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RFA RETURNS KI Colorado WITH RFA 34: VELICKOVIC vs SMITH

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MAHI MAIN:
BOJAN “Steel Serbian” VELICKOVIC
vs. Pineamine SMITH
AO Welterweight TITLE
FRIDAY, TENUARE 15, 2016 Te noho i AXS TV
ORA i te Center 1STBANK, Broomfield, CO
Tīkiti i runga i Sale Na i ALTITUDETICKETS.com
Las Vegas, Nevada – Raa te riri Alliance (RFA) peresideni Ed Soares kauwhautia tenei ra e ka hoki mai te whakatairanga ki Colorado ki RFA 34 – Velickovic vs. Smith i roto i te Hānuere ki te whana atu te Tau Hou. Ka ngā te hui matua he whawhai taitara Welterweight i waenganui i rua whawhai roa a'e ta'na i te wehenga o rite Bojan o “Steel Serbian” Velickovic Te pakanga toa Welterweight RFA mua Pineamine Smith mo te taitara wātea. RFA 34 – Velickovic vs. Ka tangohia Smith wahi Rāmere, January 15 inside the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado. Ka teata te kāri matua katoa ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT.
“RFA he pukumahi 2016 tabula me te oaoa vau e ahau e pā ana ki te tīmata hoki i roto i Colorado reira,” Ua parau Soares. “Bojan Velickovic a Pineamine Smith e kupu matua RFA 34 mo te taitara Welterweight wātea. Ko ratou e rua nga whawhai 170-pauna roa a'e ta'na i roto i te aamu RFA o me te he ara nui ki te whana atu te Tau Hou te reira.”
Tikiti mō te RFA 34 – Velickovic vs. Smith are available for purchase NOW through AltitudeTickets.com or you can support your favorite fighter by purchasing your tickets through CageTix.com. Tickets ki RFA 34 tīmata i te tika $30. E wātea ana i te karanga tepu VIP 303-521-0966.
Velickovic (12-3) ona utu koperea tona taitara i muri i te haere i te tino 3-0 i roto i te 2015. I roto i te Maehe, te kaipahua Serbian roaa te tere wikitoria TKO a tawhio tuatahi i runga i te taukei vet MMA Chris Hugh i RFA 24. Na whai wāhi Velickovic ei melo o Team RFA i te RFA hītori vs. Hui TAONGATUKU i roto i te Mei. Ko tona a'ee te tukinga tuatahi o te whakatairanga vs. whakatairanga whakataetae a Velickovic tangohia ake te wikitoria mata-atu mahuinga ia ki Charles Byrd. Ia ka tutakina atu nga tau ki te wikitoria mo te whakapaipai whātōtō Armenian-Ukrainian Vardan Sholinian i RFA 31. Win o Velickovic mo Sholinian i Las Vegas rite i te anake 5 ra’ pānui. Na te kaupuranga “Steel Serbian” titiro ki te tīmata i te Tau Hou rite pehea 2015 haere ki raro, — ki tona ringa whakaarahia pae.
“A, no te ahau kitea i roto i taua e kia whiwhi ahau he pere taitara RFA, Ko ahau vey oaoa,” I kīia Velickovic. “Ite ahau e te tikanga e ahau tenei faingamālie, a kihai i mea faufaa te reira nei e ahau kia anga. Ka te tangata hoatu nei ngā roto i mua o ahau te whawhai ahau. Oaoa ano ahau ki te kia whawhai i roto i Colorado. Neke ahau i konei 3 marama ki muri a reira kua mana'o rite te kāinga. Tenei ka waiho i te wā tuatahi i roto i 5 tau e whiwhi ahau ki te whawhai i roto i te wahi e ora ahau. Ben Smith me ahau whawhai i runga i te kāri kotahi rua hoki RFA me te ia he dude tino uaua. Mai ia ki te whawhai a ka titiro atu ahau ki to tatou whawhai taitara i runga iJanuary 15.”
Smith (15-3) mutu ano te tau i runga i te tuhipoka tiketike ki te wikitoria whakatau loto mo te mua tūturu Craig Eckelberg i RFA 32 whakamutunga marama. Haere mai te wikitōria i runga i te rekereke o te rua piritahi RFA taitara whawhai i Smith mo te RFA i roto i 2015. Na ka titiro te tuarua-ake te toa Welterweight RFA ki te tamata mai i tona karauna RFA i roto i te mea e kite ana ia i rite ki tona heka whakamutunga ki UFC kororia. Tonu e eke i roto i te hui matua o RFA 34 ki te tangata faaite ia kāri ki i RFA e rua 20 ko RFA 24.
“Ko te mauri whakamutunga mō te OLE Ben Smith tenei,” Ua haamaramarama Smith. “Ua ahau kua ongo'i e ara i mua i toku whawhai whakamutunga, engari e ahau hiahia ano hoki ki te hoatu te periota i runga i toku mahi e te titau-toku taitara RFA me kowhetetia toku pere i roto i te UFC. Ka e ahau te wikitōria i RFA 32, engari ite e ahau kia rite ki i taea e ahau te mea i atu, i te mea ko te aha e whakaaturia e ahau i roto i tenei whawhai i muri mai. Kua Colorado atawhai tonu ahau pai, me te pārekareka ahau whakataetae ki reira. Bojan Ko te toa pai, te ia te taata hoko, me te hoariri e tika rawa. I patua e ahau i tenei whawhai, kahore he ara i taea e ahau te mea kahore. Ahau aroha ki te whakataetae me te rapu atu ahau ki tenei whawhai taitara ki Bojan.”
Ko te ki tonu i RFA 34 Kia ka kauwhautia kāri whawhai, me ētahi atu pārongo e pā ana ki tenei kaupapa hohoro. RFA 34 e whitu hui te whakatairanga o ki te tango i te wahi i roto i te āhua o Colorado. Ko te kāri matua katoa o RFA 34 Ka teata ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT i runga i Rāmere, January 15, 2016.
Haere ki RFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. RFA is also on Facebook at Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram i RFAfighting, and Twitter at RFAfighting.
Mō RFA: RFA Ko te whakatairanga toi hōia whakauru ngaio e homai maranga whetu, me te runga contenders te faingamālie ke fakamo'oni'i ratou taranata ki te pā me te feia faatere i roto i te ahumahi. E whakaatu ana i te RFA ngā ora i runga i te kaupapa, tae atu Las Vegas marama a tawhio noa te United States, Los Angeles, Denver a Milwaukee. Ka taea te kite i RFA ora i roto i runga i 43 miriona mau fare motu i roto i tona mahi pouaka whakaata ki AXS TV. I roto i te Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA Ko tetahi o nga whakahaere tino kaha, me te whakaaro MMA i roto i te hākinakina e tipu tere i roto i te ao. (Ko te Tapawaru, Ultimate Fighting Championship®, UFC®, me te-iu waru whakataetae moenga, me te hoahoa whare herehere rēhita e tohu whenua anake e Zuffa, LLC. Pūmau te mana).

