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LFA STARTS 2018 WITH 1-2-3 PUNCH!
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced the promotion will kick off 2018 med en 1-2-3 punch in January with a trio of star-studded shows in California, Arizona, and Louisiana.
The main event of LFA 30 will feature the long-awaited clash between southern California kingpins and top LFA welterweights “Curtious” Curtis Millender and Nick “The Phoenix” Barnes. LFA 30 – Millender vs.. Barnes takes place Fredag, January 12th at Costa Mesa Hall at OC Fair Grounds in Costa Mesa, Kalifornien.
The following week, LFA heads to Arizona with a fierce interim featherweight title fight in the Valley of the Sun. I main event, former RFA title challenger and BJJ black belt Bobby “Wolfman” Moffett battles knockout sensation Thanh Le for the LFA interim featherweight title. LFA 31 – Moffett vs. Le takes place Fredag, January 19th at the Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona.
LFA caps the month of January with a pair of title fights in southern Louisiana. I main event, former LFA title challenger Brendan “All In” Allen faces top undefeated prospect Anthony “Fluffy” Hernandez for the vacant LFA middleweight title. I co-headliner, red-hot Ryan “Superman” Spann will lock horns with UFC vet Alex “The Spartan” Nicholson for the inaugural LFA light-heavyweight title. LFA 32 – Allen vs. Hernandez takes place Fredag, January 26th at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
The entire main card of all three of these events will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 9 p.m. OCH / 6 p.m. PT.
“I’m excited to kick off 2018 with three straight weeks of LFA action across the country”, Angiven Soares. “Curtis Millender and Nick Barnes are coming off big wins in LFA headliners and will meet in the main event of LFA 30 in southern California on January 12th. The following week, we head to Arizona with top contenders Bobby Moffett and Thanh Le meeting for the interim featherweight title in the main event LFA 31. We finish the month with two title fights at LFA 32 in southern Louisiana. Brendan Allen faces Anthony Hernandez for the vacant middleweight title in the main event and Ryan Spann will take on Alex Nicholson for the inaugural light-heavyweight title in the co-headliner.”
Mill Ends (13-3) returns home to the building where he fought and won his first seven fights. The Orange County juggernaut is looking to build off a perfect 2017 where he won three fights, including back-to-back LFA headliners. His most recent win came via highlight reel Head Kick KO in the main event of LFA 24. Millender will meet Barnes (12-2) in a long-awaited showdown between two of southern California’s finest. The welterweight stars started their careers in the southern California regional circuit, moved on to Bellator, and will finally meet in the main event of LFA 30. Barnes, like Millender, is coming off an impressive win in an LFA headliner.
The main event of LFA 31 is a fight that casual fans and MMA purists alike are salivating over. It pits a rugged and accomplished BJJ black belt in Moffett (10-2) against one of the most dynamic strikers in all of MMA in Le (7-1) with the LFA interim featherweight title on the line. På papperet, this is a textbook grappler vs. striker bout at its highest form. Emellertid, both men bring so much more to the table than what their respective martial arts backgrounds represent. Moffett, who trains out of The MMA Lab, has shown a willingness to throw down with anyone, while Le trains with BJJ wunderkind and UFC star Ryan Hall in northern Virginia.
LFA will conclude its busy month of January with a pair of title tilts in southern Louisiana. LFA standout and Louisiana native Allen (8-2) will get a second shot at LFA gold after going five rounds with current UFC star Eryk Anders for the inaugural LFA middleweight title in June. Allen quickly rebounded six weeks later with a submission win in the co-main event of LFA 18. He will face another highly-touted undefeated prospect for the title. This time it comes in the form of the northern California destroyer Hernandez (5-0). The man known as “Fluffy” has finished everyone he has faced inside the first round.
Co-main event av LFA 32 will crown the inaugural LFA light-heavyweight champion. Spann (12-5) is a former Legacy FC title challenger that will look to capture LFA gold in front of his home crowd. “Superman” is riding considerable momentum heading into this fight after dispatching a pair of top contenders in the first round of his last two bouts at LFA 23 and LFA 27. He will face Nicholson (10-4) who has been a man on fire since his four-fight run with the UFC ended in May. The Florida native has been a tour de force since then as he looks to make his way back. In the past two months, “The Spartan” has knocked out three quality opponents in grand total of 3 minutes and 28 sekunder.
