Las Vegas, Nevada – Uvuko Ukulwa Alliance (RFA) Umengameli Ed Soares umemezele namuhla ukuthi ukugqugquzelwa uzobe abuyele isimo South Dakota ngo-Ephreli ngekhadi embondelene. RFA 25 – Lawrence vs. Toomer izoba umcimbi omkhulu phakathi ezimbili RFA fan izintandokazi. RFA featherweight iqhawe Justin “The American Kidd” Lawrence ubuyela isakhiwo wathola isicoco sakhe ihlobo last. Isiqu ukuzivikela lokuqala kuyoba ngokumelene #1 Olwa “Super” Sam Toomer, ngubani ebukele ukugcina irekhodi lakhe Ezingakanqotshwa abephule. In the umcimbi co-main, Gabriel “Zangief” Checco uhlangana nabo Brazil bomdabu kanye RFA vet Francisco “Kiko” France isihloko middleweight. Lo mcimbi senzeka Friday, April 10 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Lonke ikhadi main uzobe isiqephu bukhoma futhi lonke on AXS TV at 10 p.m. KANYE / 7 p.m. PT.

“I’m excited to announce that the RFA is returning to South Dakota with two title fights at RFA 25,” Soares esibekiwe. “Justin Lawrence ungumuntu wokuqala ukuwina ajeziswe kanzima MMA isihloko emhlabeni in the state of South Dakota. Yena uyovikela it for the okokuqala ngokumelene Ezingakanqotshwa Sam Toomer in the umcimbi main. In the co-bottale, Gabriel Checco and Francisco France uzosilwela for the singenamuntu RFA middleweight isihloko.”

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Lawrence (6-2) ubuyela kwisayithi ye win enkulu umsebenzi wakhe. Last August at RFA 17, the zingqalabutho oneminyaka engu-24 ubudala okuphawuleka athumba singenamuntu RFA featherweight isihloko besting Mark Dickman via Isinqumo NgoFakazi kulokho kwaba kakhulu kuqala ajeziswe kanzima MMA isihloko emhlabeni fight South Dakota sika. The win kwaba wesibili kusukela ajoyina leli RFA ukunqoba Lawrence iqonde. Before that he had gained worldwide notoriety as a star on the fifteenth season of the UFC’s hit reality show The Ultimate Fighter, lapho kwaba Pick kuqala jikelele. On the show, Lawrence eqoshiwe Okuthathe esondweni KO sika RFA alum nomsinga UFC star James Krause kanye USUMENYEZELWE vet futhi ekugcineni UFC fighter Cristiano Marcello. Lawrence, a zangaphambili-time ezimbili Gloves iqhawe and kickboxer ehlotshiswe, wayenamadoda a 3-0 irekhodi e MMA ngesikhathi, kodwa sesifike quarter finals-ngaphambi abahola “Fight Night of the” futhi “KO of the Night” amabhonasi KO yakhe enolaka of John Cofer in UFC DEBUT yakhe. Lawrence, olwela out of Alliance MMA e Chula Vista, California, umagange siphinde sikhangise yakhe ezinkulu amakhono olwase yakhe yokuqala RFA featherweight isihloko defense.

“Uma ngizwa Ngingathanda kube sivikele ibhande lami South Dakota, Ngangicabanga lokhu awesome,” Lawrence wachaza. “The Sanford Pentagon ingenye izindawo engike eyake yalwiwa. Ngazizwa ngikhululekile, kwekilasi wayemkhulu, futhi isixuku kwaba kumnandi. Sam Toomer kuyinto athlete elikhulu ngesandla esihle sokunene. Kuzodingeka ngibuye ukusebenzisa ukukhahlela zami, footwork, and out-finesse him. Uthi kungase kutholakale ukuthi inselele worthy, kodwa ngibheke phambili ngokumnika ukulahlekelwa yakhe yokuqala.”

Toomer (9-0) kuyoba umuntu inselele Lawrence for RFA igolide. Unlike most top mixed martial artists, like Lawrence, abavela kulokho kubambana noma ezizindeni yesiteleka, Toomer kwaba football player wokuphila konke. Nokho, engu-27 ubudala ekolishi football ukuzivikela emuva uye wenza ushintsho abaphumelele MMA ngendlela nawemidlalo yakhe yemvelo, isiyalo, and unbreakable work ethic to compile an impressive 9-0 irekhodi kusukela ekwenzeni DEBUT yakhe pro eminyakeni emithathu edlule. Two of those wins have come in the past eight months after Toomer signed with the RFA. Toomer wawina RFA DEBUT yakhe at RFA 15 in June nge ukusebenza okudlangile. Le mpi eyodwa emaceleni wabona nje umphikisi wakhe Daniel Aguiar get ukufaneleka nxazonke lesithathu ngemva kokwenqaba ukuma futhi silwe Toomer. The win DQ phezu Aguiar via novalo abeke igama Toomer mayelana the RFA featherweight imephu njengoba osemthethweni isihloko Olwa. Ngo-December, Toomer eqina icala lakhe for a shot isihloko nge eyiqhawe asebuya win phezu Lyoto Machida sezomlando Altair Alencar at RFA 21. Toomer, olwela out of The Arena MMA in San Diego, California, manje Ukuzilungiselela for the ukuyedlula enkulu umsebenzi wakhe zemidlalo Ephreli, njengoba ephonsa inselele kakhulu-touted RFA iqhawe Lawrence isihloko sakhe.

“Kuyangijabulisa ukuthola ukulwa i RFA isihloko emhlabeni,” Toomer washo. “Umbhangqwana My lokuqala nakho RFA bebelokhu enkulu, kodwa lokhu bengiqala njengoba umcimbi main futhi ngibheke phambili ngokuwina isicoco. Justin Lawrence kuyinto Umphikisi omuhle futhi iqhawe for a isizathu. Ngibheke phambili nokuba impi ethokozisayo naye at RFA 25 in South Dakota.