Mō whawhai TV AXS: Rongonui mo ona aotia AXS TV whawhai heRāmere Night hanumi Arts hōia me ngā kaupapa Kickboxing. I tou Kāinga hoki MMA, AXS TV e faaohipahia te whatunga whwhi o whakatairanga i te United States, Canada, a Europe. Na ka ki a Asia päpäho whawhai atu LIVE atu tetahi atu whatunga pouaka whakaata. “Ko te reo” Michael Schiavello rima-wa MMA-toa ao Pat Miletich whakarato kaimätakitaki tākaro-i-tākaro tohunga, i roto i te-hohonu toa kapinga, me te whānui tātaritanga ki ia kāri whawhai. AXS TV i paoho ngā kaupapa-ao o te piha haapiiraa whawhai LIVE i RFA, Lion Whawhai, FC tawhito, a MFC katoaRāmere po i 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. AND.

Whawhai Foaki e Whatunga RFA 26 LIVE, WSOF 21 Rāmere, Pipiri 5 Tīmata i 10 p.m. AND

PRESS RELEASE
No te Tonu Tuku

Toronto (Pipiri 4, 2015 — Whatunga Fight, pirimia o te ao 24/7 whakatapua pouaka teihana ki te whakaoti i kapinga o hākinakina whawhai, presents back-to-back world-class championship mixed martial arts broadcasts this Friday, Pipiri 5, timata i 10 p.m. ki te whakaaturanga ora o 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, a ao i roto i runga i 30 whenua puta noa i Europe, Africa me te Middle Te Tai Rāwhiti.

