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LFA, whakauru toi hōia, MMA

LFA BRINGS WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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LFA 54 – MAZO vs. YARIWAKI

MAHI MAIN:

LFA WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION
SABINA “COLOMBIAN QUEEN” MAZO
vs.
LFA WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT TITLE CHALLENGER
CAROLINE “JAPA” YARIWAKI
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT WORLD TITLE FIGHT
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16th LIVE on AXS TV
LIVE at COSTA MESA HALL
OC FAIR & EVENT CENTER
COSTA MESA, California
Tickets are on sale NOW through LFAtix.com

Las Vegas, Nevada – LFA CEO Ed Soares announced today that LFA will return to southern California in November with a women’s flyweight title fight headlining LFA 54.

 

 

 

The main event of LFA 54 will bring a highly-anticipated women’s world title fight to Orange County. The headliner will see undefeated LFA women’s flyweight champion Sabina “Colombian Queen” Mazo defend her title against BJJ black belt and Brazilian stalwart Caroline “Japa” Yariwaki. LFA 54 – Mazo vs. Yariwaki takes place Friday, November 16th at Costa Mesa Hall at the OC Fair & Center Takahanga i Costa Mesa, California. Ka teata te kāri matua katoa ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT.

 

 

 

“I am excited to bring the LFA women’s flyweight championship to southern California”, Ua parau Soares. “This will be our sixth show in my home state of California. Sabina Mazo is excited to defend her title in her adopted hometown after she recently had an opponent pull out just a few days before her last fight. Mazo will now face top Brazilian prospect Caroline “Japa” Yariwaki at LFA 54.”

 

 

 

Tickets for LFA 54 – Mazo vs. Yariwaki are available for purchase NOW at LFAtix.com.

 

 

 

Mazo (5-0) is the 21-year-old LFA women’s flyweight champion. The Colombian wunderkind signed with LFA when she was 19-years-old and took the MMA world by storm in 2017. She burst on to the global scene three weeks after her 20th birthday at LFA 9. This happened when she knocked out 82nd Airborne Army veteran Jamie Thorton with a jaw-dropping head kick that went viral on mainstream media and MMA media outlets alike. The Kings MMA product doubled-down in her sophomore appearance for LFA by knocking out Minnesota National Guard member Linsey Williams with a nearly identical first round head kick at LFA 23. Te “Colombian Queen” finally received her crown this past April. The title winning performance came courtesy of a unanimous decision over Shannon Sinn at LFA 37, which saw Mazo provide a brilliant display boxing and clinch work, as well as her signature Muay Thai skills. The Medellín, Colombia native now looks to begin her reign as champion with another masterful performance at LFA 54.

 

 

 

Yariwaki (7-2) will be making her highly-anticipated international MMA debut after building a name for herself in her home country of Brazil. The 31-year-old is a second degree black belt in Jiu-Jitsu that just celebrated seven years of being a black belt in her country’s most famous martial art on October 7th. Her head coach is her husband Werique Silva, who is a black belt in the Chinese martial art of Sanda. Yariwaki has a purple belt in Sanda and has used her well-rounded skill set to gain a reputation as a relentless finisher in her native Brazil. The Strong Team co-founder made her professional debut in 2016 roaa a kua 7 wins in her career, while finishing 86% of those opponents. Yariwaki is known by her nickname “Japa”, because she was born in Brazil to Japanese descendants just like fellow Belém, Brazil native Lyoto Machida. Yariwaki will look to follow her fellow Belemense’s success in the sport by capturing LFA gold. History will also be made at LFA 54 as Mazo vs. Yariwaki will be the first women’s bout to headline and LFA event.

 

 

Currently Announced Main Card (Televised on AXS TV at 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT):

 

 

 

 

 

Takahanga Main | Women’s Flyweight Title Bout (125 LB)

– Sabina Mazo (5-0) vs. Caroline Yariwaki (7-2)

 

 

 

 

 

I roto i te 2017, RFA and Legacy FC merged to form LFA, the premier developmental organization in Mixed Martial Arts. The combined forces of LFA launched the careers of over 140 athletes that have reached the pinnacle of MMA by competing in the UFC. I te Mei 2018, the promotion joined the London Trust Media Holdings group of companies.

 

 

 

LFA 54 will be the sixth LFA event to take place in the state of California. RFA hosted eight events inside “The Golden State” before the merger. The entire main card of LFA 54 Ka teata ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT.

