2014 in World Series of Fighting

2014 in World Series of Fighting
Information
First date	January 18, 2014
Last date	December 13, 2014
Events
Total events	11
Fights
Total fights	110
Title fights	14
Chronology
2013 in WSOF 2014 in World Series of Fighting 2015 in WSOF

The year 2014 is the 3rd year in the history of World Series of Fighting, a mixed martial arts promotion based in The United States. In 2014 World Series of Fighting held 11 events beginning with, WSOF 8: Gaethje vs. Patishnock.

Title fights

Title fights in 2014
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Lightweight	Justin Gaethje	def.	Richard Patishnock	TKO (punches & elbows)	1	1:09	WSOF 8: Gaethje vs. Patishnock	[lower-alpha 1]
Women's Strawweight	Jessica Aguilar	def.	Alida Gray	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	1	2:45	WSOF 8: Gaethje vs. Patishnock	[lower-alpha 2]
Welterweight	Ryan Ford	def.	Joel Powell	KO (front kick)	1	0:53	WSOF Canada 1: Ford vs. Powell	[lower-alpha 3]
Welterweight	Rousimar Palhares	def.	Steve Carl (c)	Submission (inverted heel hook)	1	1:09	WSOF 9: Carl vs. Palhares	[lower-alpha 4]
Bantamweight	Marlon Moraes	def.	Josh Rettinghouse	Decision (unanimous) (50-44, 50-44, 50-44)	5	5:00	WSOF 9: Carl vs. Palhares	[lower-alpha 5]
Middleweight	David Branch	def.	Jesse Taylor	Submission (D'arce choke)	1	1:41	WSOF 10: Branch vs. Taylor	[lower-alpha 6]
Featherweight	Rick Glenn	def.	Georgi Karakhanyan (c)	TKO (retirement)	2	5:00	WSOF 10: Branch vs. Taylor	[lower-alpha 7]
Women's Strawweight	Jessica Aguilar (c)	def.	Emi Fujino	Decision (unanimous) (50-44, 50-44, 50-44)	5	5:00	WSOF 10: Branch vs. Taylor	[lower-alpha 8]
Lightweight	Justin Gaethje (c)	def.	Nick Newell	KO (punch)	2	3:09	WSOF 11: Gaethje vs. Newell	[lower-alpha 9]
Heavyweight	Smealinho Rama	def.	Derrick Mehmen	TKO (punches)	1	0:51	WSOF 14: Ford vs. Shields	[lower-alpha 10]
Middleweight	David Branch (c)	def.	Yushin Okami	TKO (punches)	4	3:39	WSOF 15: Branch vs. Okami	[lower-alpha 11]
Women's Strawweight	Jessica Aguilar (c)	def.	Kalindra Faria	Decision (unanimous) (49-45, 49-45, 49-45)	5	5:00	WSOF 15: Branch vs. Okami	[lower-alpha 12]
Welterweight	Rousimar Palhares (c)	def.	Jon Fitch	Submission (kneebar)	1	1:30	WSOF 16: Palhares vs. Fitch	[lower-alpha 13]
Featherweight	Lance Palmer	def.	Rick Glenn (c)	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	3:09	WSOF 16: Palhares vs. Fitch	[lower-alpha 14]

1. For the inaugural WSOF Lightweight Championship.
2. For the inaugural WSOF Women's Strawweight Championship.
3. For the inaugural WSOF Canadian Welterweight Championship
4. For the WSOF Welterweight Championship.
5. For the inaugural WSOF Bantamweight Championship.
6. For the inaugural WSOF Middleweight Championship.
7. For the WSOF Featherweight Championship.
8. For the WSOF Women's Strawweight Championship.
9. For the WSOF Lightweight Championship.
10. For the Inaugural WSOF Heavyweight Championship.
11. For the WSOF Middleweight Championship.
12. For the WSOF Women's Strawweight Championship.
13. For the WSOF Welterweight Championship.
14. For the WSOF Featherweight Championship.

