![]() The 31-year-old Kunchenko, fighting out of Tyumen, Russia, has a Muay Thai foundation. Representing the Boets Club, Kunchenko has nine knockouts, along with two submission and one decision victory.
At M-1 Challenge 62 ho qetela October, Kunchenko stopped Alexandre Ramos in punches in the third round. (Below see picture of Kunchenko kicking Ramos)
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DAVE RICKELS-BOBBY COOPER ADDED TO MAIN CARD OF ‘BELLATOR 150: GALVAO VS. DANTAS 2’
Santa Monica, Dorella. (January 6, 2015) – A lightweight contest pitting Dave “The Caveman” Rickels (16-4, 1 NC) khahlanong le Bobby Cooper (12-5) o 'nile a phaella ka ho re ho ka sehloohong karete ea "Bellator 150: Galvao vs.. Dantas 2 " ka Kansas Star Arena a Mulvane, Kansas on February 26.
Holim'a moo, Bellator MMA’s Bantamweight Championship will be on the line in a rematch pitting Marcos "Loro" Galvao (17-6-1) khahlanong le pele e neng e mampoli Eduardo "Dudu" Dantas (17-4) le heavyweight Cheick Kongo (23-10-2) tla tobana le Augusto Sakai (9-0).
The contests will take up three slots of the televised portion of “Bellator 150: Galvao vs.. Dantas,” eo airs phela ka ho Spike kwa 9 p.m. LE/8 p.m. CT, ha a ntse a linako selelekela tla phallela phelang ho lona Bellator.com le The Bellator Mobile App. Additional lintoa tla o ile a phatlalatsa nakoana.
Tickets for "Bellator 150: Galvao vs.. Dantas 2 " e leng qala ka feela $27, are on sale now at KansasStarEventCenter.com or Ticketmaster.com, hammoho le Kansas Star Arena lebokose le reng ofisi.
A Bellator MMA event in Mulvane, Kansas just wouldn’t be the same without “The Caveman,” who will return to action for the first time since competing against Michael Chandler sena se fetileng November. Rickels always comes ready to put on a show, hore na e 'a le tseleng e gorole, kapa ha a li ho nka le ba 's ba ea Bellator MMA bobebe talenta. The 27-year-old will be making his 16go th appearance under the promotional banner.
The last time Bobby Cooper fought inside the Kansas Star Arena, he took home a closely contested split decision victory over “Bellator 147” co-headlinerPablo Villaseca. Hona joale, “Super Duper” will look to move to 3-0 under the Bellator MMA banner when he faces Rickels in hostile territory. It’s worth noting that the Missouri native has only lost twice in his last eight MMA appearances.
Updated "Bellator 150: Galvao vs.. Dantas 2” Fight Card:
Bellator MMA Bantamweight Title Main Event: Marcos Galvao (17-6-1) vs.. Eduardo Dantas (17-4)
Bellator MMA Heavyweight Feature bout: Cheick Kongo (23-10-2) vs.. Augusto Sakai (9-0)
Bellator MMA Lightweight Co-Main Event: Dave Rickels (16-4, 1 NC) vs.. Bobby Cooper (12-5)
INJURY POSTPONES BELLATOR MMA DEBUT OF JOSH KOSCHECK, PAUL DALEY-ANDY UHRICH PROMOTED TO MAIN EVENT BILLING
RAPHAEL BUTLER-TONY JOHNSON SET TO CLASH ON MAIN CARD
ILIMA MACFARLANE-AMBER TACKETT ANCHOR ‘BELLATOR 148: DALEY VS. UHRICH’ PRELIMINARY CARD
Santa Monica, Dorella. (January 6, 2015) – An injury sustained by Josh Koscheck (17-10) during training camp has derailed his Bellator MMA debut against Matt Secor (7-2), which was slated to be the main event of “Bellator 148” ka January 29 ka Save Mart Center, Fresno, Dorella.
Ka hoo, British knockout artist Pauluse o ile a "Semtex" Daley (37-13-2) khahlanong le Andy Uhrich (11-5) will now serve as the headliner. Ho feta moo, a newly announced heavyweight encounter featuring Raphael Butler (9-1) khahlanong le Tony Johnson (9-2) has been added to the main card.
