MMA Vivisection – WSOF 14: Ford vs. Shields

It's no secret, news for WSOF is not great right now. With Georgi Kharkhanyan and Josh Burkman jumping ship, reports of fighter pay problems…

By: Zane Simon | 9 years ago
MMA Vivisection – WSOF 14: Ford vs. Shields
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It’s no secret, news for WSOF is not great right now. With Georgi Kharkhanyan and Josh Burkman jumping ship, reports of fighter pay problems become less of a backdrop and more of a pressing question. However, whatever problems are plauging them, it hasn’t stopped the USA’s no. 3 MMA promotion from putting on a pretty interesting card this week. At the top it features the talented, but problematic Ryan Ford taking on ever stalwart top tier welterweight Jake Shields, fresh of Shields’ release from the UFC. Fighting along with them will be a host of familiar faces in Tim Hague, Jared Hamman, and Chris Horodecki. There are even a couple interesting prospects in Michael Hill and Luis Huete. All said and done WSOF’s U.S. vs Canada card could actually be pretty fun.

Here’s how it looks right now:

Main Card
Ryan Ford vs. Jake Shields
Smealinho Rama vs Derrick Mehmen
Chris Horodecki vs Luis Huete
Luke Harris vs Jared Hamman

Prelims
Stephen Beaumont vs Jose Rodriguez
Tim Hague vs Craig Hudson
Michael Hill vs Marcus Hicks
Hakeem Dawodu vs Mike Malott
Cody Krahn vs Matt Baker
Roger Alves vs David Swanson

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Zane Simon
Zane Simon

Zane Simon is a senior editor, writer, and podcaster for Bloody Elbow. He has worked with the website since 2013, taking on a wide variety of roles. A lifelong combat sports fan, Zane has trained off & on in both boxing and Muay Thai. He currently hosts the long-running MMA Vivisection podcast, which he took over from Nate Wilcox & Dallas Winston in 2015, as well as the 6th Round podcast, started in 2014. Zane is also responsible for developing and maintaining the ‘List of current UFC fighters’ on Bloody Elbow, a resource he originally developed for Wikipedia in 2010.

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