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MACKENZIE DERN RETURNS AT LFA 24 – FRINCU vs. MILLENDER

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LALAHÍ FIGHT:
MULTIPLE-TIME JIU-JITSU WORLD CHAMPION
MACKENZIE DERN
vs.
IFBB PROFESSIONAL FITNESS COMPETITOR
MANDY “MISSDEMEANOR” POLK
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT SHOWDOWN
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13th LIVE on AXS TV
COMERICA THEATRE in PHOENIX, Arizona
Tickets are on sale NOW through ComericaTheatre.com
HOUSTON, Texas – Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced today that the MMA super prospect Mackenzie Dern will return to the LFA Octagon in her hometown of Phoenix, Arizona at LFA 24.

The previously announced main event of LFA 24 will feature a welterweight war between two of the division’s marquee names when Australian annihilator Matthew “Thunder From Down Under” Frincu faces off with southern California juggernaut “Curtious” Curtis Millender. LFA 24 – Frincu vs. Millender takes place Rāmere, October 13 at the Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona. Ka teata te kāri matua katoa ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 9 p.m. AND / 6 p.m. PT.
“Mackenzie Dern will return to the LFA Octagon in front of her hometown crowd at LFA 24,” Ua parau Soares. “Dern is one of the most accomplished jiu-jitsu competitors to ever crossover into MMA. IOctober 13, she will face RFA vet and IFBB professional fitness competitor Mandy Polk in the flyweight division.”
Tickets for LFA 24 – Frincu vs. Millender are available for purchase NOW at ComericaTheatre.com.
Dern (3-0) is the daughter of legendary jiu-jitsu and judo black belt Wellington “Megaton” Dias. She began training with her father at an early age in the Phoenix area and is now widely considered one of the most accomplished jiu-jitsu practitioners to ever compete in MMA. The multiple-time jiu-jitsu world champion has won a world title at every rank (blue belt through black belt) a i roto i te 2015 added an ADCC Submission Wrestling World title to her trophy case. Dern will look to defend that ADCC title this weekend in Finland. After ADCC 2017, the woman who former UFC champion Benson Henderson famously stated “will be bigger than Ronda Rousey”, will return to the LFA Octagon in front of her hometown crowd at LFA 24.
Polk (3-3) will be the woman waiting to welcome Dern to the flyweight division. This is the UFC’s newest weight class that is currently being featured on the current season of the UFC’s hit reality television series Ko te Ultimate Fighter (TUF 26). “MissDemeanor” is a native of the Memphis, Tennessee area and holds a purple belt in jiu-jitsu. She is also a high school wrestling coach and IFBB professional fitness competitor. Polk competed at the final RFA event (RFA 46) before RFA merged with Legacy FC. Upon signing with RFA and knowing about the eventual merger, Polk made her intentions clear that she would love the opportunity to compete against Dern, who was competing for Legacy FC. Polk will now get her wish at LFA 24.
Kāri Main (Televised on AXS TV at 9 p.m. AND / 6 p.m. PT):
Takahanga Main | Welterweight a'ee (170 LB)
– Matthew Frincu (11-2) vs. Curtis Millender (12-3)
-Main Co Takahanga | Whā a'ee (135 LB)
– Joey Miolla (9-2) vs. Vinicius Zani (10-4)
Women o mā a'ee (125 LB)
– Mackenzie Dern (3-0) vs. Mandy Polk (3-3)
Kōmāmā a'ee (155 LB)
– LaRue Burley (7-3) vs. Maycon Mendonça (6-2)
Mā whitu a'ee (145 LB)
– Cory Sandhagen (5-1) vs. Randy Steinke (18-11-1)
Whā a'ee (135 LB)
– Kevin Natividad (4-0) vs. Glen Baker (3-2)
Kōmāmā a'ee (155 LB)
– Keoni Diggs (4-0) vs. Nick Chasteen (0-0)
I roto i te Mahuru, RFA and Legacy FC 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. Kua whakarewahia RFA ko Legacy FC nga mahi o runga i 100 athletes that have reached the pinnacle of MMA by competing in the UFC.
LFA 24 will serve as the second LFA event to take place in the state of Arizona. The promotion’s first trip to “The Grand Canyon State” took place in May. The entire main card of LFA 24 Ka teata ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 9 p.m. AND / 6 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.
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LFA RETURNS TO MINNESOTA IN AUGUST

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LFA 20 – CURRY vs. BARNES

MAHI MAIN:
CHAD “BLITZ” CURRY
vs.
NICK “THE PHOENIX” BARNES
WELTERWEIGHT SHOWDOWN
CO-MAIN MAHI:
BOBBY “THE WOLFMAN” MOFFETT
vs.
“NASTY” NATE JENNERMAN
Mā whitu WAR
MORE:
Women’s MMA Pioneer
KELLY “BLOOD RED” KOBOLD
vs.
Knockout Artist
CHRISTINE “KNUCKLES” STANLEY
FRIDAY, 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 (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. LFA 20 – Curry vs. Barnes takes place Rāmere, August 25th at the Mystic Lake Showroom in Prior Lake, Minnesota. Ka teata te kāri matua katoa ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 9 p.m. AND / 6 p.m. PT.
“I’m happy to bring the LFA back to Minnesota for a third time this year”, Ua parau Soares. “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. I roto i te meka, 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 “Ko te Wolfman” Moffett (9-2) a “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. Na, 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 “Pongaponga” 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. “Pongaponga” 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.
Kāri Main (Televised on AXS TV at 9 p.m. AND / 6 p.m. PT):
Takahanga Main | Welterweight a'ee (170 LB)
– Chad Curry (9-1) vs. Nick Barnes (11-2)
-Main Co Takahanga | Mā whitu a'ee (145 LB)
– Bobby Moffett (9-2) vs. Nate Jennerman (9-2)
Kōmāmā a'ee (155 LB)
– Travis Perzynski (21-9) vs. Carl Wittstock (9-1)
Women o mā a'ee (125 LB)
– Kelly Kobold (18-3-1) vs. Christine Stanley (5-3)
Kōmāmā a'ee (155 LB)
– Bobby Lee (6-1) vs. Ashkan Morvari (13-6)
Kōmāmā a'ee (155 LB)
– Jeff Peterson (7-4) vs. Brandon Jenkins (10-4)
Whā a'ee (135 LB)
Mitch White (3-1) vs. Jesse Wannemacher (3-1)
I roto i te Mahuru 2016, RFA and Legacy FC 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. Kua whakarewahia RFA ko Legacy FC nga mahi o runga i 100 athletes that have reached the pinnacle of MMA by competing in the UFC.
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 Ka teata ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 9 p.m. AND / 6 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.
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LFA RETURNS TO MMA HOTBED IN SOUTH DAKOTA WITH LFA 19: MICHAUD vs.RODRIGUES

