (135 pauna) mau.

I roto i tona timatanga whakamutunga, the 5-foot-4, 34-year-old Brock of Boise, Idaho notched his sixth consecutive victory, forcing Olly Bradstreet to tap out from a rear-naked choke in the third round (3:57) of their bout at Bellator 155 i runga i Kia 20.

The 5-foot-8, 25-year-old Magomedov of Makhachkala, Dagestan will look to rebound from his sole loss to date, a split decision to Josh Hill, at WSOF26 on Hakihea 18. Prior to the fight, Magomedov had gone unbeaten since his professional debut in 2011.

Abu "Gladiator" Azaitar (12-1-1, 1 NC) of Cologne, Germany will square off with “Mad” Mike Arrant (15-11) of Las Vegas in a welterweight (170 pauna) honga.

In a second welterweight matchup, Magomed Magomedkerimov (17-5) o Makhachkala, Dagestan will lock horns with Bobby “Super Duper” Cooper(12-6) of Knob Noster, Koe.

Streaking finisher Ihirama Mamedov (13-1) o Jersey City, N.J. mā Derbent, Dagestan will face battle-tested veteran Alonzo “Zo Diddy” Martinez (40-19) of Papillion, Neb. i Kōmāmā.

In middleweight (185 pauna) mahi, three-time UFC veteran Bruno “Carioca” Santos (14-2) of Macae, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will make his World Series of Fighting debut against Xtreme Couture team member Clinton Williams (11-4) o Las Vegas.

WSOF33: GAETHJE VU. DUGULUBGOV

KĀRI MAIN (Ora i runga i NBCSN)

World Series o Fighting Kōmāmā Takahanga Main Championship:
Justin Gaethje (Champion) vs. Ozzy Dugulubgov (Kaiwero)

World Series o Fighting Light Heavyweight Championship Co-Main Takahanga:
Rawiri Manga (Champion) vs. Vinny Magalhaes (Kaiwero)

Kōmāmā: Jason Runga vs. João Zeferino
Kōmāmā: Brian Foster vs. Luiz Firmino
Welterweight: Abubakar Nurmagomedov vs. John Howard
Taumahamaha: Shawn Jordan vs. Ashley Gooch

KĀRI PRELIMINARY (Ora i runga i WSOF.com)

Whā: Chris Gutierrez vs. Timur Valiev
Whā: Jesse Brock vs. Bekbulat Magomedov
Welterweight: Abu Azaitar vs. Mike Arrant
Kōmāmā: Ihirama Mamedov vs. Alonzo Martinez
Welterweight: Magomed Magomedkerimov vs. Bobby Cooper
Mā whitu: Bryce Mitchell vs. Brandon Phillips
Whitu: Bruno Santos vs. Clinton Williams

WSOF28: MORAES VS. BARAJAS MAIN CARD COMPLETE WITH TWO NEW B0UTS

LIVE ON NBCSN ON SATURDAY, FEB. 20
FROM GARDEN GROVE, California

LAS VEGAS (February 1, 2016) -World Series o te whawhai (WSOF.com) has announced the addition of two welterweight (170 pauna) bouts – Jamie “The Chosyn 1” Yager (6-4) vs. Greg Parker (5-1) a Ozzie Alvarez (6-3) vs.Andrew “The” Ramm (4-3) – to complete the live NBCSN televised (9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT), main card portion of its WSOF28 world bantamweight (135 pauna) championship event at Next Level Sports Complex in Garden Grove, Calif. i runga iRāhoroi, Feb. 20.

In the main event of the four-fight telecast, reigning World Series of Fighting bantamweight kingpin Marlon Moraes (15-4-1) will put his title on the line for the third time against ferocious contender Hohepa Barajas (12-1).

The co-main event will pit two other bantamweights – red-hot contenders Timur "Lucky" Valiev (10-1) a Chris “El Guapo” Gutierrez (8-1-1) – against one another.

Jamie Yager vs. Greg Parker

The 32-year-old Yager of Huntington Beach, Calif. will return to the cage after being sidelined for three years due to injuries.

A lifelong athlete who took up Jiu-Jitsu while attending Pasadena City College, Yager was the middleweight winner of the 2008 MMA competition reality television series, The Iron Ring, that aired on BET.

Yager went on to compete in season 11 o Ko te Ultimate Fighter raupapa mau, scoring a punishing, 26 second KO on Ben Stark with a head kick in the first episode and, later, he a tawhio tuatahi (1:09) WHO (aro) i runga i Charles Blanchard.

I roto i tona kaha whakamutunga, the 31-year-old Parker of Irvine, Calif. rebounded from his first career defeat, submitting Daniel McWilliams with a rear-naked choke in the first round (2:22) of their meeting on October 2, 2015.

Between March 2009 and April 2011, Parker was perfect as an amateur, te whakahiato i tētahi 3-0 record, before running to four consecutive wins, all by way of (T)KO tukunga ranei, in his first four professional bouts.

Ozzie Alvarez vs. Andrew Ramm

Originally from Miami, Fla., the 30-year-old Alvarez fights out of Huntington Beach, Calif. and has gained recognition as a dangerous power puncher since he turned professional in 2010.

In what will be his first start of 2016, Alvarez will look to bounce back from a unanimous decision defeat at the hands of Justin Patterson on September 17, a result that snapped a five-fight win streak.

