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

להשאיר תגובה
THE SUMMER OF LFA

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

LFA LAUNCHING PAD
The summer continued to heat up in July. The UFC hosted 5 events along with the first 3 episodes of UFC President Dana White’s new weekly web series titled “Dana White’s יום שלישי Night Contender Series” throughout the month.
The number of LFA alum that participated in those events was staggering. 19 fighters that have fought for LFA or the two promotions that merged to create it (RFA ו- Legacy FC) competed in the UFC. UFC 213 headliner Valentina Shevchenko would have made that 20 לוחמים, but Amanda Nunes withdrew from their title fight on the day of the fight.
The presence of LFA alum on Dana White’s new show was just as impressive. In the first three episodes that aired in July, 17 של 30 מתחרים (56.6%) had previously competed for LFA, RFA, or Legacy FC. Each of the three episodes also featured two “LFA vs. LFA” משחקים. The most impressive stat, עם זאת, is the fact that an LFA fighter was signed by Dana White off of each episode.
That trend carried over into August with a fourth LFA fighter being signed to the UFC off of the fourth episode of “Dana White’s יום שלישי Night Contender Series”. The four LFA stars signed off of the show so far are Boston Salmon (שבוע 1), שון אומאלי (שבוע 2), Geoff Neal (שבוע 3), and Julian Marquez (שבוע 4). There are currently 32 fighters from LFA scheduled to compete on theיום שלישי might summer series. LFA also currently has 19 alum ranked in the latest UFC fighter rankings.
LFA ALUM IMPRESS IN THE UFC
While former LFA fighters impressed in the UFC last month with the sheer number of participants, what they accomplished in those bouts is even more important. Perhaps the biggest shining star of the bunch was former RFA featherweight champion Brian Ortega. האיש המכונה “טי-סיטי” improved his perfect record to 12-0 and saw his UFC fighter ranking move up to #6 בעולם.
Ortega did this by breaking his own UFC record at UFC 214 on July 29th. Going into his bout with fellow unbeaten star Renato Moicano, Ortega held the UFC record for most consecutive third round finishes. He extended that streak by submitting Moicano in the final frame with a $50,000 UFC “ביצוע הלילה” bonus winning Guillotine Choke.
The following יום שבת בלילה להילחם UFC 114, RFA great Dustin Ortiz broke another UFC record to secure his own $50,000 UFC “ביצוע הלילה” מַעֲנָק. Ortiz accomplished this feat by knocking out Hector Sandoval in 15-seconds to record the fastest finish in UFC flyweight history. His teammate and former RFA flyweight champion Sergio Pettis happened to headline the same card. Pettis won his marquee bout against Brandon Moreno unanimously in a pivotal battle between two Top 10 ranked UFC flyweights.
The UFC will be off for the next few weeks, but September looks to be just as big for the LFA greats competing inside the famed UFC Octagon. UFC 215 ב 9 בספטמבר will feature two LFA alum challenging for UFC world titles. Legacy FC great Ray Borg will headline the card for a shot at the UFC flyweight title, while Shevchenko will finally get a crack at the UFC women’s bantamweight title in the co-main event. Seven other LFA alum have UFC bouts already announced for next month as well.
4 SHOWS IN 4 WEEKS
LFA started August with the first title defense in the promotion’s history. Two of the inaugural LFA champions that were just crowned in June (Eryk Anders and Roberto Sanchez) have already made their UFC debut, but LFA featherweight champion Kevin “Angel of Death” Aguilar was able to defend his title in the main event of LFA 18 האחרון יום שישי. He did so by sweeping the scorecards against a very game challenger in #1 contender and world-class BJJ black belt Justin Rader.
LFA is now set to end the summer with four shows in four weeks in four different states. The quadruple-header starts next week in South Dakota at LFA 19. The promotion then heads east to Minnesota the following week at LFA 20. LFA kicks off first day of September in Missouri at LFA 21. Then the final leg of the four week trip will go down in Colorado at LFA 22.
LFA 19 – Michaud vs. Rodrigues מתקיים יום שישי, אוגוסט 18 בפנטגון סנפורד ב סו פולס, דרום דקוטה. The event will serve as the second LFA event to take place in the state of South Dakota. RFA visited “מדינת ההר ראשמור” four times before the merger. LFA 19 is headlined with a welterweight war between three-time UFC vet David “Bulldawg” Michaud (11-3) and Brazilian powerhouse Ciro “ילד רע” Rodrigues (20-7).

