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LFA RETURNS TO MMA HOTBED IN SOUTH DAKOTA WITH LFA 19: MICHAUD vs.RODRIGUES

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Isi ihe omume:
“BULLDAWG”
DAVID MICHAUD
vs.
“BAD BOY”
CIRO RODRIGUES
WELTERWEIGHT WAR
Friday, AUGUST 18th Bi na AXS TV
SANFORD PENTAGON in SIOUX FALLS, SD
Tickets are on sale NOW through Ticketmaster.com
Naan i any i, Texas – Hapụrụ Ọgụ 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.
Isi ihe omume nke LFA 19 will feature a welterweight war between three-time UFC vet David “Bulldawg” Michaud and Brazilian powerhouse Ciro “Bad Boy” Rodrigues. LFA 19 – Michaud vs. Rodrigues takes place Friday, August 18 na Sanford Pentagon na Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Dum isi kaadị ga-televised ndụ na mba na AXS TV na 9 p.m. NA / 6 p.m. Pt.
“LFA 19 will add to an exciting MMA history in South Dakota that began three summers ago with the RFA,” Kwuru 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 nwoke maara dị ka “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 afọ. The Brazilian known as “Bad Boy” 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: Lebanye anya’ 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, Matiu Lopez, Terrion ngwongwo, 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.
Ugbu mara ọkwa Main Card (Televised on AXS TV na 9 p.m. NA / 6 p.m. Pt):
Main Omume | Welterweight tuanu (170 lb)
– David Michaud (11-3) vs. Ciro Rodrigues (20-7)
Njirimara bayere | Welterweight tuanu (170 lb)
– Clarence Jordan (9-3-1) vs Marcus Edwards (12-5)
Na September 2016, RFA and Legacy FC officials announced that they would be merging to form the premier developmental organization in Mixed Martial Arts (Emmanuel) malite na January 2017. RFA na Hapụrụ FC ulo oru n'ọrụ nke n'elu 100 na-eme egwuregwu na ruru n'ọtụtụ kasị elu nke Emmanuel ọkwá na UFC.
LFA 19 will serve as the second LFA event to take place in the state of South Dakota. RFA visited “Ugwu Rushmore State” 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 ga-mara ọkwa anya. The dum isi kaadị nke LFA 19 ga-televised ndụ na mba na AXS TV na 9 p.m. NA / 6 p.m. Pt.
Biko gaa na LFAfighting.com n'ihi na bayere mmelite na ọmụma. LFA is on Facebook at Hapụrụ Ọgụ Alliance. LFA is also on Instagram at @LFAfighting and Twitter at @LFAfighting.
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Lụọ Network Ozi RFA 26 LIVE, WSOF 21 Friday, June 5 Malite na 10 p.m. NA

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Toronto (June 4, 2015 — Ọgụ Network, ụwa Premiya 24/7 telivishọn raara mezue mkpuchi nke ọgụ egwuregwu, presents back-to-back world-class championship mixed martial arts broadcasts this Friday, June 5, na-amalite na 10 p.m. na a ndụ ngosi nke RFA 26: Smith vs. Smith from 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado.

 

Immediately following the live broadcast, Fight Network will present WSOF 21: Palmer vs. Horodecki in its entirety from Edmonton Expo Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

 

Fight Network will televise both cards exclusively in Canada, na ụwa na n'elu 30 mba gafee Europe, Africa na Middle East.

 

Airing ndụ na 10 p.m. NA, RFA 26 will be headlined by a welterweight title bout as RFA welterweight champion Benjamin Smith (14-2) puts his title on the line against No. 1 contender Gilbert Smith(10-4). Na ngalaba-isi omume, Brazilian submission ace Thiago “Monstinho” Alves (8-2) battles Colorado’s own Marcus “Bad Bu” Edwards (9-3). The main card will also feature a pair of bantamweights bouts, as NCAA Division I wrestler Jarred “Shutout” Market (12-2) will lock horns with jiu-jitsu black belt Bruno Frazatto (6-2), while Hawaiian knockout artist Boston “Ọganihu ọganihu” Salmọn (3-0) will clash with collegiate wrestler Danny Mainus (3-3). Ọzọkwa na isi kaadị, former RFA middleweight title challenger Andrew “The Dirte” Sanchez (5-2) squares off with Respect FC and SFFN champion Clinton Williams (5-1) and undefeated heavyweight prospect Brandon Griffin(4-0) battles The MMA Lab destroyer Ashley Gooch (7-4).