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MAHI MAIN:
“BULLDAWG”
DAVID MICHAUD
vs.
“BAD BOY”
CIRO RODRIGUES
WELTERWEIGHT WAR
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18th LIVE on AXS TV
SANFORD PENTAGON in SIOUX FALLS, SD
Tickets are on sale NOW through Ticketmaster.com
HOUSTON, Texas – Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will continue its tradition of MMA excellence in South Dakota at LFA 19. This is a rich and exciting history that began three years ago at RFA 17, which served as the state’s first sanctioned MMA event.
The main event of LFA 19 will feature a welterweight war between three-time UFC vet David “Bulldawg” Michaud and Brazilian powerhouse Ciro “Boy kino” Rodrigues. LFA 19 – Michaud vs. Rodrigues takes place Rāmere, August 18 i te Sanford Taparima i Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Ka teata te kāri matua katoa ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 9 p.m. AND / 6 p.m. PT.
“LFA 19 will add to an exciting MMA history in South Dakota that began three summers ago with the RFA,” Ua parau Soares. “We brought the first sanctioned MMA event to the state at RFA 17, we hosted the first MMA world title fight in the state, and ten of the fighters that competed for us in South Dakota have gone on to fight in the UFC.”
Tickets for LFA 19 – Michaud vs. Rodrigues are available for purchase NOW at Ticketmaster.com. You can also support your favorite fighter by purchasing your tickets at CombatTickets.com.
Michaud (11-3) is one of the most beloved and successful fighters to hail from the state of South Dakota. Born and raised in Pine Ridge, South Dakota on the western side of the state, Michaud won a state title in wrestling for Pine Ridge High School during his senior season. He went on to wrestle at the NCAA Division I level for South Dakota State University (SDSU) before crossing over into MMA. The man known as “Bulldawg” has competed at the highest level of MMA as well. Michaud was a contestant on the sixteenth season of the UFC’s hit reality show The Ultimate Fighter (TUF 16) and fought three times for the UFC. Since leaving the UFC, Michaud has earned dominant wins for the RFA and LFA. The MMA LAB product now returns to his home state in the main event of LFA 19.
Rodrigues (20-7) has run roughshod over the MMA scene in Brazil for the past 11 tau. The Brazilian known as “Boy kino” made his professional MMA debut when he was only 17-years-old. He has since made an indelible mark on the fight scene in his home country. The Nova União trained fighter won one of Brazil’s most prestigious titles, when he captured the Jungle Fight world title in 2015. That win came during an impressive streak, which has seen Rodrigues win seven of his last eight fights over the past four years. Rodrigues is now looking to make his name known on a global scale when makes his highly-anticipated international debut on August 18. That will happen when he faces his toughest and most accomplished opponent to date in the main event of LFA 19.
LFA 19 will continue a rich and fascinating history of MMA greatness in the state of South Dakota. This history began three summers ago at RFA 17. That event was the first sanctioned MMA event in the state’s history. RFA 17 hosted the first two world title fights in South Dakota history and also served as the first MMA event in the state that was televised worldwide. RFA 37 was the final RFA event in the state of South Dakota and it was featured on UFC President Dana White’s hit reality show Dana White: Lookin’ For A Fight. Five fighters from that event were signed to the UFC and another two signed with Bellator. That includes every fighter that won on the main card and another fighter that won on the undercard.
RFA visited South Dakota a total of four times and produced an incredible amount of talent at those four events. Ten fighters went on to compete for the UFC and five more would go on to fight for Bellator. Christos Giagos, Luke Sanders, Devin Clark, Geane Herrera, Khalil Rountree, Matthew Lopez, Taonga Terrion, Jordan Johnson, Joe Gigliotti, and Brian Camozzi are the ten fighters that competed for the RFA in South Dakota before signing with the UFC. Justin Lawrence, Mark Dickman, Francisco France, Leandro Higo, and Logan Storley are the five fighters that competed for the RFA in South Dakota before signing with Bellator.
Currently Announced Main Card (Televised on AXS TV at 9 p.m. AND / 6 p.m. PT):
Takahanga Main | Welterweight a'ee (170 LB)
– David Michaud (11-3) vs. Ciro Rodrigues (20-7)
Feature Bout | Welterweight a'ee (170 LB)
– Clarence Jordan (9-3-1) vs Marcus Edwards (12-5)
I roto i te Mahuru 2016, RFA and Legacy FC 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. Kua whakarewahia RFA ko Legacy FC nga mahi o runga i 100 athletes that have reached the pinnacle of MMA by competing in the UFC.
LFA 19 will serve as the second LFA event to take place in the state of South Dakota. RFA visited “Ko te State Mount Rushmore” four times before the merger. That includes RFA 17, which was the first sanctioned MMA event to take place in the state of South Dakota. Further information about LFA 19 kia ka kauwhautia hohoro. The entire main card of LFA 19 Ka teata ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 9 p.m. AND / 6 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.
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LFA RETURNS TO OKLAHOMA WITH ANOTHER WORLD TITLE

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LFA BRINGS
FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD TITLE FIGHT
TO THE “SOONER STATE” IN AUGUST
LFA 18 – AGUILAR vs. RADER