Alvarez’s five consecutive victories all came by way of (T)KO tukunga ranei, and all but one of them occurred inside the first round of action.

Ramm of Costa Mesa, Calif. via Bremerton, Horoi. is a 31-year-old submission expert who recently earned his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under mentor and famed trainer Eddie Bravo.

Ki te rā, Ramm has produced all of his professional career victories by way of submission and, in a span of just 11 months between 2012 a 2013, he amassed a perfect 6-0 record under amateur status.

The WSOF28 preliminary bout card will be announced soon.

WSOF28: MORAES VS. BARAJAS WORLD BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP HITS ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, LIVE ON NBCSN

TICKETS GO ON SALE TOMORROW

Las Vegas (January 19, 2016) -World Series o te whawhai (WSOF.com) announced today that reigning bantamweight (135 pauna) toa Marlon Moraes will make the third defense of his coveted title against fast-rising starHohepa Barajas at Next Level Sports Complex in Garden Grove, Calif. i runga i Rāhoroi, Feb. 20, live on NBCSN i 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.

In the bantamweight co-main event at WSOF28, Timur "Lucky" Valiev will put his 10-fight win streak on the line against fellow rising star Chris “El Guapo” Gutierrez, who is unbeaten in his last 7 tīmata.

Utu i $39.99, tickets for WSOF28: Moraes vs. Barajas go on sale tomorrow, Wednesday, Jan. 20, i 10 a.m. PT, at WSOF.com.

“Beginning with Marlon Moraes, the top dog in the division, the 135-pound superstars are going to be out in full force with a lot at stake at WSOF28,” saidWorld Series of Fighting President Rangatira Matua.

Marlon Moraes vs. Hohepa Barajas

The prolific, 27-year-old Moraes (15-4-1) of Nova Friburgo, Brazil retained his crown for the second time on August 1, 2015, submitting Sheymon Moraes with a rear-naked choke in the third round (3:46) of their matchup.

Since the inaugural World Series of Fighting event on November 12, 2012 when he earned a split decision over decorated superstar Miguel Torres, Moraes, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and former Muay Thai champion, has been unstoppable defeating several seasoned adversaries along the waa, includingTyson Nam, Cody Bollinger, Josh Hill a Josh whakatikatika Whare, whom Moraes defeated by way of unanimous decision to become the first-ever World Series of Fighting bantamweight kingpin on March 29, 2014.

Barajas (12-1) o Vista, Calif. is coming off his World Series of Fighting debut on November 20, when he scored a third round (4:06) WHO (nifó) i runga i Erik Villalobos at WSOF25.

Beginning with his professional debut on February 20, 2011 ka tuku iaRobert Carlos with a triangle choke in the first round (1:32) o te mahi, Barajas was perfect for over two years, running to 10 te whakauru karapīpiti, a streak that culminated with his explosive, tuatahi a tawhio noa (:51) WHO (nifó) o Leonte King i runga i Mahuru 21, 2013.

Timur Valiev vs. Chris Gutierrez

Fighting out of the famed Jackson-Winklejohn camp, the 26-year-old Valiev (10-1) o Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia has remained undefeated since his second professional start on July 22, 2011, and has racked up four consecutive wins under the World Series of Fighting banner in his last four efforts.

In the first of two appearances in the decagon cage in 2015, Valiev scored a devastating, tuatahi a tawhio noa (1:39) TKO i runga i Na ka Te Hau-ā-uru with a barrage of elbow strikes and punches at WSOF19 on March 28. Valiev closed out the year with a unanimous decision victory over Tito Jones i WSOF23 i runga i Mahuru 18.

The number one ranked bantamweight in the state of Oklahoma, Gutierrez (8-1-1) o Greenville, Texas is a ferocious, 24-year-old striker who has earned five of his eight professional career wins by way of TKO, with each of the five finishes having come with an onslaught of punches.

Gutierrez is coming off his second straight, unbeaten year as a professional, claiming two wins in 2015. I roto i tona timatanga whakamutunga, he earned a unanimous decision overBendy Casimir i runga i August 22.

Additional WSOF28 bouts will be announced soon.

WSOF 24: Fitch vs. Okami LIVE Sat., Oketopa. 17 i 8:30 p.m. ET runga i Whatunga Fight