I september 2016, Legacy FC och RFA tjänstemän meddelade att de skulle slå samman för att bilda den främsta utvecklingsorganisationen i Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) med början i januari 2017. Legacy FC och RFA har lanserat karriärerna av över 150 idrottare som har nått höjdpunkten av MMA genom att tävla i UFC.
Besök LFAfighting.com för bout uppdateringar och information. LFA är på Facebook på Legacy Fighting Alliance. LFA är också på Instagram på @LFAfighting och Twitter på @LFAfighting.
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Fight Network för Live Broadcast TKO 41, ONE Championship, ÄRA 49 Doubleheader & UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: Swanson vs. Ortega Prelims
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We’re Back! FNU Combat Sports Show Returns!
After a couple weeks off, we come back this week to talk about the combat sports world. Tom, Tony and Rich catch up and discuss the events of the past couple weeks and preview upcoming boxing and MMA action. Tom, Tony and Rich pay special attention to last weekend’s awesome UFC card with two of the best fights of the year in MMA to chat about. Eddie Alvarez’s masterful performance against Justin Gaethje was exciting enough, but add in the performance of Yancy Medeiros against Charles Oliveira and that put this card into a category all its own. We also discuss the latest boxing news and Miguel Cotto’s retirement fight. Listen to the broadcast in the player below.
IT WILL BE VICTORY OR VALHALLA (AND MAYBE A NEW TATTOO) AT NEF 32
Lewiston, Maine (December 5, 2017) – No, you have not been transported back to the 9th century. There will be no longboats, no battleaxes, and no shield maidens present on 3 februari i Lewiston. Än, the Androscoggin River is very likely to run red with blood that evening. A Viking and a Berserker will wage war in Central Maine when New England Fights (NEF) returns to Lewiston with the fight promotion’s next mixed-martial-arts event, “NEF 32: Super Lördag.” Wrestling and jiu-jitsu, rather than swords and Thor’s hammer, will be the weapons of choice as Jesse “Viking” Erickson (8-7) ansikten Mike “Den Mustasch” Hansen (5-8) of Berserkers MMA in a featured professional welterweight bout.
The fight will be Erickson’s twentieth in the NEF cage, a record number for any one fighter in the promotion, but it will be a year since his last NEF appearance. He lost to Jon Lemke (7-8) in the semi-finals of the NEF Lightweight Title tournament last February at the Colisee. Erickson, an instructor with Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (CMBJJ), and a homegrown talent of Lewiston-Auburn, will be looking for a triumphant return after a recent loss in Canada.
“It will be a year since I’ve fought in Lewiston,” said Erickson. “The NEF cage is like home to me. I’m really looking forward to hearing my friends, familj, and CMBJJ team as I enter the cage. But once the door shuts, all I hear is my corner and all I’m focused on is dismantling the man across from me. Odin’s Son is here to slay the great wolf. This is Ragnarok. Victory or Valhalla.”
Like his opponent, Mike Hansen is also in search of a much-needed win. Hansen lost all four of his fights in 2017, including back-to-back defeats this fall in Western Massachusetts. His last win came at “NEF 25” i 2016 when Hansen, a former state champion wrestler for Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine, scored an impressive first-round submission of Matt Andrikut (2-1), defending the honor of Maine wrestling against the New York mat native.
“I’m super excited for this fight,” exclaimed Hansen of the upcoming meeting with Erickson. “It’s a great matchup for Maine MMA. Our schools are close to each other and we have competed against each other many times. It’s finally time for the coaches to get down and boogie. My pick for this fight is the fans for sure. Fans will not be upset.”
Hansen challenged Erickson to add a stipulation to the bout when they announced the fight publicly at “NEF 31” in Portland last month. Hansen would like the loser to receive a tattoo with the design chosen by the winner.