MAHI MAIN:
LFA FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION
KEVIN “ANGEL OF DEATH” AGUILAR
vs.
LFA #1 CONTENDER
JUSTIN “DARTH” RADER
WORLD mā whitu TITLE
CO-MAIN MAHI:
BRENDAN ALLEN
vs.
CHRIS HARRIS
Whitu pupūtanga
SPECIAL ATTRACTION:
UFC VET
MIKE “THE TRUTH” Jackson
vs.
Cris Cyborg’s older brother
RAFAEL “JACKAL” JUSTINO
WELTERWEIGHT WAR
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4th LIVE on AXS TV
FIRELAKE ARENA in SHAWNEE, Jonathan
Tickets are on sale NOW through StubWire.com
HOUSTON, Texas – Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will be bringining a featherweight world title fight to Oklahoma to kick off a busy August schedule.
The main event of LFA 18 will feature the return of LFA featherweight champion Kevin “The Angel of Death” Aguilar. He will put his title on the line against LFA featherweight #1 contender Justin “Darth” Rader in one of the most highly-anticipated featherweight title fights of the year. LFA 18 – Aguilar vs. Rader takes place Rāmere, August 4th at the FireLake Arena in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Ka teata te kāri matua katoa ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 9 p.m. AND / 6 p.m. PT.
“LFA is bringing a featherweight world title fight to Oklahoma at LFA 18,” Ua parau Soares. “Kevin Aguilar is the LFA featherweight world champion and one of the most exciting prospects in the sport. He won the title with one of the best knockouts of the year at LFA 4. Aguilar will defend his title for the first time against Justin Rader, who is a world-class grappler and the #1 nguha. Rader earned his shot at the title with his big win at LFA 15.”
Tickets for LFA 18 – Aguilar vs. Rader are available for purchase NOW at StubWire.com.
Aguilar (12-1) has long been considered one of the top pound-for-pound prospects in MMA. In February, the final Legacy FC featherweight champion strengthened that argument by capturing the inaugural LFA featherweight title against his longtime rival Damon Jackson with one of the most talked about knockout victories of the year. The proud Texan trains alongside LFA welterweight champion Derrick Krantz in Longview, Texas, but will have his first title defense on the road. Aguilar will put his title on the line when he heads into enemy territory to face one of the most revered fighters in the state of Oklahoma.
“I’ve been training nonstop and getting ready for defend my title. Now I get to show everyone what I’ve been working on,” Aguilar explained. “I’m looking forward to fighting in enemy territory, because that is the life of a champion. I will win over the crowd with an exciting fight. Justin Rader is a world-class grappler and I’m excited that he signed the paperwork. He has earned his shot. I have been training harder than I have ever trained before and I can’t wait to defend my title at LFA 18.”
Rader (7-2) is one of the most decorated grapplers to hail from a state that is synonymous with grappling. The proud Oklahoman is a two-time IBJJF no-gi jiu-jitsu world champion as a black belt, he is a 2013 ADCC Submission Grappling World Championship bronze medalist, and he was the runner-up in the Oklahoma high school wrestling championship in 2005. Rader also holds the distinct honor of being Rafael Lovato Jr.’s first black belt in jiu-jitsu. Rader will now look to add the biggest piece of hardware to his massive trophy case when he vies for the LFA featherweight title.
“I’m fighting The Angel of Death. His nickname says it all,” Rader exclaimed. “Kevin Aguilar is without a doubt, the best fighter I have ever faced. He is extremely dangerous, seasoned, and his fight demeanor is second to none. He stays at home and doesn’t force anything. The best opponents always pull the best out of me. I just fought a little over a week ago, so to be able to turn around and fight for the title four weeks later is a great opportunity. When opportunity knocks, I answer.”
The co-main event of LFA 18 will feature a high-stakes middleweight showdown between two of the most popular middleweight prospects in the promotion. Brendan Allen (7-2) returns to the LFA Octagon after engaging in a five-round war with Eryk Anders for the inaugural LFA middleweight title in the main event of LFA 14. He came up short on the judge’s score cards, but won over a large new fan base due to the entertaining title contest that is a front-runner for “Whawhai o te Tau”. Allen now looks to bounce back into title contention when he faces Chris Harris (9-1) in the co-main event of LFA 18. Harris is coming off a dominant win over Cortez Coleman in the co-main event of LFA 15 whakamutunga marama. He utilized his impressive striking skills throughout the contest and is eager to do the same next month in the co-main event of LFA 18.
LFA 18 will also feature a special attraction at welterweight. Rafael “Jackal” Justin (2-1) will make his LFA debut just six days after his younger sister Cris “Cyborg” Justino fights for the UFC women’s featherweight tile at UFC 214. He will meet UFC vet and wildly popular media personality Mike “Ko te Truth” Jackson (0-1) who holds the impressive distinction of being one of only a handful of fighters to make their professional MMA debut in the UFC.
Currently Announced Main Card (Televised on AXS TV at 9 p.m. AND / 6 p.m. PT)
Takahanga Main | Featherweight Title Bout (145 LB)
– Kevin Aguilar (12-1) vs. Justin Rader (7-2)
-Main Co Takahanga | Whitu a'ee (185 LB)
– Brendan Allen (7-2) vs. Chris Harris (9-1)
Welterweight a'ee (170 LB)
– Braden Smith (8-1) vs. Chancey Foxworth (6-4)
Welterweight a'ee (170 LB)
– Rafael Justino (2-1) vs. Mike Jackson (0-1)
Whā a'ee (135 LB)
– Tyler Shinn (8-3) vs. Chris Kelades (9-3)
Kōmāmā a'ee (155 LB)
– Daryl Wilson (6-1) vs. Jarrod Card (16-8-1)
I roto i te Mahuru, 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 100 athletes that have reached the pinnacle of MMA by competing in the UFC.
LFA 18 will serve as the third LFA event to take place in the state of Oklahoma after the merger. Legacy FC visited “The Sooner State” seven times before the merger. Further information about LFA 18 kia ka kauwhautia hohoro. The entire main card of LFA 18 Ka teata ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 9 p.m. AND / 6 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.
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FNU aro Sports Whakaatu: Weekly Wrap Up

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Tony Penecale, Tom Padgett and Rich Bergeron break down the week that was in combat sports and look forward to upcoming events in this September 22 pāhotanga. We discuss Liam Smith’s brutal knockout loss to Canelo Alvarez, preview Kovalev vs. Ward, and outline the upcoming weekend’s boxing schedule. We also discuss Don King’s “N-word” slip and a couple examples of fighters being upset with the rigors of fighting professionally. Tuatahi, we examine why Joe Warren had no sponsors going into his bout last Friday that served as the co-main event of Bellator 161. Then we delve into the Al Iaquinta contract dispute with the UFC that took him off UFC 205 recently. We also look back on UFC Fight Night 94 and preview UFC Fight Night 95.

 

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RFA 41 – GIGLIOTTI vs. GILES