The "Bellator 148: Daley vs.. Uhrich” preliminary card is also continuing to take shape, with the news that Ilima MacFarlane (2-0) kopana le Amber Tackett(1-1) in flyweight action during a preliminary card that will stream LIVE on Bellator.com.
In addition to the aforementioned contests, Mason Fowler (2-0) kopana le Idrees Wasi (1-3) a welterweight khato, Mark Dickman (10-2) nka ka Thomas Diagne (5-5-1) at 145-pounds, le Pauluse Ruiz (6-2) lintoa Josh San Diego (5-1) in a bantamweight feature bout. Additional preliminary fights will be announced shortly, as will one final main card contest.
"Bellator 148: Daley vs.. Uhrich” airs live and free on Spike at 9 p.m. LE/8 p.m. CT, ha a ntse a linako selelekela tla phallela phelang ho lona Bellator.com le The Bellator Mobile Appka 5 p.m. PT. Tickets bakeng sa ketsahalo ea qala ka feela $25 and are on sale at the Save Mart Center Box Office, as well as Ticketmaster.com and Bellator.com.
Macfarlane made a splash during her Bellator MMA debut back in August; defeating a game Maria Rios ka e petsoha ka qeto ea. The San Diego native is best known for her finish of Katie Castro during a regional event in the beginning of 2015, but she has made it clear during numerous interviews, as well as her performance inside the cage that she’s more than just some viral sensation. For a deeper dive on Macfarlane, look no further than these two pieces written by Bleacher Report le ESPN. Standing opposite of Macfarlane will be Tackett, who lives a short jaunt away from Save Mart Center in Fresno, Dorella., and has fought twice professionally since 2008.
2015 didn’t go as planned for Raphael Butler. The former professional boxer was forced to sit idle after Lorenzo Hood withdrew from their scheduled bout at “Bellator 141: Guillard vs.. Girt” shortly before they were supposed to enter the cage. But now it’s 2016, and the 31-year-old has big plans, beginning with his “Bellator 148: Koscheck vs. Secor” foe, Tony Johnson. Fresh off a victory against former Bellator MMA Heavyweight Champion Alexander Volkov, Johnson will once again look to implore his standout wrestling pedigree against a known striker to secure another victory.
Updated "Bellator 148: Daley vs.. Uhrich” Fight Card
Bellator MMA Welterweight Main Event: Pauluse Daley (37-13-2) vs.. Andy Uhrich (11-5)
Bellator MMA Welterweight Feature bout: Chris Honeycutt (6-0, 1 NC) vs.. Pauluse o ile a Bradley (22-6, 2 NC)
Bellator MMA Heavyweight Feature bout: Raphael Butler (9-1) vs.. Tony Johnson (9-2)
Selelekela Card:
Bellator MMA Flyweight Feature Bout: Ilima MacFarlane (2-0) vs.. Amber Tackett (1-1)
Bellator MMA Featherweight Feature bout: Anthony Avila (12-4) vs.. John Reedy (11-6)
Bellator MMA Heavyweight Feature bout: Javy Ayala (8-4) vs.. Carl Seumanutafa (9-6)
Bellator MMA Featherweight Feature bout: Art Arcienega (14-5) vs.. Justin Smitley (9-7)
Bellator MMA Welterweight Feature bout: Mason Fowler (2-0) vs.. Idrees Wasi (1-3)
Bellator MMA Featherweight Feature bout: Mark Dickman (10-2) vs.. Thomas Diagne (5-5-1)
Bellator MMA Bantamweight Feature Bout: Pauluse Ruiz (6-2) vs.. Josh San Diego (5-1)
NEF TO OPEN 2016 WITH SPECTACULAR FIGHT CARD
Lewiston, Maine (January 6, 2016) - New England ho loana ka (NEF), Amerika oa nomoro ya-e mong o lebatowa ntoa ntshetsopele, tla ahlola hlahlamang ketsahalo, “NEF 21: THE IMMORTALS” ka Moqebelo, February 6, 2016 a le Androscoggin Bank Colisée a Lewiston, Maine. The fight card is scheduled to feature both mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Pele ho moo kajeno, NEF announced the full fight card for the event which will be the fight promotion’s first of 2016.
