{"id":161684,"date":"2015-08-19T18:34:40","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T01:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=161684"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:18:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:18:09","slug":"wsof-signs-lightweights-jason-high-and-mike-ricci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/world-series-of-fighting\/wsof-signs-lightweights-jason-high-and-mike-ricci\/","title":{"rendered":"WSOF Signs Lightweights Jason High and Mike Ricci"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ricci.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-161685\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ricci.png\" alt=\"ricci\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ricci.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ricci-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ricci-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ricci-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The World Series of Fighting have added two heavy hitting lightweights to their roster.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday they announced the signing of Mike Ricci and Jason High. Each fighter have been signed to exclusive contracts and their debut fights will be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p>Via press release:<\/p>\n<p><em>LAS VEGAS (August 19, 2015) \u2013World Series of Fighting (WSOF.com) announced today that it has signed two more marquee athletes \u2013 lightweights (155 pounds) Jason High and Mike Ricci \u2013 to exclusive, multi-year fight agreements. The promotional debut of each fighter will be announced soon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are pleased to welcome Jason High and Mike Ricci, two extremely talented and exciting athletes, to our roster,\u201d said World Series of Fighting President Ray Sefo.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOur lightweight division is expanding at an aggressive pace,\u201d continued Sefo, \u201cand both Jason and Mike will surely add depth to the competitive pool of athletes in this weight class, and provide us with the means to create some highly compelling matchups with potential title fight implications.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Best Training Room You&#8217;ll Probably Ever See &#8212; D.C., Rockhold, Khabib, Velasquez All Training For UFC Greatness<\/strong><br \/>\n[ooyala code=&#8221;J5c3UxdzpDWlYbuxxRyJVVXCUwnYxE3R&#8221; player_id=&#8221;bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2&#8243; width=&#8221;1280&#8243; height=&#8221;720&#8243; auto=&#8221;true&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Series of Fighting have added two heavy hitting lightweights to their roster. On Wednesday they announced the signing of Mike Ricci and Jason High. Each fighter have been signed to exclusive contracts and their debut fights will be announced soon. Via press release: LAS VEGAS (August 19, 2015) \u2013World Series of Fighting (WSOF.com) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":161685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[5806],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WSOF Signs Lightweights Jason High and Mike Ricci | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/world-series-of-fighting\/wsof-signs-lightweights-jason-high-and-mike-ricci\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WSOF Signs Lightweights Jason High and Mike Ricci | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The World Series of Fighting have added two heavy hitting lightweights to their roster. 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