“I have nothing but respect for Jesse Erickson, but so still want our sponsor C+C O’Leary Tattoo in Lewiston to do his tattoo I pick for him when he loses. Jag ska, ‘finish him,’ och ‘if he dies, he dies.‘ Time to start making your sacrifices Jesse, you will need the gods in your favor on 3 februari, because when war time comes the blood will flow.”
NEF nästa blandade martial-arts händelse, “NEF 32: Super Lördag,” kommer att se företaget göra sin återkomst till Androscoggin Bank Colisee i Lewiston, Maine. Evenemanget är planerat att äga rum den Lördag, Februari 3, 2018. Biljetter finns nu till försäljning online kl www.TheColisee.com.
PRIMUS Fighting Championship on FITE
New York, NY (5 december, 2017) – FITE TV announces the debut of PRIMUS Fighting Championship December 9th 2017. Händelsen, which will be the inaugural event for PRIMUS FC, features a number of UFC veterans as well as some of the hottest young talent in MMA. The event streams live and globally on PPV for $16.99 on the FITE app and online at https://www.fite.tv/watch/p
Headlining the event will be UFC veteran Houston “The Assassin” Alexander as he looks for vengeance against Rakim “The Boogeyman” Cleveland who handed Alexander a TKO loss early this year. The light heavyweight matchup is sure to produce fireworks both fighters have high TKO/KO finishing rates. Midwest fighting pride will also be on the line as both fighters hail from and have made their careers on the Midwest MMA scene.
In the co-main event one of the hottest heavyweight prospects in MMA and recent winner of Dana White’s Tisdag Night Contender series, Shelton “Gravgrävaren” Graves, faces off against Jason Walraven who will be hungry and looking to prove himself after a TKO loss to one of the toughest heavyweights in MMA, Tony “Kyrptonite” Lopez earlier this year.
A pair of former Ultimate Fighter contestants are also featured on the card in Rob “The Saint” Emerson and Jamie Yager. Emerson, a contestant of The Ultimate Fighter season five, faces David “The King” Sachs in a battle of experienced grapplers who are no strangers to submissions. Yager, a standout in The Ultimate Fighter season 11 and Kings MMA product, brings his explosive style of striking and a two fight winning streak into the cage against the Canadian Tyler “TNT” Jackson who makes his way back to the cage after a three year break from the sport.
Also on the card is Oklahoma product Cortez “The Crazy Cowboy” Coleman who is now training out of Factory X under Muay Thai coah Mark Montoya in Denver Colorado and is looking to get back on track against the surging Christiano “Urso” Frohlich who rides a four fight win streak into a matchup that promises to be a standup battle.
Adding to the lineup of MMA talent will be former Ultimate Fighter season 2 winner and UFC lightweight title contender Joe “Daddy” Stevenson who will be providing commentary on the night’s action. Fans will also be treated to a National Anthem performance by Miss Oklahoma Alex Smith! Catch the action live December 9th at 7PM ET/4PM PT on FITE TV PPV.
About FITE
FITE brings premium combat sports programming to MMA, Boxing and Pro Wrestling fans to watch live on every screen – computer, tablett, phone and TV.The FITE mobile app works with any Wi-Fi connected TV around the world as well as streaming devices such as Chromecast, År, Xbox, Apple TV and more. The app can be downloaded for free at iTunes Appstore eller Google Play. Förra månaden, FITE launched its Android TV app expanding its content offering and making live television accessible with just a click to Android TV users globally.
FITE is a product of Flipps Media Inc, the digital entertainment company which allows users to cast video to connected TVs requiring no setup and no additional software.
För mer information: www.fite.tv
Titan Fighting Championships finds a new home in time for Titan FC:47 december 15, 2017
December 1, 2017 - Titan Fighting Championships (Titan FC) will have their först Mixed Martial Arts event, Titan FC 47, på December 15, 2017 in their new hem, Xtreme Action Park i Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The event will feature 10 Professional fights with its main event being for the Featherweight Title.
