Las fegasi, Nevada – Ajinde Gbigbogun Alliance (RFA) Aare Ed Soares kede loni wipe igbega yoo wa ni pada si awọn ipinle ti South Dakota ni April pẹlu a tolera kaadi. RFA 25 – Lawrence la. Toomer yoo ẹya-ara kan akọkọ iṣẹlẹ laarin meji RFA àìpẹ awọn ayanfẹ. RFA featherweight asiwaju Justin “The American Kidd” Lawrence ba pada si ile ti o gba rẹ akọle kẹhin ooru. Rẹ akọkọ akọle olugbeja yoo jẹ lodi si #1 contender “Super” Sam Toomer, ti o yoo wa ni nwa lati pa rẹ undefeated gba mule. Ni awọn àjọ-akọkọ iṣẹlẹ, Gabriel “Zangief” Checco pàdé elegbe Brazil abinibi ati RFA oniwosan ẹranko Francisco “Kiko” France fun awọn middleweight akole. Awọn iṣẹlẹ gba ibi Friday, Kẹrin 10th ni Sanford Pentagon ni Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Gbogbo Akọkọ kaadi yoo wa ni ifiwe televised ati orilẹ-ede lori AXS TV ni 10 p.m. ATI / 7 p.m. PT.

“I’m excited to announce that the RFA is returning to South Dakota with two title fights at RFA 25,” So Soares. “Justin Lawrence ni akọkọ eniyan lati win a sanctioned MMA aye akole ni ipinle ti South Dakota. Oun yoo dabobo o fun igba akọkọ lodi si undefeated Sam Toomer ni akọkọ iṣẹlẹ. Ni awọn àjọ-headliner, Gabriel Checco ati Francisco France yio jà fun awọn ṣ'ofo RFA middleweight akọle.”

Tiketi fun RFA 25 – Lawrence la. Toomer wa o si wa fun ra Bayi nipasẹ Ticketmaster.com tabi nipa pipe 605.312.7900. Tiketi owo bẹrẹ ni $25, ni ipamọ ibijoko wa fun $30-$40, ki o si cageside ibijoko ni $125.

Lawrence (6-2) pada si ojula ti tobi win rẹ ọmọ. Kẹhin August ni RFA 17, awọn 24-odun-atijọ idaṣẹ stalwart sile ni ṣ'ofo RFA featherweight akọle nipa besting Samisi Dickman nipasẹ Unanimous Ipinnu ni ohun ti o wà South Dakota ká gan akọkọ sanctioned MMA aye akọle ija. Awọn win je Lawrence ká keji gun gun niwon dida awọn RFA. Ṣaaju ki o to ti o ti ni ibe ni agbaye notoriety bi a Star lori kẹdogun akoko ti UFC ká lu otito fi The Gbẹhin Onija, ibi ti o si wà ni akọkọ-ìwò gbe. Lori awọn show, Lawrence ti o ti gbasilẹ saami agba KO ká ti RFA alum ati ti isiyi UFC Star James Krause bi daradara bi igberaga oniwosan ẹranko ati eventual UFC Onija Cristiano Marcello. Lawrence, a tele meji-akoko Golden ibọwọ asiwaju ati ki o dara si kickboxer, nikan ní a 3-0 gba ni MMA ni akoko, ṣugbọn ami ti mẹẹdogun-ipari ṣaaju ki o to ri ebun iru owo “Ija ti awọn Night” ati “KO ti Night” imoriri fun awọn re vicious KO of John Cofer ninu rẹ UFC Uncomfortable. Lawrence, ti o njà jade ti Alliance MMA ni Chula Vista, California, ni itara lati lekan si Trust rẹ vaunted idaṣẹ ogbon ninu rẹ akọkọ RFA featherweight akọle olugbeja.

“Lọgan ti mo ti gbọ Emi yoo wa ni gbeja mi igbanu ni South Dakota, Mo ro ni yi oniyi,” Lawrence salaye. “Awọn Sanford Pentagon jẹ ọkan ninu awọn ti o dara ju ibiisere ti mo ti lailai ja ni. Mo ro itura, ni atimole yara wà nla, ati awọn enia wà ikọja. Sam Toomer jẹ nla kan elere-ije pẹlu kan ti o dara ọwọ ọtun. Mo ti yoo ni lati lo bere mi, footwork, ki o si jade-finesse u. O si n fihan lati wa ni a yẹ Challenger, ṣugbọn emi o wo siwaju si fun u rẹ akọkọ pipadanu.”

