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I-LFA, ubuciko bokulwa exubile, MMA, UFC

LFA LAUNCHING PAD: LFA SENDS 9 FIGHTERS TO UFC IN 30 DAYS

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THE SUMMER OF LFA

LFA ALUM IMPRESS IN THE UFC:
TITLE SHOTS, BONUSES and RECORD BREAKERS
4 SHOWS IN 4 WEEKS:
LFA SET TO VISIT 4 STATES IN 4 WEEKS
Houston, Texas – Legacy Fighting Alliance (I-LFA) has had a busy summer. In last month’s newsletter, it was reported that LFA alum accumulated $200,000 in UFC bonus money in the month of June, former RFA headliner Zach Freeman secured an “Upset of the Year” nominee in New York City, and three inaugural LFA titles were awarded to get the summer started.

LFA LAUNCHING PAD
The summer continued to heat up in July. The UFC hosted 5 events along with the first 3 episodes of UFC President Dana White’s new weekly web series titled “Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series” throughout the month.
The number of LFA alum that participated in those events was staggering. 19 fighters that have fought for LFA or the two promotions that merged to create it (RFA and Legacy FC) competed in the UFC. UFC 213 headliner Valentina Shevchenko would have made that 20 fighters, but Amanda Nunes withdrew from their title fight on the day of the fight.
The presence of LFA alum on Dana White’s new show was just as impressive. In the first three episodes that aired in July, 17 of the 30 competitors (56.6%) had previously competed for LFA, RFA, or Legacy FC. Each of the three episodes also featured two “LFA vs. I-LFA” emidlalweni. The most impressive stat, Nokho, is the fact that an LFA fighter was signed by Dana White off of each episode.
That trend carried over into August with a fourth LFA fighter being signed to the UFC off of the fourth episode of “Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series”. The four LFA stars signed off of the show so far are Boston Salmon (Week 1), Sean O’Malley (Week 2), Geoff Neal (Week 3), and Julian Marquez (Week 4). There are currently 32 fighters from LFA scheduled to compete on theTuesday might summer series. LFA also currently has 19 alum ranked in the latest UFC fighter rankings.
LFA ALUM IMPRESS IN THE UFC
While former LFA fighters impressed in the UFC last month with the sheer number of participants, what they accomplished in those bouts is even more important. Perhaps the biggest shining star of the bunch was former RFA featherweight champion Brian Ortega. The man known as “T-City” improved his perfect record to 12-0 and saw his UFC fighter ranking move up to #6 emhlabeni.
Ortega did this by breaking his own UFC record at UFC 214 on July 29th. Going into his bout with fellow unbeaten star Renato Moicano, Ortega held the UFC record for most consecutive third round finishes. He extended that streak by submitting Moicano in the final frame with a $50,000 UFC “Performance of the Night” bonus winning Guillotine Choke.
The following Saturday at UFC Fight Night 114, RFA great Dustin Ortiz broke another UFC record to secure his own $50,000 UFC “Performance of the Night” bonus. Ortiz accomplished this feat by knocking out Hector Sandoval in 15-seconds to record the fastest finish in UFC flyweight history. His teammate and former RFA flyweight champion Sergio Pettis happened to headline the same card. Pettis won his marquee bout against Brandon Moreno unanimously in a pivotal battle between two Top 10 ranked UFC flyweights.
The UFC will be off for the next few weeks, but September looks to be just as big for the LFA greats competing inside the famed UFC Octagon. UFC 215 on September 9th will feature two LFA alum challenging for UFC world titles. Legacy FC great Ray Borg will headline the card for a shot at the UFC flyweight title, while Shevchenko will finally get a crack at the UFC women’s bantamweight title in the co-main event. Seven other LFA alum have UFC bouts already announced for next month as well.
4 SHOWS IN 4 WEEKS
LFA started August with the first title defense in the promotion’s history. Two of the inaugural LFA champions that were just crowned in June (Eryk Anders and Roberto Sanchez) have already made their UFC debut, but LFA featherweight champion Kevin “Angel of Death” Aguilar was able to defend his title in the main event of LFA 18 lokhu esidlule Friday. He did so by sweeping the scorecards against a very game challenger in #1 contender and world-class BJJ black belt Justin Rader.
LFA is now set to end the summer with four shows in four weeks in four different states. The quadruple-header starts next week in South Dakota at LFA 19. The promotion then heads east to Minnesota the following week at LFA 20. LFA kicks off first day of September in Missouri at LFA 21. Then the final leg of the four week trip will go down in Colorado at LFA 22.
I-LFA 19 – Michaud vs. Rodrigues ithatha indawo Friday, August 18th at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The event will serve as the second LFA event to take place in the state of South Dakota. RFA visited “The State Mount Rushmore” four times before the merger. I-LFA 19 is headlined with a welterweight war between three-time UFC vet David “Bulldawg” Michaud (11-3) and Brazilian powerhouse Ciro “Bad Boy” Rodrigues (20-7).