1. Sodiq Yusuff VS Luis Gomez, Featherweight Title Match
2. Gustavo Balart VS Bruno Korea Mesquita, Flyieight
3. Michel Batista VS Edison Lopes, Heavyweight
4. Demarques Jackson VS Beibit Nazarov, Lightweight
5. Michael Cora VS Rico Farrington, Weltervikt
6. Fred Moncaio VS , Marcos Lloreda, Welterweight
7. Steve Mowry VS Frank Tate, Heavyweight
8. Mike Lombardo VS TBD, Middleweight
9. Alberto Blas VS Jean Colon, Bantamweight
10. Thais Nega VS Hannah Cifer, WMMA Strawweight
Som always, Titan FC 47, will be available for live streaming via UFC Fight Pass.
Titan’s COO, Lex McMahon:
"I believe that we have certainly found a home with our move to Xtreme Action Park. We are excited about showing off our new venue with such an action-packed card, and look forward to more fan and fighter focused events to consistently take place över hela 2018."
OCH ÄNDÅ! JULIA BUDD RETAINS WOMEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD TITLE WITH A SPLIT DECISION VICTORY AT BELLATOR 189
Komplett Bellator 189: Budd vs. Blencowe 2 Huvudkortet Resultat:
Julia Budd (11-2) besegrade Arlene Blencowe (10-7) via delad beslut (46-49, 48-47, 49-46)
Bilder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sch58s8ehmtwnjr/AAAx69mIvHYsMWb1iukNObqea?dl=0
Rafael Lovato Jr. (7-0) besegrade Chris Honeycutt (10-2, 1 NC) via enhälligt beslut (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Bilder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tcr1yg7q1e190fc/AAA7RYTKz1PLenoBmmjKaluTa?dl=0
Chidi Njokuani (18-5, 1 NC) besegrade Hisaki Kato (8-3) via enhälligt beslut (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Bilder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xbk2nyzieavcgcm/AADm9fwL3c9TniJiK-gb-u4oa?dl=0
David Rickels (19-4, 2 NC) besegrade Adam Piccolot (9-2) via enhälligt beslut (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Bilder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jz0hx1wjmz82s11/AAB-PokM2z8vn211Lmv9WojZa?dl=0
Preliminära Card Resultat:
Sam Sicilia (16-8) besegrade Marcos Galvao (18-9-1) via enhälligt beslut (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Gaston Bolanos (2-1) besegrade Rick Gutierrez (0-2) via knockout at 1:13 runda en
Mandel Nallo (6-0) besegrade Alec Williams (6-2) via TKO kl 0:18 runda en
Juliana Velasquez (6-0) besegrade Na Liang (6-2) via submission (arm bar) vid 0:32 runda två
Cris Williams (3-0) besegrade Thomas Lopez (1-3) via submission (triangle) vid 1:39 runda en
Stephanie Geltmacher (2-0) besegrade Ky Bennett (0-1) via enhälligt beslut (30-25, 30-25, 30-27)
Brian Grinnell (9-7) besegrade Kemmyelle Haley (7-6) via submission at 0:39 runda en
Brandon Phillips (7-3) besegrade Jordan Howard (10-4) via enhälligt beslut (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
Andrew Parker (7-2) besegrade Frank Patterson (4-5) via submission (triangle) vid 3:03 runda en
LFA RETURNS TO DALLAS NEXT WEEK WITH NEW MAIN EVENT LFA 28 – JACKSON vs. LUNA
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HOUSTON, Texas – Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) VD Ed Soares meddelade idag att främjandet har en ny main event på LFA 28, which takes place next week at The Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas.
LFA 28 will feature a new main event when UFC vet Damon “The Leech” Jackson battles longtime rival and fellow Legacy FC alum Luis Luna in a lightweight rematch. The change came when original headliner Evan Cutts suffered an injury in training. Undefeated prospect Jaleel Willis was set to face Cutts, but will now have his LFA debut at a future date. LFA 28 – Jackson vs. Luna takes place this Fredag, December 8th vid The Bomb Factory i Dallas, Texas. Hela huvudkortet kommer i direktsändning och rikstäckande på AXS TV på 9 p.m. OCH / 6 p.m. PT.
