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RFA rov qab los rau Nebraska NROG SMITH vs. JARDINE

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MAIN kev tshwm sim:
Anthony “Lionheart” SMITH vs.
BROCK “LUB TSHUAB” JARDINE
Middleweight showdown
CO-MAIN kev tshwm sim:
Ryan “YOG KOJ NPAJ” ROBERTS vs.
POB “Prime SIJHAWM” Townsend
FEATHERWEIGHT ua tsov ua rog
BANTAMWEIGHT FEATURE Sib ntaus:
Darrick puas vs. Matt xim av
Friday, CUAJ HLIS muaj 18 NYOB RAU AXS TV
NYOB ntawm lub Pinnacale Bank Arena nyob rau hauv Lincoln, Nebraska
Daim pib rau muag khoom Tam sim no nyob Ticketmaster.com
Las Vegas, Nevada – Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA) PResident Ed Soares tshaj tawm hnub no tias cov qib yuav rov qab mus tsev rau nws cov keeb kwm nyob rau Nebraska nrog RFA 30 nyob rau hauv lub Cuaj Hli Ntuj. Cov qib tuav nws thawj qhia tau tias nyob rau hauv lub “Cornhusker State” nyob rau hauv Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 2011 thiab tau txij li thaum nce MMA kev tshwm sims kuvn 13 statES nyob 3 lub sij hawm aav. RFA 30 yuav muab qhov chaw Friday, Cuaj hlis muaj 18 hauv lub xeev-of-the-art Pinnacle Bank Arena nyob rau hauv lub xeev cov capital nroog ntawm Lincoln, Nebraska. Tag nrho lub ntsiab card yuav tawm hauv TV nyob thiab thoob tebchaws rau AXS TV ntawm 10 p.m. THIAB / 7 p.m. PT.

“RFA pib nyob rau hauv Nebraska thiab kuv zoo siab heev rau saib Anthony Smith thiab Brock Jardine ntxiv rau peb cov keeb kwm nyob rau hauv lub Cornhusker State,” Hais Soares. “Cov no yog cov ob surging UFC vets uas yog hais txog mus tsoo nyob rau hauv ib tug zoo heev ntsiab tshwm sim nyob rau RFA 30.”
Daim pib rau 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) yog tam sim no enjoying ib txoj hauj lwm resurgence uas tau tso nws lub xeem tsib tw reeling thiab nrhiav cov lus teb. Smith, uas yog ib haiv neeg ntawm Nebraska nroog, Nebraska, sai sai sawv mus rau kev muaj npe nrov nyob rau hauv tov martial arts. Lug npe hu rau nws tsis muaj-nonsense mus kom ze rau sib ntaus sib tua, Smith racked li yeej-tom qab-yeej thiab sai pom nws tus kheej ib tug qub tub rog ntawm lub UFC, Strikeforce, thiab Bellator los ntawm lub sij hawm nws yog 25-xyoo-laus. Txawm li cas los, nws yog tsis mus txog rau thaum nws muab 25 hais tias nws xav hais tias nws yog thaum kawg tau kaw tag nrho cov qhov khoob nyob rau hauv nws MMA kev ua si. Uas raws taw tes rau hauv nws cov hauj lwm tau pab ncaj qha mus rau nws tsis ntev los no los cuag Vajtswv streak nqe lus hais txog rau hauv RFA 30 thiab nws yog tus pog txog showcasing nws daim ntawv tshiab rov qab nyob rau hauv lub nroog uas nws ua nws kev MMA debut nyob rau hauv 2008.

“Kuv tabtom super pumped txog headlining RFA 30 nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm kuv tus kivcua ntsawj nyob rau hauv Nebraska,” stated Smith. “Kuv tsis paub tej neeg tua hluav taws nrog kuv zoo ntawm kev pab. Koj yeej tsis tau 3,000 neeg. Uas suab nrov yog zoo nkauj npaum li cas ib tug thib peb tug txiv neej nyob rau hauv lub tawb thiab tsis muaj ib tug yog ntaus kuv nyob rau hauv Nebraska. Kuv loj hlob nyob rau hauv Nebraska nroog, Kuv ua neej nyob hauv Omaha, thiab kuv ua kuv pro debut nyob rau hauv Lincoln. Kuv kiv cua nyob rau hauv tag nrho peb lub zos yuav tsum muaj pom kuv yeej nyob rau hauv ntsoog loj heev zam rau Cuaj hlis muaj 18.”