Toronto (Oketopa. 16, 2015) — Whatunga Fight, pirimia o te ao 24/7 whakatapua pouaka teihana ki te whakaoti i kapinga o hākinakina whawhai, he hakari i te haapurororaa ora o WSOF 24: Fitch vs. Okamii Foxwoods Resort Casino i Mashantucket, Conn., tenei Rāhoroi, October 17 i 8:30 p.m. AND.
Whawhai o Whatunga Ao Series o te whawhai Ka rangi fakamafola ora motu i roto i Canada, me te ao i roto i runga i 30 whenua puta noa i Europe, Africa me te Middle Te Tai Rāwhiti. Ko te kāinga U.S. Tags haapurororaa i te NBC Sports Whatunga.
I roto i te hui matua Welterweight whetu-hokowhitu, Jon Fitch whawhai Yushin “Tunder” Okami i roto i te taupatupatunga o superstars mātanga.
“He fiefia ki te hoki ki Foxwoods Resort Casino me te āhua o Connecticut matou, te wahi i whakaaturia e matou to matou tohu o te taitara ao MMA mahi i roto i te mua o te minenga tino ngākau mua i tēnei tau,” ka mea peresideni WSOF Rangatira Matua.
“Timata ki Jon Fitch me Yushin Okami, e rua o te pai ngä kaitäkaro 170-pauna i roto i to tatou hākinakina katoa,” Rangatira tonu, “e huihui tatou tetahi kāri utaina ki etahi o nga superstars runga me nga whetu e puta mai i roto i MMA, a ka titiro atu tatou ki hoatu pā tetahi po fakangalongata'a o whawhai.”
I roto i te hui tahi-matua, Toa taumahamaha WSOF Blagoy Ivanov ka hoatu e tona taitara i hiahiatia i runga i te raina mo te wa tuatahi, ka e ia tapawhā atu ki te nguha aravihi Derek “Caveman” Mehmen.
I roto i te mahi atu i runga i te telecast Whatunga Fight ora, superstars Vinny Magalhaes a Matt “Ko te Hammer” Hamill ka meinga e ratou debuts WSOF tēnā ki tahi i te tahi i roto i te whakataetae taumahamaha marama.
Ano hoki ki te whare herehere, ka hei tino rohe “Ka kati” Nick Newell, ko wai e tangohia i runga i Tom Marcellino i roto i te mahi Kōmāmā.
Ko te whakatairanga ka karaunatia ano tona toa mā tuatahi i roto i te aamu rite nei ona whetu Magomed “Gladiator” Bibulatov a Donavon Frelow maka iho mo te karauna.
Te mahi katoa whana atu i 8:30 p.m. ET runga i Whatunga Fight i roto i Canada, me te ao i roto i te i runga i 30 whenua puta noa i Europe, Africa me te Middle Te Tai Rāwhiti.
Hoki te rārangi ki tonu i te rärangi päho Fight Whatunga a, tirohia www.fightnetwork.com, te whai ia tatou i runga i Twitterfightnet, riro i te tahi i runga i Facebook, ka tirotiro i tatou ki runga ki Instagramfightnet.

AO Tuhinga o mua TE 'GAETHJE VU. PALOMINO II’ NAMED ‘FIGHT OF THE MONTH’ BY USA TODAY’S MMAJUNKIE.COM

Rematch aito Ao bests wha atu whawhai matarohia no te tohu hiahiatia

Las Vegas (October 6, 2015) -Ko Te tuarua, tangaroa epic te whawhai i waenganui i tūturu, kingi Ao Series o Fighting ono tekau (155 pauna) hīanga, Justin "Ko e Miramirahia" Gaethje me te kaiwero tāwhai Luis "maki touwhero" Palomino i tangohia e wahi i runga i te Paraire, E whitu. 18, ora i runga i NBCSN i Phoenix, Ariz., Kua ingoa toa o te whaimana "Whawhai o te Marama" tohu e USA teie mahana o MMAjunkie.com.

Haere mai te rematch i waenganui i te rua superstars gutsy me faaoti e ono nga marama i muri i te pupūtanga tuatahi taitara fakangalongata'a e hoki riro te "Whawhai o te Marama" te honore mo Maehe.

"E whakahonoretia tino tatou ia farii i teie tohu taiea mō te wa tuarua i roto i te ono marama, a he whakakake o Justin me Luis mo ia te itoito ki te hoatu i te reira katoa i runga i te raina ano i muri te mea ko te fakangalongata'a, katoa-i roto i te whawhai i roto i te Maehe,"Ka mea a World Series o Fighting peresideni Rangatira Matua.

"NBCSN he fiefia ki kua fare ki e rua whānui mohio World Series o Fighting pāngia taitara kupu tawhiti i roto i 2015, a ka titiro tatou i mua ki atu mahi taumata-teitei i roto i te whare herehere i roto i te marama ka ū mai,"Ka mea Gary Quinn, Vice te peresideni, Papatonotanga, NBC Sports Group.

Haaati te hui tuarua e wha atu, whawhai arohaehae, manohi - te whā (135 pauna) matchup i waenganui i John Lineker a Francisco Rivera i UFC 191, te Welterweight (170 pauna) a'ee i waenganui i Keita Nakamura a Ko Jingliang i UFC Whawhai Night 75, te honga taumahamaha i waenganui iJosh Barnett a Roy Nelson i UFC Whawhai Night 75 me nga wahine a te whā (135 pauna) whakataetae i waenganui i Raquel Pennington a Jessica Andrade i UFC 191 - No te tohu, katoa i tawhē pari.

-Tau 26-tawhito te Gaethje (14-0) o Safford, Ariz. piro te rua o a tawhio (4:30) TKO i runga i te Palomino-tau 34-tawhito (23-11) o Miami, Fla. whakamutunga marama ki te patunga o nifó, i muri i hoatu Gaethje i runga i te ārai, me te ha mōmeniti kitea ia i roto i te ati, wawe i runga i roto i te hui matua o WSOF 23.

I roto i to ratou hui tuatahi i runga i March 28 ka mau e hoki te wahi i roto i te Phoenix, he mohoao, mutu te whawhai kite-kite ohorere i muri keri Gaethje iho hohonu a wetekina ana e te huinga o whana waewae me nifó, ki te piro i te toru o tawhio (3:57) TKO i runga i Palomino.