“Damon Jackson is a UFC vet and former Legacy champion that is coming off an impressive submission win at LFA 16,” Angiven Soares. “He will face his longtime rival Luis Luna, who has been wanting a rematch with Jackson for over four and a half years. LFA started at The Bomb Factory in Dallas in January and returned in July. We will continue our exciting history in Big D next week at LFA 28.”
Biljetter till LFA 28 – Jackson vs. Luna are available for purchase NOW at TheBombFactory.com.
Jackson (12-2-1) comes into this fight looking to remind people that history has a way of repeating itself in the world of combat sports. In April 2013, Jackson faced Luna (14-6) in his fifth professional fight. The bout was Luna’s eleventh as a professional fighter. Jackson won the bout via armbar, but not without a bit of controversy.
The fight was back and forth until Jackson landed an illegal knee to a downed opponent in Round 1. The referee stopped the action and re-centered the fighters, but Luna was angry. When Jackson put his hand out to touch gloves, Luna ignored the gesture and threw a left hook and a flurry of punches that dropped Jackson. The NAIA All-American, Jackson, used his elite wrestling skills to survive the round.
In Round 2, both fighters came out firing. Luna gained top position off a trip that he utilized during the early striking exchange. Jackson, who is a master scrambler and appropriately nicknamed “The Leech”, quickly got back to his feet and landed a double-leg takedown. He then advanced seamlessly into a full mount. After raining down some ground and pound, Luna turned and Jackson moved with him, while transitioning into a fight-ending belly down armbar at the 1:15 mark of Round 2.
Jackson got the win that night, but Luna feels that the fight is not finished. While Jackson went on to gain fame fighting for Legacy FC, UFC, and LFA, Luna also elevated his profile by fighting in Legacy FC and is widely considered one of the top lightweights in the state of Texas. While Jackson is looking to have history repeat itself, Luna is aiming to prove another old adage. That would be the one that says lightning never strikes twice in the same place. Therein, as the Bard would tell us, lies the rub. The LFA 28 headliner will settle this bad blood rivalry, while also determining which maxim expresses the most truth.
Huvud Card (TV på AXS TV på 9 p.m. OCH / 6 p.m. PT):
Main Event | Lätt Bout (155 Ib)
– Damon Jackson (12-2-1) vs. Luis Luna (14-6)
Mellanvikt Bout (185 Ib)
– Kevin Holland (10-3) vs. Chris Bachmeier (10-1)
Light-Heavyweight Bout (205 Ib)
– Alonzo Menifield (4-0) vs. Otavio Lacerda (9-4)
Bantamvikt Bout (135 Ib)
– miles Johns (5-0) vs. Caio Machado (10-4)
Fjädervikt Bout (145 Ib)
– Steven Peterson (15-6) vs. Dustin Winter (6-4)
Weltervikt Bout (170 Ib)
– Melvin Jordan (5-2) vs. Nikolay Veretennikov (4-3)
Weltervikt Bout (170 Ib)
– Ramiz Brahimaj (4-0) vs. Ben Simons (2-1)
I september 2016, Legacy FC och RFA tjänstemän meddelade att de skulle slå samman för att bilda den främsta utvecklingsorganisationen i Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) med början i januari 2017. Legacy FC och RFA har lanserat karriärerna av över 150 idrottare som har nått höjdpunkten av MMA genom att tävla i UFC.
LFA 28 will be the third LFA event to take place in the City of Dallas. It will also be the seventh time that the LFA has traveled to “The Lone Star State” av Texas. Mer information om LFA 28 kommer att meddelas inom kort. Hela huvudkortet av LFA 28 kommer att sändas i TV live landet på AXS TV på 9 p.m. OCH / 6 p.m. PT.
Besök LFAfighting.com för bout uppdateringar och information. LFA är på Facebook på Legacy Fighting Alliance. LFA är också på Instagram på @LFAfighting och Twitter på @LFAfighting.
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Combate 19 Weigh-In Results, Photos and Video
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