A pair of professional boxing bouts will be featured on the main card of the evening. Joel “Baby Bull” Bishop (0-0-1) returns to action after more than a year’s absence to face MMA regular Crowsneck Boutin (0-0) in a light-heavyweight four-round bout. Northeast Junior Welterweight Champion Brandon “The Cannon” Berry (10-1) will attempt to make it three wins in a row when he steps in the ring to face undefeated Tollison Lewis (2-0) in a six-round, non-title, super-welterweight contest. Both Berry and Lewis are coming off wins in the boxing ring at “NEF XX” sena se fetileng November.
The professional portion of the MMA card will be headlined by the long-awaited meeting between Bruce “Pretty Boy” Boyington (12-8) le Jon Lemke (5-3). Dubbed “The Battle for Bangor,” with both men living and training in the Bangor, Maine area, Boyington’s NEF MMA Professional Lightweight Title will be on the line. Number-one contender Lemke will be looking to capture the first championship of his MMA career.
The co-main event of the evening on the professional MMA card will see local Lewiston-Auburn favorite Jese “The Viking” Erickson (6-4) ho jara Devin Powell (4-1) in a lightweight matchup. Powell returns to the NEF cage for the first time since May 2014, while Erickson will be looking for his fourth consecutive win in Lewiston.
A total of three title fights will headline the amateur MMA side of the card. Young’s MMA standout Josh Harvey (5-1) defends his lightweight title against Florida’s Andrew “Ling-Ling” Tamayo (8-1). Kaleb Farrington (3-0) leRicky Dexter (4-2) will decide the first-ever NEF MMA Amateur Welterweight Champion, ha a ntse a Henry Clark (3-1) le Johnny Crafts (3-0) meet to determine the inaugural amateur bantamweight titleholder.
Holim'a moo, Erin Lamonte (5-0) le Randi Beth Boyington (1-2) are scheduled to face off in a women’s MMA bout. It will be a rematch of a contest won by Lamonte at “NEF XX.” Boyington’s supporters in the audience felt that the referee stopped the bout prematurely as Boyington was about to break out of, or had already broken out of, Lamonte’s armbar submission. After much back and forth among their respective supporters on social media, the rematch is expected to settle the issue once and for all.
The full “NEF 21” ntoa karete (taba ho fetola):
Setsebi papali ea litebele
148 Brandon Berry 10-1 (West Forks) vs. Tollison Lewis 2-0 (CMBJJ)
175 Joel Bishop 0-0-1 vs. Crowsneck Boutin 0-0 (Choi Institute)
Setsebi MMA
155*Title Bruce Boyington (hoo) 12-8 (Young’s MMA/Boyington’s TKD) vs. Jon Lemke 5-3 (Team Irish)
185 Mike Hansen 3-2 (Berserkers MMA) vs Zach Elkins 0-1 (Pele Coast Full Contact)
155 Zenon Herrera 0-2 (Ikemetseng) vs CJ Ewer 0-0 (Young oa MMA)
155 Jese Erickson 6-4 (CMBJJ) vs Devin Powell 4-1 (Nostos)
145 Derek Shorey 3-3 (Shatterproof Combat Club) vs Josh Lange 3-2 (Bombsquad)
125 Brandon Warne 0-1 (Bombsquad) vs Norman Fox 0-0 (MMA Athletix)
Tsenwe MMA
170*Title Kaleb Farrington 3-0 (Lawton’s/NEU) vs Ricky Dexter 4-2 (Team Irish)
155*Title Josh Harvey (hoo) 5-1 (Young oa MMA) vs Andrew Tamayo 8-1 (F2 Arena)
135*Title Henry Clark 3-1 (Choi Institute) vs John Crafts 3-0 (Team NEW)
265 Dave Smith 2-0 (Berserkers MMA) vs Brendon Battles 1-0 (Gracie Fitness)
265 Countess Guillen 2-4 (Ikemetseng) vs Matt Glover 0-0 (Berserkers MMA)
210 Ryan ella elle la Glover 2-1 (Berserkers MMA) vs. Mike Williams 1-0 (CMBJJ)
205 Matt McFarland 0-1 (Pele Class MMA) vs. Zak Bergeron 0-0 (CMBJJ)