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LFA 20 – Curry vs. בארנס מתקיים יום שישי, August 25th at the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake, מינסוטה. The event will serve as the third LFA event to take place in the state of Minnesota. RFA ומורשתו FC אירח תשעה אירועים משולבים בתוך “ארצם של 10,000 אגמים” לפני המיזוג. LFA 20 is headlined with a welterweight showdown between rising star Chad “Blitz” Curry and former RFA title challenger Nick “The Phoenix” בארנס.
LFA 21 – Noblitt vs. Branjão מתקיים יום שישי, September 1st at the Branson Convention Center in Branson, מיזורי. The event will serve as the first LFA event to take place in the state of Missouri. RFA visited the “Show Me State” four times before the merger. LFA 21 is headlined with a light-heavyweight battle between undefeated American prospect Kyle James Noblitt (8-0) and undefeated Brazilian prospect Antônio Paulo “הר” Branjão (4-0).
LFA 22 – Heinisch vs. פרז מתקיים יום שישי, ספטמבר 8 במרכז 1STBANK בברומפילד, קולורדו. The event will serve as the third LFA event to take place in the state of Colorado. RFA visited “מדינת Centennial” eight times before the merger. LFA 22 is headlined with an LFA middleweight title fight between Colorado’s own Ian “The Hurricane” Heinisch (8-0) and Brazilian dynamo Markus “Maluko” פרז (8-0).
The entire main card of these four events will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 9 p.m. ו / 6 p.m. PT.
בחודש ספטמבר 2016, RFA and Legacy FC officials announced that they would be merging to form the premier developmental organization in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) החל מינואר 2017. RFA ומורשתו FC השיקו את הקריירות של מעל 100 ספורטאים שהגיעו לשיא של MMA ידי המתחרות של UFC.
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אומנויות לחימה מעורבות, MMA

LFA RETURNS TO COLORADO WITH MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT:

להשאיר תגובה
LFA 22 – HEINISCH vs. PEREZ

אירוע מרכזי:
UNDEFEATED SUPER PROSPECT
IAN “THE HURRICANE” HEINISCH
לעומת.
UNDEFEATED SUPER PROSPECT
MARKUS “MALUKO” PEREZ
TITLE הבינוני העולם
מקרה CO MAIN:
GILBERT SMITH
לעומת.
ANDREW KAPEL
GILBERT SMITH’S FINAL FIGHT
WOMEN’S FEATURE BO

UT:
MAYCEE BARBER
לעומת.
MALLORY MARTIN
יום שישי, SEPTEMBER 8th חי בטלוויזיה AXS
1STBANK Center in BROOMFIELD, COLORADO
כרטיסים נמכרים כעת עד AltitudeTickets.com
HOUSTON, טקסס – Legacy לחימה אליאנס (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will crown a new middleweight champion in September when the promotion returns to Colorado.

