The vice-president of promotion of WSOF Ali Abdel-Aziz on air of a The MMA Hour broadcast stated idea to hold joint tournament between WSOF and Bellator on PPV.
"Many people and mass media call Bellator promotion number two in the world, but I consider that the owner of this status has to be defined in joint tournament.
If we expose the nine children, and Bellator will put against them nine, I am sure that the victory will be for us.
We the second promotion after UFC, and surely hold this post. Eventually, it is a question of fighters and fans. It is the entertainment industry, we here to entertain people.
Now, on your show, I officially throw down Bellator challenge. Tournament from ten fights on PPV — nine competing and one superfight. The winner receives everything" — Abdel-Aziz declared.
The cards, the offered Abdel-Aziz looks as follows:
Tyrone Spong — Kuinton Jackson;
Anthony Johnson — Attila Veg;
Andrey Orlovsky — Vitaly Minakov;
Marlon Moraes — Eduardo Dantas;
Yushin Okami — Alexander Shlemenko;
Ruzimar Palyares — Douglas Lim;
Justin Getzhi — Michael Chendler;
Georgy Karakhanyan — Daniel Straus;
John Fitch — Ric Hon;
David Branch — Brett Cooper.
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