A lightweight bout has been added to the WSOF 22 main card broadcast on August 1 in Las Vegas as Jimmy Spicuzza will meet Islam Mamedov.
The fight booking was announced by the WSOF in a press release on Wednesday.
WSOF 22 will come from the Axis Theatre inside Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas and will be headlined by a title fight as Rousimar Palhares defends the welterweight title against Jake Shields.
Spicuzza (6-2) has won three of his four fights in the WSOF and two of those wins have come by decision. His last fight took place in March as he defeated Benny Madrid by split decision at WSOF 19. Mamedov (11-1) is currently on a ten fight winning streak and he won his WSOF debut in April with a TKO win over Leon Davis. It was his second career win by TKO/KO and his last three wins have come in the first round.
The current WSOF 22: Palhares vs. Shields fight card is below.
Main Card: (NBCSN – 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT)
Rousimar Palhares (17-6) vs. Jake Shields (31-7-1, 1NC)
Marlon Moraes (14-4-1) vs. Sheymon Moraes (7-0)
Tyrone Spong (2-0) vs. Mike Kyle (21-12-1)
Jimmy Spicuzza (6-2) vs. Islam Mamedov (11-1)
Preliminary Card: (WSOF.com)
Abubakar Nurgamedov (9-1) vs. TBD