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MAHI MAIN:
“CAPO” JOE GIGLIOTTI vs. TREVIN GILES
MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE CONTENDER BOUT
CO-MAIN MAHI:
JAMALL EMMERS vs. RIVALDO JUNIOR
Mā whitu WAR
FRIDAY, JULY 29TH, 2016 Te noho i AXS TV
LIVE at the COWBOYS DANCE HALL in SAN ANTONIO, Texas
Tickets are on sale NOW through Cowboys.ApexTicketing.ki
Las Vegas, Nevada – Raa te riri Alliance (RFA) president Ed Soares announced today that the RFA is heading to Texas at the end of July. Ko te hui matua o RFA 41 will feature an explosive showdown between two of the sport’s top middleweight prospects. “Capo” Joe Gigliotti and Trevin Giles have finished every man they have faced in MMA and will now take aim at each other. RFA 41 – Gigliotti vs. Giles will take place Rāmere, July 29th at Cowboys Dancehall in San Antonio, Texas. 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 thrilled to be bringing the RFA to Texas,” Ua parau Soares. “Ko te hui matua o 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.”
Tikiti mō te RFA 41 – Gigliotti vs. Giles are available for purchase NOW at Cowboys.ApexTicketing.com or you can support your favorite fighter by purchasing your tickets through CageTix.com/RFA.
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 roto i te 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 tenei mua Rāmere in Chicagoland. That fight, Heoi, 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. Nui atu, Giles is down to fight anyone, ki hea, anytime and happily accepted the invitation to fight “Capo Joe” in his hometown of San Antonio. I Rāmere, July 29th, RFA 41 – Gigliotti vs. Giles in “Alamo City” will bring a new meaning to the Battle of the Alamo.
Ko te hui tahi-matua o 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 tau. 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.
Ko te ki tonu i RFA 41 Kia ka kauwhautia kāri whawhai, me ētahi atu pārongo e pā ana ki tenei kaupapa hohoro. 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. Ko te kāri matua katoa o RFA 41 – Gigliotti vs. Giles will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT i runga i Rāmere, July 29th.
Haere ki RFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. RFA is also on Facebook at Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram i RFAfighting, and Twitter at RFAfighting.
Mō RFA: RFA Ko te whakatairanga toi hōia whakauru ngaio e homai maranga whetu, me te runga contenders te faingamālie ke fakamo'oni'i ratou taranata ki te pā me te feia faatere i roto i te ahumahi. E whakaatu ana i te RFA ngā ora i runga i te kaupapa, tae atu Las Vegas marama a tawhio noa te United States, Los Angeles, Denver a Milwaukee. Ka taea te kite i RFA ora i roto i runga i 43 miriona mau fare motu i roto i tona mahi pouaka whakaata ki AXS TV. I roto i te Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA Ko tetahi o nga whakahaere tino kaha, me te whakaaro MMA i roto i te hākinakina e tipu tere i roto i te ao. (Ko te Tapawaru, Ultimate Fighting Championship®, UFC®, me te-iu waru whakataetae moenga, me te hoahoa whare herehere rēhita e tohu whenua anake e Zuffa, LLC. Pūmau te mana).

Mō whawhai TV AXS: Rongonui mo ona aotia AXS TV whawhai he Rāmere Night hanumi Arts hōia me ngā kaupapa Kickboxing. I tou Kāinga hoki MMA, AXS TV e faaohipahia te whatunga whwhi o whakatairanga i te United States, Canada, a Europe. Na ka ki a Asia päpäho whawhai atu LIVE atu tetahi atu whatunga pouaka whakaata. “Ko te reo” Michael Schiavello rima-wa MMA-toa ao Pat Miletich whakarato kaimätakitaki tākaro-i-tākaro tohunga, i roto i te-hohonu toa kapinga, me te whānui tātaritanga ki ia kāri whawhai. AXS TV i paoho ngā kaupapa-ao o te piha haapiiraa whawhai LIVE i RFA, Lion Whawhai, FC tawhito, a MFC katoa Rāmere po i 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. AND.
whakauru toi hōia, MMA, RFA

RFA IS GOING TO CHICAGOLAND WITH RFA 39 – BARCELOS vs. MOFFETT

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MAHI MAIN:
Raoni BARCELOS
vs.
BOBBY “THE WOLFMAN” MOFFETT
WORLD mā whitu TITLE
FRIDAY, JUNE 17th LIVE on AXS TV
LIVE at THE HAMMOND CIVIC CENTER
in HAMMOND, INDIANA
Tīkiti i runga i Sale Na i CAGETIX.com

Las Vegas, Nevada – Raa te riri Alliance (RFA) president Ed Soares announced today that the RFA will be making its first trip to Chicagoland in June with a championship headliner. Ko te hui matua o RFA 39 features the first title defense of RFA featherweight champion Raoni Barcelos. He will put his title on the line against top prospect and local favorite Bobby “Ko te Wolfman” Moffett. RFA 39 – Barcelos vs. Moffett takes place Rāmere, June 17th at the Hammond Civic Center in Hammond, Indiana. The main card will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT.
“I’m excited about bringing a world title fight to Hammond” Ua parau Soares. “Our Featherweight champion Raoni Barcelos will defend his title for the first time against number one contender Bobby Moffett. These are two of the top featherweight prospects in the world and it’s the perfect way to show fight fans in the Chicago area what the RFA is all about.”
Tikiti mō te RFA 39 – Barcelos vs. Moffett are now available for purchase. You can support your favorite fighter buy purchasing your tickets through CAGETIX.com
Barcelos (9-1) will defend his RFA featherweight title for the first time after enjoying a dominant 2015, which many MMA pundits saw coming several years ago. Barcelos was pegged for greatness in MMA before ever stepping foot inside a steel cage. The son of Jiu-Jitsu coral (red-and-black) belt Laerte Barcelos, he began learning “The Gentle Art” at age two. Na, unlike many Jiu-Jitsu black belts, Barcelos found success in Freestyle Wrestling where he competed as a member of the Brazilian National Wrestling Team. Heoi, his rare blend of high-level grappling disciplines isn’t what makes him special among top MMA prospects. It is the fact he possesses ample striking power that can also get the job done. This is evident in the fact that more than half of his victories have come via KO or TKO, which includes the first round KO of previously undefeated NCAA Division I All-American wrestler Jamal Parks at RFA 23. Barcelos is now looking to do the same to another top prospect as he prepares for his first RFA title defense.
“I am very happy to defend my RFA world title at RFA 39,” i kīia Barcelos. “RFA shows the best new MMA talent in the world and it is now televised live here in Brazil. My friends, te utuafare, and teammates now have the opportunity to watch me fight live on Esporte Interativo. It’s a dream come true and an honor to be a champion of a great event like the RFA. This belt is coming back home to Brazil with me in June.”
Moffett (8-1) is coming into this fight with a lot of momentum. He is riding a four-fight win streak, which includes a victory over longtime RFA vet Dan Moret at RFA 24. Moffett was born and raised 10 miles from the venue just across the state border in Homewood, Illinois. The task of defending home turf and capturing the RFA featherweight title has only increased the hunger of this exciting young prospect. This is a hunger “Ko te Wolfman” will need as he faces the most dangerous opponent in his career. To quote the classic 2010 film that shares his nickname, “I didn’t know you hunted monsters? Sometimes monsters hunt you.” Moffett is now eager to channel his inner lycanthrope at RFA 39.
“I am just very grateful that the biggest fight of my career will be at home in front of my family and friends,” Moffett explained. “I feel that everything I’ve been working for has now come to fruition. Barcelos is a tough. He’s a very good fighter and the champion. I’m honored that he wants to fight me. I’m looking forward to taking the next step in my career by winning the RFA title on June 17th.”
The full fight card for RFA 39 – Barcelos vs. Moffett will be announced soon. This will be the RFA’s first event to take place in “The Hoosier State” of Indiana and it will be the fifteenth state that the RFA has visited. Ko te kāri matua katoa o RFA 39 Ka teata ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT tenei Rāmere, June 17th.
Haere ki RFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. RFA is also on Facebook at Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram i RFAfighting, and Twitter at RFAfighting.
Mō RFA: RFA Ko te whakatairanga toi hōia whakauru ngaio e homai maranga whetu, me te runga contenders te faingamālie ke fakamo'oni'i ratou taranata ki te pā me te feia faatere i roto i te ahumahi. E whakaatu ana i te RFA ngā ora i runga i te kaupapa, tae atu Las Vegas marama a tawhio noa te United States, Los Angeles, Denver a Milwaukee. Ka taea te kite i RFA ora i roto i runga i 43 miriona mau fare motu i roto i tona mahi pouaka whakaata ki AXS TV. I roto i te Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA Ko tetahi o nga whakahaere tino kaha, me te whakaaro MMA i roto i te hākinakina e tipu tere i roto i te ao. (Ko te Tapawaru, Ultimate Fighting Championship®, UFC®, me te-iu waru whakataetae moenga, me te hoahoa whare herehere rēhita e tohu whenua anake e Zuffa, LLC. Pūmau te mana).

