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Following his controversial dismissal from the UFC, top-ten welterweight Jon Fitch has found his next home with World Series of Fighting. WSOF’s senior executive vice president Ali Abdel-Aziz revealed last night that Fitch has agreed to a four-fight contract, and will likely make his debut at the fledgling MMA promotion’s third event on June 14th. Fitch confirmed the news on twitter, saying that he’ll be officially signing contracts today.
Fitch’s opponent for the 6/14 card has not been determined yet, despite Gerald Harris‘s admirable efforts to troll his way into the booking.
In a related story, former UFC lightweight Jacob Volkmann — who was also recently fired during the UFC’s ongoing mass executions — will be making his World Series of Fighting Debut at WSOF 3 against former Strikeforce standout Lyle Beerbohm. “Fancy Pants” left Strikeforce following back-to-back losses to Pat Healy and Shinya Aoki, but has racked up five straight wins since then.
World Series of Fighting’s next event — headlined by Andrei Arlovski vs. Anthony Johnson — takes place March 23rd at the Revel Casino in Atlantic City. The full lineup for that card is after the jump.
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World Series of Fighting 2: Arlovski vs. Johnson
March 23rd, 2013
Main Card (NBC Sports Network)
Andrei Arlovski vs. Anthony Johnson
Marlon Moraes vs. Tyson Nam
Dave Branch vs. Paulo Filho
Josh Burkman vs. Aaron Simpson
Gesias Cavalcante vs. Justin Gaethje
Preliminary Card
Waylon Lowe vs. Cameron Dollar
Rick Glenn vs. Alexandre Pimentel
Kris McCray vs. Danillo Villefort
Igor Gracie vs. Richard Patishnock
Ozzy Dugulubgov vs. Chris Wade