170 Adam Nielsen 3-0 (Team Irish) vs. Ruben Redman 1-4 (Team Mass Effect)
155 Ken Dunn 0-3 (Maine Kyokushin karate) vs Frank Johanson 0-0 (CMBJJ)
155 Chad Murillo 0-0 (Pele Class MMA) vs Tony Agust 0-0
145 Rafael Velado 2-0 (Pele Class MMA) vs Mike Pietersen 3-0 (Young oa MMA)
140 Erik Nelson 1-2 (CMBJJ) vs Julio Martinez 0-1 (Gracie Fitness)
135 David Thompson 1-1 (Shatterproof Combat Club) vs Caleb Costello 2-4 (Team Irish)
135 Richmond Pierce Wiegman 0-1 (Pele Class MMA) vs. Clifford Redman 0-3 (Mass Effect)
125 Brent Ouellette 0-1 (CMBJJ) vs John Parker 0-2 (Team Nitemare)
125 Justin Witham 1-3 (Shatterproof Combat Club) vs Jake Denham 0-0 (Team Lawton/NEU)
120 Erin LaMonte 5-0 (Gracie Fitness) vs. Randi Beth Boyington 1-2 (Boyington oa TKD / Young oa MMA)
265 Ras Hylton 0-0 (Pele Class MMA) vs. TBD
New England ho loana ka’ latelang ketsahalo, “NEF 21: THE IMMORTALS,” etsahalaMoqebelo, February 6, 2016 a le Androscoggin Bank Colisée a Lewiston, Maine. Ditekete tsa “NEF 21” qala ka feela $25 'me li ka Sale hona joale kawww.TheColisee.com kapa ka bitsa ea Colisée lebokose le reng ofisi ea 207.783.2009 X 525. Bakeng sa boitsebiso bo eketsehileng ka ketsahalo le ho loana karete ya diapdeite, ka kōpo etela ntshetsopele oa setsheng sa inthanete sa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Holim'a moo, o ka shebella NEF livideo ka www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, latela ba ba ka Twitternefights le ho ba setho ya semmuso ya Facebook sehlopha "New England loana."
Ka New England ho loana ka
New England ho loana ka ("NEF") ke ho loana moodle moodle moodle ho phahamiswa khampani. NEF thomo ea ke ho bopa phahameng ka ho fetisisa boleng moodle moodle moodle bakeng sa Maine oa bahlabani le Fans ka tsela e tsoanang. NEF oa phethahatso sehlopha o na le a pharaletseng a le phihlelo ea ho loantsa tsa tsamaiso ya dipapadi, moodle moodle moodle tlhahiso, metswedi ya dikgang, tsa mebaraka, molao le papatso.
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT REMATCH PITTING FORMER CHAMPION EMANUEL NEWTON AGAINST LINTON VASSELL COMPLETES MAIN CARD OF ‘BELLATOR 149: Shamrock VS. GRACIE’
Santa Monica, CALIF. (January 5, 2016) –The SPIKE-televised main card of "Bellator 149: Shamrock vs.. Gracie " ka Feb. 19 ka Toyota Center a Houston, Texas is now complete, with the addition of a light heavyweight rematch featuring former Bellator MMA Light Heavyweight Champion Sebola Newton (25-9-1) kopana le Linton Vassell (15-5, 1 NC).
The fight joins a card that already features a double main event — Ken Shamrock (28-16-2) kopana le Royce Gracie (14-2-3) ka lekhetlo la boraro le Kimbo Slice (5-2) tla le loanela monna ea ileng a o 'nile a a mo bitsa tsoa ho tloha ka setsoalle sa bona e ile ea fela lilemong tse fetileng tse, Dhafir Harris, molemo tsejoa e le "Sefubeng 5000.” In featherweight action, Emmanuel Sanchez (12-2) will look to continue his torrid pace when he meets Daniel Pineda (21-11) and a pair of lightweight assassins go to battle, neng Melvin Guillard (35-15-2) returns to meet Mike Bronzoulis (18-9-1). Preliminary contests will be announced shortly.
Tickets bakeng sa e tsoakiloeng libetsa extravaganza ho qala ho feela $30 'me ba tsa rekisoa joale Bellator.com, hammoho le HoustonToyotaCenter.com, the Toyota Center Box Office and Houston area Randall’s locations.
"Bellator 149: Shamrock vs.. Gracie " airs phela 'me a lokolle ka Spike ka 9 p.m. LE/8 p.m. CT, ha a ntse a linako selelekela tla phallela phelang ho lona Bellator.com le The Bellator Mobile App.