האירוע המרכזי של LFA 22 will feature the top two middleweight prospects in the sport. Colorado’s own Ian “The Hurricane” Heinisch will face Brazilian dynamo and fellow undefeated prospect Markus “Maluko” Perez for the vacant LFA middleweight title. LFA 22 – Heinisch vs. Perez takes place יום שישי, ספטמבר 8 במרכז 1STBANK בברומפילד, קולורדו. הכרטיס הראשי השלם יהיה בטלביזיה בשידור חי וארצי בטלוויזיה AXS ב 9 p.m. ו / 6 p.m. PT.
“LFA will crown a new middleweight champion at LFA 22 בקולורדו,” Soares המוצהר. “Ian Heinisch and Markus Perez are the top two middleweight prospects in the sport. ב ספטמבר 8, only one will walk away with their perfect record intact with the LFA middleweight title wrapped around their waist.”
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Heinisch (8-0) received plenty of fanfare when he signed with the LFA earlier this year. This was due to the fact that Heinisch is widely regarded as one of the top middleweight prospects in the world. The two-time Colorado state wrestling champion from Ponderosa High School lived up to media and fans’ lofty expectations, and then some, when he made his highly-anticipated LFA debut in the main event of LFA 10. Heinisch quickly dispatched the well-versed Brazilian powerhouse Lucas Rota in less than a round with a rare Ude-Garami (Keylock) from Kesa-Gatame (Scarf Hold). This positioned him at the front of the line for a title shot. The 29-year-old will now get the opportunity to fight for the vacant LFA middleweight title in front of his home crowd at LFA 22.
פרז (8-0) is perhaps the only middleweight prospect in the world that can match the intrigue surrounding Heinisch. This is due in large part to the fact that Perez has been just as dominant in his native Brazil as Heinisch has been stateside. האיש המכונה “Maluko” will be making his highly-anticipated international MMA debut on the heels of back-to-back wins over UFC veterans Ildemar Alcântara and Paulo Thiago. Those wins saw Perez’s stock as a top prospect skyrocket as Alcântara and Thiago have a combined 20 fights in the UFC between the two of them. The 27-year-old is now eager to showcase his talents outside of Brazil for the first time. He will get that opportunity on ספטמבר 8 when he fights for the vacant LFA middleweight title.
אירוע שיתוף הראשי של LFA 22 will feature the farewell fight of one of Colorado’s most beloved and accomplished fighters when Gilbert Smith gets his hands wrapped and throws down one last time in front of his adoring home crowd. The proud Coloradan has enjoyed an MMA career that has seen him reach the highest levels of the sport.
ארצות הברית. Army veteran and Colorado Springs resident competed on two seasons of the UFC’s hit reality television series הלוחם האולטימטיבי. Along with being a memorable cast member on TUF 17 and TUF 25, Smith competed for the UFC and Bellator, as well as both RFA and Legacy FC before the two promotions merged to form LFA at the beginning of the year. During his time with RFA, Smith won the welterweight world title.
The man standing across the Octagon from Smith at LFA 22 will be Andrew Kapel (11-6). Kapel is a longtime friend and teammate of Benjamin Smith, who is the man that Gilbert Smith took the RFA title from two summers ago in the main event of RFA 26. Kapel, like Benjamin Smith, is a student of Greg Nelson at The Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota and will look to exact a bit of revenge in the same building where Gilbert Smith submitted Benjamin Smith. The budding grudge match in Gilbert’s farewell fight has one more layer. Kapel submitted Smith’s teammate Adam Stroup last month in less than a round.
In the always exciting women’s strawweight division, Maycee Barber (1-0) will return to the LFA Octagon against RFA vet and fellow top prospect Mallory Martin (1-1) at LFA 22. Barber burst on to the MMA scene in June with a dominant professional MMA debut at LFA 14. Barber submitted undefeated prospect Itzel Esquivel via armbar in the first round of a bout that took place in her opponent’s hometown. Now Barber will return to the LFA Octagon in her home state. She will face a fellow Coloradan prospect in Martin who is no stranger to the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield. It was in this same venue where Martin submitted the Gilbert Smith trained Melissa Parker via Rear Naked Choke at RFA 34. Now the table is set for a showdown between the top two strawweights in “מדינת Centennial” as the 19-year-old Barber faces the 23-year-old Martin on the main card of LFA 22.
נכון לעכשיו הוכרז כרטיס ראשי (תוקרן בטלוויזיה AXS ב 9 p.m. ו / 6 p.m. PT):
אירוע מרכזי | קרב כותרת במשקל בינוני (185 lb)
– איאן Heinisch (8-0) לעומת. Markus Perez (8-0)
Co-אירוע מרכזי | Welterweight Bout (170 lb)
– גילברט סמית (12-6) לעומת. אנדרו קאפל (11-6)
Women’s Strawweight Bout (115 lb)
– Maycee Barber (1-0) לעומת. Mallory Martin (1-1)
בחודש ספטמבר 2016, RFA and Legacy FC officials announced that they would be merging to form the premier developmental organization in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) החל מינואר 2017. RFA ומורשתו FC השיקו את הקריירות של מעל 100 ספורטאים שהגיעו לשיא של MMA ידי המתחרות של UFC.
LFA 22 will serve as the third LFA event to take place in the state of Colorado. RFA visited “מדינת Centennial” eight times before the merger. Further information about LFA 22 יוכרז בקרוב. הכרטיס הראשי השלם של LFA 22 יהיה בטלוויזיה בשידור חי וארצי בטלוויזיה AXS ב9 p.m. ו / 6 p.m. PT.
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