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INCA KOLA to unveil custom ORANGE COUNTY CHOPPER at RFA 26

 

INCA KOLA to unveil custom ORANGE COUNTY CHOPPER
Jumaah, June 5th di RFA 26
in Broomfield, Colorado
WinThisChopper.com sweepstakes to support
Easter Seals New York’s Veterans Count
Las Vegas, Nevada – Kiamat tarung Alliance (RFA) and Inca Kola USA announced today that the debut of an Orange County Choppers (OCC) custom-built motorcycle designed for Inca Kola will debut at RFA 26 – Smith vs. Smith this Jumaah, June 5th. The chopper will be the awarded to a lucky winner entered in Inca Kola’s sweepstakes WinThisChopper.com. The proceeds from the sweepstakes will benefit Easter Seals New York’s Veterans Count and educational programs.

RFA president Ed Soares shared his thoughts on the promotion.
RFA is proud to have had such a long relationship with Inca Kola,” Harga Soares. “We are honored to host the debut of Orange County Choppers custom-built Inca Kola motorcycle at RFA 26 in Colorado. Nu WinThisChopper.com sweepstakes is a great way to raise awareness and funds for Easter Seals New York’s Veterans Count and educational programs.
Orange County Choppers co-founder Paul Teutul, Sr. shared similar sentiments.
The entire team at Orange County Choppers is honored to be working with Inca Kola to raise awareness and donations for Easter Seals and Veterans Count,” stated Paul Teutul Sr.
Inca Kola has been a longtime sponsor of the RFA dating back to RFA 7 dina Maret 2013, which took place at the same venue that Jumaah night’s festivities are set to take place. “The Golden Kolahas become a very prominent brand seen at live RFA events and nationwide through the RFA’s television deal with AXS TV. Inca Kola’s COO Randy Berman sees the WinThisChopper.com sweepstakes as a way to parlay Inca Kola and the RFA’s relationship and bring nationwide awareness to a great cause that will culminate this fall when a winner of the Orange County Choppers custom-built Inca Kola motorcycle is announced.
We are really proud of our partnership with all of the vendors that have participated in this project including Orange County Choppers, Kiamat tarung Alliance, and AXS TV,” Berman explained. “We are certain that their participation will make this promotion for Easter Seals Veterans Count a huge success.

RFA 26 – Smith vs. Smith takes place this Jumaah, June 5th at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado. The main card will feature six professional fights televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT.
RFA 26 will be headlined by a welterweight title bout as RFA welterweight champion Benjamin Smith (14-2) puts his title on the line against RFA #1 welterweight contender Gilbert Smith (10-4). The main card will also feature a pair of bantamweight bouts. NCAA Division I wrestler JarredShutoutMercado (12-2) will lock horns with jiu-jitsu black belt Bruno Frazatto (6-2), while Hawaiian knockout artist Boston “Booming booming” Salmon (3-0) will clash with collegiate wrestler Danny Mainus (3-3). Also on the main card, former RFA middleweight title challenger AndrewEl Dirte” Sanchez (5-2) squares off with Respect FC and SFFN middleweight champion Clinton Williams (5-1) and undefeated heavyweight prospect Brandon Griffin (4-0) battles The MMA Lab destroyer Ashley Gooch (7-4).
170 CHAMPIONSHIP:
Ben Smith vs Gilbert Smith
155 CO-utama kajadian:
Thiago Alves vs Marcus Edwards
135 Feature Bout:
Jarred Mercado vs Bruno Frazzato
265 Feature Bout:
Brandon Griffin vs Ashley Gooch
185 Feature Bout:
Andrew Sanchez vs Clinton Williams
135 Feature Bout:
Boston Salmon vs Danny Mainus
Mangga buka RFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. RFA is also on Facebook at Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram at @RFAfighting, and Twitter at @RFAfighting.
Ngeunaan RFA: RFA ngarupakeun campuran promotion beladiri professional nu mere rising béntang jeung contenders luhur kasempetan ngabuktikeun bakat maranéhna pikeun fans jeung inohong di industri. Nu RFA presents kajadian langsung dina dasar bulanan kira-kira Amérika Sarikat kaasup Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver jeung Milwaukee. RFA bisa ditempo langsung di leuwih ti 43 juta imah nasional ngaliwatan deal televisi anak jeung AXS TV. Dumasar di Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA mangrupa salah sahiji organisasi MMA paling aktif jeung ngamangfaatkeun dina olahraga panggancangna ngembang di dunya. (Nu Octagon, Pamungkas tarung Championship®, UFC®, jeung dalapan sided mat kompetisi jeung desain kurung téh mérék dagang milik sacara éksklusif ku Zuffa kadaptar, LLC. Sadaya hak disimpen).
Ngeunaan gelut TV AXS: AXS TV gelut nyaéta renowned pikeun anak diakuan universal Jumaah Peuting campuran Seni bela diri jeung kajadian Kickboxing. Salaku Utama anjeun Pikeun MMA, AXS TV utilizes jaringan expansive tina promosi ti Amérika Sarikat, Kanada, jeung Éropa. Jeung Asia pikeun disiarkeun gelut leuwih hirup tinimbang jaringan televisi séjén. “Nu sora” Michael Schiavello jeung lima waktu MMA dunya-jawara agus Miletich nyadiakeun pemirsa ahli muter-demi-antrian, sinyalna bajoang di-jero, jeung analisis éksténsif pikeun unggal kartu fight. AXS TV siaran kajadian perang hirup-kelas dunya ti RFA, Singa ngalawan, Warisan FC, jeung MFC unggal Jumaah peuting di 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. AND.

RFA BRINGS FIRST NATIONALLY TELEVISED MMA EVENT TO IDAHO

 

RFA 27 IN BOISE,IDAHO
FRIDAY JULY 3RD LIVE ON AXS TV
Kajadian utama:
JOE MURPHY vs JESSE BROCK
CO-utama kajadian:
CZAR SKLAVOS vs NICK BURGOS
Tickets on Sale now at

