Caption: Welterweight superstars (170 pounds) Jake Shields (left) and Brian Foster (right) will collide in the main event of the World Series of Fighting Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event and five-bout telecast, live on NBC Sports Network, beginning at 9 p.m. EST tomorrow, Saturday, January 17 from Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
Photo Credit: Lucas Noonan/World Series of Fighting
NEW CO-MAIN EVENT:
JOE CONDON REPLACES INJURED BRIAN COBB AGAINST UNDEFEATED JOHNNY NUNEZ
LIVE PRELIMINARY CARD STREAM NOW BEGINS AT 7 P.M. EST
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Jan. 16, 2015) – The highly-anticipated World Series of Fighting (www.wsof.com) welterweight (170 pounds) main event between superstars Jake Shields (30-7) of San Francisco, Calif. and Brian Foster (22-6) of Sallisaw, Okla. was made official after Shields weighed in at 170 pounds and Foster clocked in at 169.8 pounds one day before the live, five bout NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) televised Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday, January 17.
Originally slated to face off with undefeated Johnny Nunez (5-0) of Las Vegas in the co-main event, Brian “The Bandit” Cobb (20-8) withdrew from the commitment due to a knee injury he sustained during a workout yesterday, and was replaced by Joe Condon (11-7) of Victorville, Calif. Nunez weighed in at 155.6 pounds and Condon, who was originally scheduled to fight Jimmy Spicuzza (5-2) of Las Vegas, registered a weight of 156 pounds after originally coming in heavy at 157.4 pounds.
Although Spicuzza’s bout was scrapped from the preliminary card, which now has three fights, the fighter was paid both his contracted purse and win bonus by WSOF.
The five-bout main card will air live, beginning at 9 p.m. EST on NBCSN, as well as online domestically and internationally, free of charge, on NBCSports.com. The live preliminary card stream will begin at 7 p.m. EST on an embeddable video player onwww.wsof.com.
Priced from $29.99, tickets for WSOF 17: Shields vs. Foster are on sale at Ticketmaster.com and WSOF.com.
Doors at Axis Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino will open at 3 p.m. PST. The first preliminary bout will begin at 4 p.m.
COMPLETE WSOF 17: SHIELDS VS. FOSTER WEIGH-IN RESULTS:
Main Card:
Main Event: Welterweight (170 pounds) Bout
Jake Shields (30-7) (170 lbs.) vs. Brian Foster (22-6) (169.8 lbs.)
San Francisco, Calif. Sallisaw, Okla.
Co-Main Event: Lightweight (155 pounds) Bout
Johnny Nunez (5-0) (155.6 lbs.) vs. Joe Condon (11-7) (156 lbs.)
Las Vegas, Nev. Victorville, Calif.
Middleweight (185 pounds) Bout
Krasimir Mladenov (11-0) (185.8 lbs.) vs. Brendan Kornberger (5-0) (185 lbs.)
Bulgaria Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Bantamweight (135 pounds) Bout
Bryson Hansen (7-2) (135.2 lbs.) vs. Rudy Morales (3-1) (135 lbs.)
Las Vegas, Nev. Las Vegas, Nev.
Welterweight (170 pounds) Bout
Danny Davis, Jr. (10-8-1) (170 lbs.) vs. Adam Cella (6-2) (171.6 lbs.)
Las Vegas, Nev. St. Louis, Mo.
Preliminary Card:
Featherweight (145 pounds) Bout
Jordan Rinaldi (8-6) (145.8 lbs.) vs. Soslan Abanokov (4-2) (145.8 lbs.)
Las Vegas, Nev. Brooklyn, N.Y.
Flyweight (125 pounds) Bout
Taylor McCorriston (8-6) (126 lbs.) vs. Donavon Frelow (2-0) (125 lbs.)
Las Vegas, Nev. Las Vegas, Nev.
Middleweight (185 pounds) Bout
Jamie Point (1-0) (186 lbs.) vs. Trey Williams (0-0) (185.8 lbs.)
Las Vegas, Nev. Reno, Nev.
