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RFA o khutlela ho Nebraska LE SMITH vs.. JARDINE

 

SEHLOOHO Event:
ANTHONY “LIONHEART” SMITH vs..
KGOTLA “Mochine” JARDINE
MIDDLEWEIGHT SHOWDOWN
CO-SEHLOOHO Event:
Ryan “A NA U LOKILE” ROBERTS vs..
Adama “Tona-khōlō NAKO” Townsend
FEATHERWEIGHT NTOA
BANTAMWEIGHT Feature ntoa:
Darrick hopola lintho vs.. MAT Brown
Labohlano, SEPTEMBER la bo18 la PHELA ON AXS TV
PHELA ka Pinnacale Bank Arena a Lincoln, Nebraska
Tickets ka Sale Joale ka Ticketmaster.com
Las Vegas, Nevada – Tsoho FighTing Alliance (RFA) PResident Ed Soares ile a phatlalatsa kajeno hore ntshetso pele ya tla khutlela hae metso ea sona e a Nebraska le RFA 30 ka September. Ntshetso pele ya tšoaroa ea eona ea pele bontša ka “Cornhusker State” ka December 2011 'me o ho tloha ka khothalletsa MMA ketsahaloS keN 13 statEs ka mose 3 nako ka libaka. RFA 30 tla etsahala Labohlano, September la bo18 la ka hare e le boemo-ea-e leng-art Pinnacle Bank Arena teng sa mmuso sa motse-moholo oa Lincoln, Nebraska. Eohle ka sehloohong karete tla televised phela le naheng ka bophara ka AXS TV kwa 10 p.m. LE / 7 p.m. PT.

“RFA ile ka qala ho a Nebraska 'me ke thabile ho bona Anthony Smith le Brock Jardine ka ekelletsa ho histori ea rōna ka Cornhusker State,” o ile a re Soares. “Tsena ke tse peli surging UFC vets hore leng haufi le ho thulana ka fantastis ka sehloohong ketsahalo eo ea RFA 30.”
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Smith (22-11) e hona joale thabela mosebetsi resurgence ea siileng hae ea ho qetela tse hlano bahanyetsi ba reeling le batla likarabo. Smith, ea e le letsoalloa la Nebraska City, Nebraska, ka potlako a ema le ho hlahella a tsoakane libetsa. Tsebahala haholo ba hae ha ho-se nang kelello ho atamela ntoa e, Smith hoo 'ho fihlela win-ka mor'a-trong win' me ka potlako ile a iphumana a nang le phihlelo ya UFC, Strikeforce, le Bellator ka nako eo o ne a 25 lilemo tse ea lilemo li. Leha ho le joalo, e ne e se ho fihlela o ile 25 hore o nahana hore a ile ka khona ho koala bohle ba likheo ea hae MMA tai game. Nako eo ea phetoho mosebetsi oa hae oa e tlatselitse ka ho toba hae morao tjena fenya streak se seholo ka RFA 30 'me o thabile ka showcasing ea hae e ncha foromo ya morao koana ka motseng oo o ile a etsa hae professional MMA qalo a 2008.

“Ke bartolomeo pumped ka headlining RFA 30 ka pel'a Fans a Nebraska,” o ile a re Smith. “Ha ke tsebe leha e le efe bahlabani le mofuta ofe oa tšehetso tsamaiso. U ke ke ua otla 3,000 batho ba. Hore lerata ke le ntle haholo karolo ea boraro monna ea gorole le ha ho motho ea ho shapa 'na Nebraska. Ke hōletse Nebraska City, Ke lula Omaha, le Ke ile ka lan qalo a Lincoln. My Fans a litoropong tseo tse tharo tla ba teng ho bona 'na win a senyang feshene ka September la bo18 la.”

Jardine (12-5) e hona joale thabela mosebetsi resurgence ea hae, hona joale hore o khutlela competing e le middleweight, moo a ileng a e-s'o ka lahleheloa ke. Jardine, ba competed ka makhetlo a mabeli bakeng sa UFC e le welterweight, nang le mosebetsi rekoto ya 7-0 ka 185-boima ba lik'hilograma tse. Seo se akarelletsa ho hlolang a hae ea ho qetela tse tharo ho tlisa lintoa, e leng kaofela etsahetse a headliners a ea lapeng la hae boemo ba Utah selemong sena. Jardine Credits hlooho ea hae se kene lekarecheng leo Rob Handley ka feletseng MMA a West Jordane, Utah ba hae morao tjena win streak ka middleweight 'me a talima ho parlay hore mathela ka mosebetsi hlalosang tlhōlo RFA 30, e leng a bona e le hae la khauta tekete khutlela ho UFC.

