Las Vegas, Nevada – Tsoho Fighting Alliance (RFA) e le mopresidente Ed Soares ile a phatlalatsa kajeno hore ho ntshetsopele tla khutlela e le boemo ba South Dakota ka April le stacked karete ya. RFA 25 – Lawrence vs.. Toomer tla Feature ntho e ka sehloohong ketsahalo pakeng tsa tse peli RFA Fan pagina a los favoritos. RFA featherweight mampoli Selena “Ea Amerika Kidd” Lawrence o khutlela oa ho haha ​​e le hore a hlōla hae tlotla ho qetela lehlabula. His first title defense will be against #1 contender “Super” Sam Toomer, who will be looking to keep his undefeated record intact. A ho sebdisana ka sehloohong ketsahalo, Ana gabriel “Zangief” Checco meets fellow Brazil native and RFA vet Francisco “Kiko” France for the middleweight title. Ketsahalo e ea etsahala Labohlano, April 10 a le Sanford Pentagon a Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Eohle ka sehloohong karete tla televised phela le naheng ka bophara ka AXS TV kwa 10 p.m. LE / 7 p.m. PT.

“I’m excited to announce that the RFA is returning to South Dakota with two title fights at RFA 25,” o ile a re Soares. “Selena Lawrence ke motho wa pele ya hapa sanctioned MMA lefatše tlotla profinseng ea South Dakota. O ile a tla sirelelitseng ka lekhetlo la pele khahlanong le Krrish Sam Toomer e kholo ea ho ketsahalo. A ho sebdisana headliner, Ana gabriel Checco le Francisco France tla loanele lolea RFA middleweight thaetlele.”

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Lawrence (6-2) khutlela ho site ya kholo ka ho fetisisa trong win ea mosebetsi oa hae oa. Ho qetela August ka RFA 17, tse 24 lilemo li otla stalwart hapa lolea RFA featherweight tlotla ka besting Mark Dickman ka tsela ntsoe-leng Qeto ka seo e ne e South Dakota oa le lekhetlo la pele sanctioned MMA lefatše tlotla ntoa. The trong win e ne e Lawrence ea bobeli e ho toba tlhōlo ho tloha ka a kenngoa 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, moo a ileng a e ne e le pele ka kakaretso palamisa. Ka bontša, Lawrence tlalehiloeng totobatsa toloking KO oa ea RFA alum le a hona jwale UFC naleli James Krause hammoho le Boikakaso vet 'me re qetelle UFC ntoa se Cristiano Marcello. Lawrence, eo e neng e tse peli tse nako e Golden litlelafo mampoli le khabisitsoeng kickboxer, feela o ne a e 3-0 rekoto ka MMA ka nako eo, empa fihla tsa kotara-makgaolakgannyeng pele fumana “Ntoa ea Night” le “KO ea Night” libonase bakeng sa hae e mabifi KO ea Johanne Cofer a hae a UFC qalo. Lawrence, ba ba neng ba loanela tsoa Alliance MMA a Chula Vista, California, o na le tabatabelo ya go boela gape showcase hae vaunted otla bokgoni hae la pele le RFA featherweight tlotla tshireletso.

“Hang ha ke utloa ke tla be ke emela ka lebanta South Dakota, Ke ile ka nahana sena ke hlollang,” Lawrence ile a hlalosa. “The Sanford Pentagon ke e mong oa molemo ka ho fetisisa ditiragalo nkileng loana. Ke ne ke ikutloa phutholohile, ea locker kamoreng e ne e e khōlō, le letsoele e ne e fantastis. Sam mangwana Toomer ke e kholo moatlelete le e ntle letsohong le letona la. Ke tla ho sebelisa kicks, legwork, and out-finesse him. O proven ho ba e hlomphehang challenger, empa ke lebeletse ho ho mo fa la hae la pele tahlehelo.”