 

WSOF 21: Palmer vs. Horodecki features a championship doubleheader. Ke isi omume, reigning WSOF featherweight champion Lance Palmer (9-1) will put his title on the line for the first time against Canadian challenger and battle-tested veteran Chris “The Polish Hammer” Horodecki (21-5-1), while the co-feature pits WSOF heavyweight champion Smealinho “The Prince” Ram aagainst Bulgarian standout Blagoi Ivanov (11-1). Two featherweight rising stars will put their unblemished records on the line when Hakeem Dawodu (4-0) osobo Chuka “Ọdụm Eze” Willis(4-0), ọzọ Mark “Sweet Dreams” Drummond (7-2) agha Michael “The Messenger” Hill in an all-Canadian welterweight clash.

 

The live action continues on Saturday, June 6, na-amalite na 9 a.m. NA na M-1 Ịma Aka 58: Agha na Ugwu 4 from Ingushetia, Russia, featuring Marcelo Brito (13-6) vs. Murad Abdulaev(14-3) for the M-1 welterweight title, ọzọ Lee Morrison (12-5) ihu Pavel Vitruk (12-1) na featherweight edinam, na heavyweights Alexei Kudin (19-8) na Denis Smoldarev (10-1) will throw down. Lụọ Network si ndụ na agbasa ozi n'ikuku nke M-1 Ịma Aka 58 ga-ikuku na Cablevision si kacha TV, Grande Communications, Shentel USB na Armstrong USB Audio, mba na Canada, Roku ngwaọrụ gafee North America, na ụwa na n'elu 30 mba gafee Europe, Africa na Middle East.

 

Mgbe e mesịrị, Fight Network will televise the ndụ prelims maka UFC Ọgụ Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson nanị Canada si 8 p.m. NA ka 10 p.m. NA. The prelims will feature an explosive heavyweight clash between heavy-handed Texan Shawn Jordan (17-6) and New Orleans’ own knockout artist Derrick Lewis (12-3, 1NC), a welterweight matchup pitting 69-fight veteran Brian Ebersole (51-16-1, 1NC) against Dagestani prospect Omari Akhmedov (14-2), a lightweight bout between New Yorker Chris Wade (9-1) and Californian Christos Giagos (11-3), plus Massachusetts native Joe Proctor(10-3) faces Ohio native Justin Edwards (9-4) in a lightweight showcase of Ultimate Fighter lagoro ezumike nka.

 

Ndụ tupu agha mkpuchi ga-eduga n'ime prelims na satọde evening with Fight Network’s UFC Pre-Show Live na 7 p.m. NA, featuring Ntụle, amụma na analysis.

 

N'ihi na a zuru ndepụta nke Ọgụ Network si agbasa ozi n'ikuku oge, biko gaa na tv.fightnetwork.com, Soro anyị na Twitterfightnet, na-na-akwado na Facebook ma na-eleta anyị na Instagramfightnet.
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INCA KOLA to unveil custom ORANGE COUNTY CHOPPER at RFA 26

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INCA KOLA to unveil custom ORANGE COUNTY CHOPPER
Friday, June 5th na RFA 26
in Broomfield, Colorado
WinThisChopper.com sweepstakes to support
Easter Seals New York’s Veterans Count
Las Vegas, Nevada – Mbilite n'Ọnwụ-alụ ọgụ Alliance (RFA) and Inca Kola USA announced today that the debut of an Orange County Choppers (OCC) custom-built motorcycle designed for Inca Kola will debut at RFA 26 – Smith vs. Smith this Friday, June 5th. The chopper will be the awarded to a lucky winner entered in Inca Kola’s sweepstakes WinThisChopper.com. The proceeds from the sweepstakes will benefit Easter Seals New York’s Veterans Count and educational programs.