“Ke thabile haholo ho ba karolo ea e khōlō mokhatlo o hlophisitsoeng joaloka RFA,” Jardine o ile a re. “Mong le e mong oa tseba hore na RFA ke tsohle ka, ho ntshetsa pele holimo le tebello e le ho UFC vets khutlela ho e khōlō bontša. Sena se tla e khōlō ntoa bakeng sa Fans, moo mohlodi ka bonolo Punch bona tekete khutlela ho UFC. Hore ke sona seo ke rera pele ho etsa ka RFA 30.”
Ho sebdisana ka sehloohong ketsahalo ea RFA 30 e boetse e litšobotsi sebakeng seo ratang ka ho fetisisa, ea talimang ho khutlela ho UFC. Ne e tla ba Ryan “A na u lokile” Roberts (21-10-1), ba rata Smith, o boetse o a palame le botsitso ea tse hlano ntoa win streak. Roberts ka ho fetisisa morao tjena go tswela ntle moo hae e ne e e khahlang haholo ntoa nakong ena matha. O ile a khaotsa-'moho le eena UFC vet Junior Hernandez ka TKO la pele ho pota-pota ea libaka tlotla ntoa. Roberts hona joale batla ho khomarela hae ho hapa litsela tse hae RFA qalo.
“Ke hlompha ho bo loantša e le ho sebdisana ha ka sehloohong ketsahalo e RFA,” o ile a re Roberts. “Ke lumela ke e mong oa top featherweights ka lenane le tla khona ho bontša hore ka qete e le boima RFA vet, ea ka moqolo ho loantša ho tsoa Tennessee. Ho ba khona ho loana Lincoln le tla ho dumella e ngata ka Fans, metsoalle, le ba lelapa ho etsa e khutšoanyane ea leeto la le liven ka ba Pinnacle Bank Arena. Ke se ke ua ema ho phetha loana le bongata purumang phela ka AXS TV.”

Ba tsamaeang ka sera sa tšimong ho notlela linaka le Roberts tla ba e mong oa le ho feta haholo ebile o botsoalle le tse thabisang bahlabani a papali. Ne e tla ba mong haese Adama “Prime Time” Townsend (13-3), ke mang ea tla ho nyahlatsa sekolo ho fihlela featherweight bakeng sa ntoeng ena. Ea phahameng-octane Tennessean o ile a RFA qalo ka bobebe a May, e le karolo ea le RFA sehlopha se hlōla sehlopha sa Lefa bahlabani a ea bohlokoa ntshetso pele ya vs.. ntshetso pele ya ketsahalo e e ile ea etsahala Robinsonville, Mississippi. The flamboyant Townsend, hona joale o sheba ho reassert ka boeena o khahlanong le-'moho le eena RFA bahlabani.

“Ke thabile ka tla ho motho e mong motseng oa habo le whooping ba ka pel'a bona Fans,” Townsend o ile a re. “Ka botsepehi, Ke seholo haholo le ka tieo bakeng sa hae. Ke habonolo molemo ka ho fetisisa oke a ea kileng a a tobana le. Ke makala ha o ile a amohela ntoa. O ile a Mohlomong tla ho ea ka morao ka ntle ho ntoa-hang a qala ho shebella tape ho 'na.”
Sehlooho se reng loana a RFA 30 tla tšoaea ka ho khutla ha e mong oa Smith ea bophelo bohle metsoalle ea ho tloha Nebraska City. Ne e tla ba Darrick Minner, ke mang ea tla ho etsa hore bohlano ponahalo ea ka hare ho RFA octagon. Minner o gotten letsoho la hae hōletse tse tharo RFA ho tlisa lintoa, e akarelletsang win ka Marvin Blumer ka RFA 24 sena se fetileng March. Hore win e ne e le 'muso o hlaheletseng mosebetsi-hlalosang motsotso a e monyenyane oke ea mosebetsi e nang le ba bangata ba ipotsa hore na ea fihla a ka nyolohela papali ena. Monna labalabela ho a leke Minner ea bokgoni ba ke monna ea 'nileng a ho etsa hore naleli benya khanya ka hlōla haholo-touted le tebello e la hae la pele tse peli RFA ho tlisa lintoa. Ne e tla ba Matt Brown (10-4), ea nang le ntoa e mokhoa eerily a re hopotsang ho UFC welterweight naleli ba ya arolelanang bitsoang ka lona lebitso.
Hape ho lokiselitsoe hore khutlela RFA octagon o ka sehloohong karete ea RFA 30 ba pele e neng e RFA bobebe tlotla challenger Zach Juusola (10-3), tse 'nè ea nako e RFA vet Dan Moret (8-2), le pele e neng e University of Nebraska betana James Nakashima (3-0). Juusola tla tobana le Nebraska habo Robert Rojas (10-4) ka bobebe, Moret o amohela Krrish Grand Dawson (7-0) ka featherweight, mme Nakashima e tla qabana le balekane ba bona ba sa hlotsoeng ba boima ba 'mele ba Chance Recountre (7-0).
The RFA 30 selelekela card le fumana boitsebiso bo eketsehileng mabapi le ketsahalo ena e tla ile a phatlalatsa ka mor'a nakoana. RFA 30 e tla ba ntshetso pele ya ea botšelela ketsahalo ho nka habité a Nebraska tloha ha e thehoa a 2011. Eohle ka sehloohong karete ya ea RFA 30 tla televised phela le naheng ka bophara ka AXS TV ka 10 p.m. LE / 7 p.m. PT ka Labohlano, September la bo18 la.
Please visit RFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. RFA is also on Facebook at Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram ka RFAfighting, and Twitter at RFAfighting.