 

 

 

Haere ki LFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. LFA is on Facebook at Legacy Fighting Alliance. LFA is also on Instagram at @LFAfighting and Twitter at @LFAfighting.

LFA, whakauru toi hōia, MMA

LFA STARTS 2018 WITH 1-2-3 PUNCH!

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LFA 30 MAHI MAIN:
“CURTIOUS”
CURTIS MILLENDER
vs.
“THE PHOENIX”
NICK BARNES
WELTERWEIGHT WAR
FRIDAY, JANUARY 12th LIVE on AXS TV
COSTA MESA HALL AT OC FAIR GROUNDS
COSTA MESA, California
Tīkiti ON Tuhinga 12-11-17 AT CAGETIX.COM
LFA 31 MAHI MAIN:
“THE WOLFMAN”
BOBBY MOFFETT
vs.
KNOCKOUT SENSATION
THANH LE
INTERIM FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD TITLE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 19th LIVE on AXS TV
COMERICA THEATRE
Phoenix, Arizona
Tīkiti ON Tuhinga 12-11-17 AT COMERICATHEATRE.COM
LFA 32 CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLEHEADER:
“ALL IN”
BRENDAN ALLEN
vs.
“FLUFFY”
ANTHONY HERNANDEZ
WORLD whitu TITLE
+
“Superman”
RYAN SPANN
vs.
“THE SPARTAN”
ALEX NICHOLSON
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD TITLE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 26th LIVE on AXS TV
GOLDEN NUGGET HOTEL & Casino
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA

TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT TICKETMASTER.COM

Las Vegas, Nevada – Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced the promotion will kick off 2018 ki te 1-2-3 punch in January with a trio of star-studded shows in California, Arizona, and Louisiana.

The main event of LFA 30 will feature the long-awaited clash between southern California kingpins and top LFA welterweights “Curtious” Curtis Millender and Nick “The Phoenix” Barnes. LFA 30 – Millender vs. Barnes takes place Rāmere, January 12th at Costa Mesa Hall at OC Fair Grounds in Costa Mesa, California.
The following week, LFA heads to Arizona with a fierce interim featherweight title fight in the Valley of the Sun. I roto i te hui matua, former RFA title challenger and BJJ black belt Bobby “Ko te Wolfman” Moffett battles knockout sensation Thanh Le for the LFA interim featherweight title. LFA 31 – Moffett vs. Le takes place Rāmere, January 19th at the Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona.
LFA caps the month of January with a pair of title fights in southern Louisiana. I roto i te hui matua, former LFA title challenger Brendan “All In” Allen faces top undefeated prospect Anthony “Fluffy” Hernandez for the vacant LFA middleweight title. I roto i te tahi-headliner, red-hot Ryan “Superman” Spann will lock horns with UFC vet Alex “The Spartan” Nicholson for the inaugural LFA light-heavyweight title. LFA 32 – Allen vs. Hernandez takes place Rāmere, January 26th at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
The entire main card of all three of these events will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 9 p.m. AND / 6 p.m. PT.
“I’m excited to kick off 2018 with three straight weeks of LFA action across the country”, Ua parau Soares. “Curtis Millender and Nick Barnes are coming off big wins in LFA headliners and will meet in the main event of LFA 30 in southern California on January 12th. The following week, we head to Arizona with top contenders Bobby Moffett and Thanh Le meeting for the interim featherweight title in the main event LFA 31. We finish the month with two title fights at LFA 32 in southern Louisiana. Brendan Allen faces Anthony Hernandez for the vacant middleweight title in the main event and Ryan Spann will take on Alex Nicholson for the inaugural light-heavyweight title in the co-headliner.”
Mill pito (13-3) returns home to the building where he fought and won his first seven fights. The Orange County juggernaut is looking to build off a perfect 2017 where he won three fights, including back-to-back LFA headliners. His most recent win came via highlight reel Head Kick KO in the main event of LFA 24. Millender will meet Barnes (12-2) in a long-awaited showdown between two of southern California’s finest. The welterweight stars started their careers in the southern California regional circuit, moved on to Bellator, and will finally meet in the main event of LFA 30. Barnes, like Millender, is coming off an impressive win in an LFA headliner.
The main event of LFA 31 is a fight that casual fans and MMA purists alike are salivating over. It pits a rugged and accomplished BJJ black belt in Moffett (10-2) against one of the most dynamic strikers in all of MMA in Le (7-1) with the LFA interim featherweight title on the line. I te pepa, this is a textbook grappler vs. striker bout at its highest form. Heoi, both men bring so much more to the table than what their respective martial arts backgrounds represent. Moffett, who trains out of The MMA Lab, has shown a willingness to throw down with anyone, while Le trains with BJJ wunderkind and UFC star Ryan Hall in northern Virginia.
LFA will conclude its busy month of January with a pair of title tilts in southern Louisiana. LFA standout and Louisiana native Allen (8-2) will get a second shot at LFA gold after going five rounds with current UFC star Eryk Anders for the inaugural LFA middleweight title in June. Allen quickly rebounded six weeks later with a submission win in the co-main event of LFA 18. He will face another highly-touted undefeated prospect for the title. This time it comes in the form of the northern California destroyer Hernandez (5-0). The man known as “Fluffy” has finished everyone he has faced inside the first round.
The co-main event of LFA 32 will crown the inaugural LFA light-heavyweight champion. Spann (12-5) is a former Legacy FC title challenger that will look to capture LFA gold in front of his home crowd. “Superman” is riding considerable momentum heading into this fight after dispatching a pair of top contenders in the first round of his last two bouts at LFA 23 and LFA 27. He will face Nicholson (10-4) who has been a man on fire since his four-fight run with the UFC ended in May. The Florida native has been a tour de force since then as he looks to make his way back. In the past two months, “The Spartan” has knocked out three quality opponents in grand total of 3 minutes and 28 hēkona.
I roto i te Mahuru 2016, Legacy FC and RFA officials announced that they would be merging to form the premier developmental organization in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tīmata i roto i te marama o Hānuere 2017. Legacy FC and RFA have launched the careers of over 150 athletes that have reached the pinnacle of MMA by competing in the UFC.
Haere ki LFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. LFA is on Facebook at Legacy Fighting Alliance. LFA is also on Instagram at @LFAfighting and Twitter at @LFAfighting.
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Michael Farenas to make comeback on Fight Club OC card June 1st