CenturyLinkArenaBoise.com

Las Vegas, Nevada – Kiamat tarung Alliance (RFA) president Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will be bringing the first nationally televised MMA event to the state of Idaho. RFA 27 – Murphy vs. Brock will feature a main event pitting a rising prospect against asurging vet. RFA fan favorite Joe Murphy returns to face the powerhouse Jesse Brock, anu mangrupa salah sahiji pajuang MMA nu paling dilakonan pikeun nelepon Kabupatén Purbalingga imah. Acara lumangsung Jumaah, July 3rd at the CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Kabupatén Purbalingga. Sakabéh kartu utama bakal televised hirup jeung nasional dina AXS TV di 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT.
I’m excited to bring the first nationally televised MMA event to Idaho,” Harga Soares. “Joe Murphy vs. Jesse Brock is a classic match-up of jiu-jitsu vs. gulat, but more importantly it’s a clash between a promising prospect and a surging vet. That really makes you appreciate the gravity of this main event in what will be the crown jewel MMA event to take place in the Gem State.
Eric Trapp, the president of CenturyLink Arena, also expressed his excitement about hosting Idaho’s first nationally televised MMA event.
We’re excited to help bring such a great event to the state of Idaho and showcase not only our arena, but also our fighters to a nationwide audience on July 3rd,” stated Trapp. “The RFA brand is one of the best out there and CenturyLink Arena is proud to host this event.
Tiket pikeun RFA 27 – Murphy vs. Brock are available for purchase NOW through CenturyLinkArenaBoise.jeung.
Murphy (8-2) returns to the RFA octagon after two memorable performances in the RFA octagon within a 9 week span. Murphy made his long-awaited RFA debut this past December in the co-main event of RFA 21 to much fanfare. He more than lived up to expectations with a scintillating first round TKO victory over the highly-touted Bruno Frazatto. 9 weeks later, Murphy headlined RFA 23 against Terrion Ware in what many have pegged as a “Tarung tina Taun” contender. Murphy is now looking forward to a new challenge as he travels to his next opponent’s hometown.
Jiu-Jitsu vs. Wrestling is an endless debate. I’m excited to see how I match up against someone with Jesse Brock’s credentials,” said Murphy. “Kalawan loba harepanana, he sells out the arena on July 3rd, so I get boo’d on my way to the cage. I’m pretty damn good at turning those boos into cheers by the time it’s over.
Brock (20-8) enters this fight as one of the most experienced bantamweight fighters in RFA history. Brock will be making his RFA debut 9 years after he made his professional MMA debut. The former Boise State wrestling standout has since competed on three continents against some of the biggest names in the sport, which includes bouts against current UFC flyweight champion DemetriousMighty Mouse” Adang, #3 ranked UFC lightweight Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, and former UFC lightweight title challenger Caol Uno. Brock is currently riding the momentum of a four-fight win streak and is looking forward to parlaying that momentum into the main event of RFA 27.
This fight is definitely a big deal for me and the entire MMA community in Idaho,” stated Brock. “I feel honored that the RFA picked me to spearhead Idaho’s first nationally televised MMA event. I can’t wait to perform in front of my friends and family at RFA 27.
Kajadian ko-utama RFA 27 will feature two of the sport’s most promising flyweight prospects, when Idaho’s own Czar Sklavos (11-4) battles Jeremy Horn protégé Nick Burgos (9-3). Sklavos, who hails from Twin Falls, Kabupatén Purbalingga, has secured 9 téh nya 11 wins via submission and has never been finished in a career dating back to March 2010. In his pro debut, he happened to go the distance with current UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw. Nu leuwih anyar, Sklavos advanced to the finals of the Vale Tudo Japan flyweight tournament last fall and is eager to test his experience against the talented and red-hot Burgos. Six consecutive opponents over the past two and a half years have been defeated by the Utah based flyweight, but Burgosmarquee victory came in his most recent bout. That win came over former RFA flyweight champion Matt Manzanares via Unanimous Decision in March.
The feature fight of RFA 27 will be a battle of two explosive heavyweights, who are hungry to make a statement. Jan Jorgensen (7-1) and Dale Sopi (6-1) are a combined 13-0 outside the RFA and are eager to make some noise in the talented RFA heavyweight division. Jorgensen, who was a football star at BYU before transitioning to MMA, trains at The Pit Elevated in Orem, Utah alongside UFC star and TUF 11 champion Court McGee. His opponent Sopi is a native of Nanakuli, Hawaii and trains at Power MMA in Gilbert, Arizona alongside UFC star and TUF 8 champion Ryan Bader. Bouts tambahan di RFA 27 bakal ngumumkeun geura-giru. RFA 27 will be the promotion’s first event to take place in theGem Stateof Idaho, which will be the 13th state the RFA has held an event. Sakabéh kartu utama RFA 27 – Murphy vs. Brock will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT dina Jumaah, July 3rd.
Please visit RFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. RFA is also on Facebook at Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram at @RFAfighting, and Twitter at @RFAfighting.

RFA 26 GETS NEW CO-MAIN EVENT, FULL TELEVISED CARD RELEASED

 

RFA 26 IN COLORADO
FRIDAY JUNE 5TH LIVE ON AXS TV
Kajadian utama:
Ben Smith vs Gilbert Smith
WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
CO MAIN EVENT:
Thiago Alves vs Marcus Edwards
LIGHTWEIGHT SHOWDOWN


Las Vegas, Nevada – Kiamat tarung Alliance (RFA) will feature a new co-main event as the promotion heads back to Colorado next month. RFA 26 – Smith vs. Smith now has a co-headliner pitting two lightweights looking to make a big statement in the Mile High City as Colorado’s own MarcusBad IntentionsEdwards battles Brazilian submission ace ThiagoMonstrinhoAlves. Acara lumangsung Jumaah, June 5th at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado. Sakabéh kartu utama bakal televised hirup jeung nasional dina AXS TV di 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT.
Tiket pikeun RFA 26 – Smith vs. Smith are available for purchase NOW through AltitudeTickets.com. Tiket mimitian jam $25.00. A limited number of catered 8-seat cageside VIP tables are available by calling 303-521-0966.
Alves (8-2) is a 28-year-old native of São Paulo, Brazil who holds the rank of black belt in jiu-jitsu. Alves is replacing former RFA title challenger Zach Juusola, who was forced to withdraw from the bout due to injury. The Team Link representative has secured six of his eight career victories via submission since making his professional MMA debut in 2011. Two of those submission wins have come this year and he will look to stay perfect in 2015 as he makes his national television debut at RFA 26.
I don’t know a lot about Marcus Edwards personally, but this will be a great opportunity for the both of us to show off our skills on national television. I look forward to going to his hometown and doing my job at RFA 26.
Edwards (9-3) will be celebrating a double-homecoming at RFA 26. The 26-year-old Factory X Muay Thai standout will be returning to fight in his home state of Colorado for the first time since 2013, while also returning to AXS TV, where he fought three times in 2014.
RFA 26 will be headlined by a welterweight title bout as RFA welterweight champion Benjamin Smith (14-2) puts his title on the line against RFA #1 welterweight contender Gilbert Smith (10-4). The main card will also feature a pair of bantamweight bouts. NCAA Division I wrestler JarredShutoutMercado (12-2) will lock horns with jiu-jitsu black belt Bruno Frazatto (6-2), while Hawaiian knockout artist Boston “Booming booming” Salmon (3-0) will clash with collegiate wrestler Danny Mainus (3-3). Also on the main card, former RFA middleweight title challenger AndrewEl Dirte” Sanchez (5-2) squares off with Respect FC and SFFN middleweight champion Clinton Williams (5-1) and undefeated heavyweight prospect Brandon Griffin (4-0) battles The MMA Lab destroyer Ashley Gooch (7-4).
170 CHAMPIONSHIP:
Ben Smith vs Gilbert Smith
155 CO-utama kajadian:
Thigo Alves vs Marcus Edwards
135 Feature Bout:
Jarred Mercado vs Brun Frazzato
265 Feature Bout:
Brandon Griffin vs Ashley Gooch
185 Feature Bout:
Andrew Sanchez vs Clinton Williams
135 Feature Bout:
Boston Salmon vs Danny Mainus
Additional bouts dina the RFA 26 di handapcard will be announced soon. RFA 26 will be the promotion’s sixth event to take place in the state of Colorado. It will be the second time the RFA has visitedThe Centennial State” dina 2015. Sakabéh kartu utama RFA 26 – Smith vs. Smith will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT dina Jumaah, June 5th.
Mangga buka RFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. RFA is also on Facebook at Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram at @RFAfighting, and Twitter at @RFAfighting.
Ngeunaan RFA: RFA ngarupakeun campuran promotion beladiri professional nu mere rising béntang jeung contenders luhur kasempetan ngabuktikeun bakat maranéhna pikeun fans jeung inohong di industri. Nu RFA presents kajadian langsung dina dasar bulanan kira-kira Amérika Sarikat kaasup Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver jeung Milwaukee. RFA bisa ditempo langsung di leuwih ti 43 juta imah nasional ngaliwatan deal televisi anak jeung AXS TV. Dumasar di Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA mangrupa salah sahiji organisasi MMA paling aktif jeung ngamangfaatkeun dina olahraga panggancangna ngembang di dunya. (Nu Octagon, Ultimate Fighting Championship®, UFC®, jeung dalapan sided mat kompetisi jeung desain kurung téh mérék dagang milik sacara éksklusif ku Zuffa kadaptar, LLC. Sadaya hak disimpen).
Ngeunaan gelut TV AXS: AXS TV gelut nyaéta renowned pikeun anak diakuan universal Jumaah peuting campuran Seni bela diri jeung Kickboxing kajadian. Salaku Utama anjeun Pikeun MMA, AXS TV utilizes jaringan expansive tina promosi ti Amérika Sarikat, Kanada, jeung Éropa. And Asia to broadcast moreLIVE fights than any other television network. “Nu sora” Michael Schiavello jeung lima waktu MMA dunya-jawara agus Miletich nyadiakeun pemirsa ahli muter-demi-antrian, sinyalna bajoang di-jero, jeung analisis éksténsif pikeun unggal kartu fight. AXS TV siaran kajadian perang hirup-kelas dunya ti RFA, Singa ngalawan, Warisan FC, jeung MFC unggal malem Jumaah di 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. AND.

RFA RETURNS TO MILE HIGH CITY TO CROWN WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION

 

RFA 26 IN COLORADO
FRIDAY JUNE 5TH LIVE ON AXS TV
Kajadian utama:
Ben Smith vs Gilbert Smith
WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIOSNHIP
TAMBIH DEUI:
THE RETURN OF BOSTON SALMON, DANNY MAINUS, JARRED MERCADO, AND BRUNO FRAZATTO



Las Vegas, Nevada – Kiamat tarung Alliance (RFA) president Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will be returning to the state of Colorado next month. RFA 26 – Smith vs. Smith will feature a main event between two RFA fan favorites. RFA welterweight champion Benjamin Smith returns to face man similar in name and talent. Pertahanan judul kahijina bakal ngalawan #1 contender Gilbert Smith, who will be looking to keep the title from leaving his home state. Acara lumangsung Jumaah, June 5th at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado. Sakabéh kartu utama bakal televised hirup jeung nasional dina AXS TV di 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT.