RFA president Ed Soares shared his thoughts on the promotion.
“RFA is proud to have had such a long relationship with Inca Kola,” Kwuru Soares. “We are honored to host the debut of Orange County Choppers custom-built Inca Kola motorcycle at RFA 26 in Colorado. The WinThisChopper.com sweepstakes is a great way to raise awareness and funds for Easter Seals New York’s Veterans Count and educational programs.”
Orange County Choppers co-founder Paul Teutul, SR. shared similar sentiments.
“The entire team at Orange County Choppers is honored to be working with Inca Kola to raise awareness and donations for Easter Seals and Veterans Count,” stated Paul Teutul Sr.
Inca Kola has been a longtime sponsor of the RFA dating back to RFA 7 na March 2013, which took place at the same venue that Friday night’s festivities are set to take place. “The Golden Kola” has become a very prominent brand seen at live RFA events and nationwide through the RFA’s television deal with AXS TV. Inca Kola’s COO Randy Berman sees the WinThisChopper.com sweepstakes as a way to parlay Inca Kola and the RFA’s relationship and bring nationwide awareness to a great cause that will culminate this fall when a winner of the Orange County Choppers custom-built Inca Kola motorcycle is announced.
“We are really proud of our partnership with all of the vendors that have participated in this project including Orange County Choppers, Mbilite n'Ọnwụ-alụ ọgụ Alliance, and AXS TV,” Berman explained. “We are certain that their participation will make this promotion for Easter Seals Veterans Count a huge success.”

RFA 26 – Smith vs. Smith takes place this Friday, June 5th at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado. The main card will feature six professional fights televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 10 p.m. NA / 7 p.m. Pt.
RFA 26 ga-headlined site a welterweight aha bayere dị ka RFA welterweight mmeri Benjamin Smith (14-2) na-ewepụta ya aha na akara megide RFA #1 welterweight mgba Gilbert Smith (10-4). Isi kaadị ga-Njirimara a ụzọ bantamweight oké. NCAA Division m mgba Jarred “Shutout” Market (12-2) ga-igbachi mpi na jiu-jitsu nwa belt Bruno Frazatto (6-2), mgbe Hawaii knockout omenkà Boston “Ọganihu ọganihu” Salmọn (3-0) ga na-akwadoghị collegiate mgba Danny Mainus (3-3). Ọzọkwa na isi kaadị, mbụ RFA middleweight aha ịma ya aka Andrew “The Dirte” Sanchez (5-2) n'ámá anya na Ùgwù FC na SFFN middleweight mmeri Clinton Williams (5-1) na undefeated heavyweight atụmanya Brandon Griffin (4-0) agha The Emmanuel nyocha mbibi Ashley Gooch (7-4).
170 Egwuregwu:
Ben Smith vs Gilbert Smith
155 Ngalaba-isi omume:
Thiago Alves vs Marcus Edwards
135 Njirimara bayere:
Jarred Mercado vs Bruno Frazzato
265 Njirimara bayere:
Brandon Griffin vs Ashley Gooch
185 Njirimara bayere:
Andrew Sanchez vs Clinton Williams
135 Njirimara bayere:
Boston Salmon vs Danny Mainus
Biko gaa na RFAfighting.com n'ihi na bayere mmelite na ọmụma. RFA bụkwa na Facebook na Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram naRFAfighting, na Twitter naRFAfighting.
Banyere RFA: RFA bụ ọkachamara mbuaha karat nkwalite nke na-enye na-ebili kpakpando na top contenders ohere igosi na ha talent Fans na ndị ndú na njem. The RFA ọnọde ndụ ihe ndị na a kwa ọnwa ndabere gburugburu United States gụnyere Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver na Milwaukee. RFA nwere ike hụrụ ndụ na n'elu 43 nde obibi mba site na telivishọn ndibiat AXS TV. Dabere na Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA bụ otu n'ime ihe ndị kasị arụsi ọrụ ike na-akwanyere ùgwù Emmanuel òtù na kasị na-eto eto egwuregwu n'ụwa. (The Octagon, Jisọs alụ ọgụ Championship®, UFC®, na asatọ kwadoro mpi ute na onu imewe na-ụghalaahịa edenyere n'akwụkwọ ikikere ekesịpde nanị Zuffa, LLC. Ikike niile echekwabara).
Banyere AXS TV alụkarị ọgụ: AXS TV ọgụ ama maka ya nile ghọtara Friday Night weere Mara Arts na Kickboxing ihe. Dị ka gị Home N'ihi Emmanuel, AXS TV utilizes ihe mbara netwọk nke n'ọkwá si United States, Canada, na Europe. Na Asia ka ohuru ihe LIVE ịlụ ọgụ karịa ihe ọ bụla ọzọ na telivishọn na netwọk. “The Voice” Michael Schiavello na ise oge Emmanuel ụwa-mmeri Pat Miletich nye ndị na-ekiri ọkachamara play-site-play, na-omimi fighter mkpuchi, na ọtụtụ analysis ka onye ọ bụla agha kaadị. AXS TV mgbasaozi ụwa-klas LIVE agha ihe si RFA, Odum Ọgụ, Hapụrụ FC, na MFC ọ bụla Friday n'abalị 7 p.m. Pt / 10 p.m. NA.

