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HOUSTON, Texas – Legacy Борба Alliance (LFA) and the two promotions that merged to create it, RFA and Legacy FC, saw several more alum show up in full force and shine on the biggest stage when the UFC hosted UFC 222 in Las Vegas this past weekend.
Seven former fighters competed, which included three former champions. The seven fighters included Brian Ortega, Sean O’Malley, Mackenzie Dern, Alexander Hernandez, Pedro Munhoz, Зак Оттов, and Jordan Johnson. That group made up 29.16% of the entire card. Six of the seven fighters were victorious with the lone loss coming via controversial split decision.
“I am always excited to watch the many fighters from LFA, RFA, and Legacy show what they can do in the UFC,” stated LFA CEO Ed Soares. “What we saw в събота night at UFC 222 is further proof that we are are producing the top prospects in MMA.”
В съвместно основното събитие, former RFA featherweight champion Brian Ortega, stole the show with a first round knockout of former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar. The undefeated contender known as “T-City” is widely regarded as one of the most dangerous submission masters in the sport, but it was an uppercut that allowed him to become the first person to finish the future Hall of Famer. The win also earned Ortega a shot at the UFC featherweight title and a $50,000 UFC “Performance of the Night” bonus.
The “Sugar Show” was also in full effect on the main card as Sean O’Malley continued to wow fans with his creative and wildly entertaining striking arsenal against Andre Soukhamthath. The LFA standout unleashed a flurry that nearly finished his opponent at the end of Round 1. Soukhamthath was literally saved by the bell as he was stumbling around as the round ended. The second round saw O’Malley impress on the ground with his underrated submission attack. Обаче, it was the third and final round, that etched O’Malley’s name in MMA lore. After badly injuring his right foot, to the point he couldn’t stand on it, O’Malley finished out the fight by grappling. The huge lead he had built on the score cards through the first two rounds gave him the Unanimous Decision win. It resulted in a $50,000 UFC “Fight на нощта” bonus and the first time Joe Rogan interviewed a winning fighter while he was lying on his back.
Mackenzie Dern made the most anticipated UFC debut of the year in the final fight of the preliminary card. The multiple-time jiu-jitsu world champion got her start in MMA with LFA and Legacy FC. Dern has since seen every step of her progression in the sport followed closely by media and fans alike. The daughter of legendary jiu-jitsu and judo black belt Wellington “Megaton” Dias, Dern possesses the greatest grappling skills of any woman to compete in MMA. Dern used those skills in her UFC debut to close out the final round on her opponent Ashley Yoder’s back. She was unable to finish the Rear Naked Choke, but it was enough to earn her the Split Decision win.
Alexander Hernandez made his UFC debut on a week’s notice against #12 ranked Beneil Dariush. Like the old adage states, “with great risk comes great reward.” The Texan powerhouse, who made his mark under the LFA and RFA banners, wasted no time in dispatching his heavily favored and much more experienced opponent. “Alexander The Great” connected with a big left hand to knock out Dariush in just 42-seconds. The win earned him the other $50,000 UFC “Performance of the Night” bonus.
Zak Ottow also picked up a quick first round win. The RFA and Legacy FC alum earned a TKO win over UFC mainstay Mike Pyle midway through the opening round. The bout served as Pyle’s retirement bout and Ottow gave a touching show of respect to Pyle in his post-fight interview. This was Ottow’s third UFC win and the first after signing a new extension with the promotion.
Jordan Johnson got things moving in the right direction for the LFA alum at UFC 222. The former RFA light-heavyweight champion kept his undefeated record intact with a Split Decision win over former UFC heavyweight Adam Milstead. The win should set up a marquee matchup for the man who was victorious in the final bout under the RFA banner.
През Септември 2016, RFA и Legacy FC служители обявиха, че ще се сливат, за да образуват LFA. This new powerhouse promotion would serve as the premier developmental organization in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) като се започне през януари 2017. RFA и Legacy FC стартирахме кариерите на над 130 спортисти, които са достигнали върха на ВМА, като се конкурират в UFC.