Ora World Series o te mahi whawhai hoki ki te NBCSN i runga i Rāhoroi, Oketopa. 17 i 8:30 p.m. AND/5:30 p.m. PT ki te doubleheader taitara ao i Foxwoods Resort Casino i Mashantucket, Conn. In the welterweight main event of WSOF 24, Jon Fitch (26-7-1) o Fort Wayne, I roto i te. Ka fehangahangai hoa kaitoi ariki Yushin Okami (30-9) o Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan.

I roto i tetahi o rua WSOF 24 taitara ao whawhai, kingi toa taumahamaha Blagoy Ivanov (12-1) o Sofia, Ka aituä Bulgaria tona whitiki mo te wa tuatahi ki whakamatautauria whawhai- Derrick Mehman (19-6) o Cedar Rapids, Iowa i, i roto i te tahi atu,Magomed Bibulatov (19-0) o Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, he toa Pākehā tau o mua tetahi runga, will face off with fellow undefeated star Donavon Frelow (4-0) o Las Vegas, Nev. i roto i te tuatahi Series Ao o te whawhai mā (125 pauna) a'ee aito i roto i te aamu.

Mō te Ao Series o te whawhai (WSOF)
“Ao Series o te whawhai” (WSOF.com) Ko te ao whānui pirimia ngaio Toi Martial Mixed (MMA) whawhai whakatairanga whakatapua ki tuku i te pai whawhai mahi-Kikī mō pā whawhai i te whakaputa i te pai ka taea ōrite-ups i waenganui i whawhai whiriwhiri i huri noa i te ao. Mō ētahi atu kōrero haere ki WSOF.com. A pee i “Ao Series o te whawhai” on Twitter MMAWorldSeries a “Ao Series o te whawhai” President Ray Sefo SugarRaySefo.

Ataata: WSOF 23 I mua i-Whakaatu ki Chael me Ray Sefo

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Chael ME ray Sefo CO-HOST
“WSOF 23: GAETHJE VU. Palomino II” Mua-SHOTe

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KI TE YOUTUBE ATAATA KAIÄRAHI

Ao Series o te whawhai (WSOF.com) autaua tae Chael ko Ao Series o Fighting te peresideni Ray Sefo aparau i te tino-tapoko “WSOF 23: Gaethje vs. Palomino II” taitara ao doubleheader kaupapa e tango te wahi tenei po, Rāmere, E whitu. 18, i Comerica Theatre i Phoenix, Ariz., ora i runga i NBCSN, timata i 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT.

I roto i te hui matua o te rima-a'ee NBCSN telecast, tūturu, kingi World Series o Fighting Kōmāmā (155 pauna) Champion Justin "Ko e Miramirahia" Gaethje (14-0) ka whawhai mo te rua o nga wa ki te pakeke-patu tāwhai Luis "maki touwhero" Palomino (23-10), i muri i te rua wāhi i roto i te pakanga katoa-i roto i, e kua oti tauā rite ki te "whawhai o te Tau" kaitono, i roto i te hui matua o te WSOF 19 i Comerica Theatre.

I roto i te hui tahi-matua, me te tuatahi Ao Series o Fighting taumahamaha te marama (205 pauna) tangaroa a'ee, Rawiri Manga (16-3), kingi whitu tekau te ao o te whakatairanga o te (185 pauna) toa, i roto inganatanga kino ki te riro i te hīanga, e rua-te wehenga tuatahi i roto i te Ao Series o hītori whawhai, ina anga atu ia ki te kōrero Cinderella Teddy Holder (9-1), Kua mea katoa i haere mai nei e iwa toa mahi i te ara (T)KO tukunga ranei.

He kāri tuatahi ngā whitu pāngia ka rere ora i runga i te kaitākaro ataata embeddable i runga i WSOF.com, timata 6:45 p.m. / 3 AND:45 p.m. PT.

WSOF 23: "GAETHJE VU. PALOMINO II” PRELIMINARY BOUT CARD RECEIVES TWO NEW PROSPECTS IN PLACE OF INJURED ISAAC VALLIE-FLAGG AND KELVIN TILLER

Ora tuatahi awa kāri whawhai i runga i WSOF.com mua ki
e rima-a'ee telecast i runga i NBCSN i runga i
Rāmere, E whitu. 18 i Comerica Theatre i Phoenix

Las Vegas (Mahuru 14, 2015) - E rua Tucson, Opuaraa whawhai Ariz.-e hāngai ana - Kamuela Kirk a Brian Grinnell - Kua hoatu te pere o te oraraa i muri i te whakautu a te whara Ihaka Vallie-Kara a Kelvin kaingaki ineligible to compete in their respective “WSOF 23: Gaethje vs. Palomino II "tukupā a'ee kāri tuatahi i Comerica Theatre i Phoenix, Ariz. i runga i Rāmere, E whitu. 18.

Kirk (4-1) Ka whakakapi Vallie-Flagg, tei paturu i te whara tuke, i roto i te whakaritea Kōmāmā (155 pauna) whakataetae ki Estevan Payan (16-8) o Tempe, Ariz., ko Grinnell (8-6) ka whakakiia i roto i mo kaingaki i roto i te whitu i whakaritea (185 pauna) matchup ki tūturu Vagab Vagabov (19-0) o Dagestan, Russia.