Toomer (9-0) yoo jẹ awọn ọkunrin nija Lawrence fun RFA wura. Ko julọ oke adalu ti ologun awọn ošere, bi Lawrence, ti o wa lati grappling tabi idaṣẹ backgrounds, Toomer je kan igbesi aye bọọlu player. Sibẹsibẹ, awọn 27-odun-atijọ kọlẹẹjì bọọlu igbeja pada ti ṣe kan aseyori orilede lati MMA nipa lilo re adayeba athleticism, discipline, ati unbreakable iṣẹ-eniye ni orekore si ohun ìkan 9-0 gba niwon ṣiṣe re pro Uncomfortable mẹta odun seyin. Meji ninu awon AamiEye ti wa ninu awọn ti o ti kọja mẹjọ osu lẹhin Toomer wole pẹlu awọn RFA. Toomer gba rẹ RFA Uncomfortable ni RFA 15 ni June pẹlu kan ako han išẹ. Awọn ọkan-apa ija si ri alatako re Daniel Aguiar to iwakọ ni kẹta yika lẹhin kiko lati duro ati ki o ja Toomer. Awọn DQ win lori Aguiar nipasẹ aijafafa fi Toomer orúkọ lori RFA featherweight map bi a abẹ akọle contender. Ni December, Toomer solidified re irú fun akọle kan shot pẹlu kan akọni apadabọ win lori Lyoto Machida protégé Altair Alencar ni RFA 21. Toomer, ti o njà jade ninu The Arena MMA ni San Diego, California, ti wa ni bayi gearing soke fun awọn tobi e pinu lori re ti ere ije ọmọ ni April, bi o ti laya ni gíga-touted RFA asiwaju Lawrence fun rẹ akọle.

“O kan lara nla si sunmọ ni lati ja fun ohun RFA aye akọle,” so Toomer. “Mi akọkọ tọkọtaya ti awọn iriri pẹlu awọn RFA ti ti nla, sugbon yi ni mi akọkọ akoko bi awọn akọkọ iṣẹlẹ ati ki o Mo wo siwaju si gba awọn akọle. Justin Lawrence jẹ ẹya o tayọ alatako ati awọn asiwaju fun idi kan. Mo n wa siwaju si nini ohun moriwu ija pẹlu rẹ ni RFA 25 in South Dakota.

Awọn àjọ-Akọkọ iṣẹlẹ ti RFA 25 yoo tun ẹya-ara kan akọle ija laarin meji se àseparí RFA vets, ti o ṣẹlẹ si awọn mejeeji yinyin lati Brazil. Gabriel “Zangief” Checco (8-1) ṣe rẹ okeere keôsan-ni Oṣù ninu awọn ifilelẹ ti awọn iṣẹlẹ ti RFA 19. Lẹhin ti bọ soke kukuru ninu re akọkọ idu fun awọn RFA middleweight akole ti oru si Jake Collier, ti a ti lẹsẹkẹsẹ wole nipasẹ awọn UFC, Checco rebounded ni ńlá kan ona sẹyìn yi osù ni RFA 23. O si ṣe kan tobi gbólóhùn pẹlu kan roro akọkọ yika knockout ti gíga-touted The Gbẹhin Onija 11 Simẹnti egbe Joseph Henle. Checco yoo bayi koju re ẹlẹgbẹ countryman ati elegbe jiu-jitsu dudu igbanu Francisco “Kiko” France (11-3-1) fun awọn akọle. France ti nwọ ni ija pẹlu kan pupọ ti ipa lẹhin steamrolling rẹ akọkọ meji alatako ni RFA. Kẹhin August, ni RFA ká akọkọ irin ajo lọ si South Dakota, France silẹ agbegbe standout Isaac Appel pẹlu kan akọkọ yika Kimura. O si tẹle soke pe aseyori pẹlu miiran akọkọ yika pari ni RFA 21 ni December. O si ṣe irú rẹ fun akọle kan shot ti oru nipa dispatching Bellator oniwosan ẹranko Mikey Gomez pẹlu kan akọkọ yika Apá-onigun choke.