“Smith vs. Smith will be a fantastic welterweight title fight at RFA 26,” Harga Soares. “Benjamin Smith was completely dominant in winning the title, while Gilbert Smith was valiant in his last title fight by going 5 rounds with a guy who missed weight by 5 kilogram. Smith and Smith will give Colorado a title fight they deserve.
Tiket pikeun RFA 26 – Smith vs. Smith are available for purchase NOW through AltitudeTickets.com. Tiket mimitian jam $25.00. A limited number of catered 8-seat cageside VIP tables are available by calling 303-521-0966.
Benjamin Smith (14-2) returns to the RFA octagon after winning the vacant RFA welterweight strap with a dominant TKO victory over Tat Romero in March. That win came after he bested Josh Cavan in the co-main event of RFA 20 to close out last year. Smith has been perfect in MMA for the past two years and is currently riding a 6-fight winning streak. The surging Minnesota based fighter now looks to solidify his control of the RFA welterweight division with his first title defense.
It feels great to be defending my title in Coloradnu, ti mimiti I had a great experience fighting there in November,” Ngadawuh Smith. “I won the title back in March and this is a great opportunity. It gives me holding status. Gilbert Smith has a great last name. He’s also a really physically strong competitor. I look forward to finishing him and keeping the belt at RFA 26 on June 5th.
Gilbert Smith (10-4) enters the title fight looking for redemption and some vindication after his first shot at the title in January was hindered when his opponent egregiously missed weight by 5-pounds. The always-game Smith agreed to take the fight anyway, but the brazen weight advantage that his opponent possessed, played a pivotal and unfair role in the outcome of their 5-round affair. Smith is now eager to get his shot at the title on a level playing field.
“Kahiji jeung foremost, I am really excited to be getting this opportunity,” Smith terangna. “It will be nice to get redemption. I do wish my opponent made weight in the last fight, but I ended up learning a lot from that fight. I was back in the gym on the Wednesday after the fight and I have filled in the holes that I needed to fix. Benjamin Smith is a deserving champion. He’s a good grappler that has been working on his boxing, but he has a similar style to me. That will play to my advantage. I don’t know how, but I will finish him, and get that belt strapped around my waist in front of my friends and family in Colorado.
RFA 26 will also see the return of former RFA bantamweight title challenger JarredShutoutMercado (12-2). He faces fellow two-time RFA vet Bruno Frazatto (6-2). Mercado has NCAA Division I wrestling credentials, while Frazatto is a highly-decorated jiu-jitsu black belt. The main card will feature another pair of RFA bantamweights that are both known for their exciting and action-packed fights. Hawaiian striking sensation Boston Salmon (3-0) will look to keep his flawless record intact with a fourth straight TKO win. He will face collegiate wrestler and three-time RFA vet Danny Mainus (3-3) in a bout that has “Tarung of Night” ditulis di sakuliah eta.
The co-main event, feature fight, and additional bouts di RFA 26 hayangl be announced soon. RFA 26 will be the promotion’s sixth event to take place in the state of Colorado. It will be the second time the RFA has visitedThe Centennial State” dina 2015. Sakabéh kartu utama RFA 26 – Smith vs. Smith will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT dina Jumaah, June 5th.
Please visit RFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. RFA is also on Facebook at Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram at @RFAfighting, and Twitter at @RFAfighting.
Ngeunaan RFA:
RFA ngarupakeun campuran promotion beladiri professional nu mere rising béntang jeung contenders luhur kasempetan ngabuktikeun bakat maranéhna pikeun fans jeung inohong di industri. Nu RFA presents kajadian langsung dina dasar bulanan kira-kira Amérika Sarikat kaasup Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver jeung Milwaukee. RFA bisa ditempo langsung di leuwih ti 43 juta imah nasional ngaliwatan deal televisi anak jeung AXS TV. Dumasar di Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA mangrupa salah sahiji organisasi MMA paling aktif jeung ngamangfaatkeun dina olahraga panggancangna ngembang di dunya. (Nu Octagon, Pamungkas tarung Championship®, UFC®, hijid the eight-sided competition mat and cage design are registered trademarks owned exclusively by Zuffa, LLC. Sadaya hak disimpen).
Ngeunaan gelut TV AXS:
AXS TV gelut nyaéta renowned pikeun anak diakuan universal Jumaah peuting campuran Seni bela diri jeung Kickboxing kajadian. Salaku Utama anjeun Pikeun MMA, AXS TV utilizes jaringan expansive tina promosi ti Amérika Sarikat, Kanada, jeung Éropa. And Asia to broadcast more LIVE fights than any other television network. “Nu sora” Michael Schiavello jeung lima waktu MMA dunya-jawara agus Miletich nyadiakeun pemirsa ahli muter-demi-antrian, sinyalna bajoang di-jero, jeung analisis éksténsif pikeun unggal kartu fight. AXS TV siaran kajadian perang hirup-kelas dunya ti RFA, Singa ngalawan, Warisan FC, jeung MFC unggal malem Jumaah di 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. AND.

‘BABYSITTER TO THE STARSBURT WATSON RETURNS TO MMA ON AXS TV FIGHTS: RFA VS. LEGACY SUPERFIGHT MAY 8

‘BABYSITTER TO THE STARSBURT WATSON RETURNS TO MMA ON Mei 8

RFA’s Kevin Gray To Face Legacy’s Brian Hall

Legacy’s Yuri Villefort Replaces Injured Feist

 

Los Angeles – April 24, 2015 – As AXS TV Fights gears up for its first ever co-promoted event broadcast Mei 8, the network today announced Burt Watson, nu “Babysitter to the Stars,” will make his first nationally televised return to MMA since leaving the UFC on AXS TV FIGHTS: RFA VS. LEGACY SUPERFIGHT. During this historic broadcast that features four Resurrection Fighting Alliance versus Legacy Fighting Championship match-ups, Watson will be seen and heard driving the backstage area and motivating the fighters before their bouts. Watson will also be present at the weigh-ins on Kemis, Mei 7.

AXS TV FIGHTS: RFA VS. LEGACY SUPERFIGHT airs live on Jumaah, Mei 8 di 10 p.m. AND/7 p.m. PT on AXS TV, headlined by a flyweight superfight between RFA champion Alexandre Pantoja (15-2) and Legacy champion Damacio Page (19-9). In two co-main events, undefeated RFA bantamweight champion Luke Sanders (9-0) puts his belt on the line against RFA contender Terrion Ware (13-3) while top Legacy contenders Dave Burrow (13-5) and Mike Bronzoulis (17-8) face off for the vacant Legacy lightweight title.

AXS TV Fights also announced Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA) flyweight fighter Kevin Gray (5-1) is scheduled to face Legacy Fighting Championship’s Brian Hall (8-2) on the televised main card. Gray previously appeared on AXS TV FIGHTS: RFA 22 Jan. 9 defeating Joey Eisenbraun (3-2) by way of guillotine submission in the first round.

Sajaba ti, Legacy lightweight Chris Feist (8-1) has been forced out of his scheduled fight versus RFA’s Adam Townsend (12-3) due to injury. Former UFC and Strikeforce veteran Yuri Villefort (6-4) will make his promotional debut for Legacy and will now face Townsend. Oge, the previously scheduled heavyweight fight between RFA’s Jan Jorgensen (6-1) and Legacy’s Joe Cason (9-1) has been cancelled.

