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GAETHJE/NEWELL TITLE BOUT HEADLINING JULY WSOF EVENT

By David Tees on 3/26/2014 2:32 PM

The WSOF Lightweight Title will be defended at a July World Series Of Fighting event as Justin Gaethje defends the belt against Nick Newell. Gaethje will be making the first defense of his championship, which he won by defeating Richard Patishnock at WSOF VIII. Newell has won his previous two fights in the WSOF and he is a former Xtreme Fighting Championships Lightweight Champion. The yet to be named World Series Of Fighting event takes place in July from a location TBA with the aforementioned fighters headlining.