Mō whawhai TV AXS: Rongonui mo ona aotia AXS TV whawhai he Rāmere Night hanumi Arts hōia me ngā kaupapa Kickboxing. I tou Kāinga hoki MMA, AXS TV e faaohipahia te whatunga whwhi o whakatairanga i te United States, Canada, a Europe. Na ka ki a Asia päpäho whawhai atu LIVE atu tetahi atu whatunga pouaka whakaata. “Ko te reo” Michael Schiavello rima-wa MMA-toa ao Pat Miletich whakarato kaimätakitaki tākaro-i-tākaro tohunga, i roto i te-hohonu toa kapinga, me te whānui tātaritanga ki ia kāri whawhai. AXS TV i paoho ngā kaupapa-ao o te piha haapiiraa whawhai LIVE i RFA, Lion Whawhai, FC tawhito, a MFC katoa Rāmere po i 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. AND.
whakauru toi hōia, MMA, RFA

RFA 34: VELICKOVIC vs SMITH FULL TV CARD ANNOUNCED

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AO Welterweight TITLE
BOJAN VELICKOVIC

vs. Pineamine SMITH
CO-MAIN MAHI:
ADAM STROUP vs. JOHN Doll
Whitu pupūtanga
FRIDAY, TENUARE 15, 2016 Te noho i AXS TV
ORA i te Center 1STBANK, Broomfield, CO
Tīkiti i runga i Sale Na i ALTITUDETICKETS.com
Las Vegas, Nevada – Raa te riri Alliance (RFA) president Ed Soares announced earlier this month that the promotion will return to Colorado with RFA 34 – Velickovic vs. Smith in January to kick off 2016. Now the main card has been announced. The event will be headlined by a welterweight title fight between Serbian sensation Bojan “Steel Serbian” Velickovic (12-3) and former RFA welterweight champion Benjamin Smith (15-3). The co-main event will see Colorado native Adam Stroup (10-2) and former RFA title challenger John Poppie (6-2) meet in a middleweight showdown. RFA 34 – Velickovic vs. Smith will take place Friday, January 15th inside the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado. Ka teata te kāri matua katoa ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT.
Tikiti mō te RFA 34 – Velickovic vs. Smith are available for purchase NOW through AltitudeTickets.com or you can support your favorite fighter by purchasing your tickets through CageTix.com. Tickets ki RFA 34 tīmata i te tika $30.
E wātea ana i te karanga tepu VIP 303-521-0966.
Ko te kāri matua o RFA 34 will also include a pair of RFA and Colorado fan favorites in the light-heavyweight division. Cody Mumma (8-2) is currently riding the momentum of three consecutive KO victories. That streak started with a scintillating 11-second KO of Colton Vaughn at RFA 20. The KO is tied for the second-fastest KO in RFA history.
Mumma will face fellow RFA vet Jeremy Kimball (11-5), who will be entering this contest fresh off a lightning fast KO victory of his own. That win came over Jason Clayton in just 22 seconds last summer. Heoi, Kimball’s most high-profile win to date came in the co-main event of RFA 7, when he submitted Chidi Njokuani via Rear Naked Choke.
In the bantamweight division, six-time UFC vet Hugo “Wolverine” Viana (8-3) and two-time RFA vet Zac “The Anointed Warrior” Riley (3-3) will share the RFA Octagon together. Viana burst on to the global MMA scene in 2012 as a semi-finalist on the first season of the UFC reality show TUF – Brazil. He then won his first two UFC bouts before losing to current UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw, who is now one of his teammates.
Riley will be entering this bout with a large amount of praise and fanfare in his own right. This past October at RFA 31, Riley made headlines after accepting a bout in Las Vegas with undefeated Hawaiian prospect Shai Lindsey on just 48 haora’ pānui. The highly-touted Lindsey, who had finished all of his opponents, was blitzed at the opening bell by southern Colorado’s newest star. Riley ended up finishing the fight in just 59 seconds with an airtight Triangle Choke.
At welterweight, Brian Camozzi (4-2) will make his long-awaited RFA debut. Camozzi is the younger brother of UFC star Chris Camozzi and fights out of Factory X Muay Thai in the greater Denver, Colorado area. He will face Tyler Milner (7-2) who is a longtime standout in the Alaska FC promotion. Milner now trains at Jackson-Wink MMA in Albuquerque, New Mexico and will be fighting for the first time in his career outside of Alaska.
Ko te kāri matua o RFA 34 will get started in the featherweight division with a pair of featherweight prospects eager to make their national television debut. Cory Sandhagen (1-0) will be making his promotional debut after enjoying a decorated amateur career. He is a main training partner of UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw at Elevation Fight Team in Denver, Colorado. Sandhagen will face undefeated Jackson-Wink MMA standout Andrew Tenneson (3-0) in a bout that is sure to get RFA commentators Pat Miletich and Michael Schiavello excited from the start. Tennesson, like his opponent Sandhagen, is a finisher as both men have finished all of their opponents before the final bell.
Ko te ki tonu i RFA 34 Kia ka kauwhautia kāri tuatahi, me te ētahi atu pārongo e pā ana ki tenei kaupapa hohoro. RFA 34 e whitu hui te whakatairanga o ki te tango i te wahi i roto i te āhua o Colorado. Ko te kāri matua katoa o RFA 34 Ka teata ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT i te Rāmere, January 15, 2016.
Haere ki RFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. RFA is also on Facebook at Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram i RFAfighting, and Twitter at RFAfighting.
Mō RFA: RFA Ko te whakatairanga toi hōia whakauru ngaio e homai maranga whetu, me te runga contenders te faingamālie ke fakamo'oni'i ratou taranata ki te pā me te feia faatere i roto i te ahumahi. E whakaatu ana i te RFA ngā ora i runga i te kaupapa, tae atu Las Vegas marama a tawhio noa te United States, Los Angeles, Denver a Milwaukee. Ka taea te kite i RFA ora i roto i runga i 43 miriona mau fare motu i roto i tona mahi pouaka whakaata ki AXS TV. I roto i te Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA Ko tetahi o nga whakahaere tino kaha, me te whakaaro MMA i roto i te hākinakina e tipu tere i roto i te ao. (Ko te Tapawaru, Ultimate Fighting Championship®, UFC®, and the eight-sided competition mat and cage design are registered trademarks owned exclusively by Zuffa, LLC. Pūmau te mana).