-Tau 21-tawhito te Kirk, ko wai e meinga e tona tīmatanga wha o 2015, kei te haere mai atu o te mahi kaha i runga i Hōngongoi 19, ka piro ia he a tawhio tuatahi (3:17) TKO i runga i Edgar Escarrega ki te mau pato'iraa a te aro turi.

Kirk produced submission victories in each of his first three starts. His only defeat, ko te kupu tenei i tawhiti, haere mai mā te whakatau wahia i roto i Hui-tanguru.

Tuatahi i Shawnee, Okla., te Grinnell-tau 27-tawhito (8-6) Ko te tohunga ki runga ki te whāriki nei i kī kua 6 o tona 8 professional career wins by way of submission. In his latest effort, te Hōngongoi 24 matchup ki Kuini Riwai, Grinnell takoha Kuini ki te pato i roto i te taka noa tuatahi (2:59) o te whawhai.

Ko te WSOF 23 e whitu-a'ee ka rere kāri tuatahi ora i runga i te kaitākaro ataata embeddable i runga i WSOF.com.

Utu i tika $39.99, tīkiti mō “WSOF 23: Gaethje vs. Palomino II” kei runga i te hoko i te pouaka tari Comerica Theatre, me te ipurangi i WSOF.com me Ticketmaster.com.

I roto i te hui matua, tūturu, kingi World Series o Fighting Kōmāmā (155 pauna) Champion Justin "Ko e Miramirahia" Gaethje (14-0) ka whawhai mo te rua o nga wa ki te pakeke-patu tāwhai Luis "maki touwhero" Palomino (23-10), i muri i te rua wāhi i roto i te pakanga katoa-i roto i, e kua oti tauā rite ki te "whawhai o te Tau" kaitono, i roto i te hui matua o te WSOF 19 i Comerica Theatre.

I roto i te hui tahi-matua, me te tuatahi Ao Series o Fighting taumahamaha te marama (205 pauna) tangaroa a'ee, Rawiri Manga (16-3), kingi whitu tekau te ao o te whakatairanga o te (185 pauna) toa, ka ngana ki te riro i te hīanga, e rua-te wehenga tuatahi i roto i te Ao Series o te hītori whawhai, ina anga atu ia ki te kōrero Cinderella Teddy Holder (9-1), Kua mea katoa i haere mai nei e iwa toa mahi i te ara (T)KO tukunga ranei.

Ko te ora, e rima-whawhai NBCSN telecast o "WSOF 23: Gaethje vs. I Palomino II "haamata 10 p.m. AND/7 p.m. PT.

Ka whakatuwhera nga tatau i Comerica Theatre i 3 p.m. MT a ka timata te a'ee tuatahi tuatahi i 3:45 p.m.

KĀRI MAIN (Ora i runga i NBCSN)

World Series o Fighting Kōmāmā Takahanga Main Championship:
Justin Gaethje (Champion) vs. Luis Palomino (Kaiwero)

World Series o Fighting Light Heavyweight Championship Co-Main Takahanga:
Rawiri Manga vs. Teddy Holder

Whā: Timur Valiev vs. Tito Jones
Catchweight (160 pauna): Phoenix Jones vs. Roberto Yong
Kōmāmā: Brian Foster vs. LaRue Burley

KĀRI PRELIMINARY (Ora i runga i WSOF.com)

Whitu: Vagabov vs Vagab. Brian Grinnell
Whitu: Clifford Starks vs. Krasimir Mladenov
Kōmāmā: Estevan Payan vs. Kamuela Kirk
Welterweight: Matthew Frincu vs. Danny Davis, JR.
Whā: Andres Ponce vs. Rawiri Nuzzo
Whā: Randy Steinke vs. Joey Miolla
Kōmāmā: Benny Madrid vs. Jeff Fletcher

WSOF 23 Whakataki KĀRI oti ki TUAWHITU pāngia kitea e Ihaka VALLIE-Flagg FIGHT, Clifford STARKS ME Tuhinga o ROHE taranata phoenix AREA

Ora tuatahi awa kāri whawhai i runga i WSOF.com mua ki
e rima-a'ee telecast i runga i NBCSN i runga i Rāmere, Mahuru 18

Las Vegas (August 18, 2015) -World Series o te whawhai (WSOF.com) ua faaite teie mahana te tāpae, kāri tuatahi e whitu-a'ee mo ona "WSOF 23: Gaethje vs. Palomino II "taitara ao doubleheader mega-kaupapa i Comerica Theatre i Phoenix, Ariz. i runga i Rāmere, Mahuru 18.

Ko te kāri whawhai tuatahi, e ka rere ora i runga i WSOF.com mua ki te-a'ee rima, ora NBCSN telecast o te kāri matua te takahanga o te, Kei te miramira e te tuatahi whakatairanga o te toa huarahi whakamatauria whawhai- Ihaka Vallie-Kara, te hoki tere o te streaking Clifford "Cat Big" Starks, te U.S. tuatahi o te faaoti tūturu Vagab Vagbov me te katoa o te iwa o runga opuaraa te rohe o Phoenix ngaio.

"Ko te huihui phenomenal o tenei ki runga-a-haere mai taranata i Phoenix me ngā hoia whakapumautia me nga whetu aranga ake i wāhi kē a tawhio noa te US. me ētahi atu wāhanga o te ao,"Ka mea a World Series o Fighting peresideni Rangatira Matua.