Both Newton and Vassell were participants in the four-man, light-heavyweight No. 1 contender tournament at "Bellator MMA: Dynamite.” Now, the pair of 205-pounders will look to re-establish themselves atop one of the deepest and most competitive divisions in Bellator MMA.
A former champion, Newton will be making his 12go th appearance for the Scott Coker-led promotion and hopes to duplicate the success he experienced at the expense of Vassell during "Bellator 130: Newton vs. Vassell” back in 2014. Better known as “The Hardcore Kid,” the 31-year-old has been half of some of the most memorable contests in Bellator MMA history, namely, his spinning-backfist finish of “King Mo” and his back-and-forth war with current Bellator MMA Light Heavyweight Champion Liam McGeary.
Undoubtedly one of the goals for Vassell in 2016 is finding his way onto the recently announced Bellator MMA debut in London later this year. For this to come to fruition, “The Swarm” surely needs to redeem himself from the fifth-round, rear-naked choke submission defeat he suffered at the hands of his"Bellator 149: Shamrock vs.. Gracie " lireng. February 19 will mark the seventh time Vassell has competed under the Bellator MMA banner and “The Swarm” will be looking to add to his impressive finishing mark of 13 stoppages in 15 tlhōlo.
"Bellator 149: Shamrock vs.. Gracie "Updated Ntoa Card
Bellator MMA Openweight Main Event: Ken Shamrock (28-16-2) vs.. Royce Gracie (14-2-3)
Bellator MMA Heavyweight Main Event: Kimbo Slice (5-2) vs.. Sefubeng 5000 (2-0)
Bellator MMA Light Heavyweight Feature Bout: Sebola Newton (25-9-1) vs.. Linton Vassell (15-5, 1 NC)
Bellator MMA Featherweight Feature bout: Emmanuel Sanchez (12-2) vs.. Daniel Pineda (21-11)
Bellator MMA bobebe Feature bout: Melvin Guillard (32-15-2) vs.. Mike Bronzoulis (18-9-1)
WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING COMPLETES WSOF27 MAIN CARD WITH TWO NEW BOUTS FEATURING THREE UNBEATEN, RISING STARS
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SIZE AND POWER MEET TECHNIQUE IN NEF 21 BOXING MAIN EVENT
Lewiston, Maine (January 5, 2016) - New England ho loana ka (NEF), Amerika oa nomoro ya-e mong o lebatowa ntoa ntshetsopele, tla ahlola hlahlamang ketsahalo, “NEF 21: THE IMMORTALS” ka Moqebelo, February 6, 2016 a le Androscoggin Bank Colisée a Lewiston, Maine. The fight card is scheduled to feature both mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Pele ho moo kajeno, NEF announced the main event of the professional boxing portion of the “NEF 21” ntoa karete. Northeast Junior Welterweight Champion Brandon “The Cannon” Berry (10-1) will take on the undefeated Tollison Lewis (2-0) in a super welterweight contest scheduled for six rounds.
“This is a classic battle of size and strength against technique,” a re NEF sebedisana mong'a le a ntsetsa pele Nick DiSalvo. “In one corner you have a polished boxer with a solid amateur background in the form of Brandon Berry, and he will be fighting in a heavier weight class in this bout. In the other corner you have a powerful brawler with an MMA background in the form of Tollison Lewis, and he has fought most of his career at 155 and 170-pounds. You can’t script a better contrast in styles for a bout like this. Just about anything could happen. It’s anyone’s fight. It’s going to be wild in the Colisee when this one goes off.”
Berry is coming off what many consider to be the defining win of his still-young professional career over gritty Mexican veteran Roberto Valenzuela (73-70-2) last November at “NEF XX.” Despite suffering a bad cut above his eye early in the fight, Berry maintained his composure and looked sharp on his way to a unanimous decision victory in the first eight-round fight of his career. The West Forks, Maine native was a 2013 Northern New England Golden Gloves champion as an amateur. The fight with Lewis is expected to be the last Berry will compete in above his usual 140-pound junior welterweight division.
“It’s great to be getting back in action inside the ring so soon, especially after suffering such a nasty cut over my eye from my last fight in November,” said Berry. “Thank you NEF for putting yet another very tough opponent in front of me. Tollison is a class act in and out of the ring, and I think our styles will make a crowd pleasing bout. I remember being undefeated still and I know how important keeping the ‘0’ on the record is. Tollison is a big, strong athlete and I’m sure he will be more than prepared. Both him and I understand competition, and will most likely be friends after this event. I’m glad to be sharing this main event fight with him, and may the best man win!”