Mō whawhai TV AXS: Rongonui mo ona ngā kaupapa Mixed Rāmere Night aotia Arts me Kickboxing AXS TV whawhai he. I tou Kāinga hoki MMA, AXS TV e faaohipahia te whatunga whwhi o whakatairanga i te United States, Canada, a Europe. And Asia to broadcast more LIVE fights than any other pouaka whakaata whatunga.“The Voice” Michael Schiavello rima-wa MMA-toa ao Pat Miletich whakarato kaimätakitaki tākaro-i-tākaro tohunga, i roto i te-hohonu toa kapinga, me te whānui tātaritanga ki ia kāri whawhai. AXS TV i paoho ngā kaupapa-ao o te piha haapiiraa whawhai LIVE i RFA, Lion Whawhai, FC tawhito, a MFC nga po Rāmere i 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. AND.
whakauru toi hōia, MMA, RFA

RFA RETURNS KI Colorado WITH RFA 34: VELICKOVIC vs SMITH

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whiwhinga photo: sherdog.com
MAHI MAIN:
BOJAN “Steel Serbian” VELICKOVIC
vs. Pineamine SMITH
AO Welterweight TITLE
FRIDAY, TENUARE 15, 2016 Te noho i AXS TV
ORA i te Center 1STBANK, Broomfield, CO
Tīkiti i runga i Sale Na i ALTITUDETICKETS.com
Las Vegas, Nevada – Raa te riri Alliance (RFA) peresideni Ed Soares kauwhautia tenei ra e ka hoki mai te whakatairanga ki Colorado ki RFA 34 – Velickovic vs. Smith i roto i te Hānuere ki te whana atu te Tau Hou. Ka ngā te hui matua he whawhai taitara Welterweight i waenganui i rua whawhai roa a'e ta'na i te wehenga o rite Bojan o “Steel Serbian” Velickovic Te pakanga toa Welterweight RFA mua Pineamine Smith mo te taitara wātea. RFA 34 – Velickovic vs. Ka tangohia Smith wahi Rāmere, January 15 inside the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado. Ka teata te kāri matua katoa ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT.
“RFA he pukumahi 2016 tabula me te oaoa vau e ahau e pā ana ki te tīmata hoki i roto i Colorado reira,” Ua parau Soares. “Bojan Velickovic a Pineamine Smith e kupu matua RFA 34 mo te taitara Welterweight wātea. Ko ratou e rua nga whawhai 170-pauna roa a'e ta'na i roto i te aamu RFA o me te he ara nui ki te whana atu te Tau Hou te reira.”
Tikiti mō te RFA 34 – Velickovic vs. Smith are available for purchase NOW through AltitudeTickets.com or you can support your favorite fighter by purchasing your tickets through CageTix.com. Tickets ki RFA 34 tīmata i te tika $30. E wātea ana i te karanga tepu VIP 303-521-0966.
Velickovic (12-3) ona utu koperea tona taitara i muri i te haere i te tino 3-0 i roto i te 2015. I roto i te Maehe, te kaipahua Serbian roaa te tere wikitoria TKO a tawhio tuatahi i runga i te taukei vet MMA Chris Hugh i RFA 24. Na whai wāhi Velickovic ei melo o Team RFA i te RFA hītori vs. Hui TAONGATUKU i roto i te Mei. Ko tona a'ee te tukinga tuatahi o te whakatairanga vs. whakatairanga whakataetae a Velickovic tangohia ake te wikitoria mata-atu mahuinga ia ki Charles Byrd. Ia ka tutakina atu nga tau ki te wikitoria mo te whakapaipai whātōtō Armenian-Ukrainian Vardan Sholinian i RFA 31. Win o Velickovic mo Sholinian i Las Vegas rite i te anake 5 ra’ pānui. Na te kaupuranga “Steel Serbian” titiro ki te tīmata i te Tau Hou rite pehea 2015 haere ki raro, — ki tona ringa whakaarahia pae.
“A, no te ahau kitea i roto i taua e kia whiwhi ahau he pere taitara RFA, Ko ahau vey oaoa,” I kīia Velickovic. “Ite ahau e te tikanga e ahau tenei faingamālie, a kihai i mea faufaa te reira nei e ahau kia anga. Ka te tangata hoatu nei ngā roto i mua o ahau te whawhai ahau. Oaoa ano ahau ki te kia whawhai i roto i Colorado. Neke ahau i konei 3 marama ki muri a reira kua mana'o rite te kāinga. Tenei ka waiho i te wā tuatahi i roto i 5 tau e whiwhi ahau ki te whawhai i roto i te wahi e ora ahau. Ben Smith me ahau whawhai i runga i te kāri kotahi rua hoki RFA me te ia he dude tino uaua. Mai ia ki te whawhai a ka titiro atu ahau ki to tatou whawhai taitara i runga iJanuary 15.”
Smith (15-3) mutu ano te tau i runga i te tuhipoka tiketike ki te wikitoria whakatau loto mo te mua tūturu Craig Eckelberg i RFA 32 whakamutunga marama. Haere mai te wikitōria i runga i te rekereke o te rua piritahi RFA taitara whawhai i Smith mo te RFA i roto i 2015. Na ka titiro te tuarua-ake te toa Welterweight RFA ki te tamata mai i tona karauna RFA i roto i te mea e kite ana ia i rite ki tona heka whakamutunga ki UFC kororia. Tonu e eke i roto i te hui matua o RFA 34 ki te tangata faaite ia kāri ki i RFA e rua 20 ko RFA 24.
“Ko te mauri whakamutunga mō te OLE Ben Smith tenei,” Ua haamaramarama Smith. “Ua ahau kua ongo'i e ara i mua i toku whawhai whakamutunga, engari e ahau hiahia ano hoki ki te hoatu te periota i runga i toku mahi e te titau-toku taitara RFA me kowhetetia toku pere i roto i te UFC. Ka e ahau te wikitōria i RFA 32, engari ite e ahau kia rite ki i taea e ahau te mea i atu, i te mea ko te aha e whakaaturia e ahau i roto i tenei whawhai i muri mai. Kua Colorado atawhai tonu ahau pai, me te pārekareka ahau whakataetae ki reira. Bojan Ko te toa pai, te ia te taata hoko, me te hoariri e tika rawa. I patua e ahau i tenei whawhai, kahore he ara i taea e ahau te mea kahore. Ahau aroha ki te whakataetae me te rapu atu ahau ki tenei whawhai taitara ki Bojan.”
Ko te ki tonu i RFA 34 Kia ka kauwhautia kāri whawhai, me ētahi atu pārongo e pā ana ki tenei kaupapa hohoro. RFA 34 e whitu hui te whakatairanga o ki te tango i te wahi i roto i te āhua o Colorado. Ko te kāri matua katoa o RFA 34 Ka teata ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT i runga i Rāmere, January 15, 2016.
Haere ki RFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. RFA is also on Facebook at Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram i RFAfighting, and Twitter at RFAfighting.
Mō RFA: RFA Ko te whakatairanga toi hōia whakauru ngaio e homai maranga whetu, me te runga contenders te faingamālie ke fakamo'oni'i ratou taranata ki te pā me te feia faatere i roto i te ahumahi. E whakaatu ana i te RFA ngā ora i runga i te kaupapa, tae atu Las Vegas marama a tawhio noa te United States, Los Angeles, Denver a Milwaukee. Ka taea te kite i RFA ora i roto i runga i 43 miriona mau fare motu i roto i tona mahi pouaka whakaata ki AXS TV. I roto i te Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA Ko tetahi o nga whakahaere tino kaha, me te whakaaro MMA i roto i te hākinakina e tipu tere i roto i te ao. (Ko te Tapawaru, Ultimate Fighting Championship®, UFC®, me te-iu waru whakataetae moenga, me te hoahoa whare herehere rēhita e tohu whenua anake e Zuffa, LLC. Pūmau te mana).