Jardine (12-5) yog tam sim no enjoying ib txoj hauj lwm resurgence ntawm nws tus kheej, tam sim no hais tias nws yog rov qab sib tw raws li ib tug middleweight, qhov uas nws tau yeej tsis poob. Jardine, uas sib ob zaug rau lub UFC li welterweight, tuas ib txoj hauj lwm cov ntaub ntawv ntawm 7-0 ntawm 185-phaus. Uas muaj xws li yeej nyob rau hauv nws cov nag fights peb, uas muaj tag nrho cov coj qhov chaw nyob rau hauv headliners nyob rau hauv nws lub tsev lub xeev ntawm Utah xyoo no. Jardine khab nias nws lub taub hau cob qhia Rob Handley ntawm Tsis MMA nyob rau hauv West Jordan, Nyob hauv Utah kom nws tsis ntev los no yeej streak ntawm middleweight thiab zoo rau parlay uas khiav mus rau hauv ib txoj hauj lwm defining yeej ntawm RFA 30, uas nws pom li nws golden daim pib rov qab mus rau lub UFC.

“Kuv zoo siab heev tau ib feem ntawm ib tug zoo lub koom haum xws li cov RFA,” Jardine qw hais tias. “Txhua leej txhua tus paub li cas lub RFA yog tag nrho hais txog, tsim sab saum toj zeem muag thiab tau txais UFC vets rov qab mus rau lub loj qhia. Qhov no yuav yog ib tug zoo sib ntaus rau lub kiv cua, qhov twg tus khiav yuav zoo heev yooj yim tshum lawv daim pib rov qab mus rau lub UFC. Uas yog raws nraim li cas kuv npaj rau ua dab tsi nyob RFA 30.”
Lub co-ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm RFA 30 kuj nta ib lub zos nyiam, uas yog nrhiav kom tau rov qab mus rau lub UFC. Uas yuav tsum tau Ryan “Yog Koj Npaj” Roberts (21-10-1), leej twg nyiam Smith, yog tseem caij lub zog ntawm ib tug tsib-sib ntaus yeej streak. Roberts feem ntau tsis ntev los no kev mus ua si yog nws feem ntau muaj nqis sib ntaus thaum lub sij hawm no mus dhia. Nws nres khub UFC vet Junior Hernandez ntawm TKO nyob rau hauv thawj round ntawm ib cheeb tsam title sib ntaus. Roberts yog tam sim no tab tom nrhiav kom tau lo rau nws winning txoj kev nyob rau hauv nws debut RFA.
“Kuv tabtom honored yuav tsum tau sib ntaus sib tua li cov co-ntsiab kev tshwm sim nyob rau hauv lub RFA,” hais Roberts. “Kuv ntseeg tias kuv yog ib tug ntawm cov saum toj kawg nkaus featherweights rau lub roster thiab yuav tsum tau los ua pov thawj hais tias yog tag rau ib tawv RFA vet, uas yog rau ib tug yob sib ntaus sib tua tawm ntawm Tennessee. Ua tau sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv Lincoln yuav cia ib tug ntau ntawm kuv tus kivcua ntsawj, cov phooj ywg, thiab tsev neeg mus ua lub luv luv mus txawv tebchaws thiab liven li cov Pinnacle Bank Arena. Kuv yuav tsis tos kom tas no sib ntaus nrog cov neeg coob coob tsov nyob rau AXS TV.”

Mus txawv tebchaws mus rau hauv yeeb ncuab lub teb chaws los xauv tshuab raj nrog Roberts yuav tsum yog ib ntawm cov affable thiab entertaining neeg tua hluav taws nyob rau hauv kev ua si nawv. Uas yuav tsis muaj lwm yam tshaj li Adas “Prime Lub sij hawm” Townsend (13-3), uas yuav tsum tau xa me nyuam rov mus cia rau featherweight rau no sib ntaus. Cov high-octane Tennessean ua nws debut ntawm RFA khaub-ncaws nyias nyob rau hauv Tej zaum, raws li ib feem ntawm lub RFA pab neeg uas yeej ib pab neeg ntawm Legacy neeg tua hluav taws nyob rau hauv lub historic qib vs. nce qib kev tshwm sim uas coj qhov chaw nyob rau hauv Robinsonville, Mississippi. Lub flamboyant Townsend, tam sim no zoo rau reassert nws tus kheej tiv thaiv nws cov khub RFA neeg tua hluav taws.