Tollison Lewis’s foray into the boxing world was unplanned. Ka October 2014, just 24-hours prior to the start of the first “NEF Boxing” ketsahalo, Lewis stepped in to face boxing veteran John Webster (8-7-1) after Webster’s previous opponent fell out. NEF executives, familiar with Lewis’s striking prowess in his MMA bouts, asked Lewis to take the fight at the last minute and Lewis did not hesitate to oblige. He went on to bully Webster for four rounds, (including knocking Webster out of the ring onto the timekeeper’s table), scoring a unanimous decision victory. This past November, in yet another dominant performance in the NEF boxing ring, Lewis stopped Zenon Herrera (0-1) with a third-round TKO. A win over a boxer of Berry’s caliber, ntle ho khoao, would propel Lewis to the next level in the sport. Lewis is a member of Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (CMBJJ) in Lewiston where he trains under boxing coach Scott Frost.
“Brandon is a tough guy and a good boxer,” re Lewis. “I’m expecting a war. I’ll be bringing everything I got, and I know he will too, but I’m planning on staying undefeated. I’m not going to run my mouth. I have a lot of respect for Berry, but fans do not want to miss this. This fight will be a war and steal the night. Thank you NEF and Brandon, let’s do it man!”
New England ho loana ka’ latelang ketsahalo, “NEF 21: THE IMMORTALS,” etsahalaMoqebelo, February 6, 2016 a le Androscoggin Bank Colisée a Lewiston, Maine. Ditekete tsa “NEF 21” qala ka feela $25 'me li ka Sale hona joale kawww.TheColisee.com kapa ka bitsa ea Colisée lebokose le reng ofisi ea 207.783.2009 X 525. Bakeng sa boitsebiso bo eketsehileng ka ketsahalo le ho loana karete ya diapdeite, ka kōpo etela ntshetsopele oa setsheng sa inthanete sa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Holim'a moo, o ka shebella NEF livideo ka www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, latela ba ba ka Twitternefights le ho ba setho ya semmuso ya Facebook sehlopha "New England loana."
Ka New England ho loana ka
New England ho loana ka ("NEF") ke ho loana moodle moodle moodle ho phahamiswa khampani. NEF thomo ea ke ho bopa phahameng ka ho fetisisa boleng moodle moodle moodle bakeng sa Maine oa bahlabani le Fans ka tsela e tsoanang. NEF oa phethahatso sehlopha o na le a pharaletseng a le phihlelo ea ho loantsa tsa tsamaiso ya dipapadi, moodle moodle moodle tlhahiso, metswedi ya dikgang, tsa mebaraka, molao le papatso.
WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING RINGS IN THE NEW YEAR WITH EIGHT-HOUR TELEVISION MARATHON THISFRIDAY, Jan. 1 ON NBCSN
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RFA 34: VELICKOVIC vs SMITH FULL TV CARD ANNOUNCED
WELTERWEIGHT Lefatše le Leo Sehlooho se Hlahang
BOJAN VELICKOVIC
vs.. Benjamine SMITH
CO-SEHLOOHO Event:
ADAM STROUP vs. JOHN Doll
MIDDLEWEIGHT SHOWDOWN
Labohlano, JANUARY bo15, 2016 PHELA ON AXS TV
PHELA ho tswa ho 1STBANK Center, Broomfield, CO
Tickets ka Sale Joale ka ALTITUDETICKETS.com
Las Vegas, Nevada – Tsoho Fighting Alliance (RFA) president Ed Soares announced earlier this month that the promotion will return to Colorado with RFA 34 – Velickovic vs.. Smith in January to kick off 2016. Now the main card has been announced. The event will be headlined by a welterweight title fight between Serbian sensation Bojan “Seserbia Steel” Velickovic (12-3) and former RFA welterweight champion Benjamin Smith (15-3). The co-main event will see Colorado native Adam Strouleq (10-2) and former RFA title challenger John Poppie (6-2) meet in a middleweight showdown. RFA 34 – Velickovic vs.. Smith will take place Friday, January 15th inside the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado. Eohle ka sehloohong karete tla televised phela le naheng ka bophara ka AXS TV kwa 10 p.m. LE / 7 p.m. PT.
