Las Vegas, Nevada – Kiamat tarung Alliance (RFA) présidén Ed Soares ayeuna ngumumkeun yén promotion bakal balik ka kaayaan Selatan Dakota dina April sareng kartu tumpuk. RFA 25 – Lawrence vs. Toomer bakal Fitur acara utama antara dua paporit RFA kipas. Jawara featherweight RFA Justin “Nu American Kidd” Lawrence mulih deui ka gedong nu manéhna meunangkeun judul-Na usum panas panungtungan. Pertahanan judul kahijina bakal ngalawan #1 contender “Super” Sam Toomer, nu bakal nempo ka tetep catetan undefeated-Na gembleng. Dina acara ko-utama, Jibril “Zangief” Checco meets sasama Brazil asli jeung RFA vet Fransisco “Kiko” Perancis judul middleweight. Acara lumangsung Jumaah, 10 April di Sanford segi lima di Sioux Niagara, Kidul Dakota. Sakabéh kartu utama bakal televised hirup jeung nasional dina AXS TV di 10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT.

“I’m excited to announce that the RFA is returning to South Dakota with two title fights at RFA 25,” Harga Soares. “Justin Lawrence nyaéta jelema kahiji anu meunang hiji judul dunya MMA dititah di nagara bagian Kidul Dakota. Manéhna bakal membela eta nu mimiti ngalawan undefeated Sam Toomer dina acara utama. Dina ko-headliner, Jibril Checco jeung Fransisco Perancis bakal tarung judul middleweight RFA lowong.”

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Lawrence (6-2) mulih deui ka situs tina win pangbadagna ti karirna. Agustus Tukang di RFA 17, nu stalwart keuna 24 taun heubeul direbut judul featherweight RFA lowong ku besting Mark Dickman via Putusan Unanimous di naon ieu pisan mimiti dititah fight judul dunya MMA Kidul Dakota sacara. Meunang ieu meunangna lempeng kadua Lawrence sacara saprak gabung jeung 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, mana manéhna kahiji sakabéh pick. Dina acara, Lawrence direkam reel sorot KO ngeunaan RFA, alum jeung béntang UFC kiwari James Krause ogé bangga vet jeung ahirna UFC bajoang Cristiano Marcello. Lawrence, hiji dua nu-ayeuna urut Golden Sarung jawara jeung dihias kickboxer, ngan kungsi hiji 3-0 catetan dina MMA di waktu, tapi nepi ka kuartal-final saméméh earning “Tarung of Night” jeung “KO of Night” bonus pikeun KO galak nya ku John Cofer di perdana UFC-Na. Lawrence, nu gelut kaluar ti Alliance MMA di Chula Vista, California, nyaéta hayang pisan sakali deui showcase kaahlian nu keuna vaunted di pertahanan judul featherweight RFA kahijina.

“Sakali mah kadéngé mah bakal defending beubeur mah di Kidul Dakota, Teu sangka ieu téh Heboh,” Lawrence terangna. “Nu Sanford segi lima nyaéta salah sahiji tempat pangalusna mah kungsi perang di. Kuring ngarasa teu nyaman, Kamar locker ieu gede, jeung riungan ieu hebat pisan. Sam Toomer nyaeta olahragawan gede jeung leungeun katuhu alus. Abdi gé kudu make najong mah, footwork, and out-finesse him. Ceuk urang kabuktian jadi nu nangtang aya gunana, tapi kuring kasampak maju ka méré manéhna leungitna kahijina.”

Toomer (9-0) bakal manusa nangtang Lawrence pikeun RFA emas. Unlike most top mixed martial artists, like Lawrence, nu asalna ti grappling atawa backgrounds keuna, Toomer ieu pamaén maén bal lifelong. Tapi, 27 taun heubeul pertahanan maén bal kuliah deui geus nyieun hiji transisi suksés ka MMA ku ngamangpaatkeun athleticism alam, disiplin, and unbreakable work ethic to compile an impressive 9-0 catetan saprak nyieun debut pro-Na tilu taun ka tukang. Two of those wins have come in the past eight months after Toomer signed with the RFA. Toomer meunang perdana RFA-na di RFA 15 dina Juni jeung kinerja dominan. Gelut hiji-sided nempo lawan-Na Daniel Aguiar perlu disqualified di babak katilu sanggeus refusing ka manéhna nangtung sarta ngalawan Toomer. Nu DQ win leuwih Aguiar via timidity nunda ngaran Toomer sacara dina RFA featherweight peta salaku hiji judul contender sah. Dina Désémber, Toomer solidified kasus-Na keur shot judul jeung comeback win valiant leuwih Lyoto Machida protégé Altair Alencar di RFA 21. Toomer, nu gelut kaluar ti Nu saréna MMA di San Diego, California, ayeuna gearing nepi pikeun kalakuan pangbadagna tina karir athletic di April, salaku manéhna tantangan nu RFA jawara pohara-touted Lawrence judul-Na.

“Asa gede sia tarung pikeun judul dunya RFA,” nyatakeun Toomer. “Pasangan munggaran mah pangalaman jeung RFA geus gede, tapi ieu téh mimiti mah salaku kajadian utama jeung kasampak maju ka unggul judulna. Justin Lawrence nyaéta hiji lawan alus teuing jeung jawara pikeun alesan hiji. Kaula ningali maju ka ngabogaan hiji fight seru jeung anakna di RFA 25 di Kidul Dakota.

