HOUSTON, 得克萨斯州 –
Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA)
has had a busy summer.
In last month’s newsletter,
it was reported that LFA alum accumulated $200,000
in UFC bonus money in the month of June,
former RFA headliner Zach Freeman secured an “
Upset of the Year”
nominee in New York City,
and three inaugural LFA titles were awarded to get the summer started.
LFA LAUNCHING PAD
The summer continued to heat up in July. The UFC hosted 5 events along with the first 3 episodes of UFC President Dana White’s new weekly web series titled “Dana White’s 星期二 Night Contender Series” throughout the month.
The number of LFA alum that participated in those events was staggering. 19 fighters that have fought for LFA or the two promotions that merged to create it (RFA 和 Legacy FC) competed in the UFC. UFC 213 headliner Valentina Shevchenko would have made that 20 战士, but Amanda Nunes withdrew from their title fight on the day of the fight.
The presence of LFA alum on Dana White’s new show was just as impressive. In the first three episodes that aired in July, 17 的 30 竞争者 (56.6%) had previously competed for LFA, RFA, or Legacy FC. Each of the three episodes also featured two “LFA vs. LFA” 火柴. The most impressive stat, 然而, is the fact that an LFA fighter was signed by Dana White off of each episode.
That trend carried over into August with a fourth LFA fighter being signed to the UFC off of the fourth episode of “Dana White’s 星期二 Night Contender Series”. The four LFA stars signed off of the show so far are Boston Salmon (周 1), Sean O’Malley (周 2), 杰夫·尼尔 (周 3), and Julian Marquez (周 4). There are currently 32 fighters from LFA scheduled to compete on the星期二 might summer series. LFA also currently has 19 alum ranked in the latest UFC fighter rankings.
LFA ALUM IMPRESS IN THE UFC
While former LFA fighters impressed in the UFC last month with the sheer number of participants, what they accomplished in those bouts is even more important. Perhaps the biggest shining star of the bunch was former RFA featherweight champion Brian Ortega. The man known as “T-City” improved his perfect record to 12-0 and saw his UFC fighter ranking move up to #6 在世界上.
Ortega did this by breaking his own UFC record at UFC 214 on July 29th. Going into his bout with fellow unbeaten star Renato Moicano, Ortega held the UFC record for most consecutive third round finishes. He extended that streak by submitting Moicano in the final frame with a $50,000 UFC “当晚表演” bonus winning Guillotine Choke.
以下 星期六 在UFC搏击之夜 114, RFA great Dustin Ortiz broke another UFC record to secure his own $50,000 UFC “当晚表演” 奖金. Ortiz accomplished this feat by knocking out Hector Sandoval in 15-seconds to record the fastest finish in UFC flyweight history. His teammate and former RFA flyweight champion Sergio Pettis happened to headline the same card. Pettis won his marquee bout against Brandon Moreno unanimously in a pivotal battle between two Top 10 ranked UFC flyweights.
The UFC will be off for the next few weeks, but September looks to be just as big for the LFA greats competing inside the famed UFC Octagon. UFC 215 上 September 9th will feature two LFA alum challenging for UFC world titles. Legacy FC great Ray Borg will headline the card for a shot at the UFC flyweight title, while Shevchenko will finally get a crack at the UFC women’s bantamweight title in the co-main event. Seven other LFA alum have UFC bouts already announced for next month as well.
4 SHOWS 在 4 WEEKS
LFA started August with the first title defense in the promotion’s history. Two of the inaugural LFA champions that were just crowned in June (Eryk Anders and Roberto Sanchez) have already made their UFC debut, but LFA featherweight champion Kevin “Angel of Death” Aguilar was able to defend his title in the main event of LFA 18 过去的这个 星期五. He did so by sweeping the scorecards against a very game challenger in #1 contender and world-class BJJ black belt Justin Rader.
LFA is now set to end the summer with four shows in four weeks in four different states. The quadruple-header starts next week in South Dakota at LFA 19. The promotion then heads east to Minnesota the following week at LFA 20. LFA kicks off first day of September in Missouri at LFA 21. Then the final leg of the four week trip will go down in Colorado at LFA 22.
LFA 19 – Michaud vs. Rodrigues 发生 星期五, 8月18日 在桑福德五角大楼苏福尔斯, 南达科他州. The event will serve as the second LFA event to take place in the state of South Dakota. RFA visited “在拉什莫尔山国家” four times before the merger. LFA 19 is headlined with a welterweight war between three-time UFC vet David “Bulldawg” Michaud (11-3) and Brazilian powerhouse Ciro “坏男孩” Rodrigues (20-7).
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LFA 20 – Curry vs. 巴恩斯 发生 星期五, August 25th at the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake, 明尼苏达州. The event will serve as the third LFA event to take place in the state of Minnesota. RFA 和 Legacy FC 在该赛事中总共举办了 9 场活动 “土地 10,000 湖泊” 合并前. LFA 20 is headlined with a welterweight showdown between rising star Chad “Blitz” Curry and former RFA title challenger Nick “凤凰” 巴恩斯.
LFA 21 – Noblitt vs. Branjão 发生 星期五, 9月1日 at the Branson Convention Center in Branson, 密苏里州. The event will serve as the first LFA event to take place in the state of Missouri. RFA visited the “Show Me State” four times before the merger. LFA 21 is headlined with a light-heavyweight battle between undefeated American prospect Kyle James Noblitt (8-0) and undefeated Brazilian prospect Antônio Paulo “山” Branjão (4-0).
LFA 22 – 海尼希vs. 佩雷斯 发生 星期五, 9月8日 at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, 科罗拉多州. The event will serve as the third LFA event to take place in the state of Colorado. RFA visited “The Centennial State” eight times before the merger. LFA 22 is headlined with an LFA middleweight title fight between Colorado’s own Ian “飓风” Heinisch (8-0) and Brazilian dynamo Markus “Maluko” 佩雷斯 (8-0).
The entire main card of these four events will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 9 P.M. AND / 6 P.M. PT.
九月 2016, RFA and Legacy FC officials announced that they would be merging to form the premier developmental organization in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) 一月开始 2017. RFA 和 Legacy FC 已经开启了超过 100 已经通过在UFC的竞争达到了MMA的巅峰运动员.