 

Kia whakakitea ora i 10 p.m. AND, 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 nguha Gilbert Smith(10-4). I roto i te hui tahi-matua, Brazilian submission ace Thiago “MonstinhoAlves (8-2) battles Colorado’s own Marcus “Bad Intentions” Edwards (9-3). The main card will also feature a pair of bantamweights bouts, as NCAA Division I wrestler JarredShutoutMercado (12-2) will lock horns with jiu-jitsu black belt Bruno Frazatto (6-2), while Hawaiian knockout artist Boston “Tōnuitanga Boom” Salmon (3-0) will clash with collegiate wrestler Danny Mainus (3-3). Also on the main card, former RFA middleweight title challenger Andrew “El 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. I roto i te hui matua, 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 HammerHorodecki (21-5-1), while the co-feature pits WSOF heavyweight champion SmealinhoThe PrinceRam aagainst Bulgarian standout Blagoi Ivanov (11-1). Two featherweight rising stars will put their unblemished records on the line when Hakeem Dawodu (4-0) tutaki Chuka “Ko te Lion kingi” Willis(4-0), atu MarkSweet DreamsDrummond (7-2) whawhai Michael “The Messenger” Hill in an all-Canadian welterweight clash.

 

The live action continues on Saturday, Pipiri 6, timata i 9 a.m. AND ki M-1 Challenge 58: Te Pakanga i Nga Maunga 4 from Ingushetia, Russia, ngā Marcelo Brito (13-6) vs. Murad Abdulaev(14-3) mo te taitara welterweight M-1, atu Lee Morrison (12-5) kanohi Pavel Vitruk (12-1) i roto i te mahi mā, me heavyweights Alexei Kudin (19-8) a Denis Smoldarev (10-1) ka maka ki raro. Whawhai haapurororaa ora a Whatunga o M-1 Challenge 58 Ka rangi ki runga ki TV arotau o Cablevision, Grande Communications, Shentel Cable me Armstrong Cable i roto i te Amerika, motu i roto i te Canada, Pūrere Roku puta noa i Amerika Te Tai Tokerau, a ao i roto i runga i 30 whenua puta noa i Europe, Africa me te Middle Te Tai Rāwhiti.

 

I muri mai, Ma te Whatunga Whawhai ka whakaata i te prelims ora hoki UFC Whawhai Night: Boetsch vs.. Henderson anake i roto i te Canada i 8 p.m. AND ki 10 p.m. AND. Ka whakaatuhia e nga timatanga te tukinga o te taumaha taumaha taumaha i waenga i a Texan taumaha taumaha Shawn Jordan (17-6) me New Orleans’ ake kaitoi tuuturu Derrick Lewis (12-3, 1NC), he tukinga welterweight matching 69-whawhai hoia Brian Ebersole (51-16-1, 1NC) Tuhinga o mua Omari Akhmedov (14-2), he tukinga maamaha i waenga i a New Yorker Chris Wade (9-1) me te California Christos Giagos (11-3), me te tangata whenua o Massachusetts Joe Kaitoha(10-3) kanohi ki te tangata whenua o Ohio Justin Edwards (9-4) Tuhinga o mua Toa Whawhai hōia.

 

Live rohe whawhai-mua, ka arahi ki te prelims i runga i Rāhoroi evening with Fight Network’s Live-Whakaaturanga Ora a UFC i 7 p.m. AND, ngā arokite, matapae me te tātari.

 

Hoki te rārangi ki tonu i te rärangi päho Fight Whatunga a, tirohia tv.fightnetwork.com, te whai ia tatou i runga i Twitterfightnet, riro i te tahi i runga i Facebook, ka tirotiro i tatou ki runga ki Instagramfightnet.

INCA KOLA to unveil custom ORANGE COUNTY CHOPPER at RFA 26

 