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I-LFA 20 – Curry vs. Barnes ithatha indawo Friday, August 25th at the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake, Minnesota. The event will serve as the third LFA event to take place in the state of Minnesota. RFA and Legacy FC hosted a combined nine events in the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” before the merger. I-LFA 20 is headlined with a welterweight showdown between rising star Chad “Blitz” Curry and former RFA title challenger Nick “The Phoenix” Barnes.
LFA 21 – Noblitt vs. Branjão ithatha indawo Friday, September 1st at the Branson Convention Center in Branson, Missouri. The event will serve as the first LFA event to take place in the state of Missouri. RFA visited the “Show Me State” four times before the merger. I-LFA 21 is headlined with a light-heavyweight battle between undefeated American prospect Kyle James Noblitt (8-0) and undefeated Brazilian prospect Antônio Paulo “Montanha” Branjão (4-0).
I-LFA 22 – Heinisch vs. Perez ithatha indawo Friday, September 8 at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado. The event will serve as the third LFA event to take place in the state of Colorado. RFA visited “The Centennial State” eight times before the merger. I-LFA 22 is headlined with an LFA middleweight title fight between Colorado’s own Ian “The Hurricane” Heinisch (8-0) and Brazilian dynamo Markus “Maluko” Perez (8-0).
The entire main card of these four events will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 9 p.m. KANYE / 6 p.m. PT.
Ngo-September 2016, RFA and Legacy FC officials announced that they would be merging to form the premier developmental organization in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) starting in January 2017. RFA and Legacy FC have launched the careers of over 100 athletes that have reached the pinnacle of MMA by competing in the UFC.
Sicela uvakashele LFAfighting.com ngoba iziqubu izibuyekezo nolwazi. LFA is on Facebook at Legacy Fighting Alliance. LFA is also on Instagram at @LFAfighting futhi Twitter at @LFAfighting.
ubuciko bokulwa exubile, MMA