The scheduled televised main card is as follows (pikeun ngarobah subjék):

Flyweight Superfight Championship

RFA’s Alexandre Pantoja (15-2) versus Legacy’s Damacio Paige (19-9)

RFA Bantamweight Title Fight

RFA Champion Luke Sanders (9-0) versus RFA Contender Terrion Ware (13-3)

Legacy Lightweight Title Fight

Legacy Contender Dave Burrow (13-5) versus Legacy Contender Mike Bronzoulis (17-8-1)

RFA vs. Legacy Lightweight Fight

RFA’s Adam Townsend (12-3) versus Legacy’s Yuri Villefort (6-4)

RFA vs. Legacy Flyweight Fight

RFA’s Kevin Gray (5-1) versus Legacy’s Brian Hall (8-2)

RFA vs. Legacy Welterweight Fight

RFA’s Bojan Velickovic (9-3) versus Legacy’s Charles Byrd (7-3)

M-1 tangtangan 56 Live, RFA 25 Today on Fight Network

REMINDER – Dinten

Toronto | YORK ÉNGGAL (April 9, 2015) — Tarung Network, Premier di dunya 24/7 channel televisi dedicated pikeun ngarengsekeun sinyalna olahraga tempur, presents a pair of exciting mixed martial arts events today, April 10, dimimitian di 2:15 p.m. AND jeung M-1 tangtangan 56 from Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Rusia, followed by a one-hour tape delay broadcast of RFA 25: Lawrence vs. Toomer from Sioux Falls, South Dakota at 11 p.m. AND.

 

Dina M-1 tangtangan 56 kajadian utama, a much anticipated rematch pits M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Vyacheslav Vasilevsky ngalawan nu nangtang Ramadan Emeev, plus M-1 Challenge featherweight champion John “Ieu” Buchinger rupa Aliyar Sarkerov.

 

Ngalawan siaran live Network ngeunaan M-1 tangtangan 56 bakal hawa dina Optimum TV Cablevision sacara, Grande Communications, Shentel Cable jeung Armstrong Cable di AS, nasional di Kanada, Alat Roku di sakuliah Amérika Kalér, jeung global di leuwih ti 30 nagara di sakuliah Éropah, Afrika jeung Wétan Tengah. (Catetan: RFA 25 will not be available on Fight Network’s U.S. feed)

 

Dina perang kahiji maranéhanana September panungtungan, Vasilevsky captured the belt from Emeev by way of fourth-round stoppage from punches, while Buchinger captured the vacant title with a fourth-round stoppage of Tural Ragimov in the “Tarung of Night” this past October. Buchinger geus teu leungit perang di ampir 3 ½ taun, unggul tujuh sakaligus jeung 10 tina panungtungan-Na 11.

 

The fight card for M-1 tangtangan 56 ngawengku:

-Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (26-2) vs. Ramadan Emeev (11-3) – M-1 middleweight title
-Ivan Buchinger (28-4) vs. Aliyar Sarkerov (13-4) – M-1 featherweight title
-Konstantin Gluhov (28-15) vs. Ante Delija (12-2)
-Valery Myasnikov (8-1) vs. Kristijan Silver (8-1)
-Javier Fuentes (2-1) vs. Nikolay Kaushansky (6-1)
-Rakhman Makhazhiev (2-1) vs. Alexey Makhno (8-3)

 

Airing at 11 p.m. AND following Fight Network’s weekly Canadian premiere of IMPACT Wrestling, RFA 25: Lawrence vs. Toomer will feature a main event between RFA featherweight champion Justin “Nu American Kidd” Lawrence jeung aya. 1 contender “Super” Sam Toomer, nu bakal nempo ka tetep catetan undefeated-Na gembleng. Dina acara ko-utama, Jibril “Zangief” Checco meets fellow Brazilian Fransisco “Kiko” Perancis for the middleweight title.

 

The fight card for RFA 25: Lawrence vs. Toomer ngawengku:

-Justin Lawrence (6-2) vs. Sam Toomer (9-0) – RFA featherweight title
-Jibril Checco (8-1) vs. Francisco Perancis (11-3-1) – RFA middleweight title
-TJ Hepburn (4-0) vs. LaRue sa'ir (5-0)
-Khalil Rountree (2-0) vs. Cameron Olson (2-0)
-Jordon Larson (5-1) vs. Jarrod ‘LHeureux (7-1)
-Josh Rave (21-11) vs. Geane Herrera (6-0)

 

On Saptu, April 11, catch the UFC ngalawan peuting: Gonzaga vs. Cro Pulisi 2 main card live on Fight Network in Canada at 3 p.m. AND. Live pre-fight coverage will lead into the main card dina dinten saptuafternoon with Fight Network’s UFC Pre-Show Live at 2 p.m. AND, featuring previews, prediksi jeung analisis.

 

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BOJAN VELICKOVIC tarung Pikeun kamulyaan pribadi jeung sombong Nasional

 

Maha suci Personal & National sombong:
Bojan Velickovic sacara lalampahan

RFA 24 IN Minnesota

Jumaah Maret-6 Cicing dina AXS TV

Ku K. David Bena
kdavidbena


 

Lamun Denver, hiji kota nu dipikanyaho keur cuaca biting tiis, ngarecah hiji catetan keur snowfall, meureun leuwih sae pikeun cicing di jero rohangan – jeung rising welterweight Bojan Velickovic bisa ngabuktoskeun, “Gim (Tim ngalawan élévasi) ditutup secara. Aya teu latihan soré nu. Ieu gila. Dua suku salju murag jeung salah sahiji peringkat pelatih teu bisa make (ka gim), jadi nu boga megatkeun pikeun nutup. Di jalan raya nu uih. Kuring ampir meunang jadi dua kacilakaan mobil isuk ieu!”

Jadi keur trapped jero ruangan, Bojan “Wali” Velickovic (9-3) teu sababaraha pagawean di imah pikeun welterweight bout upcoming-Na jeung Chris “Hitman Nu” Hugh (16-9). Dua amprok di RFA 24 dina Jumaah, 6 Maret di Mystic Lake Kasino & Hotel di Saméméh Lake, Minnesota. Bout bakal televised hirup jeung nasional dina AXS TV. “Kaula imah ayeuna nyoba pikeun ngalakukeun hal for gelut jeung pikeun lalajo mah lawan, gelut sorangan, ulah sahenteuna hiji hal saprak Kuring teu bisa ngalatih,” Velickovic terangna.

Jeung “Hitman Nu” Hugh touting kira meunang tilas 5-fight, Velickovic weruh kumaha bahaya lawan téh nya, “Hal pang pentingna mah geus ngalakonan nyaéta pikeun nunda Pace sorangan tur tingal kumaha manéhna nu keur jalan diréaksikeun ka nu keuna jeung gulat mah.”

Velickovic realizes nu unggul perang teu saukur ngeunaan ngulik hiji lawan, tapi ngeunaan nalungtik hiji sacara sorangan, “Hugh ngabogaan 25 gelut, tapi ngan dua gelut dina YouTube jadi kuring teu diajar manéhna nu loba, tapi kuring ogé bisa nempo gelut mah saméméhna tur tingal naon atuh naon bad – jeung teu maranéhanana rupa kasalahan deui.”

Latihan jeung élévasi ngalawan Tim esteemed, Velickovic dicinta para pajuang Denver basis jeung gym, “Mah dilatih loba jeung pejuang UFC Brandon Thatch jeung Neil Magny pikeun gelut UFC maranéhanana, jadi aya rasa kaulinan nu keuna mah gulat nu jadi leuwih alus jeung, unggal waktos, Mah kawas tarung jeung aspék MMA sakabéhna sarta ngarasa aya éta naon bakal Kuring coba teu for gelut ieu (jeung Hugh).”

Dina umur 12, Velickovic dimimitian latihan di Judo sababaraha taun sarta transitioned kana kickboxing dina yuswa 18, “Kuring kungsi kawas 7 gelut amatir jeung 7 tanaga ahli. Jigana catetan mah total 14-2 atawa 15-2 – jeung ti kickboxing, Kuring switched ka MMA. Kuring ningali sorangan ayeuna jadi artis bela diri dicampur. Mah laksana jadi alus dina sagala aspék. Kuring mah skipping kelas gulat pikeun pindah ka jiu jitsu-. Kaula ngan nyoba jadi sapopoé leuwih hade dina unggal aspék MMA jeung nu goal mah.”

Jeung Velickovic geus teu kokotéténgan deui saprak, “Kuring meunang ka Amérika Sarikat ngaliwatan kanyataanana pintonan, “Jalan ka Ring of Fire”. Dasarna, salah sahiji peringkat pelatih (pikeun kanyataanana pintonan upcoming) ieu MMA nu bajoang pro jeung ka kuring 'Aya hiji kanyataanana pintonan alus datang nepi. Anjeun geus keuna alus, hiji tukang Judo, meureun téh mangrupa hiji kasempetan anu alus pikeun anjeun.’ Jadi kuring nu kadaptar pikeun realita pintonan sarta ngondang kuring. Mah meunang 4 gelut dina pagelaran jeung meunang pintonanana – jeung kuring meunang mah saterusna 3 gelut ogé.”