Events list

WSOF 8: Gaethje vs. Patishnock

WSOF 8: Gaethje vs. Patishnock^[9] was an event held on January 18, 2014 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, United States.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Justin Gaethje	def.	Richard Patishnock	TKO (punches & elbows)	1	1:09	[lower-alpha 1]
Light Heavyweight	Anthony Johnson	def.	Mike Kyle	KO (punch)	1	2:03
Women's Strawweight	Jessica Aguilar	def.	Alida Gray	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	1	2:45	[lower-alpha 2]
Bantamweight	Cody Bollinger	def.	Tyson Nam	Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Luis Palomino	def.	Jorge Patino	KO (punches)	2	4:20
Preliminary card (online)
Welterweight	Tyler Stinson	def.	Valdir Araujo	TKO (punches)	3	2:23
Heavyweight	Derrick Mehmen	def.	Scott Barrett	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Flyweight	Alexis Vila	def.	Sidemar Honorio	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Freddy Assuncao	def.	Brenson Hansen	Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Anderson Melo	def.	Jose Caceres	Submission (heel hook)	1	1:10

1. For the inaugural WSOF Lightweight Championship.
2. For the inaugural WSOF Women's Strawweight Championship.

WSOF Canada 1: Ford vs. Powell

WSOF Canada 1: Ford vs. Powell^[10] was an event held on February 21, 2014 at the Edmonton Expo Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Ryan Ford	def.	Joel Powell	KO (front kick)	1	0:53	[lower-alpha 1]
Heavyweight	Smealinho Rama	def.	Steve Mocco	Decision (unanimous) (29-27, 30-27, 29-28)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Michael Hill	def.	Ryan Dickson	Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Josh Machan	def.	Adam Lorenz	Decision (split) (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Brandt Dewsbery	def.	Mark Drummond	Submission (Rear-naked choke)	1	4:31
Preliminary card
Featherweight	Lenny Wheeler	vs.	Will Romero	No Contest			[lower-alpha 2]
Light Heavyweight	Mike Kent	def.	Matt Baker	Decision (split) (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Tim Hague	def.	Lee Mein	TKO (punches)	1	4:21
Bantamweight	Owen Carr	def.	Maged Hammo	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Hakeem Dawodu	def.	Behrang Yousefi	KO (punches)	1	1:07
Lightweight	Roger Alves	def.	Jemark Brady	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-26, 30-25)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Stuart Fontaine	def.	Justin Evans	TKO (punches)	1	2:11

1. For the inaugural WSOF Canadian Welterweight Championship
2. Bout ruled a No Contest due to unintentional illegal blows to back of the head of Wheeler.

WSOF 9: Carl vs. Palhares

WSOF 9: Carl vs. Palhares^[11] was an event held on March 29, 2014 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Rousimar Palhares	def.	Steve Carl (c)	Submission (inverted heel hook)	1	1:09	[lower-alpha 1]
Bantamweight	Marlon Moraes	def.	Josh Rettinghouse	Decision (unanimous) (50-44, 50-44, 50-44)	5	5:00	[lower-alpha 2]
Middleweight	Yushin Okami	def.	Svetlozar Savov	Submission (arm triangle choke)	2	4:46
Welterweight	Josh Burkman	def.	Tyler Stinson	KO (punch)	1	2:15
Lightweight	Johnny Nunez	def.	Ozzy Dugulubgov	Decision (split) (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)	3	5:00
Preliminary card
Featherweight	Mike Corey	def.	Shane Kruchten	Submission (rear naked choke)	2	2:59
Bantamweight	Bryson Hansen	def.	Sean Cantor	TKO (punches)	1	0:46
Featherweight	Chris Gruetzemacher	def.	John Gunderson	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Brenson Hansen	def.	Boostayre Nefarios	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Danny Davis	def.	Phil Dace	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Jimmy Spicuzza	def.	Gil Guardado	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	3:14

1. For the WSOF Welterweight Championship.
2. For the inaugural WSOF Bantamweight Championship.

WSOF Canada 2: Loiseau vs. Lewis

WSOF Canada 2: Loiseau vs. Lewis^[12] was an event held on June 7, 2014 at the Edmonton Expo Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Dwayne Lewis	def.	David Loiseau	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Josh Hill	def.	Mike Adams	KO (punch)	1	4:20
Heavyweight	Tim Hague	def.	Matt Baker	TKO (punches)	1	3:56
Welterweight	Spencer Jebb	def.	Matt DesRoches	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Ryan Janes	def.	David Perron	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:23
Preliminary card
Featherweight	Hakeem Dawodu	def.	Jake Macdonald	KO (punches)	2	0:18
Middleweight	Marcus Hicks	def.	Markhaile Wedderburn	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	1:34
Middleweight	Graham Park	def.	Jordan Murray	TKO (elbows and punches)	1	1:00