"A, no te kawea mai e matou World Series o te whawhai ki te pa o Phoenix mo te wa tuatahi mua i tēnei tau,"Haere tonu te rangatira, “we discovered a considerable pool of talent. We are excited to be able to put some of this talent back in action and to deploy several new faces that we feel have earned a shot to compete in the big leagues.”

Kīnaki i te kāri a'ee tuatahi ko te whitu tekau (185 pauna) matchup i waenganui Vagabov (19-0) o Dagestan, Russia me te tukunga mātanga Kelvin "Boy o te Mama" kaingaki (7-1) o Topeka, Haratua.

Just e ono wiki i muri i ohorere ia i te ao na roto i te toia atu he wikitoria pouri ki runga Mike "MAK" Kyle i roto i te matchup i whakaae ia i runga i te panui iti iho i te kotahi wiki a, Starks (12-2) o Tempe, Ariz. Ka anō-tomo i te Series Ao o Fighting tapatekau whare herehere, me te hopu mo tana wikitoria karapīpiti te rima, ka anga ia tetahi whakamātautau pari i roto i te tūturu, toa nonoke motu o mua Bulgarian Krasimir "Ko e tangata whātōtō" Mladenov (12-0), Kei te whawhai nei i roto i Las Vegas.

Vallie-Kara (15-7-1) o Santa Fe, N.M., ka meinga te mema o te rongonui Jackson-Winklejohn kapa whawhai tona tuatahi i raro i te Series Ao o te whawhai kara i roto i te ono tekau (155 pauna) honga ki te kaha puncher Estevan "El Terrible" Payan o Tempe.

Matthew "Ko e Thunder i raro Raro" Frincu (6-1) o Tempe mā Gold Coast, Queensland, Ahitereiria ka meinga e tona tīmatanga tuarua mo te Ao Series o te whawhai, i muri i te kaute i te kino, tuarua a tawhio (:14) KO runga Eric Regan ki te headkick i WSOF 19 i runga i March 28.

Frincu, Kua mea katoa i haere mai nei e ono mahi whakaora i te ara o te (T)KO tukunga ranei, ka whawhai streaking Danny Davis, JR. (11-8-1) o Las Vegas i te Welterweight (170 pauna). Davis Jr. Ko te toa o ana whawhai whakamutunga e rima tika, tae atu e toru Series World o matchups whawhai.

I roto i tetahi o rua whā (135 pauna) pāngia kāri tuatahi, Tempe-hāngai tāwhaiAndres Ponce (1-0) a Rawiri Nuzzo (7-1) Ka haere ki te whawhai i te wā, i roto i te tahi atu, Randy Steinke (15-9-1) o Phoenix e faaruru atu ki Joey "te kararehe" Miolla (4-1) o Mesa, Ariz.

Ārahi atu i te kāri whawhai tuatahi, ka waiho hei mau ono tekau i waenganui i Benny "Ko e Tama" Madrid (7-3) o Phoenix me Jeff Fletcher (11-10, 1 NC) o Ahwatukee, Ariz.

Utu i tika $39.99, tīkiti mō “WSOF 23: Gaethje vs. Palomino II” kei runga i te hoko i te pouaka tari Comerica Theatre, me te ipurangi i WSOF.com me Ticketmaster.com.

I roto i te hui matua o te WSOF 23, tūturu, kingi World Series o Fighting Kōmāmā (155 pauna) Champion Justin "Ko e Miramirahia" Gaethje (14-0) ka whawhai mo te rua o nga wa ki te pakeke-patu tāwhai Luis "maki touwhero" Palomino (23-10), i muri i te rua wāhi i roto i te pakanga katoa-i roto i, e kua oti tauā rite ki te "whawhai o te Tau" kaitono, i roto i te hui matua o te WSOF 19 i Comerica Theatre.

I roto i te hui tahi-matua, me te tuatahi Ao Series o Fighting taumahamaha te marama (205 pauna) tangaroa a'ee, Rawiri Manga (16-3), kingi whitu tekau te ao o te whakatairanga o te (185 pauna) toa, ka ngana ki te riro i te hīanga, e rua-te wehenga tuatahi i roto i te Ao Series o te hītori whawhai, ina anga atu ia ki te kōrero CinderellaTeddy Holder (9-1), Kua mea katoa i haere mai nei e iwa toa mahi i te ara (T)KO tukunga ranei.

Ko te NBCSN telecast ora o "WSOF 23: Gaethje vs. I Palomino II "haamata 7 p.m. AND/4 p.m. PT.

Ka whakatuwhera nga tatau i Comerica Theatre i 3 p.m. MT a ka timata te a'ee tuatahi tuatahi i 3:45 p.m.