LFA RETURNS TO MINNESOTA IN AUGUST

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I-LFA 20 – CURRY vs. BARNES

ISENZAKALO MAIN:
CHAD “BLITZ” CURRY
vs.
NICK “THE PHOENIX” BARNES
WELTERWEIGHT SHOWDOWN
CO-MAIN UMCIMBI:
BOBBY “THE WOLFMAN” MOFFETT
vs.
“NASTY” NATE JENNERMAN
Featherweight IMPI
OKUNINGI:
Women’s MMA Pioneer
KELLY “BLOOD RED” KOBOLD
vs.
Knockout Artist
CHRISTINE “KNUCKLES” STANLEY
ULWESIHLANU, AUGUST 25th LIVE on AXS TV
LIVE at the MYSTIC SHOWROOM in PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA
Tickets are on sale NOW through MysticLake.com
Houston, Texas – Legacy Fighting Alliance (I-LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced today that the LFA will make its third trip to Minnesota at the end of August with a welterweight headliner and the return of two revered Minnesotans.
The main event of LFA 20 will feature a welterweight war between rising star Chad “Blitz” Curry and former RFA title challenger Nick “The Phoenix” Barnes. I-LFA 20 – Curry vs. Barnes takes place Friday, August 25th at the Mystic Lake Showroom in Prior Lake, Minnesota. Lonke ikhadi main uzobe isiqephu bukhoma futhi lonke on AXS TV at 9 p.m. KANYE / 6 p.m. PT.
“I’m happy to bring the LFA back to Minnesota for a third time this year”, Soares esibekiwe. “We have a great history of bringing exciting fights to the area, and this card will continue that tradition. Both Curry and Barnes have shown to be aggressive, physical fighters, and I really want to see how this match up plays out. Mystic Lake has been a great partner and we look forward to bringing LFA 20 to the Mystic Lake Showroom on August 25th.”
Tickets for LFA 20 – Curry vs. Barnes are available for purchase NOW at MysticLake.com.
Curry (9-1) has transformed himself from one of Minnesota’s most popular fighters to one of the sport’s most exciting and promising prospects. The man aptly known as “Blitz” has decimated his last two opponents since moving up to welterweight. Empeleni, all nine men that he has defeated, never saw the final round. Curry is able to do this by utilizing a unique blend of technical grappling and stout ground-and-pound. The 27-year-old Minnesotan now faces a huge test as he gets set to headline his first televised event at LFA 20.
Barnes (11-2) makes his LFA debut roughly twelve months after competing for the RFA welterweight world title. The Wyoming native, who now calls San Diego, California home, has taken the time since that fight to strengthen his already formidable skill set. After coming up short in that title fight to a man who was then immediately signed to the UFC, the 26-year-old known as “The Phoenix” will look to live by the famous words of S.A. Sachs: “Hope rises like a Phoenix from the ashes of shattered dreams.” The Phoenix will look to rise again at LFA 20.
The co-main event of LFA 20 will feature a highly-anticipated match-up between two of the promotion’s top featherweightcontenders. Bobby “The Wolfman” Moffett (9-2) futhi “Nasty” Nate Jennerman (9-2) will face off in a high-stakes affair as the two contenders jockey for position at the top of the division. The pair of featherweight standouts share more than just identical records. They both have roots in the famed RFA promotion. Moffett who trains at The MMA LAB in Glendale, Arizona competed three times for the RFA. Khonamanjalo, Jennerman who trains at Roufusport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin finished his amateur career for the promotion.
The main card of LFA 20 will also feature the return of women’s MMA pioneer Kelly “Blood Red” Kobold. After a six and a half year hiatus from the sport, she will take on knockout artist Christine “Knuckles” Stanley.
Kobold (18-3-1) is one of the most respected women in the sport. She has enjoyed an illustrious professional MMA career that dates back fifteen years. A true pioneer in women’s MMA, the warrior known as “Blood Red” has been there moving behind the scenes, cutting a bloody path through the ages until suddenly, just like that, she up and disappeared in 2011. Now she is back at 125-pounds, ready to stake a claim at the top of the division.
Stanley (5-3) will be the woman waiting to welcome Kobold back to the sport she helped pioneer. The San Diego native has built a career around an explosive striking base that has earned her a reputation as one of the most feared knockout artists in the division. The RFA vet holds one of the fastest knockouts in combat sports. That knockout came in 5-seconds with a highlight reel Flying Spinning Hook Kick back in 2014. “Knuckles” has earned four of her five wins by way of KO or TKO and now looks to pick up the biggest win of her career at LFA 20.
IKhadi Main (Televised on AXS TV at 9 p.m. KANYE / 6 p.m. PT):
Indawo Main | Welterweight Bout (170 LB)
– Chad Curry (9-1) vs. Nick Barnes (11-2)
Co-Main Event | Featherweight Bout (145 LB)
– Bobby Moffett (9-2) vs. Nate Jennerman (9-2)
Bout Esilula (155 LB)
– Travis Perzynski (21-9) vs. Carl Wittstock (9-1)
Women’s Flyweight Bout (125 LB)
– Kelly Kobold (18-3-1) vs. Christine Stanley (5-3)
Bout Esilula (155 LB)
– Bobby Lee (6-1) vs. Ashkan Morvari (13-6)
Bout Esilula (155 LB)
– Jeff Peterson (7-4) vs. Brandon Jenkins (10-4)
Bantamweight Bout (135 LB)
Mitch White (3-1) vs. Jesse Wannemacher (3-1)
Ngo-September 2016, RFA and Legacy FC officials announced that they would be merging to form the premier developmental organization in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) starting in January 2017. RFA and Legacy FC have launched the careers of over 100 athletes that have reached the pinnacle of MMA by competing in the UFC.
I-LFA 20 will be the third LFA event to take place in the state of Minnesota. RFA and Legacy FC hosted a combined nine events in the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” before the merger. Six of those events took place under the RFA banner inside the Mystic Lake Showroom. The entire main card of LFA 20 uzobe isiqephu bukhoma futhi lonke phezu AXS TV at 9 p.m. KANYE / 6 p.m. PT.
Sicela uvakashele LFAfighting.com ngoba iziqubu izibuyekezo nolwazi. LFA is on Facebook at Legacy Fighting Alliance. LFA is also on Instagram at @LFAfighting futhi Twitter at @LFAfighting.
ubuciko bokulwa exubile, RFA

