Former WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres (40-5) has found himself a new home under the World Series of Fighting promotion, and will headline the promotions first show on November 3rd.
Torres made his decision to sign with the untested WSOF promotion based on the experience of the companies president, Ray Sefo, as a fighter. Feeling that Sefo is someone who “understands what I’m going through, where I’m coming from, and who I am as a person and as a fighter.”
The inaugural WSOF event will air on the NBC Sports Network and will take place on Nov. 3 at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“There were other organizations that were established already that had different things going on. But for me to be in a start-up organization on NBC, to me it made sense,” Torres said. “I helped build the WEC, I was in the UFC and I fought all over the Midwest.
“But I never fought for a guy who was not just a fighter, but one of the best fighters in the world. In my deciding factors, that was one of the big selling points for me. He understands what I’m going through, where I’m coming from, and who I am as a person and as a fighter.”
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“I knew what I was getting into from the beginning. That was one of the main things they told me. We’re getting picked up by NBC Sports, it’s gonna be a huge thing,” Torres said.
“It’s not a league that will be here and gone in a day or two. We’re gonna do big things and they need guys who can help carry them on their back. I believe I’m one of those guys.”
Torres was released from the UFC, for a second time, following a first round knockout loss to Michael McDonald at UFC 145 this past April. He was released last December following a controversial Tweet regarding a “rape van.”
‘Sugar’ Ray Sefo is a former K-1 kickboxer (56-21-1) who competed as late as this past March in Croatia versus Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic, losing a decision to the former PRIDE champ. Sefo has competed in mixed martial arts going 2-1, with his last match coming in February 2011 with a submission loss to Valentijn Overeem.
Read more of Torres WSOF press conference comments at MMAFighting.com.