KĀRI MAIN

World Series o Fighting Kōmāmā Takahanga Main Championship:
Justin Gaethje (Champion) vs. Luis Palomino (Kaiwero)

World Series o Fighting Light Heavyweight Championship Co-Main Takahanga:
Rawiri Manga vs. Teddy Holder

Whā: Timur Valiev vs. Tito Jones
Catchweight (160 pauna): Phoenix Jones vs. Roberto Yong
Kōmāmā: Brian Foster vs. LaRue Burley

KĀRI PRELIMINARY

Whitu: Vagabov vs Vagab. Kelvin kaingaki
Whitu: Clifford Starks vs. Krasimir Mladenov
Kōmāmā: Estevan Payan vs. Ihaka Vallie-Kara
Welterweight: Matthew Frincu vs. Danny Davis, JR.
Whā: Andres Ponce vs. Rawiri Nuzzo
Whā: Randy Steinke vs. Joey Miolla
Kōmāmā: Benny Madrid vs. Jeff Fletcher

Mō “Ao Series o te whawhai” (WSOF)

“Ao Series o te whawhai” (WSOF) Ko te ao whānui pirimia ngaio Toi Martial Mixed (MMA) whawhai whakatairanga whakatapua ki tuku i te pai whawhai mahi-Kikī mō pā whawhai i te whakaputa i te pai ka taea ōrite-ups i waenganui i whawhai whiriwhiri i huri noa i te ao. Mō ētahi atu kōrero haere ki WSOF.com. A pee i “Ao Series o te whawhai” on Twitter MMAWorldSeries a “Ao Series o te whawhai” President Ray Sefo SugarRaySefo.

MŌ NBCSN

NBCSN, wāhanga o te NBC Sports Group, Kua whakatapua ki te taviniraa pā hākinakina ngākau. Na i roto i te neke atu i te 85 miriona mau fare, te whatunga Emmy Award-toa ko te whare taura pouaka o te raumati me te hotoke Olympics, National Hockey League (NHL) - Tae atu ki e rua ngā kēmu o te Stanley Cup Final — NASCAR, Pirimia League, Formula One, IndyCar, Tour de France, and America’s Cup. I tua atu, NBCSN ngā whutupōro kāreti, poitūkohu kāreti, haupoi kāreti, pahikara, hōtaka waho, horse racing surrounding the Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup, Ironman, te Dew Tour me USA takiwhitu Rugby. Ko te kāinga hoki te whatunga ki ngā hōtaka taketake pērā i NFL tahuri Point, Pro Football Talk,Ko te Rana Patrick Whakaatu, a NASCAR Amerika. Tohaina NBCSN te mā pūnaha taura me te amiorangi ngā puta noa i te United States.

"WSOF 23: GAETHJE VU. PALOMINO II "tāpiri RUA MORE pāngia KI ORA NBCSN KĀRI MATUA teata MEI Phoenix, Arizona ON PARAIRE, SEPTEMBER 18

Whā: Te Tai Rāwhiti Valiev vs. Tito Jones
Kōmāmā: Brian Foster vs. Larue Burley

Las Vegas (August 12, 2015) - World Series o te whawhai (WSOF.com) kua oti te ora NBCSN wahi teata o ona tino tūmanako, "WSOF 23: Gaethje vs. Palomino II "doubleheader aito te ao i Comerica Theatre i Phoenix, Ariz. i runga i te Paraire, E whitu. 18, ki te tua o te pāngia hou e rua - he whā (135 pauna) te whawhai i waenganui i whetū maranga kai kino Timur "Lucky" Valiev me te puncher kinaki Tito Jones, me te ono tekau (155 pauna) honga i waenganui i faaoti kino Brian Foster a tūturu LaRue Burley.

"Kei te titiro whakamua matou ki tetahi po e whakaponohia o te mahi, i teie nei e te kāri matua mō te WSOF 23 he oti ki rima pāngia ngā tētahi ranunga whakaongaonga o te taitara whawhai, me matchups ki tonu i te hoia ta'na, me etahi o nga opuaraa pai o te ao,"Ka mea a World Series o Fighting peresideni Rangatira Matua.

Whawhai i roto i te i te puni Jackson-Winklejohn orometau i roto i te Albuquerque, N.M., te Valiev 25-tau-tawhito (9-1) o Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russiankua sia kua runga i te ahi i roto i te whare herehere, toa 9 whawhai tonu mai i tona timatanga ngaio tuarua i roto i te Hōngongoi 2011.

Valiev’s run includes three victories in the World Series of Fighting decagon cage. In his last effort at WSOF 19 i runga i Maehe 28, Huna Valiev Na ka Te Hau-ā-uru, te kaute i te rauna tuatahi (1:39) TKO i runga i Te Hau-ā-uru ki te huinga faahiahia o aro tuke me nifó.

Jones (11-7), he Māori o Panama City, Fla., whawhai i teie nei i roto i Phoenix, Ko te rua-wā toa rohe Golden karapu mekemeke me te ākonga ia o mua o te kaiwhakangungu mekemeke Roy Jones, Sr. The 34-year-old has never been knocked out over the course of a 9-year professional career that has spanned 18 pito.

Foster (22-7) o Sallisaw, Okla. Ko te he 31-aer-tawhito, tohunga grappling whakamatauria whawhai-ko wai kāniwha kua 20 o tona 22 whakaora umanga i te ara o te (T)KO tukunga ranei, a patua nei i te kohinga o te name tāwhais, tae atu i te Welterweight tau o nāianei 6-runga i roto i te ao, Matt Brown, nei takoha Foster ki te pato i roto i te kowaowaotia pororere i roto i te rua o a tawhio noa (2:11) o to ratou matchup i runga i Nov. 20, 2010.