RFA UBUYELA ezweni 10,000 Lakes WITH BLUMER vs HIGO

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ISENZAKALO MAIN:
Melvin “WOKUZIPHILISA Killer” BLUMER
vs
Leandro “PITBULL” HIGO
BANTAMWEIGHT Yimpi
ULWESIHLANU, NOVEMBA 6th PHILA ON AXS TV
LIVE from Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
Amathikithi on Sale Manje ngesikhathi Ticketmaster.com
Las Vegas, Nevada – Uvuko Ukulwa Alliance (RFA) Umengameli Ed Soares umemezele namuhla ukuthi ukugqugquzelwa uzobuyela Minnesota kanye RFA 32 – Blumer vs.. Higo in November. Lo mcimbi main izoba amelana bantamweight phakathi ezimbili amathemba ukukhuthazwa ethakazelisayo kakhulu njengoba Melvin Minnesota uqobo “Career Killer” Blumer alwe ugesi Brazilian Leandro “Pitbull” Fig. RFA 32 – Blumer vs.. Higo kuyokwenzeka Friday, November 6 inside the Mystic Showroom in Prior Lake, Minnesota. Lonke ikhadi main uzobe isiqephu bukhoma futhi lonke on AXS TV at 10 p.m. KANYE / 7 p.m. PT.
“Melvin Blumer futhi Leandro Higo kokubili iza off onqobayo omkhulu phezu zangaphambili RFA isihloko Challengers”, Soares esibekiwe. “Angikwazi ukulinda sibone ukuthi kwenzekani uma lezi isinyathelo ezimbili ngaphakathi RFA octagon ndawonye RFA 32 e Prior Lake, Minnesota.”
Amathikithi for RFA 32 – Blumer vs.. Higo ayatholakala ukuthenga at Ticketmaster.com or the Mystic Box Office at952-445-9000 You can also support your favorite fighter by purchasing your tickets through CageTix.com/RFA.
Blumer (12-2) returns to the the building where he recorded a front-runner for “KO of the Year” lokhu March at RFA esidlule 24. Wanqoba RFA DEBUT yakhe nge obukhazimulayo obufana emuva isandla KO phezu yensimbi-chinned MMA iphayona Jeff Curran. The KO weza ezimbili nje imizuzwana kwesokunxele emzuliswaneni wokuqala ngendlela kwaba nje eshaqisayo njengoba owayekhuluma. Ukubaluleka win Blumer lalingu ukuthi wabonisa izwe lokho Upper Midwest asazile iminyaka… Melvin Blumer kuyinto talent ekhethekile uqeda mpi kuphi nganoma yisiphi isikhathi. Manje Blumer ukulungele ukuthatha isinyathelo esilandelayo career yakhe by ubhekene nesinye elite yaseBrazil.
“I am ngaphezu happy ukuba umcimbi main for RFA lapho ngingafaka ayithintayo yokuqedela on a RFA embondelene 32 ikhadi,” washo Blumer. “Ngangineminyaka impi wokugcina Leandro Higo lapho eseqedile a guy ukuthi nje wahamba kwamarounds ayisihlanu Champ. I nakanjani awuboni le mpi uya ibanga, kodwa mina ukubheka phambili ukubanjwa isandla sami ephakanyiswe ngomunye abaphikisi ezinzima lifanele.”
Fig (14-2) wenza isitatimende RFA DEBUT yakhe ngenyanga edlule ngesikhathi RFA 29, ethi ayifane ukubaluleka RFA DEBUT Blumer sika. Like nje Blumer, eseqedile Umphikisi owayesanda gone 5-emahlandla nge Ezingakanqotshwa RFA iqhawe in ukuvakasha yabo yakamuva. Higo wakwazi ukuhambisa Terrion Ware nge esemuva Naked Choke kanye imizuzwana emibili nje ezisele mpi zabo. The win, futhi like Blumer, wazibonakalisa lokho abalandeli Higo lalapha e Brazil bebethi iminyaka… Leandro Higo ungomunye phezulu fighters up-no-iza MMA. Manje Higo umagange abhekane Blumer empini amabili ethokozisa isimanga kanye ethembisa namathemba bantamweight MMA sika.