RFA RETURNS TO THE CORNHUSKER STATE

 

RFA 30 at the Pinnacle Bank Arena
in Lincoln, Nebraska


FEATURING:
Nebraska MMA Stars
Anthony Smith, Ryan Roberts, le
Darrick Minner


HAPE:
James Nakashima and Kevin Gray
Labohlano, SEPTEMBER la bo18 la PHELA ON AXSTV
PHELA at Sanford Pentagon a Sioux Falls, SD
Tickets ka Sale Friday July 31st ka Ticketmaster.com
Las Vegas, Nevada – Tsoho Fighting Alliance (RFA) president Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will return home to its roots in Nebraska with RFA 30 ka September. Ntshetso pele ya tšoaroa ea eona ea pele bontša ka “Cornhusker State” ka December 2011 and has since promoted MMA events in 13 states across 3 nako ka libaka. RFA 30 tla etsahala Labohlano, September la bo18 la inside the state-of-the-art Pinnacle Bank Arena located in the state’s capital city of Lincoln, Nebraska. Eohle ka sehloohong karete tla televised phela le naheng ka bophara ka AXS TV kwa 10 p.m. LE / 7 p.m. PT.

RFA started in Nebraska and a lot of our history happened in the great “Cornhusker State”, stated Saores. “I’m happy to announce that we will be bringing the promotion back to its birthplace with RFA 30.
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Scheduled to fight at RFA 30 in the RFA’s highly-anticipated return to Nebraska are three of the state’s biggest MMA stars. Anthony “Lionheart” Smith (22-11), Ryan Roberts (20-10-1), and Darrick Minner (13-4) are all slated to compete on the main card. Smith and Roberts, who are both veterans of the UFC, will be making their RFA debut in front of their home crowd. Ntango wana, Minner is a longtime RFA fan favorite. This will be his fifth appearance for the promotion.
Also scheduled to return to the “Cornhusker State” is former University of Nebraska wrestler James Nakashima. The Cornhusker wrestling standout was a main training partner of 2012 Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs during their time on the wrestling mats in Lincoln. Nakashima now trains at The MMA LAB in Glendale, Arizona and is widely-considered one of the most promising welterweight prospects in the sport. He will be competing for the RFA for a third time this year just like Nebraska based flyweight prospect KevinPocket HercGray. This will be the fourth overall appearance for Gray in the RFA.
The RFA 30 ntoa karete, bout announcements, le fumana boitsebiso bo eketsehileng mabapi le ketsahalo ena e tla ile a phatlalatsa ka mor'a nakoana. RFA 30 e tla ba ntshetso pele ya ea botšelela ketsahalo ho nka habité a Nebraska tloha ha e thehoa a 2011. Eohle ka sehloohong karete ya ea RFA 30 tla televised phela le naheng ka bophara ka AXS TV ka 10 p.m. LE / 7 p.m. PT ka Labohlano, September la bo18 la.
Please visit RFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. RFA is also on Facebook at Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram ka RFAfighting, and Twitter at RFAfighting.
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