INCA KOLA to unveil custom ORANGE COUNTY CHOPPER
Rāmere, June 5th i RFA 26
in Broomfield, Colorado
WinThisChopper.com sweepstakes to support
Easter Seals New York’s Veterans Count
Las Vegas, Nevada – Raa te riri 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 Rāmere, 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,” Ua parau Soares. “We are honored to host the debut of Orange County Choppers custom-built Inca Kola motorcycle at RFA 26 in Colorado. Te 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 i roto i te Maehe 2013, which took place at the same venue that Rāmere night’s festivities are set to take place. “The Golden Kolahas 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, Raa te riri 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 Rāmere, 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. AND / 7 p.m. PT.
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 RFA #1 welterweight contender Gilbert Smith (10-4). The main card will also feature a pair of bantamweight bouts. NCAA Division I wrestler JarredShutoutMercado (12-2) will lock horns with jiu-jitsu black belt Bruno Frazatto (6-2), while Hawaiian knockout artist Boston “Tōnuitanga Boom” Salmon (3-0) will clash with collegiate wrestler Danny Mainus (3-3). Also on the main card, former RFA middleweight title challenger AndrewEl Dirte” Sanchez (5-2) squares off with Respect FC and SFFN middleweight champion Clinton Williams (5-1) and undefeated heavyweight prospect Brandon Griffin (4-0) battles The MMA Lab destroyer Ashley Gooch (7-4).
170 CHAMPIONSHIP:
Ben Smith vs Gilbert Smith
155 CO-MAIN MAHI:
Thiago Alves vs Marcus Edwards
135 Feature Bout:
Jarred Mercado vs Bruno Frazzato
265 Feature Bout:
Brandon Griffin vs Ashley Gooch
185 Feature Bout:
Andrew Sanchez vs Clinton Williams
135 Feature Bout:
Boston Salmon vs Danny Mainus
Haere ki RFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. RFA is also on Facebook at Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram at @RFAfighting, and Twitter at @RFAfighting.
Mō RFA: RFA Ko te whakatairanga toi hōia whakauru ngaio e homai maranga whetu, me te runga contenders te faingamālie ke fakamo'oni'i ratou taranata ki te pā me te feia faatere i roto i te ahumahi. E whakaatu ana i te RFA ngā ora i runga i te kaupapa, tae atu Las Vegas marama a tawhio noa te United States, Los Angeles, Denver a Milwaukee. Ka taea te kite i RFA ora i roto i runga i 43 miriona mau fare motu i roto i tona mahi pouaka whakaata ki AXS TV. I roto i te Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA Ko tetahi o nga whakahaere tino kaha, me te whakaaro MMA i roto i te hākinakina e tipu tere i roto i te ao. (Ko te Tapawaru, Ultimate Fighting Championship®, UFC®, me te-iu waru whakataetae moenga, me te hoahoa whare herehere rēhita e tohu whenua anake e Zuffa, LLC. Pūmau te mana).
Mō whawhai TV AXS: Rongonui mo ona aotia AXS TV whawhai he Rāmere Night hanumi Arts hōia me ngā kaupapa Kickboxing. I tou Kāinga hoki MMA, AXS TV e faaohipahia te whatunga whwhi o whakatairanga i te United States, Canada, a Europe. Na ka ki a Asia päpäho whawhai atu LIVE atu tetahi atu whatunga pouaka whakaata. “Ko te reo” Michael Schiavello rima-wa MMA-toa ao Pat Miletich whakarato kaimätakitaki tākaro-i-tākaro tohunga, i roto i te-hohonu toa kapinga, me te whānui tātaritanga ki ia kāri whawhai. AXS TV i paoho ngā kaupapa-ao o te piha haapiiraa whawhai LIVE i RFA, Lion Whawhai, FC tawhito, a MFC katoa Rāmere po i 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. AND.

RFA 26 GETS NEW CO-MAIN EVENT, FULL TELEVISED CARD RELEASED

 

RFA 26 IN COLORADO
FRIDAY JUNE 5TH LIVE ON AXS TV
MAHI MAIN:
Ben Smith vs Gilbert Smith
WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
CO MAIN EVENT:
Thiago Alves vs Marcus Edwards
LIGHTWEIGHT SHOWDOWN