WSOF 10: Branch vs. Taylor

WSOF 10: Branch vs. Taylor^[13] was an event held on June 21, 2014 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	David Branch	def.	Jesse Taylor	Submission (D'arce choke)	1	1:41	[lower-alpha 1]
Featherweight	Rick Glenn	def.	Georgi Karakhanyan (c)	TKO (retirement)	2	5:00	[lower-alpha 2]
Women's Strawweight	Jessica Aguilar (c)	def.	Emi Fujino	Decision (unanimous) (50-44, 50-44, 50-44)	5	5:00	[lower-alpha 3]
Lightweight	Luiz Firmino	def.	Tyson Griffin	Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Lance Palmer	def.	Nick LoBosco	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:15
Preliminary card
Heavyweight	Derrick Mehmen	def.	Dave Huckaba	Decision (unanimous) (30-26, 30-25, 30-27)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Timur Valiev	def.	Adam Acquaviva	KO (flying knee)	3	1:35
Middleweight	Krasimir Mladenov	def.	Angel DeAnda	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Women's Bantamweight	Ashlee Evans-Smith	def.	Marciea Allen	TKO (elbows)	3	3:01
Lightweight	Jimmy Spicuzza	def.	Justin Jaynes	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	A.J. Williams	def.	Tanner Cowan	KO (head kick and punches)	1	0:44

1. For the inaugural WSOF Middleweight Championship.
2. For the WSOF Featherweight Championship.
3. For the WSOF Women's Strawweight Championship.

WSOF Middleweight Championship tournament bracket

	Semifinals					Finals
	David Branch		DEC
	Danillo Villefort		15:00
						David Branch		SUB
						Jesse Taylor		1
	Elvis Mutapcic		15:00
	Jesse Taylor		DEC

WSOF 11: Gaethje vs. Newell

WSOF 11: Gaethje vs. Newell^[14] was an event held on July 5, 2014 at Ocean Center in Daytona, Florida, United States.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Justin Gaethje (c)	def.	Nick Newell	KO (punch)	2	3:09	[lower-alpha 1]
Middleweight	Jon Fitch	def.	Dennis Hallman	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Catchweight (138 lbs)	Cody Bollinger	def.	Pablo Alfonso	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:37
Catchweight (157 lbs)	Melvin Guillard	def.	Gesias Cavalcante	TKO (punches and elbows)	2	2:36
Preliminary card
Light Heavyweight	Jake Heun	def.	Kendrick Miree	Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Catchweight (175 lb)	Neiman Gracie	def.	Dustin Holyko	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	2:21
Catchweight (175 lb)	Jose Caceres	def.	Walber Brito de Barros	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Muhammed De'Reese	def.	Rashaun Spencer	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00

1. For the WSOF Lightweight Championship.

WSOF 12: Palomino vs. Gonzalez

WSOF 12: Palomino vs. Gonzalez^[15] was an event held on August 9, 2014 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Luis Palomino	def.	Lewis Gonzalez	KO (head kick)	1	4:42
Light Heavyweight	Ronny Markes	def.	Cully Butterfield	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight (195 lbs)	Elvis Mutapcic	def.	Kelvin Tiller	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Brandon Hempleman	def.	Alexis Vila	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Matt Sayles	def.	Brenson Hansen	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Preliminary card
Lightweight	Lucas Montoya	def.	Jimmy Spicuzza	TKO (punches)	1	4:11
Welterweight	Danny Davis Jr.	def.	Jorge Lopez	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Adam Acquaviva	def.	Cody Maltais	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Bryson Gutches	def.	Soslan Abanokov	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	1:07