RFA 25 yoo samisi awọn pada ti meji diẹ RFA vets ni flyweight pipin. Abel “The ipalọlọ Apaniyan” Cullum (20-6) yoo wa ni sisọ awọn si isalẹ lati 125-poun fun igba akọkọ ninu rẹ storied MMA ọmọ lati koju Sioux Falls abinibi Josh “Awọn ibinu” Agbóhùn (24-11). Cullum ṣe kan storybook apadabọ yi ti o ti kọja isubu lẹhin ti a mẹta odun hiatus lati idaraya. Ni re RFA Uncomfortable ni RFA 18, Cullum silẹ UFC oniwosan ẹranko Ulysses Gomez ni 89 -aaya. Mẹrin ọsẹ nigbamii ni RFA 19, o silẹ oke afojusọna Carl Deaton III ni keji yika. Cullum bayi silė si isalẹ lati awọn flyweight pipin lati koju si Agbóhùn, ti o jẹ julọ se flyweight MMA Onija ni South Dakota itan. Agbóhùn yoo tun ti wa ni Riding ipa nlọ sinu yi ija. O si ti gba mẹta ninu re kẹhin merin bouts niwon ṣiṣe re RFA Uncomfortable ni RFA 2.

Ni awọn lightweight pipin, RFA 25 yoo ẹya-ara awọn pada ti T.J. “Awọn Carnivore” Hepburn (4-0), ti o jẹ a longtime RFA àìpẹ ayanfẹ. O si jẹ tun ni 2012 NCAA pipin II o jijakadi orilẹ-asiwaju ni 157 lbs. Hepburn yoo koju a elegbe undefeated lightweight afojusọna ni LaRue “Awọn Cannibal” Burley (5-0), ti o yoo wa ni ṣiṣe rẹ gíga-ifojusọna RFA Uncomfortable. Burley wa ni o gbajumo mọ bi awọn ọkunrin ti o fún bulu ërún MMA afojusọna Bubba Jenkins rẹ akọkọ isonu ni MMA.

Jenkins àṣìṣe ja lori kanna RFA 3 kaadi bi Hepburn ati ki o jẹ awọn 2011 NCAA pipin I o jijakadi orilẹ-asiwaju ni 157 lbs.

Awọn Akọkọ kaadi yoo wa ni ti yika jade pẹlu kan middleweight ija pitting Anderson Silva protégé Khalil “Ogun ẹṣin” Rountree (2-0) lodi si Roufusport afojusọna Cameron Olsen (2-0) ati ki o kan flyweight ija ti yoo ri oke-ni ipo flyweight afojusọna Geane Herrera (7-0) ogun a surging Ben Nguyen (13-5). Nguyen ti wa ni Lọwọlọwọ Riding kan meje-ija win ṣiṣan ati ki o yoo wa ni pada si ile si Sioux Falls lẹhin ṣiṣe kan orukọ fun ara rẹ ni Australia.

Awọn alakoko kaadi ti wa ni tun ti kojọpọ. Agbegbe àìpẹ ayanfẹ ati RFA vets Jordon Larson (5-1), Devin Clark (3-0), ati Devin Turner (2-2) ti wa ni pada lati ja lori RFA ká gíga-ifojusọna pada irin ajo lọ si ilu wọn ti Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Larson ṣẹgun Donavon Winters ninu rẹ RFA Uncomfortable ni RFA 17 ni Oṣù ni a nyara idanilaraya welterweight ija. Oun yoo dojuko Jarrod L'Heureux (7-1) ninu ohun eagerly ti ifojusọna rematch. Gbogbo meje ti L'Heureux ká AamiEye ti wá nipasẹ ifakalẹ pẹlu rẹ Daduro isonu bọ lodi si Larson.

Clark, Larson ká teammate ni Next eti ijinlẹ ni Sioux Falls, tun gba decisively ni RFA 17. Awọn ina-heavyweight powerhouse gba nipasẹ TKO lori 2012 NFL osere gbe Aaron Brown. Clark yoo koju Omaha orisun Onija Jaquis Williams (4-2). Nibayi, Turner yoo wo lati gbe soke rẹ akọkọ RFA win lodi si RFA oniwosan ẹranko ati ki o nyara-touted MMA afojusọna Matt Lopez (4-0) ni a 140-iwon catchweight ija.

Gbogbo akọkọ kaadi ti RFA 25 – Lawrence la. Toomer yoo wa ni televised ifiwe lori TV AXS ti o bere ni10 p.m. ATI / 7 p.m. PT on Friday, Kẹrin 10th. RFA 25 yoo jẹ awọn igbega ká keji iṣẹlẹ ni ipinle ti South Dakota lẹhin alejo akọkọ sanctioned MMA iṣẹlẹ ni “Òkè Rushmore State” kẹhin August. Diẹ njà lori RFA 25 ija kaadi yoo wa ni kede ni ọsẹ to nbo.

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