Las Vegas, Nevada – Mbilite n'Ọnwụ-alụ ọgụ Alliance (RFA) president Ed Soares mara ọkwa taa na nkwalite ga-alaghachi na ala nke South Dakota na April na a stacked kaadị. RFA 25 – Lawrence vs. Toomer ga-Njirimara a isi omume n'etiti abụọ RFA akwado ọkacha mmasị. RFA featherweight onye mmeri Justin “The American Kidd” Lawrence na-alaghachikwuru ụlọ na ọ merie ya aha ikpeazụ n'oge okpomọkụ. Ya mbụ aha agbachitere ga-emegide #1 contender “Super” Sam Toomer, onye ga-achọ ịnọgide na-undefeated ndekọ emebibeghị. Na ngalaba-isi omume, Gabriel “Zangief” Checco osobo ibe Brazil ala na RFA pụọ Francisco “Kiko” France maka middleweight aha. Na ihe na-ewe ebe Friday, April 10th na Sanford Pentagon na Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Dum isi kaadị ga-televised ndụ na mba na AXS TV na 10 p.m. NA / 7 p.m. Pt.

“I’m excited to announce that the RFA is returning to South Dakota with two title fights at RFA 25,” Kwuru Soares. “Justin Lawrence bụ onye mbụ na-emeri a ruru Emmanuel ụwa aha na steeti South Dakota. Ọ ga-chebe ya maka oge mbụ megide undefeated Sam Toomer na isi ihe omume. Na ngalaba-headliner, Gabriel Checco na Francisco France ga-alụ ọgụ maka ohere iputa RFA middleweight aha.”

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Lawrence (6-2) laghachi na saịtị nke nnukwu mmeri nke ya ọrụ. Ikpeazụ August na RFA 17, 24 afọ pụtara ìhè stalwart weghaara ohere iputa RFA featherweight aha site besting Mark Dickman site Olu Mkpebi na ihe bụ ihe South Dakota dị nnọọ mbụ ruru Emmanuel ụwa aha agha. The mmeri bụ Lawrence nke abụọ ogologo mmeri ebe n'isonyere RFA. Before that he had gained worldwide notoriety as a star on the fifteenth season of the UFC’s hit reality show The Ultimate Fighter, ebe ọ bụ nke mbụ n'ozuzu ghota. Na show, Lawrence e dere isi ukwu ko si nke RFA alum na ugbu a UFC kpakpando James Krause nakwa dị ka NGANGA pụọ ma na-emesị UFC fighter Cristiano Marcello. Lawrence, a bụbu abụọ oge Golden uwe onye mmeri na mma kickboxer, nanị a 3-0 ndekọ na Emmanuel n'oge, ma ruru nkeji iri na ise-finals tupu ịkpata “Ọgụ nke Night” na “Ko nke Night” bonuses ya ajọ ko nke John Cofer ya UFC mpụta mbụ. Lawrence, onye ọgụ nke Alliance Emmanuel na Chula Vista, California, dị ọkụ ọzọ ngosi ya vaunted pụtara ìhè nkà ya mbụ RFA featherweight aha agbachitere.

“Ozugbo m nụrụ m ga-ịgbachitere m belt na South Dakota, M chere na nke a bụ egwu,” Lawrence kọwara. “The Sanford Pentagon bụ otu n'ime ndị kasị mma venues m mgbe agha ke. M chere na ala, Mkpuchi ụlọ dị ukwuu, na ìgwè mmadụ bụ ihe dị egwu. Sam Toomer bụ oké na-eme egwuregwu na ezi n'aka nri. Aga m iji m kicks, footwork, and out-finesse him. Ọ na-pụtara ruru eru ịbụ ịma ya aka, ma m na-atụ anya na-enye ya mbụ ya ọnwụ.”

Toomer (9-0) ga-nwoke aka Lawrence maka RFA gold. Unlike most top mixed martial artists, like Lawrence, ndị na-abịa pụọ ​​ma ọ bụ pụtara ìhè nsio, Toomer bụ a na ndụ football ọkpụkpọ. Otú ọ dị, 27 afọ mahadum football nzere azụ mere ka a ọma Transition Emmanuel site tinye n'ọrụ ya eke egwuregwu, ịdọ aka ná ntị, and unbreakable work ethic to compile an impressive 9-0 ndekọ ebe na-eme ka ya pro mpụta mbụ afọ atọ gara aga. Two of those wins have come in the past eight months after Toomer signed with the RFA. Toomer merie ya RFA mpụta mbụ na RFA 15 na June na a kasị arụmọrụ. The otu kwadoro agha hụrụ ya onye iro Daniel Aguiar ina disqualified na nke atọ gburugburu mgbe jụrụ na-eguzo na-alụ ọgụ Toomer. The DQ mmeri n'elu Aguiar site ihere na-etinye Toomer aha na RFA featherweight map ka a ziri ezi aha contender. Na December, Toomer sikwuo ike ya ikpe n'ihi na a aha ogbugba na a dike comeback mmeri n'elu Lyoto Machida protégé Altair Alencar na RFA 21. Toomer, onye ọgụ nke The Arena Emmanuel na San Diego, California, ugbu a gearing maka nnukwu ọrụ nke ya egwuregwu ọrụ April, ka ọ na-aka ahụ ukwuu-touted RFA onye mmeri Lawrence ya aha.

“Ọ na-adị oké na-alụ ọgụ maka ihe RFA ụwa aha,” kwuru Toomer. “My di na nwunye mbụ nke ahụmahụ na RFA ndidi akwa, ma nke a bụ mbụ m oge dị ka isi ihe omume m na-atụ anya na-emeri aha. Justin Lawrence bụ ihe magburu onwe iro na onye mmeri ihe kpatara. M na-atụ anya inwe ihe na-akpali akpali agha na ya na RFA 25 na South Dakota.

