LAS VEGAS (سبتمبر 13, 2016) - بطولة العالم للقتال (www.WSOF.com) officially announced today the highly-anticipated welterweight (170 جنيه) title fight between reigning world champion جون فيتش (28-7-1, 1 NC) and number one contender and fellow decorated superstar جيك شيلدز (31-8-1) إلى السبت, نوفمبر. 12 at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, كولو., يعيشون على NBCSN في 10:30 عصرا. و/7:30 عصرا. PT.

سعرها من $20, tickets for “WSOF34: فيتش مقابل. Shields” go on sale on الجمعة, سبعة. 16 at the Budweiser Events Center box office, BudweiserEventsCenter.com, or by phone at 1-877-544-TIXX.

“This is a fight between two of the sport’s most seasoned and accomplished competitors, and a matchup that has been building for quite some time, so we are excited to see it finally come to fruition in the decagon cage, and to crown the better man that night, our world welterweight champion,"قال العالم سلسلة من الرئيس القتال والد رؤساء.

بالإضافة إلى الحدث الرئيسي, World Series of Fighting announced a featured heavyweight attraction pitting Josh “Cuddly Bear” Copeland (13-4) ضد البطل السابق Smealinho “The Prince” Rama (9-2), as well as the promotional debut of battle-tested بول برادلي (23-6), who will take on former top 10 في المرتبة العالم يوشين "الرعد" Okami (32-10) في قضية وزن الوسط.

Additional matchups for “WSOF34: فيتش مقابل. Shields” will be announced soon.

جون فيتش مقابل. جيك شيلدز

وقدم 6, 38-year-old Fitch of Las Vegas, نيفادا. via Fort Wayne, في. will put his title on the line for the second time since seizing the vacant belt on October 17, 2015, when he earned a unanimous decision over يوشين أوكامي.

Fitch, who has faced and defeated some of the best rival welterweight fighters of his era to cement his legacy in the sport, risked his World Series of Fighting title for the first time on أبريل 2, defeating Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt جواو زيفيرينو by way of unanimous decision.

Fighting out of San Francisco, كاليفورنيا., وقدم 6, 37-year-old Shields will seek his fourth major world championship. ال Cesar Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt held both the Shooto and EliteXC welterweight straps as well as the Strikeforce middleweight crown.

Like Fitch, Shields has provided fight fans with a host of memories, including his unforgettable, upset unanimous decision defeat of future Hall of FamerDan Henderson نيسان 17, 2010. Shields also boasts a split decision win over reigning UFC champion تايرون وودلي as well as a split decision victory over UFC superstar دميان مايا.

Josh Copeland vs. Smealinho راما

6 أقدام 1, 33-year-old Copeland is coming off what was perhaps the grittiest performance of his four-year professional career in his bid for the World Series of Fighting heavyweight title against reigning champion Blagoy ايفانوف. Copeland stood toe-to-toe and held his own against the Sambo champion, but was left on the losing end of a unanimous decision after five competitive rounds of action.

Copeland, who has notched 7 من له 12 professional victories by way of (تي)KO أو تقديم, earned his place in the world title fight by taking a unanimous decision from Mike “300” Hayes at WSOF29 on مارس 12.

6 أقدام 1, 24-year-old Rama of Calgary, ألبرتا, Canada made history on October 11, 2014, becoming the first-ever World Series of Fighting heavyweight champion by scoring a devastating, 51-second TKO (اللكمات) في Derrick “Caveman” Mehman at WSOF14.

Rama, who also holds a unanimous decision win over Steve Mocco in the World Series of Fighting decagon cage, surrendered the heavyweight title after being submitted (خنق المقصلة) by Ivanov in the third round (1:17) of their bout on June 5, 2015.

Paul Bradley vs. يوشين أوكامي

One of World Series of Fighting’s recent, high-profile acquisitions, 5 أقدام و 9, 33-year-old Bradley of San Diego, كاليفورنيا. signed with the league after decimating previously unbeaten كريس هونيكات by way of TKO (اللكمات) in just 40 seconds in the Bellator MMA cage on January 29, 2016.

سابق, two-time All-American wrestling star for NCAA Division I University of Iowa, Bradley placed as high as fourth in the national championships before turning to MMA in 2006 where he has since faced off with elite competition in the UFC and Strikeforce.

على غرار خصمه, 6 أقدام و 2, 35-year-old Okami of Kanagawa, Japan has scrapped with top-level, world ranked competition to earn his place in the decagon cage.

Since the loss to Fitch, Okami, a veteran of the UFC as well as PRIDE, has since reeled off two consecutive victories in his home country – a second round (4:23) منظمة الصحة العالمية (المحتسب بدل الضائع الزاوية) من ريوتا ساكوراي في طوكيو يوم فبراير 27, and a first round (2:06) تسليم (المجردة الخلفي خنق) من Shingo Suzukiفي يوليو 24.