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RFA 26 Ọkọkpọhi NEW-arụkọ isi Omume, Na televised kaadị tọhapụrụ

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RFA 26 Na Colorado
Friday JUN 5th Ndụ AXS TV
Isi ihe omume:
Ben Smith vs Gilbert Smith
WELTERWEIGHT egwuregwu
Ngalaba isi Omume:
Thiago Alves vs Marcus Edwards
Kedu otu m ga ọgụ na-aga


Las Vegas, Nevada – Mbilite n'Ọnwụ-alụ ọgụ Alliance (RFA) ga-feature ọhụrụ ngalaba-isi omume dị ka nkwalite isi oche azụ Colorado ọnwa na-abịa. RFA 26 – Smith vs. Smith ugbu a, nwere a ngalaba-headliner pitting abụọ lightweights naoking ka ka a nnukwu nkwupụta na Mile High City dị ka Colorado onwe Marcus “Bad Bu” Edwards agha Brazil nrubeisi Ace Thiago “Anụ” Alves. Ihe omume na-ewe ebe Friday, June 5th na 1STBANK Center na Broomfield, Colorado. Dum isi kaadị ga-televised ndụ na mba na AXS TV na 10 p.m. NA / 7 p.m. Pt.
Tiketi maka RFA 26 – Smith vs. Smith dị maka zuo UGBUA site AltitudeTickets.com. Tiketi na-amalite mgbe $25.00. A ole na ole nke catered 8 oche-cageside Ukwuu tebụl dị site na-akpọ 303-521-0966.
Alves (8-2) bụ a 28 afọ ala nke São Paulo, Brazil na-esetịpụ n'usoro nke nwa belt na jiu-jitsu. Alves na-dochie mbụ RFA aha ịma ya aka Zach Juusola, bụ onye a manyere ịdọrọ si n'obi ruru mmerụ. The Team Link nnọchiteanya ka nwetara isii nke asatọ ya ọrụ mmeri site nrubeisi ebe na-eme ka ya ọkachamara Emmanuel mpụta mbụ ke 2011. Abụọ n'ime ndị na-erubere Enwee Mmeri bịa afọ a na ọ ga-ele anya na-anọ zuru okè 2015 dị ka ọ na-eme ya telivishọn mba mpụta mbụ na RFA 26.
“Amaghị m ọtụtụ ihe banyere Marcus Edwards n'onwe, ma nke a ga-abụ oké ohere maka anyị abụọ na-egosi anya nkà anyị na telivishọn mba. M na-atụ anya ga-n'obodo ya na-eme ọrụ m na RFA 26.”
Edwards (9-3) ga-eme ememe a abụọ-homecoming na RFA 26. The 26-afọ Factory X Muay Thai standout ga-alaghachi na-alụ ọgụ n'ụlọ ya ala nke Colorado maka oge mbụ ebe 2013, mgbe na-alaghachi AXS TV, ebe ọ na-agha ugboro atọ 2014.
RFA 26 ga-headlined site a welterweight aha bayere dị ka RFA welterweight mmeri Benjamin Smith (14-2) na-ewepụta ya aha na akara megide RFA #1 welterweight mgba Gilbert Smith (10-4). Isi kaadị ga-Njirimara a ụzọ bantamweight oké. NCAA Division m mgba Jarred “Shutout” Market (12-2) ga-igbachi mpi na jiu-jitsu nwa belt Bruno Frazatto (6-2), mgbe Hawaii knockout omenkà Boston “Ọganihu ọganihu” Salmọn (3-0) ga na-akwadoghị collegiate mgba Danny Mainus (3-3). Ọzọkwa na isi kaadị, mbụ RFA middleweight aha ịma ya aka Andrew “The Dirte” Sanchez (5-2) n'ámá anya na Ùgwù FC na SFFN middleweight mmeri Clinton Williams (5-1) na undefeated heavyweight atụmanya Brandon Griffin (4-0) agha The Emmanuel nyocha mbibi Ashley Gooch (7-4).
