Ray Sefo: WSOF ‘Blessed and Fortunate’ to Secure Madison Square Garden on NYE

World Series of Fighting will be the second major mixed martial arts promotion to plant its flag in the hallowed ground of Madison Square Garden when it hosts its blockbuster year-end event on New Year’s Eve.WSOF is following in the footsteps of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which held its first-ever card in New York City at the legendary venue on Nov. 12. While UFC 205 was in the actual arena, WSOF 34 will be held inside The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Nonetheless, WSOF President Ray Sefo hopes that the high-profile event will draw more eyes to the promotion. “That’s the hope and the dream is to attract more fans to the sport but also to WSOF,” Sefo said on the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Beatdown” show. “There’s three major leauges in the U.S.: UFC, WSOF and Bellator. Anybody that deserved to be at the Garden first was the UFC. It’s great to see the sport come so far and improve so much.” MMA organizations outside of Japan tend to traditionally avoid booking fights on New Year’s Eve. To wit: UFC 207 will take place on …

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