ЛАС ВЕГАС (Септембар 13, 2016) - Ворлд Сериес оф Фигхтинг (ввв.ВСОФ.цом) officially announced today the highly-anticipated welterweight (170 фунти) title fight between reigning world champion Јон Фитцх (28-7-1, 1 НЦ) and number one contender and fellow decorated superstar Јаке Схиелдс (31-8-1) за Субота, Нов. 12 at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Цоло., живе на НБЦСН у 10:30 п.м. И/7:30 п.м. ПТ.

По цени од $20, tickets for “WSOF34: Фитцх вс. Shields” go on sale on Петак, Седам. 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,", Рекао је Ворлд Сериес оф Фигхтинг председника Фатхер Чифс.

In addition to the main event, World Series of Fighting announced a featured heavyweight attraction pitting Josh “Cuddly Bear” Copeland (13-4) против бившег шампиона Smealinho “The Prince” Rama (9-2), as well as the promotional debut of battle-tested Пол Бредли (23-6), who will take on former top 10 свет-ранкед Ушин "Тхундер" Оками (32-10) in a welterweight affair.

Additional matchups for “WSOF34: Фитцх вс. Shields” will be announced soon.

Јон Фитцх вс. Јаке Схиелдс

6-нога, 38-year-old Fitch of Las Vegas, Нев. via Fort Wayne, У. 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 Ушин Оками.

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 Април 2, defeating Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Жоао Зеферино by way of unanimous decision.

Fighting out of San Francisco, Цалиф., 6-нога, 37-year-old Shields will seek his fourth major world championship. The 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 FamerДан Хендерсон | он Април 17, 2010. Shields also boasts a split decision win over reigning UFC champion Tyron Woodley as well as a split decision victory over UFC superstar Demian Maia.

Josh Copeland vs. Smealinho Rama

6-фоот-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 Благој Иванов. 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 његовог 12 professional victories by way of (Т.)КО или покоравање, earned his place in the world title fight by taking a unanimous decision from Mike “300” Hayes at WSOF29 on Март 12.

6-фоот-1, 24-year-old Rama of Calgary, Алберта, Canada made history on October 11, 2014, becoming the first-ever World Series of Fighting heavyweight champion by scoring a devastating, 51-second TKO (ударци) о 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 (Цхоке) by Ivanov in the third round (1:17) of their bout on June 5, 2015.

Paul Bradley vs. Ушин Оками

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

Бивши, 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.

Similar to his opponent, 6-нога-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, Оками, 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) ТКО (corner stoppage) од Риута Сакураи у Токију Фебруар 27, and a first round (2:06) подношење (позади-Накед Цхоке) од Shingo Suzukiо Јул 24.