FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, June 4th, 2015

WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING ON NBCSN FEATURES TWO WORLD TITLE FIGHTS TOMORROW FRI., JUNE 5, LIVE AT 9 P.M. ET

Lance Palmer vs. Chris Horodecki in Featherweight Title Fight

Smealinho Rama vs. Blagoi Ivanov in Heavyweight Title Fight

NBC Sports Live Extra to Stream All Bouts

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 4, 2015 – World Series of Fighting returns to NBCSN tomorrow, Friday, June 5, live at 9 p.m. ET, highlighted by two world title fights. WSOF featherweight champion Lance Palmer (9-1) defends his title against Chris “The Polish Hammer” Horodecki (21-5-1), after winning the belt with a third-round submission over Rick Glenn in December. Horodecki made his WSOF debut in October, earning a unanimous decision win over Luis Huete.

The co-main event features Champ Smealinho “The Prince” Rama (9-1) defending his heavyweight title against Blagoi Ivanov (11-1). Rama claimed the belt with a 51-second TKO victory over Derrick Mehmen in October for the inaugural heavyweight title. Ivanov makes his WSOF debut tomorrow night.

Friday’s card also features a bout between Hakeem “Mean” Dawodu (4-1) and Chuka “The Lion King” Willis (4-0), in the featherweight division.

Play-by-play announcer Mike Corey will be joined by mixed martial artists and analysts Bas Rutten and Joey Varner to call the action from the Edmonton Expo Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

NBC Sports Live Extra: World Series of Fighting will be streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. The NBC Sports Live Extra app is available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku and Apple TV.

–NBC SPORTS GROUP–