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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.
The main event of 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, Kalifornien. Hela huvudkortet av LFA 30 – Millender vs.. Barnes will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 10 p.m. OCH / 7 p.m. PT.
“I’m excited to kick off 2018 by bringing LFA back to southern California”, Angiven 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.”
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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 (TV på AXS TV på 10 p.m. OCH / 7 p.m. PT):
Main Event | Weltervikt Bout (170 Ib)
– Curtis Mille (13-3) vs. Nick Barnes (12-2)
Co-Main Event | Fjädervikt Bout (145 Ib)
– Fernando Padilla (10-1) vs. Talison Soares (9-2)
Flugviktsmatch (125 Ib)
– Maikel Perez (4-1) vs. Charlie Alaniz (11-2)
Mellanvikt Bout (185 Ib)
– Craig Wilkerson (7-3) vs. Jordan Wright (8-0)
Weltervikt Bout (170 Ib)
– Christian Aguilera (8-4) vs. Maycon Mendonça (6-3)
Bantamvikt Bout (135 Ib)
– Vince Cachero (3-0) vs. TBD
I september 2016, Legacy FC och RFA tjänstemän meddelade att de skulle slå samman för att bilda den främsta utvecklingsorganisationen i Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) med början i januari 2017. RFA and Legacy FC have launched the careers of over 150 idrottare som har nått höjdpunkten av MMA genom att tävla i 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 “The Golden State” before the merger. Hela huvudkortet av LFA 30 kommer att sändas i TV live landet på AXS TV på 10 p.m. OCH / 7 p.m. PT.
Besök LFAfighting.com för bout uppdateringar och information. LFA är på Facebook på Legacy Fighting Alliance. LFA är också på Instagram på @LFAfighting och Twitter på @LFAfighting.
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