Toomer (9-0) tla ba monna qholotsa Lawrence bakeng sa RFA khauta. Unlike most top mixed martial artists, like Lawrence, ba ba neng ba tsoa grappling kapa otla limelo, Toomer e ne e ea bophelo bohle bolo ea maoto sebapali. Leha ho le joalo, tse 27 lilemo li k'holejeng bolo ea maoto ikemela khutlela o entse ka katleho phetogo ya go ya MMA ka utilizing ea hae ea tlhaho athleticism, taeo, and unbreakable work ethic to compile an impressive 9-0 rekoto ho tloha ka ho etsa hae lan qalo tharo tse di fetileng. Two of those wins have come in the past eight months after Toomer signed with the RFA. Toomer hlōla hae RFA qalo ka RFA 15 ka June le laolang tshebetso. Ea sekamela lehlakoreng le le ntoa o ile a bona mohanyetsi oa hae Daniele Aguiar u ntshitswe ho ya ka tikologong ya boraro jaanong ka mor'a hore ho hana ho ema 'me loantša Toomer. The DQ hapang Aguiar ka tsela lihlong beha Toomer lebitso la ka RFA featherweight Mapa e le a utloahalang a tlotla contender. Ka December, Toomer solidified, tabeng ea hae bakeng sa tlotla thunngoa le ea sebete hlaphohetsoe hapang Lyoto Machida protégé Altair Alencar ka RFA 21. Toomer, ba ba neng ba loanela tsoa The Arena MMA ea San Diego, California, hona joale gearing bakeng sa kholo ka ho fetisisa mosebetsi ea hae baatlelete mosebetsi oo a April, ha a ntse a mathata ea haholo-touted RFA mampoli Lawrence ba hae tlotla.

“Ke ikutloa e khōlō ho ho loantša bakeng sa RFA lefatše tlotla,” o ile a re Toomer. “Ka lekhetlo la pele banyalani ba bang ba ba le liphihlelo le RFA ba 'nile ba e khōlō, empa sena se ke ka lekhetlo la pele nako e le ka sehloohong ketsahalo 'me ke lebeletse ho ho hapa sehlooho. Selena Lawrence ke o babatsehang lireng 'me senatla bakeng sa le lebaka la. Ke batla pele go ho ba le e thabisang loana le eena ka RFA 25 a South Dakota.

Ho sebdisana ka sehloohong ketsahalo ea RFA 25 tla boela Feature thaetlele ntoa pakeng tsa tse peli phethoa RFA vets, ba ba neng ba etsahala ka bobedi sefako ho tloha Brazil. Ana gabriel “Zangief” Checco (8-1) ba hae ka machaba qalo ka October e kholo ea ho ketsahalo ea RFA 19. Ka mor'a hore nyoloha khutšoanyane hae la pele le ya bida bakeng sa ea RFA middleweight tlotla hore bosiu ho Jake Collier, ea neng a hang-hang ya saenelwa ke UFC, Checco rebounded e kholo o tsela pele ho moo ena khoeli ke le 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 tla hona joale tobana le 'moho le eena countryman le' moho le eena jiu-jitsu batsho lebanta Francisco “Kiko” France (11-3-1) bakeng sa tlotla. France enters the fight with a ton of momentum after steamrolling his first two opponents in the RFA. Ho qetela August, ka RFA ea pele leeto la go South Dakota, France submitted local standout Isaac Appel with a first round Kimura. O ile a latela ka hore katleho e le le leng la tikologo ya ntlha fihlela qetellong ka RFA 21 ka December. O ile a ile a etsa, tabeng ea hae bakeng sa tlotla thunngoa hore bosiu ka dispatching Bellator vet Mikey Gomez le tikologo ya ntlha Arm-Triangle bipetsa.