Ngalamar hiji visa panarjamah, Velickovic geus cicing di nagara saprak 2013, mana manéhna direkrut ku American Tim Top (TO) di Coconut Creek, Florida, “ATT mantuan panawaran pikeun visa mah kuring boga kontrak sareng maranehna pikeun 5 taun.”

Tanya lamun aya tegangan nu mana wae nu, alatan bengkahna nya waktu antara dua gyms powerhouse perennial (Élévasi Tim gelut jeung ATT), Velickovic clarified, “Entong. Aku jeung Amérika Tim Top – loba guys di ATT kareta di gyms beda keur sababaraha minggu saméméh perang maranéhanana tuluy datang deui ka ATT keur sababaraha minggu sparring jeung kubu latihan tambahan, tapi sok boga 'American Tim Top’ dina spanduk maranéhanana.”

Manéhna ogé sheds cahya dina pulitik jeung pangasilan dina pejuang nu migrate ka ATT, “Aya sababaraha guys nu aya full-waktu, tapi pejuang sok ngadatangan Florida jeung ATT. A loba di antarana datang deui jeung mudik ti (tempat kawas) California, Texas sarta cicing sababaraha minggu, gawé dina sparring, sarta saterusna maranéhanana balik deui imah jeung berlaga pikeun American Top Tim jeung gyms kampung halaman maranéhanana.”

Gancang pikeun reassure aya no getih bad atawa misunderstandings jeung ATT, Velickovic nagara, “Kuring ka eta mah diajak ka luhurna ngalawan Tim ngabantu Brandon Thatch jeung Neil Magny meunangkeun siap gelut maranéhanana terus mah megatkeun pikeun cicing di dieu pikeun sakabeh camp mah RFA 24. Ieu hiji luhurna luhur, gym alus, lingkungan alus, jeung guys ti gim narima kuring bener alus- sarta kuring ngarasa simkuring ngaraos imah jeung nu hal pangpentingna. Tapi lamun kuring mutuskeun pikeun pindah ka Colorado, Kuring bakal tetep maké 'American Tim Top’ dina kolor mah pasangan saterusna taun, saprak kuring ngaraos masih di handapeun kontrak.”

Keur bajoang hiji mindeng merlukeun ayana pengembara, ninggalkeun balik kulawarga jeung babaturan jang meberkeun kaahlian Anjeun. Pajoang kaluar ti Novi Sad, Sérbia, Velickovic speaks tina kampung halaman jeung nagara-Na fondly paduli jarak deukeut nagara Perang, “Novi Sad nyaéta tempat pohara geulis sarta nalika Wars Yugoslav lumangsung, Novi Sad ieu jauh ti wates mana perang jeung seuneu-fight ieu jeung kumaha bae junun tinggal kaluar konflik nu. Ayeuna Serbia geus damai di panungtungan 15-20 taun.”

Manéhna nambahan, “Ku margi jeung datang di dieu pikeun jadi leuwih alus di MMA, sabab lingkungan latihan di US. jeung kaahlian ti para pajuang nu leuwih maju ti deui imah. Teu sangka lamun kuring datang di dieu pikeun ngalatih jeung anu pangalusna, Mah bisa jadi jeung salah sahiji anu pangalusna. Éta alesan utama naha kuring pindah kaluar ka AS”

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Ngeunaan RFA:
RFA ngarupakeun campuran promotion beladiri professional nu mere rising béntang jeung contenders luhur kasempetan ngabuktikeun bakat maranéhna pikeun fans jeung inohong di industri. Nu RFA presents nepi ka 10 gelut taunan kira-kira Amérika Sarikat kaasup Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver jeung Milwaukee. RFA bisa ditempo langsung di leuwih ti 40 juta imah nasional ngaliwatan deal televisi anak jeung AXS TV. Dumasar di Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA mangrupa salah sahiji organisasi MMA paling aktif jeung ngamangfaatkeun dina olahraga panggancangna ngembang di dunya. (Nu Octagon, Pamungkas tarung Championship®, UFC®, jeung dalapan sided mat kompetisi jeung desain kurung téh mérék dagang milik sacara éksklusif ku Zuffa kadaptar, LLC. Sadaya hak disimpen).
Ngeunaan gelut TV AXS:
AXS TV gelut nyaéta renowned pikeun anak diakuan universal Jumaah Peuting campuran Seni bela diri jeung kajadian Kickboxing. Salaku Utama anjeun Pikeun MMA, AXS TV utilizes jaringan expansive tina promosi ti Amérika Sarikat, Kanada, jeung Éropa. Jeung Asia pikeun disiarkeun gelut leuwih hirup tinimbang jaringan televisi séjén. “Nu sora” Michael Schiavello jeung lima waktu MMA dunya-jawara agus Miletich nyadiakeun pemirsa ahli muter-demi-antrian, sinyalna bajoang di-jero, jeung analisis éksténsif pikeun unggal kartu fight. AXS TV siaran kajadian perang hirup-kelas dunya ti RFA, Singa ngalawan, Warisan FC, jeung MFC unggal Jumaah peuting di 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. AND.

RFA mulih deui ka Gunung RUSHMORE Propinsi sareng dua gelut judul

 

RFA 25 – Lawrence vs. TOOMER

Kajadian utama:

Kirana Lawrence vs. Sam TOOMER

Judul FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD

CO-utama kajadian:

Jibril vs CHECCO. FRANCISCO FRANCE

Judul MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD

Jumaah, 10 April Cicing dina AXSTV
Hirup di Sanford segi lima,Sioux Niagara, SD.
Tiket diobral ngaliwatan Ticketmaster.com

Las Vegas, Nevada – Kiamat tarung Alliance (RFA) présidén Ed Soares ayeuna ngumumkeun yén promotion bakal balik ka kaayaan Selatan Dakota dina April sareng kartu tumpuk. RFA 25 – Lawrence vs. Toomer bakal Fitur acara utama antara dua paporit RFA kipas. Jawara featherweight RFA Justin “Nu American Kidd” Lawrence mulih deui ka gedong nu manéhna meunangkeun judul-Na usum panas panungtungan. Pertahanan judul kahijina bakal ngalawan #1 contender “Super” Sam Toomer, nu bakal nempo ka tetep catetan undefeated-Na gembleng. Dina acara ko-utama, Jibril “Zangief” Checco meets sasama Brazil asli jeung RFA vet Fransisco “Kiko” Perancis judul middleweight. Acara lumangsung Jumaah, 10 April di Sanford segi lima di Sioux Niagara, Kidul Dakota. Sakabéh kartu utama bakal televised hirup jeung nasional dina AXS TV di 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT.

I’m excited to announce that the RFA is returning to South Dakota with two title fights at RFA 25,” Harga Soares. “Justin Lawrence nyaéta jelema kahiji anu meunang hiji judul dunya MMA dititah di nagara bagian Kidul Dakota. Manéhna bakal membela eta nu mimiti ngalawan undefeated Sam Toomer dina acara utama. Dina ko-headliner, Jibril Checco jeung Fransisco Perancis bakal tarung judul middleweight RFA lowong.”

Tiket pikeun RFA 25 – Lawrence vs. Toomer are available for purchase NOW through Ticketmaster.com atawa ku nelepon 605.312.7900. Harga tiket mimitian jam $25, seating wengkuan geus sadia pikeun $30-$40, jeung seating cageside nyaéta $125.

Lawrence (6-2) mulih deui ka situs tina win pangbadagna ti karirna. Agustus Tukang di RFA 17, nu stalwart keuna 24 taun heubeul direbut judul featherweight RFA lowong ku besting Mark Dickman via Putusan Unanimous di naon ieu pisan mimiti dititah fight judul dunya MMA Kidul Dakota sacara. Meunang ieu meunangna lempeng kadua Lawrence sacara saprak gabung jeung RFA. Before that he had gained worldwide notoriety as a star on the fifteenth season of the UFC’s hit reality show The Ultimate Fighter, mana manéhna kahiji sakabéh pick. Dina acara, Lawrence direkam reel sorot KO ngeunaan RFA, alum jeung béntang UFC kiwari James Krause ogé bangga vet jeung ahirna UFC bajoang Cristiano Marcello. Lawrence, hiji dua nu-ayeuna urut Golden Sarung jawara jeung dihias kickboxer, ngan kungsi hiji 3-0 catetan dina MMA di waktu, tapi nepi ka kuartal-final saméméh earning “Tarung of Night” jeung “KO of Night” bonus pikeun KO galak nya ku John Cofer di perdana UFC-Na. Lawrence, nu gelut kaluar ti Alliance MMA di Chula Vista, California, nyaéta hayang pisan sakali deui showcase kaahlian nu keuna vaunted di pertahanan judul featherweight RFA kahijina.