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COSTA MESA, Pērā i (Kia 2, 2017) – They say it’s never is too late to start a comeback, and for lightweight contender Michael Farenas (44-5-4, 33 Kos), the comeback starts Rāpare, Pipiri 1
st when he enters the ring for the first time in nearly two years. The eight-round bout will take place on Roy Englebrecht’s “Whawhai Club OC” show in The Hangar at the OC Fair & Center Takahanga i Costa Mesa, Pērā i.
Having fought some of the top Jr. lightweight out there over the past five years, which include Yuriorkis Gamboa, Jose Padraza, a Fernando Beltran ki te whakaingoa i te tahi, Farenas believes he still has some gas left in his tank.
“It’s been a long journey to get back in the ring, but now that time has come,” said Michael Farenas. “I’m in great shape and I feel my skill and experience will help me on my comeback.”
Will new managers Bill Halkias a Germaine Gillies crafting his career and new trainers Marvin Somodio a Jesse Arevalo i roto i tona kokonga, the new look Farenas will have another opportunity to march toward a world title.
“This bout will take place at one hundred and forty pounds, but my plan is to campaign at lightweight,” said Farenas, who fought Takashi Uchiyama for the WBA World super featherweight title. “I know with hard work, I can make another run toward another world title.”
Under new management and a new trainer, “Hammer Fist” as he is called, will look to bring that Filipino fighting spirit back to his career.
Tickets for the Thursday, Pipiri 1st Fight Club OC show in The Hangar at the OC Fair & Center Takahanga i Costa Mesa, CA are on sale at www.fightcluboc.com.
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Raoni BARCELOS vs. JAMAL PARKS BJJ BLACK BELT MEETS ALL AMERICAN WRESTLER IN FEATURE BOUT AT RFA 23

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RFA 23 – Murphy vs. Ware
MAHI MAIN:
JOE Murphy vs. TERRION Ware
TITLE WORLD Kōmāmā
CO-MAIN MAHI:
Gabriel vs CHECCO. JOE HENLE
Whitu pupūtanga
LALAHÍ FIGHT:
Raoni BARCELOS vs. Jamal Parks
Rima tekau mā whitu a'ee
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 ORA ON AXSTV
Ora i te Hangar i te OC Fair & Center Takahanga i Costa Mesa, California
Tīkiti i runga i te Sale i roto i CageTix.com/RFA

