Attendance 4,000 Venue Revel Atlantic City | Date 14 September 2013 Promotion World Series of Fighting | |
World Series of Fighting 5 Arlovski vs. Kyle World Series of Fighting 6 Burkman vs. Carl | ||
World Series of Fighting 5: Arlovski vs. Kyle was a mixed martial arts event held September 14, 2013 (2013-09-14) in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States.
Background
On May 15, 2013, WSOF announced a 4 man tournament to crown an Inaugural Middleweight Champion that will take place at WSOF 5. The participants announced are as followed: Jesse Taylor, Elvis Mutapcic, David Branch & Danillo Villefort
Anthony Johnson was expected to face Mike Kyle in the main event however Johnson was forced to withdraw from the bout due to injury and was replaced by Andrei Arlovski.
The planned Middleweight Championship Tournament Semifinal bout between Elvis Mutapcic and Jesse Taylor was cancelled the night of the event when a member of the New Jersey Athletic Commission claimed they saw Mutapcic take an unknown and undisclosed medicine before the contest in the locker room.