World Series of Fighting has revealed the lineup for this weekend’s high-anticipated WSOF lightweight tournament in Phoenix, Arizona through press release posted below.
The complete fight card and bout order for World Series of Fighting’s “WSOF 25: 8-Man Lightweight Tournament” at Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz. is set for Friday, November 20.
Headlined by the first one-night, eight-man tournament in World Series of Fighting history, the event will kick off with a preliminary bout card that will stream live, worldwide on an embeddable video player on WSOF.com, beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
The live stream will be comprised of eight bouts, including all four quarterfinal stage matchups in the lightweight tournament that will crown its winner, who will have fought three times in one night, the new number one contender in the weight division. The four-fight, live telecast will begin at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT with the two semifinal stage tournament bouts, and conclude with the tournament’s championship round showdown.
The non-tournament, lightweight co-main event contest between Jason “The Kansas City Bandit” High (18-5) of Kansas City, Mo. and rival star Estevan Payan (16-8) of Tempe, Ariz. will take place between the conclusion of the second semifinal stage tournament bout and the championship round fight.
In one tournament bracket, Luis “Baboon” Palomino (23-11) of Miami, Fla., coming off another “Fight of the Month” performance at WSOF 23 in September, will square off with rising star Rich Patishnock (6-2) of East Stroudsberg, Pa., while Brian Foster (23-7) of Sallisaw, Okla., fresh off a thunderous, first round (:32) KO of previously unbeaten LaRue Burley at WSOF 23, will collide with streaking submission wizard Joao Zeferino (18-6) of Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
In the opposite bracket, wrestling and submission ace Brian “The Bandit” Cobb (20-8) of Bakersfield, Calif. will battle Firas Zahabi-trained Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu brown belt Mike “The Martian” Ricci (10-4) of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, while Islam Mamedov (12-1) of Jersey City, N.J. via Derbent, Dagestan, Russia will put his phenomenal, 11-fight winning streak on the line against five-time, one-night tournament winner and Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Jorge “Macaco” Patino (38-15-2, 1 NC) of Houston, Texas via Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The winner of the quarterfinal stage bout between Palomino and Patishnock will meet the winner of the fight between Foster and Zeferino in the semifinal stage of the single-elimination affair, and the winner of the matchup between Cobb and Ricci will face the winner of the bout between Mamedov and Patino in the semifinal stage of the tournament.
Leading off the preliminary bout card will be the first of two tournament reserve bouts –Benny Madrid (8-3) of Phoenix vs. Ramil Mustapayev (3-1) of Albuquerque, N.M. via Ossetia, Russia, which will be followed by the second tournament reserve fight – LaRue Burley (6-1) of Phoenix vs. Joe Condon (12-8) of Victorville, Calif.
The preliminary bout card will conclude with a 165-pound catchweight tilt between Jimmy Scully (3-3) of Phoenix and Roberto Yong (2-3) of Glendale, Ariz. and a bantamweight (135 pounds) battle between Joseph Barajas (11-1) of Vista, Calif. and Erik Villalobos (3-0) of Glendale.
MAIN CARD
Lightweight Tournament Championship Bout:
Semifinal Bout Winner # 1 vs. Semifinal Bout Winner # 2Lightweight Co-Main Event:
Jason High vs. Estevan PayanLightweight Tournament Semifinal Stage Bout # 2:
Quarterfinal Bout Winner # 3 vs. Quarterfinal Bout Winner # 4Lightweight Tournament Semifinal Stage Bout # 1:
Quarterfinal Bout Winner # 1 vs. Quarterfinal Bout Winner # 2PRELIMINARY CARD
Bantamweight Bout: Joseph Barajas vs. Erik Villalobos
Catchweight (165 pounds) Bout: Jimmy Scully vs. Roberto Yong
Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal Stage Bout # 4:
Luis Palomino vs. Rich PatishnockLightweight Tournament Quarterfinal Stage Bout # 3:
Brian Foster vs. Joao ZeferinoLightweight Tournament Quarterfinal Stage Bout # 2:
Brian Cobb vs. Mike RicciLightweight Tournament Quarterfinal Stage Bout # 1:
Islam Mamedov vs. Jorge PatinoLightweight Tournament Reserve Bout # 2:
LaRue Burley vs. Joe CondonLightweight Tournament Reserve Bout # 1:
Benny Madrid vs. Ramil Mustapayev
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