I roto i te MMA, rite te nuinga o hākinakina, i reira he he pehē tawhito i hanga rongonui i te kaiwhakaari Will Smith e pehē, “Ki te noho rite koe, e kore koutou e whai ki te whiwhi rite.” Ko tetahi o nga parau tumu e te ora nei Oklahoma Māori me te maramara puru MMA amanaki Jamal Parks i. Parks hoatu aua kupu o te whakaaro nui ki te whai tonu i tēnei wiki mua. Just rima nga ra e tangohia i te rima i tona mahi wikitoria MMA i te rima whakataetae, Vēkeveke tali Parks te wero muri te aroaro ki a ia i roto i tona mahi tu'aro kua mīharo.

Ka haere mai taua titauraa i te takoha tūturu whetu RFA Sam Toomer i atu o RFA o muri wiki 23 kāri i roto i te Costa Mesa, California ki te mate paturu te mutunga i roto i tona puni whakangungu. Toomer i whakatakotoria ki te kanohi Raoni Barcelos, ko wai te tetahi o nga opuaraa mā whitu tino-tauā tino i roto i te MMA. Ko te tama o te tohu 7 Jiu-Jitsu pango-a-whero whitiki Laerte Barcelos Barcelos me kua Matiu mō te nui i roto i te hākinakina whawhai mai te tau o te rua. Ko te toenga he tokomaha miharo ko wai e kaha ki te manga ki runga, me te wero i te wunderkind Beresiria e āta i te pānui poto taua.

Ko te whakahoki ki taua uiraa mai i roto i te puka o Parks, nei te whakamahia ki te whakataetae ki ngä kaitäkaro whiriwhiri i roto i te mamau, e titiro ana ki te haere tonu te roa i te faufaa o kainonoke ā Oklahoma State nei i puawai ki nga whetu MMA. Taua rārangi ngā Randy Couture, Johny Hendricks, Daniel Cormier, Mark Muñoz, Jake ROSHOLT, Iarere Rosholt, Shane Roller, Mo Lawal, me te RFA vets Steve Mocco me Tyler Shinn.

“Ko te whai wāhitanga nui tēnei, me ahau rite ki te marama i te reira ki runga,” kī he Parks fiefia, who is now set to travel to southern California this week to participate on the biggest stage of his promising MMA career.

Parks he toru-wā kura nui kāwanatanga toa mamau i Oklahoma, i te haereraa i te Union High School i Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ia ka nonoke te taha Iarere Rosholt me ​​Shinn i Oklahoma State, a ka he NCAA Division ahau katoa-American tona wa matua. The proud Oklahoma State Cowboy then turned his attention to MMA after graduating and has seen his hand raised five times in five contests. Heoi, tenei Rāmere Ka kite whakataetae ia ia i runga i te pouaka whakaata motu (AXS TV) me te pouaka whakaata o te ao (Ko te Whatunga Fight) mo te wā tuatahi. Ka hoki te e anga e ia te whakamātautau uaua o tona mahi i roto i te Barcelos.

Kite koe i, E kore ko Barcelos tou whitiki pango angamaheni Jiu-Jitsu. Ko ano hoki e ia he tangata whātōtō ta'na ka kotahi kua he mema o te Team Wrestling National Beresiria. Barcelos, i tango i tana Jiu-Jitsu whitiki pango i tau 20, ano i riro, he taitara Palāsilá motu i roto i te tāwhai tohe i te taua tau. Ko hoki Barcelos te hoa whakangungu matua ki UFC mā whitu hīanga, Jose Aldo. He nui ki te whakawehi atu ia maha hoariri o ēnei ara ki te puni whakangungu tonu ki te faaineine i taua tuatapaparaa. Heoi, Parks hou atu te rima i tona win, a hou hainatia maha-whawhai mahi ki a RFA, ite Ko ia, nui atu i rite mo te wero me te he ngakau ki te whai wāhi i roto i te tiketike-siteiki rawa MMA a'ee o ona career.Parks me Barcelos tika i roto i te a'ee mā whitu i runga i te kāri matua o RFA 23 – Murphy vs. He taonga i runga iRāmere, February 6. Ko te hui e wahi i te Hangar i te OC Fair & Center Takahanga i Costa Mesa, California. Ka teata te kāri matua motu i runga i AXS TV me te ao i runga i te Whatunga whawhai i 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT.

 

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