הויפּט געשעעניש: Mike Ricci vs. Caros Fodor
קאָ-הויפּט געשעעניש: Teddy Holder vs. שאַמיל גאַמזאַטאָוו

טיקיץ אויף פאַרקויף איצט
לאַס וועגאַס (דעצעמבער 21, 2015) -וואָרלד סעריעס פון Fighting (WSOF.com) will kick off the New Year with its 27^טה live event and first trip ever to the FedExForum in Memphis, טען. אויף שבת, Jan. 23, לעבן אויף נבקסן ביי 10 פּ.ם. און/7 פּ.ם. פּט.

In the WSOF27 lightweight (155 פונט) הויפּט געשעעניש, מייק "די מאַרשאַן" ריטשי וועט קוואַדראַט אַוועק מיט קאַראָס "די צוקונפֿט" Fodor ווייַלע, in the light heavyweight (205 פונט) גלויבנס-הויפּט געשעעניש, heavy-handed finisher טעדי האָלדער will battle undefeated שאַמיל גאַמזאַטאָוו.

“We are excited to make our debut in Memphis thanks, in great part, to V3 Fights, which has a stellar reputation for putting together great events in that market and is helping us bring our brand of live, world-class MMA action to new fans,"האט וועלט סעריעס פון Fighting סעאָ קאַרלאָס סילוואַ.

טיקקעץ פֿאַר די געשעעניש אָנהייבן בייַ נאָר $39.99, and are on sale at WSOF.com, אַלע טיקקעטמאַסטער לאָוקיישאַנז, ticketmaster.com, the FedExForum Box Office, אָדער דורך טעלעפאָנירן בייַ (800) 745-3000.

Mike Ricci vs. Caros Fodor

The 29-year-old Ricci (11-4) פון מאָנטרעאַל, קוועבעק, Canada will enter the World Series of Fighting decagon cage on a three-fight win streak after scoring a highlight reel KO on דזשאָו קאָנדאָן with a head kick in the first round (2:41) of their matchup in the quarterfinal stage matchup of the WSOF25 one-night, eight-man tournament.

Fodor (10-4) פון Kirkland, וואַשן. is looking to notch his third consecutive win in his World Series of Fighting debut after concluding a successful, four-fight run in Asia. The 31-year-old protégé of מאַט כיום and brother of fellow World Series of Fighting competitor and costumed superhero פיניקס דזשאָנעס exploded onto the national MMA scene in 2010 when he ran to five consecutive wins with the now defunct Strikeforce promotion.

Teddy Holder vs. שאַמיל גאַמזאַטאָוו

האָלדער (9-2) פון באַרטלעטט, טען. is a former high school football star turned MMA machine who made his first big mark in the sport at WSOF19 on מאַרץ 28 after being bumped up from the event’s undercard to a co-main event matchup with established star טהיאַגאָ סילוואַ, on the day of the event due to the withdrawal of Silva’s original opponent, מאַט כאַמאַל, from the matchup.

האָלדער, whose nine-career victories have all come by way of (ה)קאָ אָדער סאַבמישאַן, scored an upset, ערשטער קייַלעכיק (2:00) TKO on Silva with a barrage of punches.

The unbeaten Gamzatov (9-0) פון מאַכאַטשקאַלאַ, Russia will make his debut in the U.S. after finishing all of his professional opponents to date in either the first or second round. The 25-year-old is the number two ranked light heavyweight in the Ukraine and the number 24 ranked light heavyweight in Russia.

Additional matchups for WSOF27 will be announced soon.

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