RFA 25 tla tšoaea a ka khutlela tse eketsehileng tse peli RFA vets ka flyweight karohano. Abele “Silent molai” Cullum (20-6) tla ho nyahlatsa sekolo ho fihlela 125-lik'hilograma tse ka lekhetlo la pele a hae a eyebana MMA mosebetsi ho tobana le Sioux Falls habo Josh “Khalefo” Ho kharuma (24-11). Cullum ile a etsa ya ditlhamane hlaphohetsoe sena se fetileng ho oa ka mor'a hore a dingwaga tse tharo tse hiatus ho tloha ya dipapadi. A hae a RFA qalo ka RFA 18, Cullum romelwa UFC vet Ulysses Gomez a 89 metsotsoana e. Libeke tse 'ne hamorao RFA 19, o ile a romelwa holimo tsepo Carl Deaton III ya bobedi pota. Cullum hona joale marotholi ho theosa ho ea flyweight karolo ya go tobana le Rave, ea ka ho fetisisa finyelloa flyweight MMA ntoa se a South Dakota histori. Ho kharuma le bona ba tla palame botsitso lebile hokae ka ntoeng ena. O ile a o hlōla ea hae e meraro 'ne tse fetileng bouts ho tloha ka ho etsa hae RFA qalo ka RFA 2.

Ka bobebe karohano, RFA 25 tla Feature a ka khutlela T.J. “The Carnivore” Hepburn (4-0), ea eo e leng khale RFA Fan ratang ka ho fetisisa. O ile a Hape ke 2012 NCAA Division II wrestling national champion at 157 liponto. Hepburn tla tobana le 'moho le eena Krrish bobebe tsepo a LaRue “The Cannibal” Burley (5-0), ba tla ho etsa hae haholo-ka ha ho lebeletswe RFA qalo. Burley e tsejoa haholo e le monna ea ileng a o ile a fa putsoa ladica i MMA tsepo Bubba Jenkins la hae la pele lahleheloa e le MMA.

Jenkins coincidentally fought on the same RFA 3 karete ka Hepburn le ke 2011 NCAA Karolo ke loane naha mampoli ka 157 liponto.

The main card will be rounded out with a middleweight bout pitting Anderson Silva protégé Khalil “Ntoa Horse” Rountree (2-0) khahlanong le Roufusport tsepo Cameron Olsen (2-0) le flyweight gia hore tla bona godimo go Thailand Ranked flyweight tsepo Geane Herrera (7-0) loantše e surging Ben Nguyen (13-5). Ke nguyen hung e hona joale palame tse supileng ka ntoa trong win streak 'me o tla khutlela hae Sioux Falls ka mor'a hore ho etsa lebitso bakeng sa eena ka Australia.

The selelekela karete ya o boetse o imetsoeng. Ba moo Fan pagina a los favoritos le RFA vets Jordon Larson (5-1), Devin Clark (3-0), le Devin Turner (2-2) khutlela ho loantša ka RFA oa haholo-ka ha ho lebeletswe khutla a ba bona ba motseng oa habo ea Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Larson defeated Donavon Winters in his RFA debut at RFA 17 ka August a haholo thabisang welterweight gia. He will face Jarrod L’Heureux (7-1) ka ka cheseho ka ha ho lebeletswe katie. All seven of L’Heureux’s wins have come via submission with his lone loss coming against Larson.

Clark, Larson oa teammate ka Next bohale Academy a Sioux Falls, e boetse e hlōla na mokano ka RFA 17. The khanya e heavyweight powerhouse hlōla ka tsela TKO ka 2012 NFL moralo palamisa Arone ba Brown. Clark tla tobana le Omaha thehiloeng ntoa se Jaquis Williams (4-2). Ntango wana, Turner tla talima ho ea nka la hae la pele RFA hlola ntoa khahlanong le RFA vet le e tlotloang-touted MMA tsepo Mat Lopez (4-0) ka 140 boima ba catchweight gia.

Eohle ka sehloohong karete ya ea RFA 25 – Lawrence vs.. Toomer tla televised phela ka AXS TV ho qala ka10 p.m. LE / 7 p.m. PT ka Labohlano, April 10. RFA 25 tla ba ntshetsopele ea bobeli e le ketsahalo e e le boemo ba South Dakota ka mor'a hore Hosting pele sanctioned MMA le ketsahalo e “The Mount Rushmore State” ho qetela August. More lintoa ka RFA 25 ntoa karete ya tla ile a phatlalatsa e tlang libeke tse.

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