Kajadian ko-utama RFA 25 oge bakal Fitur gelut judul antara dua vets RFA dilakonan, nu lumangsung nepi ka boh hujan es ti Brazil. Jibril “Zangief” Checco (8-1) dijieun perdana internasional di Oktober dina acara utama RFA 19. Sanggeus datang nepi pondok dina nawar kahijina judul middleweight RFA peuting nu ka Jake Kaula, anu langsung disaluyuan ku UFC, Checco rebounded dina cara gedé saméméhna bulan ieu di 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 ayeuna bakal nyanghareupan sasama countryman sarta sasama jiu jitsu-sabuk hideung Fransisco “Kiko” Perancis (11-3-1) pikeun judulna. France enters the fight with a ton of momentum after steamrolling his first two opponents in the RFA. Agustus Tukang, dina lalampahan hareup RFA pikeun Kidul Dakota, France submitted local standout Isaac Appel with a first round Kimura. Manéhna dituturkeun nepi nu hasil mibanda sejen buleud finish kahiji di RFA 21 dina bulan Désémber. Manéhna nyieun kasus-Na pikeun judul ditémbak peuting nu ku dispatching Bellator vet Mikey Gomez jeung mimiti babak Arm-Triangle cuk.

RFA 25 bakal tandaan wadah mulang dua leuwih RFA vets dina division flyweight. Abel “Nu Silent Assassin” Cullum (20-6) bakal muterna ka handap pikeun 125-kilogram pikeun kahiji kalina dina karir MMA storied pikeun nyanghareupan Sioux Niagara asli Josh “Ngamuk Nu” Rave (24-11). Cullum dijieun hiji comeback storybook ieu ragrag katukang sanggeus hiatus tilu taun ti olahraga. Dina perdana RFA-na di RFA 18, Cullum nyerah UFC vet Ulysses Gomez di 89 detik. Opat minggu ka hareup di RFA 19, manéhna nyerah prospek luhur Carl Deaton III di babak kadua. Cullum ayeuna pakait turun ka division flyweight pikeun nyanghareupan Rave, saha nu flyweight MMA nu bajoang paling dilakonan dina sajarah Kidul Dakota. Rave ogé bakal tunggang moméntum pos kana ieu tarung. Manéhna geus meunang tilu opat bouts panungtungan-Na saprak nyieun debut RFA-na di RFA 2.

Dina division lightweight, RFA 25 bakal Fitur nu balikna T.J. “Nu karnivora” Hepburn (4-0), anu mangrupa longtime RFA kipas paporit. Manéhna ogé 2012 NCAA Division II wrestling national champion at 157 lbs. Hepburn bakal nyanghareupan anu sasama prospek lightweight undefeated di LaRue “Nu Cannibal” Burley (5-0), nu bakal nyieun debut RFA-Na kacida-diantisipasi. Burley ieu dipikawanoh lega minangka lalaki anu méré chip blue MMA prospek Bubba Jenkins leungitna kahijina di MMA.

Jenkins coincidentally fought on the same RFA 3 kartu salaku Hepburn sarta mangrupa 2011 Divisi ncaa mah Panjat Pinang jawara nasional di 157 lbs.

The main card will be rounded out with a middleweight bout pitting Anderson Silva protégé Khalil “Perang Kuda” Rountree (2-0) ngalawan Roufusport prospek Cameron Olsen (2-0) jeung bout flyweight nu baris nempo luhur-rengking prospek flyweight Geane Herrera (7-0) nu ngarangna hiji surging Ben Nurhayati (13-5). Nurhayati ayeuna tunggang kira meunang tilas tujuh-fight jeung bakal balik ka imah Sioux Niagara sanggeus nyieun ngaran keur dirina di Australia.

Kartu awal ogé dieusian. Paporit kipas Lokal jeung RFA vets Jordon Larson (5-1), Devin Clark (3-0), jeung Devin Turner (2-2) nu balik ka ngalawan dina RFA sacara pohara-diantisipasi mulang lalampahan ka kampung halaman maranéhanana tina Sioux Niagara, Kidul Dakota. Larson defeated Donavon Winters in his RFA debut at RFA 17 dina bulan Agustus dina bout welterweight kacida entertaining. He will face Jarrod L’Heureux (7-1) dina rematch eagerly diantisipasi. All seven of L’Heureux’s wins have come via submission with his lone loss coming against Larson.

Clark, Teammate Larson nu aya di Next Tepi Akademi di Sioux Niagara, ogé meunang decisively di RFA 17. Nu powerhouse cahya-heavyweight meunang via TKO leuwih 2012 NFL draft pick Harun Brown. Clark bakal nyanghareupan nu bajoang Omaha dumasar Jaquis Williams (4-2). Samentara éta, Turner bakal neuteup ka nyokot-Na win RFA kahiji ngalawan RFA vet sarta pohara-touted MMA prospek Matt Lopez (4-0) dina 140-pound catchweight bout.

Sakabéh kartu utama RFA 25 – Lawrence vs. Toomer bakal televised langsung dina AXS TV dimimitian di10 p.m. AND / 7 p.m. PT dina Jumaah, 10 April. RFA 25 bakal kajadian kadua kampanye di nagara Kidul Dakota sanggeus hosting nu dititah kajadian MMA kahiji dina “Nagara Gunung Rushmore” Agustus panungtungan. Gelut More dina RFA 25 kartu fight bakal ngumumkeun dina minggu datang.

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