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LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced the promotion will kick off 2018 with an action-packed event in southern California.
Den vigtigste begivenhed af LFA 30 will feature the long-awaited clash between southern California kingpins and top LFA welterweights “Curtious” Curtis Millender and Nick “The Phoenix” Barnes. LFA 30 – Millender vs. Barnes takes place Fredag, January 12th at the Costa Mesa Hall at the OC Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, California. Hele hovedkortet af LFA 30 – Millender vs. Barnes will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 10 p.m. OG / 7 p.m. PT.
“I’m excited to kick off 2018 by bringing LFA back to southern California”, Erklærede Soares. “Curtis Millender and Nick Barnes are coming off big wins in LFA headlining bouts where they won in enemy territory. Now they get to face each other in the main event of LFA 30 on their home turf in a perfect headliner to start the new year.”
Millender (13-3) returns home to the building where he fought and won his first seven fights. The Orange County juggernaut is looking to build off a perfect 2017 where he won three fights, including back-to-back LFA headliners. His most recent win came via highlight reel Head Kick KO in the main event of LFA 24. Millender will meet Barnes (12-2) in a long-awaited showdown between two of southern California’s finest. The welterweight stars started their careers in the southern California regional circuit, moved on to Bellator, and will finally meet in the main event of LFA 30. Barnes, like Millender, is coming off an impressive win in an LFA headliner this past August at LFA 20.
While the main event will feature a rivalry between two of the top welterweights in LFA, the co-main event will feature a rivalry between two of the LFA featherweight division’s most talented jiu-jitsu practitioners.
Fernando Padilla (10-1) put the division on notice in October, when he submitted longtime RFA vet Darrick Minner with a Triangle-Armbar in the first round of their co-main event bout at LFA 25. Padilla, who is a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu brown belt, has now won 90% of his fights by first round stoppage. He will now face a man equally dangerous on the ground when he meets Talison Soares (9-2) in the co-main event of LFA 30. Soares is a jiu-jitsu black belt from the famed Checkmat BJJ team who has made a name for himself competing in his native Brazil. Soares has a 100% finishing rate in the nine bouts he has won and will now make his international debut in the co-main event of LFA 30.
I øjeblikket annonceret Main Card (Tv-transmitteret på AXS TV på 10 p.m. OG / 7 p.m. PT):
Main Event | Weltervægt Bout (170 lb)
– Curtis Millender (13-3) vs. Nick Barnes (12-2)
Co-Main Event | Fjervægt Bout (145 lb)
– Fernando Padilla (10-1) vs. Talison Soares (9-2)
Fluevægt Bout (125 lb)
– Maikel Perez (4-1) vs. Charlie Alaniz (11-2)
Mellemvægt Bout (185 lb)
– Craig Wilkerson (7-3) vs. Jordan Wright (8-0)
Weltervægt Bout (170 lb)
– Christian Aguilera (8-4) vs. Maycon Mendonca (6-3)
Bantamvægt Bout (135 lb)
– Vince Cachero (3-0) vs. TBD
I september 2016, Legacy FC and RFA officials announced that they would be merging to form the premier developmental organization in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) begynder i januar 2017. RFA og Legacy FC har lanceret karrieren for mere end 150 atleter, der har nået toppen af MMA ved at konkurrere i UFC.
LFA 30 will serve as the second LFA event to take place in the state of California after the merger. RFA var vært for otte arrangementer inde “Den gyldne stat” før fusionen. Hele hovedkortet af LFA 30 vil blive tv-transmitteret direkte og landsdækkende på AXS TV på 10 p.m. OG / 7 p.m. PT.
Besøg LFAfighting.com for bout opdateringer og information. LFA er på Facebook kl Legacy Fighting Alliance. LFA er også på Instagram kl @LFAfighting og Twitter på @LFAfighting.
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