LFA returns this Петък, March 9th with LFA 35 – Newell vs. Luque. The main event will feature the comeback fight of bona fide MMA star and inspirational congenital amputee “Прословут” Nick Newell when he faces the gritty south Texan and Bellator vet Sonny “Луд” Luque. The event will take place at the Arena Theatre in Houston, Texas.
LFA 35 will be the fourth LFA event to take place in the City of Houston. It will also be the ninth time that the LFA has traveled to “Състоянието на самотната звезда” на Тексас. Цялата основната карта на LFA 35 ще се предава пряко и цялата страна на AXS TV в 9 p.m. И / 6 p.m. PT.
Моля, посетете LFAfighting.com за актуализации боеве и информация. LFA е на Facebook в Legacy Борба Alliance. LFA също е на Instagram в @LFAfighting и Twitter в @LFAfighting.
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Петров заменя Антъни Йигит, Който беше принуден да се оттегли поради болест
Непобеденият младши в тежка категория Fa ще се изправи срещу Крейг Луис в откриващия двубой на SHOWTIME Tripleheader
ПОКАЗВАНЕ НА БОКС: СПЕЦИАЛНО ИЗДАНИЕ На живо в 10 p.m. И/PT От Deadwood Mountain Grand в Deadwood, South Dakota
NEW YORK (Март 6, 2018) – Непобеденият претендент със 140 паунда Иван Баранчик сега ще се изправи срещу бившия претендент за световната титла Петр Петров този петък, Март 9, в съвместния двубой в SHOWTIME BOXING: СПЕЦИАЛНО ИЗДАНИЕ на живо в SHOWTIME в 10 p.m. И/PT от Deadwood Mountain Grand в Deadwood, SD. Състезанието ще бъде елиминатор за No. 2 място в световната ранглиста на IBF за юноши в полусредна категория.
Петров заменя Антъни Йигит, който се е оттеглил поради заболяване.
Също така добавен към SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION tripleheader е мач в тежка категория, в който непобеденият перспективен Джуниър Фа се изправя срещу някога победения Крейг Луис в битка от осем рунда, за да отвори телевизионното предаване на 10 p.m. И/PT.
В предварително обявеното основно събитие от 12 рунда, непобеденият претендент до 140 паунда Regis Prograis ще се изправи срещу бившия обединен световен шампион Julius Indongo за Временния световен шампионат на WBC в супер лека категория.
„Баранчик и Петров са известни със своите стилове на всички действия и никога не са в лоша битка. Това е страхотно допълнение към тази карта и съм развълнуван, че успяхме да съберем двубоя в кратък срок. Фактът, че Petr тренираше за друга битка, отново направи възможно създаването на превъзходна битка при трудни обстоятелства,“, каза Лу Дибела, Президентът на DiBella Entertainment. „Новозеландската перспектива за тежка категория Джуниър Фа направи огромно изявление в последното си участие в SHOWTIME и той ще се опита да запази тази инерция този петък в Deadwood Mountain Grand срещу коравия Craig Lewis. Феновете на бокса ще запомнят двете аматьорски победи на Фа срещу Джоузеф Паркър, който ще се опита да обедини титлите в тежка категория срещу Антъни Джошуа в SHOWTIME on Март 31.”
Спортен рекорд на 38-5-2 с 19 Нокаута, 34-годишният Петров, на Рязан, Русия, и със седалище в Мадрид, Испания, ще се опита да се върне обратно в колоната с победи след горещо оспорваната загуба в 12 рунда със съдийско решение от световния шампион на WBO в лека категория Тери Фланаган през април 8, 2017, в Манчестър, Англия. Преди загубата от Фланаган, Петров бе в серия от шест победи, включително победи над Майкъл Перес, Марвин Кинтеро и Гамалиал Диас. През последните 10 години, Единствените други загуби на Петров са срещу световните шампиони Маркос Майдана и Деян Златичанин.
