Check out a quick preview of WSOF 25, which features an eight-man, one-night lightweight tournament.
World Series of Fighting is attempting to do what no major organization has done in a long time - pull off an eight-man tournament in one night. Strikeforce did a four-man one at middleweight a few years ago, but an eight-man one is pretty tough to get through. Can WSOF do it? We'll find out tonight in Phoenix. The winner of the tourney gets a shot LW champ Justin Gaethje.
Here are the rules for the tourney:
No Draws
No Elbows (standing or on the ground), except in the final
Three Judges Score the Bouts
A fourth judge will be used in the event of a draw
Two five-minute rounds for quarterfinal and semifinal matches
Three five-minute rounds in finals
As usual, the main card kicks off at 9pm ET/6pm PT on NBC Sports Network.