WSOF 13: Moraes vs. Bollinger

WSOF 13: Moraes vs. Bollinger^[16] was an event held on September 13, 2014 at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Catchweight (147 lbs)	Marlon Moraes	def.	Cody Bollinger	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	1:35
Lightweight	Ozzy Dugulubgov	def.	Keon Caldwell	KO (punch)	3	1:38
Bantamweight	Timur Valiev	def.	Isaiah Chapman	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Frankie Perez	def.	Tommy Marcellino	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Preliminary card
Welterweight	Tenyeh Dixon	def.	Emmanuel Walo	Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)	3	5:00
Catchweight	Nick Browne	def.	Sidney Outlaw	TKO (punches)	1	0:25
Flyweight	Katlyn Chookagian	def.	Brigitte Narcise	TKO (knees)	3	0:38
Welterweight	Matt Secor	def.	Brett Shoenfelt	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	4:31
Flyweight	Sidemar Honorio	def.	Matt Lozano	TKO (injury)	3	0:28
Catchweight (160 lbs)	Luciano Cristovam	def.	Francisco Isata	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00

WSOF 14: Ford vs. Shields

WSOF 14: Ford vs. Shields^[17] was an event held on October 11, 2014 at Edmonton Expo Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Jake Shields	def.	Ryan Ford	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:29
Heavyweight	Smealinho Rama	def.	Derrick Mehmen	TKO (punches)	1	0:51	[lower-alpha 1]
Featherweight	Chris Horodecki	def.	Luis Huete	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Jared Hamman	def.	Luke Harris	TKO (punches)	1	2:27
Preliminary card
Heavyweight	Tim Hague	def.	Craig Hudson	TKO (punches)	3	2:55
Featherweight	Hakeem Dawodu	def.	Mike Malott	TKO (punches and elbows)	1	4:13
Catchweight (195 lbs)	Matt Baker	def.	Cody Krahn	Submission (armbar)	1	2:28
Lightweight	Roger Alves	def.	David Swanson	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00

1. For the Inaugural WSOF Heavyweight Championship.

WSOF 15: Branch vs. Okami

WSOF 15: Branch vs. Okami^[18] was an event held on November 15, 2014 at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida, United States.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	David Branch (c)	def.	Yushin Okami	TKO (punches)	4	3:39	[lower-alpha 1]
Catchweight (159 lbs)	Justin Gaethje	def.	Melvin Guillard	Decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)	3	5:00
Women's Strawweight	Jessica Aguilar (c)	def.	Kalindra Faria	Decision (unanimous) (49-45, 49-45, 49-45)	5	5:00	[lower-alpha 2]
Lightweight	Jorge Patino	def.	Eric Reynolds	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)	3	5:00
Preliminary card
Catchweight (180 lbs)	Maurice Salmon	def.	Javier Torres	TKO (doctor stoppage)	1	5:00
Featherweight	Anderson Hutchinson	def.	Troy Gerhart	Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Ryan Keenan	def.	Jose Andres Cortes	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	2:16
Lightweight	Tony Way	def.	Frederico Moncaio	Submission (guillotine choke)	3	2:03
Middleweight	Hector Ochoa	def.	Robert Reed	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Reggie Pena	def.	Joe Johnson	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:15
Lightweight	Matt Frevola	def.	Josh Zuckerman	Submission (triangle armbar)	1	2:50

1. For the WSOF Middleweight Championship.
2. For the WSOF Women's Strawweight Championship.

WSOF 16: Palhares vs. Fitch

WSOF 16: Palhares vs. Fitch^[19] was an event held on December 13, 2014 at McClellan Conference Center in Sacramento, California, United States.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Rousimar Palhares (c)	def.	Jon Fitch	Submission (kneebar)	1	1:30	[lower-alpha 1]
Featherweight	Lance Palmer	def.	Rick Glenn (c)	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	3:09	[lower-alpha 2]
Bantamweight	Sheymon Moraes	def.	Gaberiel Solorio	Decision (split) (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Josh Berkovic	def.	Brenson Hanson	Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Preliminary card
Lightweight	Lewis Gonzalez	def.	Justin Buchholz	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Dave Huckaba	def.	C.J. Leveque	TKO (Punches)	2	1:47
Welterweight	David Mitchell	def.	Justin Baesman	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	1:44
Welterweight	Dominic Waters	def.	Martin Sano	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Erick Sanchez	def.	Drey Mitchell	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Jason Powell	def.	Chris Avila	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Joseph Morales	def.	Christian Espinosa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Justin Durham	def.	Dylan Blakesly	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

1. For the WSOF Welterweight Championship.
2. For the WSOF Featherweight Championship.

See also

• World Series of Fighting
• List of WSOF events

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