Баранчикът (16-0, 10 Нокаута) срещу. Двубоят на Петров се рекламира от DiBella Entertainment, в сътрудничество с Fight Promotions Inc., Holden Productions, Промоции на банери и Thompson Boxing.
28-годишният Фа направи удивително изказване в своя U.S. мрежов дебют, спирайки Фред Латъм в първия кръг на ноември 10, 2017, в Кливланд на ShoBox: Новото поколение. Преди да станете професионалист, роденият в Нова Зеландия победи настоящия световен шампион на WBO в тежка категория Джоузеф Паркър два пъти при аматьорите.
Борбата от Детройт, Mich., Фундаментален болт (14-1-1, 8 Нокаута) се завръща в битка след нокаут във втория рунд на Galen Brown през август 12, 2017. Той беше непобеден през първия 15 битки в професионалната си кариера и беше 2014 Национален бронзов медалист от Golden Gloves в тежка категория.
Събитието се представя от DiBella Entertainment. Билети, на цена $200, $80 и $60, са в продажба сега, и могат да бъдат закупени на Ticketmaster.com или чрез обаждане (877) 907-4726. Вратите се отварят и първият двубой започва в 5:30 p.m. Повече информация за Deadwood Mountain Grand можете да намерите на уебсайта им на адрес www.DeadwoodMountainGrand.com.
Dmitriy Salita of Salita Promotions proudly announces the signing of undefeated Korean Ukrainian junior featherweight prospect Arnold Khegai. From the town of Razdelnoye in the region of Odessa, in the Ukraine, Khegai (11-0-1, 8 Нокаута) was last seen ripping away the undefeated record of then 11-1 Russian prospect Valery Tretyakov via last-second tenth-round KO.
“I really want to win over the audience in the US with my exciting style and my physical strength and endurance,” said the 25-year-old Khegai. “I am ready and willing to fight the best fighters in my weight class; anyone who stands in my path of getting a world title belt.”
Khegai switched over from being a world champion Thai boxer to a professional boxer in 2015 and has torn through a stiff level of domestic competition along the way.
Married with a degree from the Institute of Food Academy, Khegai says the deal with his promoter will set all of his dreams in motion. “I am very excited about signing this deal with Salita,” продължи той. “Now that I have time to properly prepare, my goal is to fight my way through the 122-lb division and become undisputed world champion.
“Arnold is a proud member of the small Korean community in the Ukraine,” каза Дмитрий Salita. “He is incredibly strong and powerful and will be a challenge for anyone in the division. I am excited to have him make his debut on American soil on my show on Април 20. I have no doubt he will quickly become a fan favourite and world champion.” |
Myriam Lamare, Belinda Laracuente, Jessica Rakoczy,
Mary Jo Sanders, Vonda Ward, Джули Ледерман,
Belle Martell & Bernie McCoy |
The International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame has announced the 2018 inductees. The eight honorees include five retired boxers, a referee, a boxing judge and a journalist. The fighters include Myriam Lamare, Belinda Laracuente, Jessica Rakoczy, Mary Jo Sanders and Vonda Ward; the boxing judge is Julie Lederman, the referee, honored posthumously, is Belle Martell and the journalist, the first male ever so honored, is Bernie McCoy.
The 2018 inductees bring the five-year IWBHF total to thirty-seven. The Hall was conceived and founded in 2014 by Sue Fox, publisher and editor of WBAN, the longtime site of record for the sport of Women’s boxing. WBA, for over two decades, has spotlighted and brought awareness to the sport of female boxing and five years ago, Fox crystallized that focus with the establishment a Hall of Fame, centered solely on the sport.