Mō whawhai TV AXS: Rongonui mo ona aotia AXS TV whawhai heRāmere Night hanumi Arts hōia me ngā kaupapa Kickboxing. I tou Kāinga hoki MMA, AXS TV e faaohipahia te whatunga whwhi o whakatairanga i te United States, Canada, a Europe. Na ka ki a Asia päpäho whawhai atu LIVE atu tetahi atu whatunga pouaka whakaata. “Ko te reo” Michael Schiavello rima-wa MMA-toa ao Pat Miletich whakarato kaimätakitaki tākaro-i-tākaro tohunga, i roto i te-hohonu toa kapinga, me te whānui tātaritanga ki ia kāri whawhai. AXS TV i paoho ngā kaupapa-ao o te piha haapiiraa whawhai LIVE i RFA, Lion Whawhai, FC tawhito, a MFC katoaRāmere po i 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. AND.
whakauru toi hōia, RFA

RFA RETURNS KI Nebraska WITH SMITH vs. Jardine

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MAHI MAIN:
Anthony “Lionheart” SMITH vs.
BROCK “TE MACHINE” Jardine
Whitu pupūtanga
CO-MAIN MAHI:
Ryan “KO KOE INEINE” ROBERTS vs.
ADAM “TIME Prime” Townsend
Mā whitu WAR
Whā LALAHÍ FIGHT:
Darrick Tuhinga vs. MAT Brown
FRIDAY, 18 MAHURU Te noho i AXS TV
ORA i te Pinnacale Bank Arena i Lincoln, Nebraska
Tīkiti i runga i Sale Na i Ticketmaster.com
Las Vegas, Nevada – Raa Fighe nava'i Alliance (RFA) president Ed Soares kauwhautia tenei ra e ka hoki ki te kāinga i te whakatairanga ki ona pakiaka i roto i Nebraska ki RFA 30 i roto i te Mahuru. Whakahaeretia te whakatairanga tona whakaaturanga tuatahi i roto i te “Cornhusker State” i roto i te Hakihea 2011 a kua whakanekehia ake mai Hui MMAs in 13 STATes puta noa 3 rohe wā. RFA 30 Ka tango i te wahi Rāmere, Mahuru 18 i roto i te kāwanatanga-o-te-toi Pinnacle Bank Arena kei roto i o te kāwanatanga whakapaipai pa o Lincoln, Nebraska. Ka teata te kāri matua katoa ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT.

“Tīmata RFA i Nebraska me te oaoa vau e ahau ki te kite i Anthony Smith me Brock Jardine tāpiri ki to tatou hītori roto i te Cornhusker State,” Ua parau Soares. “E rua nei ona vets UFC e pā ana ki ki te tūtuki i roto i te hui matua fantastic i RFA 30 enei.”
Tikiti mō te RFA 30 are available now through Ticketmaster.com. You can also support your favorite fighter buy purchasing your tickets through CageTix.com.
Smith (22-11) Kei te oaoa tēnei wā he anō mahi mahue e kua tona rima hoariri whakamutunga wiri, me te kumi e ngaahi tali. Smith, ko wai te tangata whenua o Nebraska City, Nebraska, hohoro whakatika ki te ti'araa i roto i konatunatua toi hōia. Mohiotia whānuitia hoki tona huarahi kore-tito ki te whawhai, Reirahia ake win-i muri i-win Smith me hohoro kitea ia he hōia o te UFC, Strikeforce, ko Bellator i te wa ko ia 25-tau-tau. Heoi, ehara i te mea noa tahuri ia 25 e mana'o ia e ko te mutunga taea ki te kati i te āputa katoa i roto i tona kēmu MMA ia. Whai wāhi kua hāngai taua wāhi koki i roto i tona mahi ki tata tona upoo pūkenga toa ki RFA 30 a he oaoa e pā ana whakaatu tona ahua hou hoki i roto i te pa te wahi i hanga e ia tona tuatahi MMA ngaio i roto ia 2008.

