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    World Series of Fighting 1

    Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
    Venue: Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
    Broadcast: NBC Sports Network

    MAIN CARD (NBC Sports Network)

    Andrei Arlovski vs. Devin Cole
    Anthony Johnson vs. D.J. Linderman
    Marlon Moraes vs. Miguel Torres
    Gregor Gracie vs. Tyson Steele
    Travis Bartlett vs. Tyrone Spong

    PRELIMINARY CARD

    Brian Cobb vs. Ronys Torres
    Josh Burkman vs. Gerald Harris
    Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante vs. T.J. O'Brien
    Dave Branch vs. Dustin Jacoby
    Waylon Lowe vs. Fabio Mello
    Ramico Blackmon vs. Steve Carl
     
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    Re: World Series of Fighting 1 (Nov/3)

    Main Card
    265 lbs.: Andrei Arlovski (247) vs. Devin Cole (249)
    205 lbs.: Anthony Johnson (205) vs. D.J. Linderman (205.5)
    135 lbs.: Miguel Torres (135.5) vs. Marlon Moraes (135)
    170 lbs.:Gregor Gracie (170) vs. Tyson Steele (170.5)
    205 lbs.: Travis Bartlett (208) vs. Tyrone Spong (205)

    Prelim Card:
    170 lbs.: Josh Burkman (170) vs. Gerald Harris (170.5)
    155 lbs.: Brian Cobb (155.5) vs. Ronys Torres (155)
    155 lbs.: Gesias Cavalcante (156) vs. T.J. O'Brien (155.5)
    170 lbs.: Steve Carl (171) vs. Ramico Blackmon (170.5)
    185 lbs.: Dave Branch (185) vs. Dustin Jacoby (186.5)
     
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    Re: World Series of Fighting 1 (Nov/3)

    Spong just knocked out a can of tomatoes.

    Anyone who wants to watch this can see it on vipboxsports.eu
     
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    Re: World Series of Fighting 1 (Nov/3)

    Apparently WSOF approached Houston Alexander for this one but he had the good sense to say no.
     
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    Looks like we're going past the Gregor Gracie fight and doing the Miguel Torres one now.
     
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    Re: World Series of Fighting 1 (Nov/3)

    Torres loses again. Dude looked like he was sparring out there. Dunno where his heart has gone.
     
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    Re: World Series of Fighting 1 (Nov/3)

    Lots of hooting back and forth in the crowd. Very irritating. Vegas crowds are lousy.
     
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    Re: World Series of Fighting 1 (Nov/3)

    Anthony Johnson next. Dude made weight. Good for you, guy!
     
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    Holy shit!

    Anthony Johnson got poked in the eye and tried to get the ref's attention. Herb Dean wasn't going to stop the fight and Linderman rushed in to take advantage, and Johnson landed a huge right hand knocking him out instantly. Something like Smith/Sell.
     
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    Re: World Series of Fighting 1 (Nov/3)

    Daley/Smith too, for that matter.
     
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    Andre "Universal Soldier" Arovski up next.

    Devin Cole isn't a great fighter but he is a sturdy dude. Cormier couldn't do him in. A finish by Arlovski would send a message. It would practically be his fourth win in a row if you include the drubbing of Tim Sylvia that was called a no-contest for bullshit reasons.
     
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    Aaaand it's over, knockout win by Arlovski. Pretty even fight up until that point.
     
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    Props to WSOF. Solid show. Few technical issues, mostly fair match-ups with the exception of Spong/Bartlett (probably hard to get anyone to fight him), shitty papered crowd (out of their control), good broadcast. Excellent start for the promotion.
     
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    Results

    Branch over Jacoby by decision
    Cavalcante over O'Brien by heel-hook
    Burkman over Harris by decision
    Carl over Blackmon by rear naked choke
    Cobb over Torres by split decision
    Steele over Gracie by TKO
    Spong over Bartlett by KO
    Moraes over Torres by split decision
    Johnson over Linderman by KO
    Arlovski over Cole by KO
     
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    Should also note that Todd Harris & Bas Rutten did a bang-up job on the mic.
     
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    Andrei Arlovski: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
    def. Devin Cole: $10,000

    Anthony Johnson: $55,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
    def. D.J. Linderman: $10,000

    Marlon Moraes: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
    def. Miguel Torres: $18,000

    Tyrone Spong: $27,000 (includes $7,000 win bonus)
    def. Travis Bartlett: $4,000

    Tyson Steele: $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
    def. Gregor Gracie: $25,000

    Brian Cobb: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
    def. Ronys Torres: $12,000

    Steve Carl: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
    def. Ramico Blackmon: $10,000

    Josh Burkman: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
    def. Gerald Harris: $15,000

    Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante: $14,000 (includes $7,000 win bonus)
    def. T.J. O'Brien: $5,000

    David Branch: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
    def. Dustin Jacoby: $5,000
     
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    The WSOF business model is a bit difficult to understand. They paid NBC Sports to be on television, not the other way around. They put up $350,000 in fighter salaries plus expenses to get Planet Hollywood and staff to run the show and advertising and marketing. Their revenue came from ticket sales (supposedly many of which were comped to fill-out the arena) and advertising from sponsors JACO and that nutrition company with Overeem and Michael Johnson as the spokesmen. Can't see how WSOF didn't take a big hit to make their first show happen. For their sake I hope NBC Sports picks them up on their tab for future shows, so here's to hoping they pulled 1,000,000+ viewers or at least got good numbers in the male 18-49 demo.
     
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    Rumour has it that of the assumed 4,500 fans in attendance, only 1/3 paid to get in, the rest getting free or near-free admission to fill out the crowd. Sucks to be the people who paid.
     
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