“Sakali mah kadéngé mah bakal defending beubeur mah di Kidul Dakota, Teu sangka ieu téh Heboh,” Lawrence terangna. “Nu Sanford segi lima nyaéta salah sahiji tempat pangalusna mah kungsi perang di. Kuring ngarasa teu nyaman, Kamar locker ieu gede, jeung riungan ieu hebat pisan. Sam Toomer nyaeta olahragawan gede jeung leungeun katuhu alus. Abdi gé kudu make najong mah, footwork, and out-finesse him. Ceuk urang kabuktian jadi nu nangtang aya gunana, tapi kuring kasampak maju ka méré manéhna leungitna kahijina.”

Toomer (9-0) bakal manusa nangtang Lawrence pikeun RFA emas. Unlike most top mixed martial artists, like Lawrence, nu asalna ti grappling atawa backgrounds keuna, Toomer ieu pamaén maén bal lifelong. Tapi, 27 taun heubeul pertahanan maén bal kuliah deui geus nyieun hiji transisi suksés ka MMA ku ngamangpaatkeun athleticism alam, disiplin, and unbreakable work ethic to compile an impressive 9-0 catetan saprak nyieun debut pro-Na tilu taun ka tukang. Two of those wins have come in the past eight months after Toomer signed with the RFA. Toomer meunang perdana RFA-na di RFA 15 dina Juni jeung kinerja dominan. Gelut hiji-sided nempo lawan-Na Daniel Aguiar perlu disqualified di babak katilu sanggeus refusing ka manéhna nangtung sarta ngalawan Toomer. Nu DQ win leuwih Aguiar via timidity nunda ngaran Toomer sacara dina RFA featherweight peta salaku hiji judul contender sah. Dina Désémber, Toomer solidified kasus-Na keur shot judul jeung comeback win valiant leuwih Lyoto Machida protégé Altair Alencar di RFA 21. Toomer, nu gelut kaluar ti Nu saréna MMA di San Diego, California, ayeuna gearing nepi pikeun kalakuan pangbadagna tina karir athletic di April, salaku manéhna tantangan nu RFA jawara pohara-touted Lawrence judul-Na.

“Asa gede sia tarung pikeun judul dunya RFA,” nyatakeun Toomer. “Pasangan munggaran mah pangalaman jeung RFA geus gede, tapi ieu téh mimiti mah salaku kajadian utama jeung kasampak maju ka unggul judulna. Justin Lawrence nyaéta hiji lawan alus teuing jeung jawara pikeun alesan hiji. Kaula ningali maju ka ngabogaan hiji fight seru jeung anakna di RFA 25 di Kidul Dakota.

Kajadian ko-utama RFA 25 oge bakal Fitur gelut judul antara dua vets RFA dilakonan, nu lumangsung nepi ka boh hujan es ti Brazil. Jibril “Zangief” Checco (8-1) dijieun perdana internasional di Oktober dina acara utama RFA 19. Sanggeus datang nepi pondok dina nawar kahijina judul middleweight RFA peuting nu ka Jake Kaula, anu langsung disaluyuan ku UFC, Checco rebounded dina cara gedé saméméhna bulan ieu di RFA 23. He made a huge statement with a blistering first round knockout of the highly-touted The Ultimate Fighter 11 cast member Joseph Henle. Checco ayeuna bakal nyanghareupan sasama countryman sarta sasama jiu jitsu-sabuk hideung Fransisco “Kiko” Perancis (11-3-1) pikeun judulna. France enters the fight with a ton of momentum after steamrolling his first two opponents in the RFA. Agustus Tukang, dina lalampahan hareup RFA pikeun Kidul Dakota, France submitted local standout Isaac Appel with a first round Kimura. Manéhna dituturkeun nepi nu hasil mibanda sejen buleud finish kahiji di RFA 21 dina bulan Désémber. Manéhna nyieun kasus-Na pikeun judul ditémbak peuting nu ku dispatching Bellator vet Mikey Gomez jeung mimiti babak Arm-Triangle cuk.

RFA 25 bakal tandaan wadah mulang dua leuwih RFA vets dina division flyweight. Abel “Nu Silent Assassin” Cullum (20-6) bakal muterna ka handap pikeun 125-kilogram pikeun kahiji kalina dina karir MMA storied pikeun nyanghareupan Sioux Niagara asli Josh “Ngamuk Nu” Rave (24-11). Cullum dijieun hiji comeback storybook ieu ragrag katukang sanggeus hiatus tilu taun ti olahraga. Dina perdana RFA-na di RFA 18, Cullum nyerah UFC vet Ulysses Gomez di 89 detik. Opat minggu ka hareup di RFA 19, manéhna nyerah prospek luhur Carl Deaton III di babak kadua. Cullum ayeuna pakait turun ka division flyweight pikeun nyanghareupan Rave, saha nu flyweight MMA nu bajoang paling dilakonan dina sajarah Kidul Dakota. Rave ogé bakal tunggang moméntum pos kana ieu tarung. Manéhna geus meunang tilu opat bouts panungtungan-Na saprak nyieun debut RFA-na di RFA 2.

 

Dina division lightweight, RFA 25 bakal Fitur nu balikna T.J. “Nu karnivora” Hepburn (4-0), anu mangrupa longtime RFA kipas paporit. Manéhna ogé 2012 NCAA Division II wrestling national champion at 157 lbs. Hepburn bakal nyanghareupan anu sasama prospek lightweight undefeated di LaRue “Nu Cannibal” Burley (5-0), nu bakal nyieun debut RFA-Na kacida-diantisipasi. Burley ieu dipikawanoh lega minangka lalaki anu méré chip blue MMA prospek Bubba Jenkins leungitna kahijina di MMA.

 

Jenkins coincidentally fought on the same RFA 3 kartu salaku Hepburn sarta mangrupa 2011 Divisi ncaa mah Panjat Pinang jawara nasional di 157 lbs.

The main card will be rounded out with a middleweight bout pitting Anderson Silva protégé Khalil “Perang Kuda” Rountree (2-0) ngalawan Roufusport prospek Cameron Olsen (2-0) jeung bout flyweight nu baris nempo luhur-rengking prospek flyweight Geane Herrera (7-0) nu ngarangna hiji surging Ben Nurhayati (13-5). Nurhayati ayeuna tunggang kira meunang tilas tujuh-fight jeung bakal balik ka imah Sioux Niagara sanggeus nyieun ngaran keur dirina di Australia.

Kartu awal ogé dieusian. Paporit kipas Lokal jeung RFA vets Jordon Larson (5-1), Devin Clark (3-0), jeung Devin Turner (2-2) nu balik ka ngalawan dina RFA sacara pohara-diantisipasi mulang lalampahan ka kampung halaman maranéhanana tina Sioux Niagara, Kidul Dakota. Larson defeated Donavon Winters in his RFA debut at RFA 17 dina bulan Agustus dina bout welterweight kacida entertaining. He will face Jarrod L’Heureux (7-1) dina rematch eagerly diantisipasi. All seven of L’Heureux’s wins have come via submission with his lone loss coming against Larson.

Clark, Teammate Larson nu aya di Next Tepi Akademi di Sioux Niagara, ogé meunang decisively di RFA 17. Nu powerhouse cahya-heavyweight meunang via TKO leuwih 2012 NFL draft pick Harun Brown. Clark bakal nyanghareupan nu bajoang Omaha dumasar Jaquis Williams (4-2). Samentara éta, Turner bakal neuteup ka nyokot-Na win RFA kahiji ngalawan RFA vet sarta pohara-touted MMA prospek Matt Lopez (4-0) dina 140-pound catchweight bout.

Sakabéh kartu utama RFA 25 – Lawrence vs. Toomer bakal televised langsung dina AXS TV dimimitian di10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT dina Jumaah, 10 April. RFA 25 bakal kajadian kadua kampanye di nagara Kidul Dakota sanggeus hosting nu dititah kajadian MMA kahiji dina “Nagara Gunung Rushmore” Agustus panungtungan. Gelut More dina RFA 25 kartu fight bakal ngumumkeun dina minggu datang.