“Ukuze kusihloko RFA 32, i show international, umuzwa omkhulu,” Kubabaza Higo. “I’m very happy to be a part of RFA and my main goal is to become the champion and no one will stop me from achieving that. After my last fight I met Melvin and his brother. Ngangicabanga kade kusukela kwelinye ikilasi isisindo ngoba uku big kakhulu, eliqinile. Ngaze babenza kanye Pedro Falcao like “Bheka ukuthi Pedrinho, ubukhulu guys sizobe kufanele bathathe phansi (UYAHLEKA)”.
“Saba nokuxhumana omuhle, nakuba singazi abakhuluma ulimi esilukhulumayo, sasiba nesikhathi esihle. Kubonakala sengathi a guy pretty cool, Ngithanda ukucabanga nami ngiyingxenye eyodwa ngedwa, so it wasn’t difficult. I’m sure we’ll have a great duel, uye ovela win big, Ngithathe ovela win big, futhi ngikholwa owawina kule mpi ngeke ukulwela ibhande. Sabe uzoba RFA iqhawe elisha futhi negama lakhe liyoba Leandro Higo.”
Futhi ihlelelwe ukulwa RFA 32 e ukubuya RFA ukuba Minnesota ezintathu enkulu MMA izinkanyezi yembuso. Owabe RFA welterweight iqhawe Benjamin Smith (14-3), umfowabo elifana nsé of Melvin Blumer kanye nezinye uhhafu kwaqashwa “Bash Brothers” Marvin Blumer (11-5), futhi phezulu yembuso zibalwa engasindi Chad Curry (7-0) ngubani isiqedile wonke eziyisikhombisa ukulwa kwakhe. Smith, Blumer, futhi Curry konke Kuhlelwe ukuba ukuncintisana ekhadini main of RFA 32.
Nakuba abaphikisi Smith kuyothathwa umemezele maduze, Blumer futhi Curry ukuthi bangobani uyobhekana at RFA 32. Mpi Blumer wesithathu e-RFA uyofika kwabanye RFA vet Bill Kamery (13-4). Kamery kwamukelwe wakhe wokugcina amathathu baphikisi futhi ubheka ukuqhubeka ukuthi streak ukubuya kwakhe kuze RFA. Khonamanjalo, Curry uyokwenza RFA DEBUT yakhe ngokumelene Landon Vannata (6-0) in a battle of undefeated lightweight prospects. Vannata was originally set to make his promotional debut at RFA 28 ngenyanga edlule, kodwa imbangi yakhe uhoxile ukulwa ngosuku nesisindo-in. Manje Vannata is abebenokwenziwa, ngomumo, futhi bemagange ekugcineni ukwandisa ngezinyawo octagon RFA.
The full RFA 32 fight ikhadi and ukwaziswa okwengeziwe ngokuqondene nalesi senzakalo ngeke kumemezela maduze. RFA 32 kuyoba umcimbi ukukhuthazwa wesithathu ukuthatha indawo isimo Minnesota. Lonke ikhadi main of RFA 32 uzobe isiqephu bukhoma futhi lonke phezu AXS TV at 10 p.m. KANYE / 7 p.m. PT on Friday, November 6.
Sicela uvakashele RFAfighting.com ngoba iziqubu izibuyekezo nolwazi. RFA futhi on Facebook at Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram at RFAfighting, futhi Twitter at RFAfighting.
About RFA: RFA kuyinto professional exubile karate ukukhuthazwa ukuthi unikeza izinkanyezi ekuphumeni kanye kwabazabalazayo top ithuba lokubonisa ngamakhono abo ukuba abalandeli kanye nabaholi embonini. The RFA presents izenzakalo ezenzeka bukhoma njalo ngenyanga emhlabeni United States kuhlanganise Las Vegas, I-Los Angeles, Denver and Milwaukee. RFA kuyabonakala bukhoma in phezu 43 amakhaya million kuzwelonke ngethelevishini yayo deal with AXS TV. Ngokusekelwe ku Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA ingenye esebenzayo kakhulu futhi ehlonishwa izinhlangano MMA in the mdlalo ekhula ngokushesha emhlabeni. (The Octagon, Ultimate Ukulwa Championship®, UFC®, kanye ayisishiyagalombili emaceleni ukuncintisana mat and yezinyoni design yizimpawu zokuthengisa eziphethwe kuphela by Zuffa ababhalisiwe, LLC. Wonke Amalungelo Agodliwe).

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