Ka titiro Foster ki te fakaakeake i te hinga i te ringa o te superstar Jake Shields i runga i Jan. 17 ka te rua fehangahangai atu i roto i te hui matua o te WSOF 17 i roto i te Las Vegas. The result halted a 4-fight win streak that Foster had ignited on July 27, 2013, ka piro ia he a tawhio noa te rua o nga auheke (:43) KO runga James Wood ki te whana takahuri hoki.

Ano 31 tau o te ao, Burley (6-0) o Phoenix, Kua ano ki te kia whiua ki runga i te akoranga o te ono tīmata ngaio, me te rua pāngia runaruna, he oma e ngā ono wikitōria i rānei (T)KO tukunga ranei.

Kua mahia ki Burley ono whakaora i roto i te oma ngaio i timata ki te whakatau loto toa i runga i Kelly obser i runga i Mahuru. 15, 2012, a ka ngā ano te toru a tawhio noa (3:40) WHO (nifó) mo 2011 NCAA Division ahau Wrestling National Champion me te hoa aranga whetu Bubba Jenkins.

I roto i te hui matua o te WSOF 23, tūturu, kingi World Series o Fighting Kōmāmā (155 pauna) Champion Justin "Ko e Miramirahia" Gaethje (14-0) ka whawhai mo te rua o nga wa ki te pakeke-patu tāwhai Luis "maki touwhero" Palomino (23-10).

Ko te matchup tuatahi i waenganui i Gaethje me Palomino, i headlined WSOF 19, Ko te take barnburner i riro Gaethje mā toru a tawhio noa (3:57) WHO (whana waewae me nifó), a kua e kua oti tauā rite ki te "whawhai o te Tau" kaitono.

I roto i te hui tahi-matua, me te tuatahi Ao Series o Fighting taumahamaha te marama (205 pauna) tangaroa a'ee, Rawiri Manga (16-3), kingi whitu tekau te ao o te whakatairanga o te (185 pauna) toa, ka ngana ki te riro i te hīanga, e rua-te wehenga tuatahi i roto i te Ao Series o te hītori whawhai, ina anga atu ia ki te kōrero CinderellaTeddy Holder (9-1), Kua mea katoa i haere mai nei e iwa toa mahi i te ara (T)KO tukunga ranei.

I roto i te whakaatu, 160-whawhai pauna catchweight, maranga whetu, me te whawhai hara costumedPhoenix Jones (5-1-1) ka titiro ki te hoki ki te tīwae win i muri i te mamae i te mate ngaio tuatahi o tona umanga i roto i tona World Series o te whawhai tuatahi i roto i te April, ina e ia i runga i te kaimekemeke ngaio tahuri MMA whakahihi Roberto Yong (2-2).

Utu i tika $39.99, tīkiti mō “WSOF 23: Gaethje vs. Palomino II” kei runga i te hoko i te pouaka tari Comerica Theatre, me te ipurangi i WSOF.com me Ticketmaster.com.

Haamata te telecast NBCSN ora i 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT.

Ka whakatuwhera nga tatau i Comerica Theatre i 3 p.m. MT me te a'ee tuatahi tuatahi, ka timata i 3:45 p.m. A complete preliminary bout card will be announced soon.

WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING RE-SIGNS EXPLOSIVE BANTAMWEIGHT TIMUR VALIEV

Las Vegas (Hōngongoi 27, 2015) -World Taitara Mixed Toi Martial (MMA) whakatairanga World Series o te whawhai (WSOF.com) announced today that it has re-signed explosive, fast-rising bantamweight (135 pauna) star Timur "Lucky" Valiev to a multi-fight, multi-year agreement.

The 25-year-old Valiev’s next WSOF bout, his fourth with the promotion, kia ka kauwhautia hohoro.

“We are thrilled to extend our agreement with Timur Valiev, one of the brightest, young prospects and most exciting rising stars in our entire sport,"Ka mea a WSOF Palesiteni Rangatira Matua.

A native of Makhachkala, Dagestan Russia who trains out of the famed Jackson-Winklejohn MMA camp in Albuquerque, N.M., the 5-foot-6 Valiev is in the midst of a phenomenal, unbeaten run that spans four years and all nine of his professional career victories.

Valiev is a three-time veteran of WSOF action, and has already delivered a few memorable highlights during his stint with the promotion, including the flying knee strike he used to score a third round (1:35) TKO i runga i Adam Acquaviva during Valiev’s promotional debut at WSOF 10 i runga i Pipiri 21, 2014.

In his last start at WSOF 19 i runga i March 28, Valiev scored a TKO on Na ka Te Hau-ā-uru with a flurry of punches and elbow strikes in the first round (1:39) of their meeting.

Mō “Ao Series o te whawhai” (WSOF)
“Ao Series o te whawhai” (WSOF) Ko te ao whānui pirimia ngaio Toi Martial Mixed (MMA) whawhai whakatairanga whakatapua ki tuku i te pai whawhai mahi-Kikī mō pā whawhai i te whakaputa i te pai ka taea ōrite-ups i waenganui i whawhai whiriwhiri i huri noa i te ao. Mō ētahi atu kōrero haere ki WSOF.com. A pee i “Ao Series o te whawhai” on Twitter MMAWorldSeries a “Ao Series o te whawhai” President Ray Sefo SugarRaySefo.