Mangga buka RFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. RFA is also on Facebook at Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram diRFAfighting, and Twitter at RFAfighting.

Ngeunaan RFA:
RFA ngarupakeun campuran promotion beladiri professional nu mere rising béntang jeung contenders luhur kasempetan ngabuktikeun bakat maranéhna pikeun fans jeung inohong di industri. Nu RFA presents nepi ka 10 gelut taunan kira-kira Amérika Sarikat kaasup Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver jeung Milwaukee. RFA bisa ditempo langsung di leuwih ti 40 juta imah nasional ngaliwatan deal televisi anak jeung AXS TV. Dumasar di Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA mangrupa salah sahiji organisasi MMA paling aktif jeung ngamangfaatkeun dina olahraga panggancangna ngembang di dunya. (Nu Octagon, Pamungkas tarung Championship®, UFC®, jeung dalapan sided mat kompetisi jeung desain kurung téh mérék dagang milik sacara éksklusif ku Zuffa kadaptar, LLC. Sadaya hak disimpen).
Ngeunaan gelut TV AXS:
AXS TV gelut presents leuwih hirup dicampurkeun seni bela diri jeung kajadian kickboxing tinimbang jaringan televisi sejenna 40+ Hirup-kelas dunya kartu fight unggal taun. “Nu sora” Michael Schiavello jeung UFC Galéri Famer agus Miletich nelepon sagala aksi salaku juara, challengers, jeung prospek luhur nyokot puseur tahap unggal Jumaah peuting di 10pE / 7pP. AXS TV Fights can be found online, dina Facebook jeung dina Twitter. AXS TV is widely distributed in the U.S. via AT&T U-ayat, Piagam, Comcast / Xfinity, DIRECTV, Asakan, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS, jeung kabel sejenna, panyadia satelit jeung telco. The network is also carried in Canada, Mexico jeung Karibia.

Ulah panggil A comeback IT,: The Jeff Curran Story

Jeff Karana: Ulah panggil A comeback IT,!

RFA 24 IN Minnesota

Jumaah Maret-6 Cicing dina AXS TV

Ku K. David Bena
kdavidbena


 

UFC, Kareueus, WEC, WFA, IFLA, Strikeforce. Ngan hiji PACARAN geus perang pikeun sadaya genep promosi ieu anu ayeuna dina payung Zuffa. Bajoang nu? Jeff “Gedé bangkong” Karana.

Karana ends-Na geus pangsiun 19 bulan jeung asup kana octagon di RFA 24 dina Jumaah, 6 Maret di Mystic Lake Kasino & Hotel di Saméméh Lake, Minnesota. Acara bakal televised hirup jeung nasional dina AXS TV. Nu bantamweight Samaun, Karana (36-16-1) bakal uji mettle di kajadian ko-utama ngalawan surging Melvin Blumer (11-2) anu touting kira meunang tilas 5-fight.

Mikir deui ka 1991… Naon anu Anjeun ngalakonan? Sumur, Karana ieu lega eyed heubeul 14 taun nu megatkeun pikeun ngalatih jiu jitsu-. Karana ngécéskeun, “Kelas kahiji mah, Alim hal disebut 'cet lantai’ kawanoh ogé salaku Americana jeung mah emang éta naon mah hayang ngalakonan jeung mah euy terus latihan jiu jitsu-kungsi saprak. Mah tetep fokus dina diri salaku olahragawan jeung nu bajoang hiji jeung hiji hal terus ngarah ka nu sejenna.”

Gancang-gancang nepi ka Agustus 16, 2013 di RFA 9, Karana leungit kaputusan pamisah dina gelut judul bantamweight ngalawan Pedro Munhoz. “Kuring pensiunan sanggeus perang kapungkur mah di RFA. Kuring geus perang keur judul dunya na geus di unggal pintonan utama dina olahraga na geus pajoang, dina waktos éta, keur 17 taun. Kuring saukur dirasakeun ku anu bisnis mah jeung gim, mana atuh ieu di nu tahap dina kahirupan mah, kids mah jeung kulawarga, Kuring ngira yén ieu waktuna retire.”

Karana nambihan, “Tapi, sabagean gede, Kuring henteu daék jadi nu kadua pangalusna, Kuring teu kungsi hayang jadi rata-rata nu bajoang hiji. Sakali kuring ngarasa ngimpi ieu Isro atawa kasempetan ieu Isro nanjak deui ka UFC, tarung anu pangalusna guys di dunya, Kuring ngarasa ieu pangalusna pikeun ngeureunkeun saprak perdana mah geus jenis lulus.”

Tapi, sanggeus introspeksi ati-ati jeung kahayang smoldering nuluykeun tarung, Karana megatkeun pikeun lengkah balik deui ka kandang. “Kuring hayang meunang tarung, meunang beubeur, tur muka leutik dina luhur. Kuring ngarasa eta bakal cara admirable nyata ka retire, tapi teu balik jalan mah. Jadi kuring pensiunan – sarta kungsi diuk oge jeung kuring,” Karana terangna. “Jeung leuwih waktu éta nuluykeun, Kuring ngarasa kudu ngalawan. Kuring mimiti kasampak kasempetan jeung RFA kapanggih hiji kasempetan keur kuring tarung deui. Jadi di dieu Kami.”

Juggling kalungguhan salaku manusa kulawarga, manusa bisnis, palatih, jeung nu bajoang bisa nyieun sirah spin sababaraha masarakat, tapi Karana ngécéskeun, “Kuring kungsi gym mah samemeh mah geus tarung kahiji mah, jadi kuring sok dipaké pikeun tanggung jawab bengkahna waktu mah, tapi ayeuna éta pisan leuwih di-jero ti éta dipaké pikeun jadi sabab pejuang mah dina tingkat nu beda jeung merlukeun leuwih waktu. Business ogé dina tingkat nu beda – jeung kuring geus dua budak lalaki nu keur tumuwuh leuwih gancang ku poé na mah kudu ku pamajikan. Aya tanggung jawab di sakuliah papan jeung éta leuwih ti ieu jadwal nu saarah ti deui basa kuring ieu muka sakola. Hehehehe, éta loba juggle, tapi kuring ngalakukeun hal eta.”

Ngaliwatan sagala tanggung jawab-Na, Karana maintains museurkeun for gelut upcoming-Na jeung bahaya Melvin Blumer, “Win coret-Na speaks jilid, utamana dina Midwest sabab loba nu guys Anjeun ngalawan nu geulis nu sarupa dina kakuatan jeung skill set, jadi Anjeun meunangkeun kompetisi tangguh jeung promoters lokal di Midwest sok nempo ka ditunda gelut alus. A bodo nyaeta 11-2 (Blumer) jeung dina kira meunang tilas 5-fight nyaéta impressive ka kuring jeung Kang kahayang mah hoyongkeun.”

Karana ngécéskeun salajengna, “Kuring teu hayang gelut sababaraha eun atawa gelut batur mah nyaho kuring bisa ngéléhkeun. Kuring hayang gelut batur anu bisa tangtangan mah hayu kuring nyaho lamun kuring masih milik dina kaulinan atawa méré kuring rasa nu katuhu prestasi lamun kuring meunang, jadi Blumer mangrupakeun lawan gede. Blumer nyaéta tangguh. Kuring méré manéhna cukup kaitannana ka ngalatih burit mah dipareuman jeung ngubaran manéhna salaku luhur sapuluh guy. Tapi jeung nu keur ceuk, Kuring teu apal mah ngaraos luhur sapuluh haliber, jadi Kaula bringing sadayana mah meunang sarta ngarasa aya bakal nyieun pikeun gelut alus.”

Jeung naon lengkah saterusna Karana nu mibanda meunangna hiji? Komo manéhna teu yakin, “Kuring henteu weruh naon move mah satuluyna nya. Mah teu nyieun hiji definite kaputusan hiji atawa sejen cara. Sajujurna, Kuring teu apal basa kuring leungit, geus pangsiun teu cocog oge jeung kuring, tapi jeung nu bener meunang eta paling dipikaresep bisa, tapi dina waktu nu sarua jeung win katuhu, Kuring bisa meunangkeun perhatian ti UFC jeung mutuskeun mah lamun hayang ngudag meunangna UFC mimitina mah.”

On Jumaah, 6 Maret, Karana jeung dulur ningali bakal wondering naon “Gedé bangkong sacara” venture nu saterusna dina kahirupan bakal.