“Au super mäminga ahau e pā ana ki headlining RFA 30 i roto i te mua o toku pā i roto i te Nebraska,” i kīia Smith. “E kore ahau e mohio ki tetahi whawhai ki toku ahua o te pūnaha tautoko. E kore e taea e koe te whiua 3,000 te iwi. Ko te tino nui e haruru te tangata tuatoru i roto i te whare herehere, a kei te patu ana ahau kahore he tangata i roto i Nebraska. Ahau tupu ake i roto i Nebraska City, E ora ana ahau i roto i OMAHA, a meinga e ahau toku tuatahi pro i roto i Lincoln. Ka waiho toku pā i roto i nga pa e toru katoa ki te kite i ahau riro i roto i te ahua kino i runga i Mahuru 18.”

Jardine (12-5) Kei te oaoa tēnei wā he anō mahi o tona ake, inaianei e te hoki whakataetae ia ano he whitu, te wahi e kore kua e ia i ngaro. Jardine, nei whakataetae rua mo te UFC rite Welterweight, mau ha lekooti mahi o 7-0 i 185-pauna. Ko ngā toa i roto i tona whakamutunga e toru whawhai, i tangohia katoa i roto i headliners roto i te kāwanatanga tana whare o Utaha tenei tau. Jardine credits tona matenga kaiako Rob Handley i Absolute MMA i Te Hau-ā-uru o Horano, Utah mo tona pūkenga win tata i te whitu, me te titiro ki te parlay e rere ki te mahi tāutu i wikitoria i RFA 30, e kite ia rite tona titeti koura hoki ki te UFC.

“Ahau rawa fiefia ki te waiho i te wahi o te whakahaere kia rite ki te RFA nui,” Mea Jardine. “Tangata katoa e mohio he aha te RFA he katoa e pā ana ki, te whakawhanake runga opuaraa, me te whiwhi UFC vets hoki ki te whakaatu nui. Tenei ka waiho i te whawhai nui mo nga pā, te wahi tino ngāwari i taea e te toa Kilisimasi ratou titeti hoki ki te UFC. Ko te rite te mea whakamahere ahau i runga i te mahi i RFA 30.”
Ko te hui tahi-matua o RFA 30 E miramira ana hoki i te tino rohe, te tangata e titiro ki te tiki i hoki ki te UFC. Ko e Ryan “Ko Reri koe” Roberts (21-10-1), nei rite Smith, Kei te noho ana hoki te torohaki o te wini pūkenga e rima-whawhai. Roberts haerenga tino tata ko tona whawhai tino mīharo i roto i tenei oma. Mutu ia hoa vet UFC Junior Hernandez mā TKO i roto i te taka noa tuatahi o te whawhai taitara rohe. Kei te titiro inaianei Roberts ki te piri ki tana ara toa i roto i tona tuatahi RFA.
“Nōku te ahau ki te kia whawhai rite te hui tahi-matua i roto i te RFA,” kī Roberts. “Whakapono ana ahau ko ahau tetahi o nga featherweights runga i runga i te rārangi, me te e taea ki te whakamatau i oti i te Tari RFA uaua, ko wai te mea i runga i te pukapuka whawhai i roto i Tennessee. Te taea ki te whawhai i roto i Lincoln e tukua te rota o toku pā, hoa, a ki te utuafare hanga i te haerenga poto, me te liven ake te Pinnacle Bank Arena. E kore e taea e ahau tatari ki te whakaoti i tenei whawhai ki te mano e hamama ana ora i runga i AXS TV.”

E haere ana ki te rohe hoariri ki te maukati haona ki Roberts e tetahi nga whawhai atu matareka me whakangahau i roto i te hākinakina o. E kore tetahi mea ke atu i Arama e “Time Prime” Townsend (13-3), ko wai e maturuturu iho ki mā mo tenei whawhai. Ko te Tennessean-tiketike wāwaro hanga i tona tuatahi RFA i Kōmāmā i roto i Mei, rite ki te wahi o te kapa RFA i patua he rōpū o whawhai Legacy i roto i te whakatairanga hītori vs. hui whakatairanga i tangohia e wahi i roto i te Robinsonville, Mississippi. Ko te hahana Townsend, inaianei titiro ki te reassert ia ki ona whawhai RFA hoa.

“Oaoa vau e ahau e pā ana ki te haere mai ki te kainga o te tahi atu taata, me te ka tomo ratou i roto i te mua o to ratou pā,” Mea Townsend. “Pono, Ahau nui rawa, me te nohopuku hoki ia. Au ngāwari ahau te toa pai kua tonu ia faaruru. Ahau miharo farii noa ia i te whawhai ahau. Te haere pea ia ki te hoki atu o te whawhai tīmata kotahi ia e matakitaki ana rīpene i runga i ahau.”
Ko te whawhai āhuatanga i RFA 30 ka tohu i te hokinga mai o tetahi o nga hoa no te oraraa taatoa a Smith i Nebraska City. Ko e Darrick Minner, hanga e tona rima ahua i roto i te Tapawaru RFA nei. Kua whiwhi Minner tona ringa whakaara i roto i toru RFA whawhai, e ngā he wini mo Marvin Blumer i RFA 24 tenei Maehe mua. Ko e win ko te taime mahi-tautuhi i tino i roto i te mahi taitamariki o te toa e he maha miharo tawhiti e taea e ia kake i roto i tenei hākinakina. Ko te tangata vēkeveke ki te whakamātau i te pūmanawa o Minner ko te tangata kua oti nei te hanga ki tona whetu ake anaana anaanaraa e na roto i te hinga opuaraa tino-tauā i roto i tona tuatahi e rua RFA whawhai. Ko e Matt Brown (10-4), te tangata i te kāhua eerily haamana'oraa ki te whetu Welterweight UFC whawhai nei faaite taua te ingoa.
Whakaritea ano ki te hoki ki te tapawaru RFA i runga i te kāri matua o RFA 30 He mua RFA kaiwero taitara Kōmāmā Zach Juusola (10-3), -wā e wha RFA vet Rana Moret (8-2), a mua University o Nebraska whātōtō James Nakashima (3-0). Juusola ka fehangahangai Nebraska taketake Robert Rojas (10-4) i Kōmāmā, Moret manako tūturu Dawson Grand (7-0) i mā, and Nakashima will tussle with fellow undefeated welterweight prospect Chance Recountre (7-0).
Ko te RFA 30 Kia ka kauwhautia kāri tuatahi, me te ētahi atu pārongo e pā ana ki tenei kaupapa hohoro. RFA 30 e hui te ono o nga whakatairanga o ki te tango i te wahi i roto i Nebraska mai i töna tïmatanga i roto i 2011. Ko te kāri matua katoa o RFA 30 Ka teata ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT i te Rāmere, Mahuru 18.
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