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WSoF challenges Bellator to winner take all PPV

World Series of Fighting (WSoF) matchmaker Ali Abdelaziz appeared on Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour, and announced an audacious challenge to…

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Chris Palmquist
January 6, 2014 · 1 min read
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World Series of Fighting (WSoF) matchmaker Ali Abdelaziz appeared on Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour, and announced an audacious challenge to Bellator MMA.

WSofF is not yet ready for PPV, and Bellator’s intial foray suffered a broken spine, but the idea is that a head to head match up between the two could earn money and PPV. And the proposal is that winner takes all.

Abdelaziz proposed:

Tyrone Spong vs. Quinton Jackson

Anthony Johnson vs. Attila Vegh

Andrei Arlovski vs. Vitaly Minakov

Marlon Moraes vs. Eduardo Dantas

Yushin Okami vs. Alexander Shlemenko

Rousimar Palhares vs. Douglas Lima

Justin Gaethje vs. Eddie Alvarez (or Michael Chandler)

Georgi Karakhanyan vs. Daniel Straus

Jon Fitch vs. Rick Hawn

David Branch vs. Brett Cooper

While the idea sounds at first impression like a publicity stunt, there have been co-promotions in MMA, in the US and in Japan. K-1 and DREAM co promoted Dynamite!! events, and Strikeforce and EliteXC have exchanged fighters.

So what do you think UG? Is it a good idea? If so, who is it a good idea for? And would there be any profit to take all of?

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