“Kuv zoo siab heev hais txog los rau lwm tus neeg hometown thiab hawb lawv nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lawv cov kiv cua,” Townsend qw hais tias. “Ua siab ncaj, Kuv loj heev thiab ceev ceev rau nws. Kuv yooj yim qhov zoo tshaj plaws fighter nws tau puas tau ntsib. Kuv xav tsis thoob li nws txawm txais qhov kev sib ntaus. Nws tej zaum yuav rov qab tawm ntawm qhov kev sib ntaus ib zaug nws pib saib daim kab xev rau kuv.”
Lub feature sib ntaus ntawm RFA 30 yuav kos tus cim rau rov qab los ntawm ib tug ntawm Xamiv lub neej phooj ywg los ntawm Nebraska nroog. Uas yuav tsum tau Darrick Minner, uas yuav tau ua nws thib tsib tsos rau hauv lub RFA Octagon. Minner tau pom nws txhais tes tsa nyob rau hauv peb RFA fights, uas muaj xws li ib tug yeej tshaj Marvin Blumer ntawm RFA 24 no yav dhau los peb hlis ntuj. Uas yeej yog ib tug tseem ceeb ua hauj lwm-defining lub sij hawm ntawd nyob rau hauv cov tub ntxhais fighter cov hom hauj lwm uas muaj ntau wondering deb npaum li cas nws yuav tshoom nyob rau hauv no kev ua si nawv. Tus txiv neej xav mus kuaj Minner lub peev xwm yog ib tug txiv neej uas tau ua nws tus kheej lub hnub qub ci zog los ntawm defeating heev-touted zeem muag nyob rau hauv nws thawj thawj ob RFA fights. Uas yuav tsum tau Matt Brown (10-4), uas muaj ib tug sib ntaus sib tua style eerily reminiscent mus rau lub UFC welterweight lub hnub qub uas txoj tib lub npe.
Tsis tas li ntawd teem tseg rov qab mus rau lub RFA Octagon rau ntawm lub ntsiab card ntawm RFA 30 yog yav tas los RFA sib title challenger Zach Juusola (10-3), plaub-lub sij hawm RFA vet Dan Moret (8-2), thiab qub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm Nebraska wrestler James Nakashima (3-0). Juusola yuav fim Nebraska haiv neeg Robert Rojas (10-4) ntawm khaub-ncaws nyias, Moret zoo siab txais tos undefeated Grand Dawson (7-0) ntawm featherweight, and Nakashima will tussle with fellow undefeated welterweight prospect Chance Recountre (7-0).
Lub RFA 30 yam ua ntej card thiab qhia ntxiv txog qhov kev tshwm sim yuav muab tshaj tawm sai. RFA 30 yuav cov qib lub thib rau kev tshwm sim yuav coj qhov chaw nyob rau hauv Nebraska txij li thaum nws pib teeb tsa los nyob rau hauv 2011. Tag nrho lub ntsiab card ntawm RFA 30 yuav tsum tawm hauv TV nyob thiab teb chaws rau AXS TV nyob 10 p.m. THIAB / 7 p.m. PT rau hnub Friday, Cuaj hlis muaj 18.
Thov mus saib RFAfighting.com rau sib ntau sib tw tshiab thiab cov lus qhia. RFA yog tseem nyob rau Facebook tom Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram ntawm RFAfighting, thiab Twitter ntawm RFAfighting.
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RFA RETURNS TO THE CORNHUSKER STATE

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RFA 30 at the Pinnacle Bank Arena
in Lincoln, Nebraska


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


NTXIV:
James Nakashima and Kevin Gray
Friday, CUAJ HLIS muaj 18 NYOB RAU AXSTV
NYOB nyob rau hauv Lub Sanford Pentagon nyob rau hauv Sioux Falls, SD
Daim pib rau muag khoom Friday July 31st ntawm Ticketmaster.com
Las Vegas, Nevada – Sawv rov qab los Sib ntaus Alliance (RFA) president Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will return home to its roots in Nebraska with RFA 30 nyob rau hauv lub Cuaj Hli Ntuj. Cov qib tuav nws thawj qhia tau tias nyob rau hauv lub “Cornhusker State” nyob rau hauv Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 2011 and has since promoted MMA events in 13 states across 3 lub sij hawm aav. RFA 30 yuav muab qhov chaw Friday, Cuaj hlis muaj 18 inside the state-of-the-art Pinnacle Bank Arena located in the state’s capital city of Lincoln, Nebraska. Tag nrho lub ntsiab card yuav tawm hauv TV nyob thiab thoob tebchaws rau AXS TV ntawm 10 p.m. THIAB / 7 p.m. PT.

