World Series of Fighting 1: Arlovski vs. Cole

World Series of Fighting 1: Arlovski vs. Cole was the inaugural event of the promotion held on November 3, 2012 (2012-11-03) at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, United States. The main card began at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time and the preliminary card was streamed on Sherdog.com.^[2]

World Series of Fighting 1: Arlovski vs. Cole
The poster for World Series of Fighting 1: Arlovski vs. Cole
Promotion	World Series of Fighting
Date	November 3, 2012
Venue	Planet Hollywood
City	Paradise, Nevada, United States
Attendance	1,000
Total gate	$82,608.22[1]
Event chronology
World Series of Fighting 1: Arlovski vs. Cole World Series of Fighting 2: Arlovski vs. Johnson

Background

The event underwent changes, as Gesias Cavalcante was originally scheduled to face John Gunderson, but instead faced TJ O'Brien. Also, a bout between Waylon Lowe and Fabio Mello was scrapped for unknown reasons.^[3]

Kickboxing star Tyrone Spong made his MMA debut at this event.

The event was deemed as a success by many critics.^[4][5][who?]

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Andrei Arlovski	def.	Devin Cole	TKO (punches)	1	2:37
Light Heavyweight	Anthony Johnson	def.	D.J. Linderman	KO (punch)	1	3:58
Bantamweight	Marlon Moraes	def.	Miguel Torres	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Tyrone Spong	def.	Travis Bartlett	KO (punch)	1	3:15
Preliminary Card (Sherdog.com)
Lightweight	Brian Cobb	def.	Ronys Torres	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Tyson Steele	def.	Gregor Gracie	TKO (punches)	1	4:52
Lightweight	Gesias Cavalcante	def.	TJ O'Brien	Submission (achilles lock)	1	1:03
Welterweight	Josh Burkman	def.	Gerald Harris	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight	David Branch	def.	Dustin Jacoby	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Steve Carl	def.	Ramico Blackmon	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	2:11

See also

• World Series of Fighting
• List of WSOF champions
• List of WSOF events