The five boxers being honored represent headline fighters from the past two decades in the sport and represented an era when the best of the female boxers, more often than not, were matched with other top fighters in their weight class. The five inductees represent countries ranging from France, Puerto Rico and Canada and include two U.S. атлети, an indication of the burgeoning international flavor into which the sport has evolved.
Myriam Lamare epitomized the noun “fighter.” She had one gear, “all out” and knew only one direction, “straight ahead.” It is not an overstatement to call her two bouts with Anne Sophie Mathis fights that served to ignite interest in the sport of female boxing in Europe. Lamare fought 177 rounds over her career and was in the ring with every top boxer in the sport, ranging from Mathis to Holm to Braekus.
Belinda Laracuente set the bar high for a “go anywhere, fight anyone” reputation. The Puerto Rican born boxer fought every good fighter in the sport, including Christy Martin, Sumya Anani and Holly Holm in this country and Myriam Lamare in France, Esther Phiri in Zambia, Duda Yankovich in Brazil, Jelena Mrdjenovich in Canada and Emiko Raika in Japan. It was said that Laracuente, в пръстена, had every move in the book along with some that were only in rare editions.
Jessica Rakoczy came out of Hamilton, Ontario and followed the pattern of the other inductees in looking up the rankings for opponents, fighting Layla McCarter, Jenifer Alcon and Jane Couch. But it was her 2007 loss to Ann Marie Saccurato that is often talked about when the subject is “най-добрите боеве, ever,” in the sport. For Rakoczy, the bout was a text book example of the ring adage that even in defeat, на “good ones” often bring out the best in themselves and their sport.
Mary Jo Sanders had twenty-five wins over a sterling career coming out of the quintessential fight town of Detroit. She also had a loss and a draw on her record, both against the “лице” of the sport, в момента, Холи Холм. The Holm bouts were the highlights of a career for a very fundamentally skilled fighter who had big wins against Layla McCarter and Chevelle Hallback.
Vonda Ward might well be considered the best all-around female athlete ever to box professionally. She was an outstanding high school basketball player in Cleveland before matriculating to the University of Tennessee to play for legendary coach Pat Summitt. В пръстена, Ward compiled an estimable 23-1 рекорд, beating heavyweight fighters such as Carleton Ewell, Martha Salazar and Marsha Valley, losing only to highly regarded Ann Wolfe.
Julie Lederman grew up in a boxing household. Като такъв, it is fair to assume she was probably exposed to the sport from a young age. Those two circumstances may have had something to do with her gravitating to the sport as a boxing judge. Those two circumstances have nothing to do with her becoming one of the top officials in the NYSAC. Similar to the fighters honored by the IWBHF, she is a very good boxing judge, not a very good female boxing judge; she is also not a very good judge with a well- known last name. She is a very good judge well worthy of induction into the IWBHF.
Belle Martell, who is honored with induction posthumously, was the first female referee licensed in California in April,1940. She continued, along with her husband, Изкуство, to be a factor in boxing for the following two decades serving also as an active promoter in the state’s amateur ranks along with being a highly-sought after ring announcer.
Bernie McCoy began writing while in the Army, serving with the Armed Forces Press Service. Upon discharge, he alternated between advertising (copywriting for the Reynolds Tobacco and Coca-Cola accounts) and the newspaper business (sports writing in St. Louis, New Orleans and various New York suburban papers) before retiring from two decades as part of the Media department at Pepsi Cola. Subsequently, he has written extensively about Women’s boxing for a number of Internet sites, most notably, WBA. Founder and publisher, Sue Fox remarked “while always a staunch advocate and strong supporter of the sport, (McCoy) never pulled his punches in his writing.”
While the fifth class of the IWBHF may be slightly more diverse than previous groups, including three “non-participant” inductees, this ground breaking enterprise continues to forge ahead with its focus and mission, to provide recognition to a sport and it’s integral figures, past and present, who have contributed to the progress thus far achieved and to the future growth of the sport and it’s athletes.
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