170 Egwuregwu:
Ben Smith vs Gilbert Smith
155 Ngalaba-isi omume:
Thigo Alves vs Marcus Edwards
135 Njirimara bayere:
Jarred Mercado vs Brun Frazzato
265 Njirimara bayere:
Brandon Griffin vs Ashley Gooch
185 Njirimara bayere:
Andrew Sanchez vs Clinton Williams
135 Njirimara bayere:
Boston Salmon vs Danny Mainus
Additional oké na na RFA 26 n'okpurukaadị ga-mara ọkwa anya. RFA 26 ga-nkwalite si isii omume na-ewere ọnọdụ na steeti Colorado. Ọ ga-abụ na nke abụọ oge na RFA gara “Otu narị State” na 2015. Dum isi kaadị nke RFA 26 – Smith vs. Smith ga-televised ndụ na mba na AXS TV na 10 p.m. NA / 7 p.m. Pt on Friday, June 5th.
Biko gaa na RFAfighting.com n'ihi na bayere mmelite na ọmụma. RFA bụkwa na Facebook na Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram naRFAfighting, na Twitter naRFAfighting.
Banyere RFA: RFA bụ ọkachamara mbuaha karat nkwalite nke na-enye na-ebili kpakpando na top contenders ohere igosi na ha talent Fans na ndị ndú na njem. The RFA ọnọde ndụ ihe ndị na a kwa ọnwa ndabere gburugburu United States gụnyere Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver na Milwaukee. RFA nwere ike hụrụ ndụ na n'elu 43 nde obibi mba site na telivishọn ndibiat AXS TV. Dabere na Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA bụ otu n'ime ihe ndị kasị arụsi ọrụ ike na-akwanyere ùgwù Emmanuel òtù na kasị na-eto eto egwuregwu n'ụwa. (The Octagon, Jisọs Fighting Championship®, UFC®, na asatọ kwadoro mpi ute na onu imewe na-ụghalaahịa edenyere n'akwụkwọ ikikere ekesịpde nanị Zuffa, LLC. Ikike niile echekwabara).
Banyere AXS TV alụkarị ọgụ: AXS TV ọgụ ama maka ya nile ghọtara Friday Night weere Mara Arts na Kickboxing ihe. Dị ka gị Home N'ihi Emmanuel, AXS TV utilizes ihe mbara netwọk nke n'ọkwá si United States, Canada, na Europe. Na Asia ka broadcast ọzọLIVE fighTS karịa aNY ọzọ teleọhụụ netwọk. “The Voice” Michael Schiavello na ise oge Emmanuel ụwa-mmeri Pat Miletich nye ndị na-ekiri ọkachamara play-site-play, na-omimi fighter mkpuchi, na ọtụtụ analysis ka onye ọ bụla agha kaadị. AXS TV mgbasaozi ụwa-klas LIVE agha ihe si RFA, Odum Ọgụ, Hapụrụ FC, na MFC na Friday ọ bụla n'abalị 7 p.m. Pt / 10 p.m. NA.