“RFA started in Nebraska and a lot of our history happened in the great “Cornhusker State”, stated Saores. “I’m happy to announce that we will be bringing the promotion back to its birthplace with RFA 30.”
Daim pib rau RFA 30 are available for purchase on Friday, July 31st through Ticketmaster.com. You can also support your favorite fighter buy purchasing your tickets through CageTix.com.
Scheduled to fight at RFA 30 in the RFA’s highly-anticipated return to Nebraska are three of the state’s biggest MMA stars. Anthony “Lionheart” Smith (22-11), Ryan Roberts (20-10-1), and Darrick Minner (13-4) are all slated to compete on the main card. Smith and Roberts, who are both veterans of the UFC, will be making their RFA debut in front of their home crowd. Meanwhile, Minner is a longtime RFA fan favorite. This will be his fifth appearance for the promotion.
Also scheduled to return to the “Cornhusker State” is former University of Nebraska wrestler James Nakashima. The Cornhusker wrestling standout was a main training partner of 2012 Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs during their time on the wrestling mats in Lincoln. Nakashima now trains at The MMA LAB in Glendale, Arizona and is widely-considered one of the most promising welterweight prospects in the sport. He will be competing for the RFA for a third time this year just like Nebraska based flyweight prospect Kevin “Pocket Herc” Gray. This will be the fourth overall appearance for Gray in the RFA.
Lub RFA 30 sib ntaus card, bout announcements, thiab qhia ntxiv txog qhov kev tshwm sim yuav muab tshaj tawm sai. RFA 30 yuav cov qib lub thib rau kev tshwm sim yuav coj qhov chaw nyob rau hauv Nebraska txij li thaum nws pib teeb tsa los nyob rau hauv 2011. Tag nrho lub ntsiab card ntawm RFA 30 yuav tsum tawm hauv TV nyob thiab teb chaws rau AXS TV nyob 10 p.m. THIAB / 7 p.m. PT rau hnub Friday, Cuaj hlis muaj 18.
Thov mus saib RFAfighting.com rau sib ntau sib tw tshiab thiab cov lus qhia. RFA yog tseem nyob rau Facebook tom Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram ntawm RFAfighting, thiab Twitter ntawm RFAfighting.
Hais txog RFA: RFA yog ib tug kws mixed martial arts qib uas muab nce hnub qub thiab sab saum toj contenders lub sij hawm los ua pov thawj rau lawv tej txuj ci rau cov kiv cua thiab cov thawj coj nyob rau hauv lub lag luam. Lub RFA pib nyob txheej xwm nyob rau hauv txhua lub hlis nyob ib ncig ntawm lub tebchaws United States nrog Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver thiab Milwaukee. RFA yuav pom nyob rau hauv dhau 43 lab tsev hauv teb chaws los ntawm nws cov TV deal nrog AXS TV. Raws li nyob rau hauv Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA yog ib qho ntawm feem active thiab hwm MMA cov koom haum nyob rau hauv lub ceev tshaj loj hlob kev ua si nawv nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no. (Lub Octagon, Kawg sib ntaus Championship®, UFC®, thiab lub yim mog sib txeeb lev thiab tawb tsim sau npe trademarks uas heev dua lwm yam los ntawm Zuffa, LLC. Tag nrho cov cai qhaib).

Hais txog AXS TV Fights: AXS TV Fights yog renowned rau nws universally paub tias Friday Night Mixed Martial Arts thiab Kickboxing cov txheej xwm. Raws li Koj Lub Tsev Rau MMA, AXS TV siv ib tug expansive network ntawm promotions los ntawm lub tebchaws United States, Canada, thiab cov teb chaws Europe. Thiab Asia mus tshaj tawm hauv xov ntau LIVE fights tshaj lwm yam TV network. “Lub Suab” Michael Schiavello thiab tsib-lub sij hawm MMA ntiaj teb no-yeej Pat Miletich muab viewers kws ua si-by-ua si, nyob rau hauv-tob fighter kev pab them nqi, thiab nws kim heev tsom xam rau txhua sib ntaus card. AXS TV broadcasts world-class LIVE sib ntaus cov txheej xwm los ntawm RFA, Tsov ntxhuav sib ntaus, Legacy FC, thiab MFC txhua txhua hnub Friday yav hmo ntuj ntawm 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. THIAB.