Lo mcimbi co-main of RFA 25 ngeke sifake a fight isihloko phakathi kufezeke RFA vets ezimbili, ngubani kwenzeke kokubili isichotho esivela Brazil. Gabriel “Zangief” Checco (8-1) wenza DEBUT yakhe international in October in the umcimbi main of RFA 19. Emva ekhuphuka iDemo in ibhidi yakhe yokuqala for the RFA middleweight isihloko ngalobo busuku Jake Collier, owayebizwa ngokushesha elisayinwe UFC, Checco asimama ngendlela enkulu ekuqaleni kwale nyanga ngesikhathi 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. Manje Checco zizobhekana Countryman akubo futhi nabo jiu-Jitsu black ibhande Francisco “Kiko” France (11-3-1) isihloko. France enters the fight with a ton of momentum after steamrolling his first two opponents in the RFA. August Last, in uhambo lokuqala the RFA sika South Dakota, France submitted local standout Isaac Appel with a first round Kimura. Wabe esesho ukuthi impumelelo nomunye sekugcineni lokuqala round at RFA 21 ngoDisemba. Wenza icala lakhe for a isihloko Kudutshulwe ngalobo busuku wathumela Bellator vet Mikey Gomez nge lokuqala round Arm-Triangle Choke.

RFA 25 izoqeda ukubuya more RFA vets ezimbili in the division flyweight. Abel “The Silent Assassin” Cullum (20-6) uzobe bephonsa phansi 125 pounds-okokuqala ngo MMA storied umsebenzi wakhe nazo Sioux Falls Josh native “The Rage” Rave (24-11). Cullum kwabuya ngezinkani Storybook lokhu kuwa esidlule ngemuva hiatus emithathu kusukela sport. In RFA yakhe DEBUT at RFA 18, Cullum elethwe UFC vet Ulysses Gomez in 89 seconds. Amasonto amane kamuva at RFA 19, ethobela ithemba top Carl Deaton III in the round yesibili. Cullum manje sehla phansi division flyweight ukuze abhekane Rave, ngubani kufezeke kakhulu flyweight MMA fighter emlandweni South Dakota. Rave nazo zizohlolwa egibele umfutho ulibangise le mpi. Unqobe ezintathu yakhe last amane iziqubu kusukela ekwenzeni RFA DEBUT yakhe at RFA 2.

In the division engasindi, RFA 25 izoba ukubuya T.J. “The Carnivore” Hepburn (4-0), ngubani isikhathi eside RFA fan intandokazi. Futhi 2012 NCAA Division II wrestling national champion at 157 lbs. Hepburn uzobhekana nabo Ezingakanqotshwa ithemba engasindi in LaRue “The Cannibal” Burley (5-0), eziyobe uzobe uqamba kakhulu-kulindelwe RFA DEBUT yakhe. Burley laziwa ngokuthi indoda eyanikeza blue chip MMA themba Bubba Jenkins ukulahlekelwa sakhe sokuqala MMA.

Jenkins coincidentally fought on the same RFA 3 ikhadi njengoba Hepburn futhi iyona 2011 NCAA Division I nalutho iqhawe lesizwe at 157 lbs.

The main card will be rounded out with a middleweight bout pitting Anderson Silva protégé Khalil “War Horse” Rountree (2-0) ngokumelene Roufusport themba Cameron Olsen (2-0) futhi iziqubu flyweight ukuthi bayobona top-zibalwa flyweight ithemba Geane Herrera (7-0) alwisana a olugubhayo Ben Nguyen (13-5). Nguyen njengamanje ugibele-fight eziyisikhombisa win streak futhi ngeke sibuyele ekhaya Sioux Falls ngemva kokwenza igama ngokwakhe Australia.

Ikhadi wokulungiselela libuye balayisha. Local fan izintandokazi and RFA vets Jordon Larson (5-1), Devin Clark (3-0), futhi Devin Turner (2-2) babuyela ukulwa ukubuya kohambo RFA sika kakhulu-kulindelwe ukuba emzini wakubo Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Larson defeated Donavon Winters in his RFA debut at RFA 17 in August in a iziqubu bezijabulisa kakhulu welterweight. He will face Jarrod L’Heureux (7-1) in an rematch silindele ngokulangazela. All seven of L’Heureux’s wins have come via submission with his lone loss coming against Larson.

Clark, Enibambisene Larson sika at Landelayo Edge Academy ku Sioux Falls, futhi unqobe esiwujuqu at RFA 17. Umthombo ukukhanya-wesibhakela wawina nge TKO phezu 2012 NFL uhlaka Pick Aaron Brown. Clark zizobhekana fighter Omaha esekelwe Jaquis Williams (4-2). Khonamanjalo, Turner uyobheka pick up RFA win yakhe yokuqala ngokumelene RFA vet futhi kakhulu-touted MMA themba Matt Lopez (4-0) in a 140-iphawundi catchweight iziqubu.

Lonke ikhadi main of RFA 25 – Lawrence vs. Toomer uzobe isiqephu bukhoma AXS TV ukuqala at10 p.m. KANYE / 7 p.m. PT ngoLwesihlanu, April 10. RFA 25 kuyoba umcimbi ukukhuthazwa yesibili in the state of South Dakota emva ezophatha ajeziswe kanzima MMA umcimbi wokuqala in “The State Mount Rushmore” August odlule. Ukulwa Ngini on the RFA 25 fight ikhadi uzobe umemezele emasontweni ezayo.

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