A trio of contests have been
added to September's "World Series of Fighting 5: Arlovski vs. Kyle"
lineup, as Rick Glenn (13-2-1) meets Artur Rofi (6-0), Ozzy Dugulubgov (4-1)
faces Andrew Osbourne (7-5) and Sidemar Honorio (8-3) takes on Jimmie Rivera
(12-1).
With the additions to the
evening's preliminary fight card, the World Series of Fighting 5 lineup now
includes 10 total fights.
Tickets for World Series of
Fighting 5 are currently on sale at all Ticketmaster locations,
Ticketmaster.com and charge-by-phone at (800) 745-3000. A heavyweight slugfest
between sambo master Andrei Arlovski (19-10) and slugger Mike Kyle (20-9-1)
serves as the evening's main event.
The night's NBC Sports
Network-televised main card also includes previously announced middleweight
tournament bouts of David Branch (12-3) vs. Danillo Villefort (14-4) and Elvis
Mutapcic (13-2) vs. Jesse Taylor, as well as a heavyweight matchup of Rolles
Gracie (8-1) vs. Derrick Mehmen (15-5) and a featherweight contest between
Georgi Karakhanyan (21-3-1) and Waylon Lowe (14-4).
An Iowa native, featherweight
Glenn now lives in Wisconsin, where he's a part of Milwaukee's famed Roufusport
MMA Academy. Training since he was a teenager, the 24-year-old prospect opened
his career at just 3-2 but has since gone 11 straight fights without a loss.
Glenn made his World Series of Fighting debut in March, where he earned a
third-round knockout over Alexandre Pimentel.
Glenn now meets New Jersey's
own Rofi, a Team Bittencourt fighter who has earned all six of his career wins
by way of stoppage. After opening his career in October 2010 with a knockout
win, Rofi has since tapped out five consecutive opponents.
The Russian-born Dugulubgov,
now a resident of Hackensack, N.J., fights for a second time under the World
Series of Fighting banner. The 24-year-old Renzo Gracie-trained fighter debuted
for the promotion in March, earning a unanimous-decision win over Chris Wade.
Dugulubgov faces North
Carolina's Osbourne, who fights out of Angel's Gym in Fayetteville, in a
160-pound catchweight contest. Fighting professionally since April 2011,
Osbourne is 4-1 in his past five contests, with the lone loss in that stretch
coming to former Ring of Combat champion Ryan LaFlare.
Born in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazilian bantamweight Honorio trains at Renzo Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
After opening his career with seven wins in his first eight appearances,
Honorio has struggled in recent bouts with top prospects Aljamain Sterling and
Sean Santella but is poised to make a statement against a tough Rivera, who
brings an impressive 11-fight win streak to the contest.
Rivera, a Team Tiger
Schulmann fighter, hasn't tasted defeat since 2008. In fact, before turning
pro, Rivera compiled an amateur record of 7-0, giving him an incredible 19-1
career mark at all levels of competition. Along the way, Rivera picked up
135-pound belts for highly respected regional promotions King of the Cage and
Ring of Combat.
World Series of Fighting 5's
two-and-a-half-hour NBC Sports Network telecast airs live at 9:30 p.m. ET/6:30
p.m. PT. The five-bout preliminary card, which also includes previously
announced matchups of Gregor Gracie (7-3) vs. Rich Patishnock (5-1) and Neiman
Gracie (0-0) vs. Darren Costa (0-1) streams on World Series of Fighting's
official website, WSOF.com, beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
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