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LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Legacy strijdgemeenschap (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced the promotion will kick off 2018 with an action-packed event in southern California.
The main event of LFA 30 will feature the long-awaited clash between southern California kingpins and top LFA welterweights “Hoffelijk” Curtis Millender and Nick “The Phoenix” Barnes. LFA 30 – Millender vs. Barnes takes place Vrijdag, January 12th at the Costa Mesa Hall at the OC Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, Californië. De volledige hoofdkaart van LFA 30 – Millender vs. Barnes will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 10 p.m. EN / 7 p.m. PT.
“I’m excited to kick off 2018 by bringing LFA back to southern California”, Opgegeven 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.”
Mill Ends (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.
Currently Announced Main Card (Uitgezonden op AXS TV op 10 p.m. EN / 7 p.m. PT):
Main Event | Weltergewicht Bout (170 pond)
– Curtis Millender (13-3) vs. Nick Barnes (12-2)
Co-Main Event | Vedergewicht Bout (145 pond)
– Fernando Padilla (10-1) vs. Talison Soares (9-2)
Vlieggewicht gevecht (125 pond)
– Maikel Perez (4-1) vs. Charlie Alaniz (11-2)
Middengewicht Bout (185 pond)
– Craig Wilkerson (7-3) vs. Jordan Wright (8-0)
Weltergewicht Bout (170 pond)
– Christian Aguilera (8-4) vs. Maycon Mendonça (6-3)
Bantamgewicht Bout (135 pond)
– Vince Cachero (3-0) vs. TBD
In September 2016, Legacy FC- en RFA-functionarissen kondigden aan dat ze zouden fuseren om de belangrijkste ontwikkelingsorganisatie in Mixed Martial Arts te vormen (MMA) vanaf januari 2017. RFA and Legacy FC have launched the careers of over 150 atleten die het toppunt van MMA hebben bereikt door deel te nemen aan de UFC.
LFA 30 will serve as the second LFA event to take place in the state of California after the merger. RFA hosted eight events inside “De gouden staat” before the merger. De volledige hoofdkaart van LFA 30 zal live worden uitgezonden en de landelijke op AXS TV bij 10 p.m. EN / 7 p.m. PT.
Kunt u terecht op LFAfighting.com voor bout updates en informatie. LFA is op Facebook op Legacy strijdgemeenschap. LFA staat ook op Instagram op @LFAvechten en Twitter op @LFAvechten.
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