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“I am thrilled to be bringing the RFA to Texas,” Angiven Soares. “Den viktigaste händelsen 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 senaste Fredag in Chicagoland. That fight, emellertid, 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. Viktigare, Giles is down to fight anyone, någonstans, anytime and happily accepted the invitation to fight “Capo Joe” in his hometown of San Antonio. På Fredag, July 29th, RFA 41 – Gigliotti vs. Giles in “Alamo City” will bring a new meaning to the Battle of the Alamo.

Co-main event på 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 fullständiga RFA 41 kamp kort och ytterligare information om detta evenemang kommer att meddelas inom kort. 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. Hela huvudkortet för RFA 41 – Gigliotti vs. Giles will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 10 p.m. OCH / 7 p.m. PT på Fredag, July 29th.

Om RFA: RFA är en professionell MMA marknadsföring som ger stigande stjärnor och topp utmanare möjlighet att bevisa sin talang för att fans och ledare i branschen. RFA presenterar live-evenemang på månadsbasis runt om i USA, inklusive Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver och Milwaukee. RFA kan ses live på över 43 miljon nationellt genom sin tv affär med AXS TV. Baserat i Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA är en av de mest aktiva och respekte MMA organisationer i den snabbast växande sporten i världen. (The Octagon, Ultimate Fighting Championship®, UFC®, och den åttasidiga konkurrens matta och buren designen är registrerade varumärken som ägs exklusivt av Zuffa, LLC. Alla rättigheter reserverade).