WSOF 9 Main Event and Co-Main Event Announced

The MMA World Series of Fighting has announced it's next card's main event and co-main event.  The main event will feature UFC cast-off Rousimar Palhares' WSOF debut in a title fight with recently crowned Welterweight Champion Steve Carl.  In the co-main event, WSOF Bantamweight stand-out, Marlon Maraes will be facing Josh Rettinghouse for the vacant WSOF Bantamweight Championship.

WSOF 6 Results

Main Card:

Steve Carl def. Josh Burkman via submission (triangle choke)
Marlon Moraes def. Carson Beebe via first-round TKO
Jon Fitch def. Marcelo Alfaya via split decision
Justin Gaethje def. Dan Lauzon via second-round TKO (strikes)

Preliminary Card:

Pablo Alfonso def. Miguel Torres via submission (guillotine)
Luiz Firmino def. Jacob Volkmann via unanimous decision
Francisco France vs. Hans Stringer ends in draw
Josh Rettinghouse def. Alexis Vila via unanimous decision
Alexandre Pimentel def. Jade Porter via submission (triangle)
Nick Lobosco def. Fabio Mello via first-round KO
Chad Robinchaux def. Andrew Yates via submission (north-south choke)

WSOF 6 Weigh-in Results

Main Card:

JOSH BURKMAN 169.6 lbs. VS. STEVE CARL169.6 lbs
MARLON MORAES 136 lbs. VS. CARSON BEEBE 136 lbs
JON FITCH 170.4 lbs. VS. MARCELO ALFAYA 172 lbs
JUSTIN GAETHJE 155.8 lbs. VS. DAN LAUZON 158 lbs

Preliminary Card:

PABLO ALFONSO 145.4 lbs. VS. MIGUEL TORRES 145.2 lbs
HANS STRINGER 205 lbs. VS. FRANCISCO FRANCE 204.4 lbs
LUIZ FIRMINO 156 lbs. VS. JACOB VOLKMAN 155.4 lbs
CHAD ROBICHAUX 134.4 lbs. VS. ANDREW YATES 140.4 lbs
ALEXIS VILA 135.6 lbs. VS. JOSH RETTINGHOUSE 135.8 lbs
FABIO MELLO 145.6 lbs. VS. NICK LOBOSCO 145.4 lbs
ALEXANDRE PIMENTEL 146.2 lbs. VS. JADE PORTER 145.8 lbs

Tomorrow night is going to be a great night of fights including some of WSOF's best names including: Jacob Volkman, Miguel Torres, Dan Lauzon, Jon Fitch and a title fight between Josh Burkman and Steve Carl for the inaugural WSOF Welterweight Championship.

WSOF Results

Last night's fight card was a decent card filled with stars that the casual MMA fan may not be familiar with, but overall a good card.

The fist fight on the televised main card featured former UFC Lightweight and Featherweight fighter Tyson Griffin making his debut in the WSOF. It was a match in which I didn't have him winning a single minute. It appeared that Griffin was not fully prepared for his debut. His physique looked a little out of shape. He was eventually stopped in the third round after getting his back taken by Calavante and ground-and-pounded. Tyson immediately challenged the stoppage but the truth is Griffin was not going to be able to improve his postion and defeat was inevitible.

The next match was between WSOF President, Ray Sefo and Dave Huckaba.  This fight was quite entertaining. Sefobused his elite standup game to pick upaet Huckaba. Huckaba and Sefo both had great moments in the fight. I wpuld say that the first round was dominated by Sefo. In the second round, Huckaba got more comfortable which led to great exchanges in the second round.  I still felt that Sefo took the second round despite Huckaba stepping up in performance.  In the third round, Sefo continued to rain on the punches and crazy leg kicks that were winning the fight for him.  During the third round about half way through, Sefo attempted a spinning back fist that missed and Huckaba capitalized on that mistake by opening up with the hands and eventually getting Sefo pressed againtst the cage and causing a TKO victory on Sefo.

Nick Newell then faced off with Keon Caldwell. It was a great fight that displayed the mix of Newell's wrestling and jiu jitsu skills that lead to a quick choke victory over Caldwell in the first round. 

The next fight was a fight in the Bantamweight division between Marlon Moraes and Brandon Hempleman. It was fight that consisted of Moraes using leg kick after leg kick after leg kick that led to Hempleman limping and falling over and over again. He did this for two rounds until the third round he decided to start throwing punches. Even while he was limping and falling, Hempleman continued to press on and attempt to attack with kicks and punches. Moraes won an easy decision victory over Hempleman.

Maine event of the card was between Tyrone Spong and Angel DeAnda. It was very competitive but not entertaining. Spong went on to win a unanimous decision victory. Overall I would give the event a 6 out of 10.

MAIN CARD

Tyrone Spong def. Angel DeAnda via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Marlon Moraes def. Brandon Hempleman via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Nick Newell def. Keon Caldwell via submission (guillotine choke) - Round 1, 2:07
Dave Huckaba def. Ray Sefo via TKO (punches) - Round 2, 4:32
Gesias Cavalcante def. Tyson Griffin via TKO (punches) - Round 3, 1:37
PRELIMINARY CARD
Gerald Harris def. Jorge Santiago via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)
Lewis Gonzales def. Antonio McKee via unanimous technical decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Jared Papazian def. John Robles via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Victor Valenzuela def. Isaac Gutierrez via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 2, 2:41

Official Weigh-in Results for WSOF 4

The official weigh-ins courtesy of MMAFighting.com:

NBC Sports Network main card:Tyrone Spong (205) vs. Angel DeAnda (205)
Marlon Moraes (136) vs. Brandon Hempleman (136)
Ray Sefo (255) vs. Dave Huckaba (264)
Tyson Griffin (156) vs. JZ Cavalcante (156)
Nick Newell (155) vs. Keon Caldwell (156)

Preliminary card (stream can be viewed on MMAFighting.com):
Jorge Santiago (170.2) vs. Gerald Harris (171)
Antonio McKee (155) vs. Lewis Gonzalez (156)
Jared Papazian (136) vs. John Robles (134)
Isaac Gutierrez (150) vs. Victor Valenzuela (150)

Any predictions for the fight?