Ngeunaan RFA:
RFA ngarupakeun campuran promotion beladiri professional nu mere rising béntang jeung contenders luhur kasempetan ngabuktikeun bakat maranéhna pikeun fans jeung inohong di industri. Nu RFA presents nepi ka 10 gelut taunan kira-kira Amérika Sarikat kaasup Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver jeung Milwaukee. RFA bisa ditempo langsung di leuwih ti 40 juta imah nasional ngaliwatan deal televisi anak jeung AXS TV. Dumasar di Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA mangrupa salah sahiji organisasi MMA paling aktif jeung ngamangfaatkeun dina olahraga panggancangna ngembang di dunya. (Nu Octagon, Pamungkas tarung Championship®, UFC®, jeung dalapan sided mat kompetisi jeung desain kurung téh mérék dagang milik sacara éksklusif ku Zuffa kadaptar, LLC. Sadaya hak disimpen).
Ngeunaan gelut TV AXS:
AXS TV gelut nyaéta renowned pikeun anak diakuan universal Jumaah Peuting campuran Seni bela diri jeung kajadian Kickboxing. Salaku Utama anjeun Pikeun MMA, AXS TV utilizes jaringan expansive tina promosi ti Amérika Sarikat, Kanada, jeung Éropa. Jeung Asia pikeun disiarkeun gelut leuwih hirup tinimbang jaringan televisi séjén. “Nu sora” Michael Schiavello jeung lima waktu MMA dunya-jawara agus Miletich nyadiakeun pemirsa ahli muter-demi-antrian, sinyalna bajoang di-jero, jeung analisis éksténsif pikeun unggal kartu fight. AXS TV siaran kajadian perang hirup-kelas dunya ti RFA, Singa ngalawan, Warisan FC, jeung MFC unggal Jumaah peuting di 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. AND.

Raoni BARCELOS vs. JAMAL PARKS BJJ BLACK BELT MEETS ALL AMERICAN WRESTLER IN FEATURE BOUT AT RFA 23

 

RFA 23 – Murphy vs. WARE
Kajadian utama:
Joe Murphy vs. TERRION WARE
Judul WORLD LIGHTWEIGHT
CO-utama kajadian:
Jibril vs CHECCO. Joe HENLE
MIDDLEWEIGHT SHOWDOWN
Pitur ngalawan:
Raoni BARCELOS vs. Jamal taman
FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT
Jumaah, Pébruari-6 Cicing dina AXSTV
Hirup di The Hangar di OC Fair & Kajadian Center di Kosta marana, California
Tiket diobral ngaliwatan CageTix.com/RFA

Dina MMA, kawas paling olahraga, aya adage heubeul nu dijieun populér ku aktor Will Smith anu nyebutkeun, “Lamun tetep siap, Anjeun teu gaduh pikeun meunangkeun siap.” Nu mangrupa salah sahiji prinsip nu Lebeng asli jeung chip blue prospek MMA Jamal Parks hirup ku. Parks nunda maranéhanana kecap hikmah kana pangaruh full ieu saminggu katukang. Ngan lima poé dipiceun tina karir kalima-Na meunangna MMA di lima contests, Parks eagerly ditarima tangtangan saterusna dibere ka manehna di karir athletic geus spektakuler-Na.

Tangtangan nu datang lamun undefeated béntang RFA Sam Toomer dipaksa off dina saminggu saterusna sacara RFA 23 kartu di Kosta marana, California kalawan tatu sustained dina ahir taun camp latihan-Na. Toomer ieu diatur pikeun nyanghareupan Raoni Barcelos, anu salah sahiji prospek featherweight paling pohara-touted di MMA. Barcelos nyaéta putra gelar 7 jiu jitsu-sabuk hideung-jeung-beureum Laerte Barcelos sarta geus groomed pikeun nu hebat pisan di olahraga ngempur saprak umur dua. Anu ditinggalkeun loba wondering anu tangtu bisa lengkah luhur jeung ka tangtangan nu wunderkind Brasil adequately dina bewara pondok saperti.

Jawaban keur hal nu asalna dina bentuk Parks, anu dipaké pikeun competing ngalawan atlit elit di gulat sarta kasampak nuluykeun warisan panjang atlet Lebeng Propinsi nu tos blossomed kana béntang MMA. Daptar nu ngawengku Randy Couture, Johny Hendricks, Daniel Cormier, Mark Muñoz, Jake ROSHOLT, Jared Rosholt, Gek coaster, Mo Lawal, kitu ogé RFA vets Steve Mocco jeung Tyler Shinn.

“Ieu mangrupa kasempetan gede jeung aku siap terang eta nepi,” nyatakeun hiji Parks bungah, who is now set to travel to southern California this week to participate on the biggest stage of his promising MMA career.

Parks ieu tilu waktu SMA jawara gulat state dina Lebeng, bari attending Uni High School di Tulsa, Lebeng. Anjeunna tuluy wrestled barengan Jared Rosholt jeung Shinn di Lebeng Propinsi sarta jadi hiji Divisi ncaa usum senior nya atuh Sadaya-American. The proud Oklahoma State Cowboy then turned his attention to MMA after graduating and has seen his hand raised five times in five contests. Tapi, Jumaah ieu baris nempo manéhna berlaga di télévisi nasional (AXS TV) jeung televisi internasional (Nu ngalawan Network) pikeun kahiji kalinya. Manéhna ogé bakal malik ka tes toughest tina karirna di Barcelos.

Anjeun ningali, Barcelos teu sabuk hideung has jiu jitsu-Anjeun. Manéhna ogé mangrupa pegulat dilakonan sanggeus sakali jadi anggota Tim Panjat Pinang Nasional Brasil. Barcelos, anu meunang sabuk hideung jiu jitsu--na di umur 20, ogé meunang hiji judul nasional Brasil di gaya bébas Panjat Pinang taun anu sarua. Barcelos ogé mitra latihan utama pikeun UFC featherweight kingpin Jose Aldo. Silsilah anu cukup pikeun nyingsieunan jauh loba lawan poténsial komo jeung camp latihan full nyiapkeun. Tapi, Parks seger off win kalima sarta karek ditandatanganan multi-fight diungkulan RFA, karasaeun manéhna leuwih ti siap tangtangan éta sarta hayang pisan pikeun ilubiung dina paling luhur-patok MMA bout tina career.Parks sarta Barcelos amprok dina bout featherweight dina kartu utama RFA 23 – Murphy vs. Barang asupJumaah, 6 Pébruari. Acara lumangsung di The Hangar di OC Fair & Kajadian Center di Kosta marana, California. Kartu utama bakal televised nasional dina AXS TV jeung internasional dina gelut Network di 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT.

 

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Ngeunaan RFA:
RFA ngarupakeun campuran promotion beladiri professional nu mere rising béntang jeung contenders luhur kasempetan ngabuktikeun bakat maranéhna pikeun fans jeung inohong di industri. Nu RFA presents nepi ka 10 gelut taunan kira-kira Amérika Sarikat kaasup Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver jeung Milwaukee. RFA bisa ditempo langsung di leuwih ti 40 juta imah nasional ngaliwatan deal televisi anak jeung AXS TV. Dumasar di Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA mangrupa salah sahiji organisasi MMA paling aktif jeung ngamangfaatkeun dina olahraga panggancangna ngembang di dunya. (Nu Octagon, Pamungkas tarung Championship®, UFC®, jeung dalapan sided mat kompetisi jeung desain kurung téh mérék dagang milik sacara éksklusif ku Zuffa kadaptar, LLC. Sadaya hak disimpen).
Ngeunaan gelut TV AXS:
AXS TV gelut nyaéta renowned pikeun anak diakuan universal Jumaah Peuting campuran Seni bela diri jeung kajadian Kickboxing. Salaku Utama anjeun Pikeun MMA, AXS TV utilizes jaringan expansive tina promosi ti Amérika Sarikat, Kanada, jeung Éropa. Jeung Asia pikeun disiarkeun gelut leuwih hirup tinimbang jaringan televisi séjén. “Nu sora” Michael Schiavello jeung lima waktu MMA dunya-jawara agus Miletich nyadiakeun pemirsa ahli muter-demi-antrian, sinyalna bajoang di-jero, jeung analisis éksténsif pikeun unggal kartu fight. AXS TV siaran kajadian perang hirup-kelas dunya ti RFA, Singa ngalawan, Warisan FC, jeung MFC unggal Jumaah peuting di 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. AND.