Sefo could fight at second WSOF event

From MMA Junkie:

Ray Sefo could soon turn in his business suit for a pair of fight trunks. For one night, anyway.

Sefo – a 41-year-old veteran kickboxer and muay Thai fighter who's also dabbled in MMA and boxing – is president of the World Series of Fighting, which hosts its debut event this weekend on national TV in Las Vegas.

But when the second event rolls around in early 2013, don't be surprised if you see Sefo on the fight card.

Sefo is busy with the final preparations for Saturday's WSOF 1 event, which airs on NBC Sports Network (formerly Versus) from Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The card features notables such as Andrei Arlovski, Miguel Torres, Anthony Johnson, Tyrone Spong and more.

Could Sefo, though, soon join their ranks?

"Absolutely," he joked while in studio with MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "It's my promotion."

Sefo said it became much more likely after he fielded offers to fight in New Year's Eve in Japan, as well as in March in Australia. While Sefo's WSOF partners weren't initially keen on the idea, the outside offers changed their minds.

"I think they're realizing if I'm still very active, why not have it in their own league," he said. "We just talked about it [four] days ago, and they were like, 'We should talk about that.'"

Sefo said they've even discussed a possible opponent for the card, which is expected to take place in January or February.

Sefo, a 2000 K-1 World Grand Prix runner-up who owns a 56-21-1 pro-kickboxing record, is 2-1 as an MMA fighter. After a pair of knockout wins, he suffered a submission loss to Valentijn Overeem in a Strikeforce heavyweight-grand-prix reserve bout in early 2011. He hasn't fought since.

He'd like to get back in the cage, and fighting in his own promotion would make sense. But he said for now, his focus remains solely on Saturday's big event.

The organization has dished out sizable purses to the night's competitors, and executives are optimistic about a sellout on Saturday night. But the real key to the organization's future – and his own future fighting for the WSOF – could very well depend on the NBC Sports Network deal. Right now, this weekend's event is simply a trial run, but if all goes well, WSOF could have a permanent home on the all-sports channel in 2013.

"We're going to sit down right after the show and pen out how we're going to move forward and how many shows we're going to do and everything else," he said. "We're getting a lot of support from NBC Sports Network right now."

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nice.....sefo vs duffee......sefo vs rolles gracie or sefo vs chris barnett....

ray is a big name himself, plus most likely in mma he would get sub or ko

his opponent, so no judges discussion about conflict of interest....

Sefo vs. Spong II.

Nah, Sefo would be murdered.

SandmanFC,,,,he also says in the interview that he has an offer to fight on nye in japan, thats the dream/glory fight it could be interesting...

MR.WILLIE wrote:SandmanFC,,,,he also says in the interview that he has an offer to fight on nye in japan, thats the dream/glory fight it could be interesting...

Sefo is a cool dude. If he is indeed fighting at DREAM.18, that would be fantastic. It would be even better if WSOF, Glory, and DREAM all worked together sometime in the future.

SandmanFC wrote:

MR.WILLIE wrote:SandmanFC,,,,he also says in the interview that he has an offer to fight on nye in japan, thats the dream/glory fight it could be interesting...

Sefo is a cool dude. If he is indeed fighting at DREAM.18, that would be fantastic. It would be even better if WSOF, Glory, and DREAM all worked together sometime in the future.

Sounds like the dream team. World Series could use the Glory/DREAM fighters in the US and Glory/DREAM could use the World Series fighters in Asia/Europe.

SandmanFC wrote:

MR.WILLIE wrote:SandmanFC,,,,he also says in the interview that he has an offer to fight on nye in japan, thats the dream/glory fight it could be interesting...

It would be even better if WSOF, Glory, and DREAM all worked together sometime in the future.

That would be awesome. Plus, DREAM is part of the ONE Asia Network so add ONE FC, URCC, Road FC, and CFC to that list. Plus, DEEP and Pancrase fighters and champs have fought for ONE FC and DREAM in the past so they can be included as well. Hell, even M-1 worked with DREAM in the past.

The combined roster of all those orgs. is damn impressive. If they would consistently work together that would be amazing for us fight fans.