World Series of Fighting 14: Ford vs. Shields

World Series of Fighting 14: Ford vs. Shields was a mixed martial arts event held October 11, 2014 (2014-10-11) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This event aired on NBCSN in the U.S and on TSN2 in Canada.

Background

Ryan Ford faced former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Jake Shields at this event.

Smealinho Rama and Derrick Mehmen fought for the inaugural WSOF Heavyweight Championship at this event.

Michael Hill was expected to face Marcus Hicks but after Hicks failed to make weight on short notice Hill declined the Catchweight bout which caused the fight to be canceled.

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World Series of Fighting 21: Palmer vs. Horodecki

World Series of Fighting 21: Palmer vs. Horodecki was a mixed martial arts event held on June 5, 2015 (2015-06-05) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This event aired NBCSN in the U.S and on Fight Network in Canada.

Background

The main event was originally scheduled to feature a middleweight fight between Yushin Okami and WSOF Canadian Welterweight Champion Ryan Ford. However, Ford was forced out of the bout due to an injury and the pairing was scrapped.

The main event was then changed to a WSOF Featherweight Championship fight between champion Lance Palmer and WEC & Bellator MMA veteran Chris Horodecki.

The co-main event featured a WSOF Heavyweight Championship fight between champion Smealinho Rama and Bellator MMA veteran Blagoy Ivanov.

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World Series of Fighting 11: Gaethje vs. Newell

World Series of Fighting 11: Gaethje vs. Newell was a mixed martial arts event held on July 5, 2014 in the United States. This event aired live in prime time on NBC.

Background

Rousimar Palhares was set to make his first title defense against former UFC veteran Jon Fitch on this show. On April 30, 2014 it was announced that the bout was canceled due to personal problems with Palhares.

Fitch was then expected to face debuting Jake Shields. However, Shields was forced out of the bout due to an injury. Fitch was then expected to face Josh Burkman in a rubber match. However, Burkman was forced out of the bout due to an elbow injury. Fitch eventually faced Dennis Hallman at the event

This event featured the first Lightweight title defense for Justin Gaethje as he faced undefeated lightweight Nick Newell.

Matt Hamill was expected to make his debut at this event but was sidelined due to a knee injury.

Brian Cobb was expected to face Luis Palomino at the event, however Cobb was removed from the bout for unknown reasons and was replaced by T.J. O'Brien. The bout between Palomino and O'Brien was later cancelled for unknown reasons.