Las Vegas, Nevada – Raa te riri Alliance (RFA) will feature a new co-main event as the promotion heads back to Colorado next month. RFA 26 – Smith vs. Smith now has a co-headliner pitting two lightweights looking to make a big statement in the Mile High City as Colorado’s own MarcusBad IntentionsEdwards battles Brazilian submission ace ThiagoMonstrinhoAlves. Ko te hui e wahi Rāmere, June 5th at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado. Ka teata te kāri matua katoa ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV i 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT.
Tikiti mō te RFA 26 – Smith vs. Smith are available for purchase NOW through AltitudeTickets.com. Tīmata Tickets i $25.00. A limited number of catered 8-seat cageside VIP tables are available by calling 303-521-0966.
Alves (8-2) is a 28-year-old native of São Paulo, Brazil who holds the rank of black belt in jiu-jitsu. Alves is replacing former RFA title challenger Zach Juusola, who was forced to withdraw from the bout due to injury. The Team Link representative has secured six of his eight career victories via submission since making his professional MMA debut in 2011. Two of those submission wins have come this year and he will look to stay perfect in 2015 as he makes his national television debut at RFA 26.
I don’t know a lot about Marcus Edwards personally, but this will be a great opportunity for the both of us to show off our skills on national television. I look forward to going to his hometown and doing my job at RFA 26.
Edwards (9-3) will be celebrating a double-homecoming at RFA 26. The 26-year-old Factory X Muay Thai standout will be returning to fight in his home state of Colorado for the first time since 2013, while also returning to AXS TV, where he fought three times in 2014.
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 RFA #1 welterweight contender Gilbert Smith (10-4). The main card will also feature a pair of bantamweight bouts. NCAA Division I wrestler JarredShutoutMercado (12-2) will lock horns with jiu-jitsu black belt Bruno Frazatto (6-2), while Hawaiian knockout artist Boston “Tōnuitanga Boom” Salmon (3-0) will clash with collegiate wrestler Danny Mainus (3-3). Also on the main card, former RFA middleweight title challenger AndrewEl Dirte” Sanchez (5-2) squares off with Respect FC and SFFN middleweight champion Clinton Williams (5-1) and undefeated heavyweight prospect Brandon Griffin (4-0) battles The MMA Lab destroyer Ashley Gooch (7-4).
170 CHAMPIONSHIP:
Ben Smith vs Gilbert Smith
155 CO-MAIN MAHI:
Thigo Alves vs Marcus Edwards
135 Feature Bout:
Jarred Mercado vs Brun Frazzato
265 Feature Bout:
Brandon Griffin vs Ashley Gooch
185 Feature Bout:
Andrew Sanchez vs Clinton Williams
135 Feature Bout:
Boston Salmon vs Danny Mainus
Additional bouts i runga i the RFA 26 i raro icard will be announced soon. RFA 26 will be the promotion’s sixth event to take place in the state of Colorado. It will be the second time the RFA has visitedThe Centennial State” i roto i te 2015. Ko te kāri matua katoa o RFA 26 – Smith vs. Smith will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT i te Rāmere, June 5th.
Haere ki RFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. RFA is also on Facebook at Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram at @RFAfighting, and Twitter at @RFAfighting.
Mō RFA: RFA Ko te whakatairanga toi hōia whakauru ngaio e homai maranga whetu, me te runga contenders te faingamālie ke fakamo'oni'i ratou taranata ki te pā me te feia faatere i roto i te ahumahi. E whakaatu ana i te RFA ngā ora i runga i te kaupapa, tae atu Las Vegas marama a tawhio noa te United States, Los Angeles, Denver a Milwaukee. Ka taea te kite i RFA ora i roto i runga i 43 miriona mau fare motu i roto i tona mahi pouaka whakaata ki AXS TV. I roto i te Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA Ko tetahi o nga whakahaere tino kaha, me te whakaaro MMA i roto i te hākinakina e tipu tere i roto i te ao. (Ko te Tapawaru, Ultimate Fighting Championship®, UFC®, me te-iu waru whakataetae moenga, me te hoahoa whare herehere rēhita e tohu whenua anake e Zuffa, LLC. Pūmau te mana).
Mō whawhai TV AXS: Rongonui mo ona ngā kaupapa Mixed Rāmere Night aotia Arts me Kickboxing AXS TV whawhai he. I tou Kāinga hoki MMA, AXS TV e faaohipahia te whatunga whwhi o whakatairanga i te United States, Canada, a Europe. And Asia to broadcast moreLIVE fights than any other television network. “Ko te reo” Michael Schiavello rima-wa MMA-toa ao Pat Miletich whakarato kaimätakitaki tākaro-i-tākaro tohunga, i roto i te-hohonu toa kapinga, me te whānui tātaritanga ki ia kāri whawhai. AXS TV i paoho ngā kaupapa-ao o te piha haapiiraa whawhai LIVE i RFA, Lion Whawhai, FC tawhito, a MFC nga po Rāmere i 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. AND.