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“I am thrilled to be bringing the RFA to Texas,” Uttalte Soares. “Den viktigste hendelsen i RFA 41 features two of MMA’s top young talents. Joe Gigliotti and Trevin Giles are both undefeated and have stopped all of their opponents. This is an epic battle that Texas fight fans deserve.”

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Gigliotti (7-0) has quickly gained the reputation as one of MMA’s most feared fighters. The 22-year-old Ohio native has finished all seven of his opponents. That includes the 58-second destruction of former RFA title challenger John Poppie at RFA 37 i april. That fight took place with UFC President Dana White sitting cageside. The UFC boss had very positive things to say to Gigliotti after the bout, which he used as added motivation heading into his next fight that was scheduled as the featured fight of RFA 39 det siste Fredag in Chicagoland. That fight, men, fell apart when his opponent Daniel Vizcaya backed out of the fight after badly missing weight. The Bellator and The Ultimate Fighter vet Vizcaya showed up to the RFA 39 weigh-in a whopping 7-pounds over the contracted weight. Gigliotti said he would fight Vizcaya anyway without even taking a percentage of his purse. The hometown veteran fighter Vizcaya backed out of the fight regardless.

Giles (6-0) is cut from the same cloth as Gigliotti. Not only is he a top undefeated middleweight prospect who has showcased his talents on AXS TV, but the 23-year-old Texan has also finished every man put in front of him. Enda viktigere, Giles is down to fight anyone, hvor som helst, anytime and happily accepted the invitation to fight “Capo Joe” in his hometown of San Antonio. På Fredag, 29. juli, RFA 41 – Gigliotti vs. Giles in “Alamo City” will bring a new meaning to the Battle of the Alamo.

Co-main event av RFA 41 will feature a high-stakes featherweight war between a former RFA lightweight title challenger and a seasoned MMA vet from the Amazon region of northern Brazil. Jamall Emmers (9-3), who fights out of Pinnacle MMA in southern California, is coming off an action-packed lightweight title challenge in the main event of RFA 38 earlier this month. Emmers stepped up on a week’s notice and took RFA lightweight champion Thiago Moisés into the fifth round. The fight impressed UFC President Dana White, who was sitting cageside for the event.

Emmers will return to his former residence of San Antonio to face Rivaldo Junior (15-5-2), who is a native of Manaus, Brazil that now calls San Antonio home. The longtime Brazilian veteran of MMA has fought professionally for over 10 år. He has fought for prestigious Brazilian promotions Jungle Fight and Shooto Brazil and at one point had a fight scheduled with Raoni Barcelos, who is currently the reigning RFA featherweight champion. Junior looks to make his long-awaited international MMA debut in a bout he hopes will take him one step closer to finally challenging his fellow countryman Barcelos.

Den fulle RFA 41 Kampen kort og ytterligere informasjon om denne hendelsen vil bli annonsert snart. RFA 41 will be the promotion’s first event to take place in “The Lone Star State” of Texas and it will be the sixteenth state that the RFA has visited. Hele hovedkortet av RFA 41 – Gigliotti vs. Giles will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 10 pm. OG / 7 pm. PT på Fredag, 29. juli.

Om RFA: RFA er en profesjonell mixed martial arts kampanje som gir stigende stjerner og øverste kandidatene anledning til å vise sitt talent til fans og ledere i bransjen. Den RFA presenterer live-hendelser på månedlig basis rundt om i USA som blant annet Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver og Milwaukee. RFA kan sees live i løpet 43 million boliger nasjonalt gjennom sin TV-avtale med AXS TV. Basert i Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA er en av de mest aktive og respekterte MMA organisasjoner i den raskest voksende sporten i verden. (Oktogonen, Ultimate Fighting Championship®, UFC®, og de åtte-sided konkurranse matte og bur er registrerte varemerker som eies utelukkende av Zuffa, LLC. Alle rettigheter reservert).