The ngalaba-isi omume nke RFA 25 ga-Njirimara a aha agha n'etiti abụọ ruzuru RFA vets, onye-eme ma na akụ mmiri ígwé si Brazil. Gabriel “Zangief” Checco (8-1) mere ya mba mpụta mbụ ke October na isi ihe omume nke RFA 19. Mgbe abịa obere mbụ ya ikele maka RFA middleweight utu aha nke na n'abalị iji Jake Collier, bụ onye na-ozugbo aka site na UFC, Checco rebounded ke akamba ụzọ mbụ nke ọnwa na RFA 23. He made a huge statement with a blistering first round knockout of the highly-touted The Ultimate Fighter 11 cast member Joseph Henle. Checco ga-enwe ugbu a ibe ya obodo na ibe jiu-jitsu nwa belt Francisco “Kiko” France (11-3-1) aha. France enters the fight with a ton of momentum after steamrolling his first two opponents in the RFA. Ikpeazụ August, na RFA mbụ njem South Dakota, France submitted local standout Isaac Appel with a first round Kimura. O elu na ihe ịga nke ọma ọzọ na mbụ gburugburu imecha na RFA 21 na December. O mere ya ikpe n'ihi na a aha gbara n'abalị site ọ na-ezipụ Bellator pụọ Mikey akon na a mbụ gburugburu Ogwe aka-Triangle ịkpagbu.

RFA 25 ga-akara na nloghachi nke abụọ ọzọ RFA vets na flyweight nkewa. Abel “The Silent ogbu” Cullum (20-6) ga-idobe ala 125-pound maka oge mbụ ya storied Emmanuel ọrụ na ihu Sioux Falls ala Josh “Ọnụma” Ịja mma (24-11). Cullum mere a storybook comeback a gara aga ọdịda mgbe a atọ afọ hiatus si egwuregwu. Ya RFA mpụta mbụ na RFA 18, Cullum osụk UFC pụọ Ulysses akon na 89 sekọnd. Anọ izu ka e mesịrị na RFA 19, ọ osụk top atụmanya Carl Deaton III na abụọ gbaa gburugburu. Cullum now tụlee ala ka flyweight nkewa na ihu ịja mma, bụ onye kasị mezuru flyweight Emmanuel fighter na South Dakota akụkọ ihe mere eme. Ịja mma ga-n'elu ọkụ n'isi n'ime nke a agha. O meriwo atọ nke ikpeazụ ya na anọ oké ebe na-eme ka ya RFA mpụta mbụ na RFA 2.

Na fechaa nkewa, RFA 25 ga-Njirimara nloghachi nke T.J. “The Carnivore” Hepburn (4-0), bụ onye a nọteworo RFA akwado mmasị. Ọ bụkwa 2012 NCAA Division II wrestling national champion at 157 lbs. Hepburn ga na-enwe a ibe undefeated fechaa atụmanya LaRue “The orianu mmadu” Burley (5-0), onye ga-eme ka ya ukwuu-atụ anya RFA mpụta mbụ. Burley-a maara dị ka nwoke bụ onye nyere acha anụnụ anụnụ mgbawa Emmanuel atụmanya Bubba Jenkins mbụ ya ọnwụ na Emmanuel.

Jenkins coincidentally fought on the same RFA 3 kaadị dị ka Hepburn na ọ bụ 2011 NCAA Division m atụgharị mba onye mmeri na 157 lbs.

The main card will be rounded out with a middleweight bout pitting Anderson Silva protégé Khalil “Agha Ịnyịnya” Rountree (2-0) megide Roufusport atụmanya Cameron Olsen (2-0) na a flyweight n'obi na ga-ahụ n'elu-họọrọ flyweight atụmanya Geane Herrera (7-0) agha a n'ogbu Ben Nguyen (13-5). Nguyen a ugbu a n'elu a asaa agha mmeri streak na a ga-alaghachi n'ụlọ Sioux Falls mgbe na-eme onwe ya aha na Australia.

The mbido kaadị na-kwajuru. Obodo akwado ọkacha mmasị na RFA vets Jordon Larson (5-1), Devin Clark (3-0), na Devin Turner (2-2) na-na-alọta na-alụ ọgụ na RFA si ukwuu-atụ anya lawara ha n'obodo nke Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Larson defeated Donavon Winters in his RFA debut at RFA 17 na August na a ukwuu ụtọ welterweight n'obi. He will face Jarrod L’Heureux (7-1) na-atụ anya rematch. All seven of L’Heureux’s wins have come via submission with his lone loss coming against Larson.

Clark, Larson si teammate na-esote Edge Academy na Sioux Falls, na-ndibọhọ ehieghị na RFA 17. The ìhè-heavyweight powerhouse ndibọhọ site TKO n'elu 2012 NFL gbara ghota Aaron Brown. Clark ga-Omaha dabeere fighter Jaquis Williams (4-2). Ka ọ dịgodị, Turner ga-ele anya ịtụtụrụ ya mbụ RFA mmeri megide RFA pụọ na ukwuu-touted Emmanuel atụmanya Matt Lopez (4-0) na a 140-paụnd catchweight n'obi.

Dum isi kaadị nke RFA 25 – Lawrence vs. Toomer ga-televised-ebi ndụ na AXS TV malite na10 p.m. NA / 7 p.m. Pt on Friday, April 10th. RFA 25 ga-nkwalite nke abụọ omume na steeti South Dakota mgbe mba mbụ ruru Emmanuel omume na “Ugwu Rushmore State” ikpeazụ August. More ịlụ ọgụ na RFA 25 agha kaadị ga-mara ọkwa na ndị na-abịa izu.

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