Ditekete tsa 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 ho RFA 34 qala ka feela $30.
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Ka sehloohong karete ea RFA 34 will also include a pair of RFA and Colorado fan favorites in the light-heavyweight division. Cody Mumma (8-2) is currently riding the momentum of three consecutive KO victories. That streak started with a scintillating 11-second KO of Colton Vaughn at RFA 20. The KO is tied for the second-fastest KO in RFA history.
Mumma will face fellow RFA vet Jeremy Kimball (11-5), who will be entering this contest fresh off a lightning fast KO victory of his own. That win came over Jason Clayton in just 22 seconds last summer. Leha ho le joalo, Kimball’s most high-profile win to date came in the co-main event of RFA 7, when he submitted Chidi Njokuani via Rear Naked Choke.
In the bantamweight division, six-time UFC vet Hugo “Wolverine” Viana (8-3) and two-time RFA vet Zac “The Anointed Warrior” Riley (3-3) will share the RFA Octagon together. Viana burst on to the global MMA scene in 2012 as a semi-finalist on the first season of the UFC reality show TUF – Brazil. He then won his first two UFC bouts before losing to current UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw, who is now one of his teammates.
Riley will be entering this bout with a large amount of praise and fanfare in his own right. This past October at RFA 31, Riley made headlines after accepting a bout in Las Vegas with undefeated Hawaiian prospect Shai Lindsey on just 48 lihora tse’ tsebiso. The highly-touted Lindsey, who had finished all of his opponents, was blitzed at the opening bell by southern Colorado’s newest star. Riley ended up finishing the fight in just 59 seconds with an airtight Triangle Choke.
At welterweight, Brian Camozzi (4-2) will make his long-awaited RFA debut. Camozzi is the younger brother of UFC star Chris Camozzi and fights out of Factory X Muay Thai in the greater Denver, Colorado area. He will face Tyler Milner (7-2) who is a longtime standout in the Alaska FC promotion. Milner now trains at Jackson-Wink MMA in Albuquerque, New Mexico and will be fighting for the first time in his career outside of Alaska.
Ka sehloohong karete ea RFA 34 will get started in the featherweight division with a pair of featherweight prospects eager to make their national television debut. Cory Sandhagen (1-0) will be making his promotional debut after enjoying a decorated amateur career. He is a main training partner of UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw at Elevation Fight Team in Denver, Colorado. Sandhagen will face undefeated Jackson-Wink MMA standout Andrew Tenneson (3-0) in a bout that is sure to get RFA commentators Pat Miletich and Michael Schiavello excited from the start. Tennesson, like his opponent Sandhagen, is a finisher as both men have finished all of their opponents before the final bell.
Ka ho feletseng RFA 34 selelekela card le fumana boitsebiso bo eketsehileng mabapi le ketsahalo ena e tla ile a phatlalatsa ka mor'a nakoana. RFA 34 e tla ba ntshetso pele ya ea bosupa ketsahalo ho nka habité profinseng ea Colorado. Eohle ka sehloohong karete ya ea RFA 34 tla televised phela le naheng ka bophara ka AXS TV ka 10 p.m. LE / 7 p.m. PT ka Labohlano, January bo15, 2016.
Please visit RFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. RFA is also on Facebook at Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram ka RFAfighting, and Twitter at RFAfighting.
Ka RFA: RFA ke setsebi e tsoakiloeng libetsa ntshetsopele e fanang ka bochaba linaleli le holimo hlolisanang le monyetla oa ho ba ba bona ba talenta ho Fans le baetapele ba lefapha. The RFA hlahisa phela liketsahalo kgwedi le kgwedi ho pota United States ho akarelletsa le Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver le Milwaukee. RFA ka bonoa phela tse fetang 43 limilione tse malapeng a naheng ka bophara ka gore yone ke thelevishene sebetsana le AXS TV. Thehiloeng ho la Las Vegas, Nevada, RFA ke e 'ngoe ka ho fetisisa le mafolofolo' me a hlompha MMA mekgatlo ya lebelo ka ho fetisisa ho hōla metshameko mo lefatše. (The Octagon, Phahameng ka ho fetisisa Roshan Championship®, UFC®, and the eight-sided competition mat and cage design are registered trademarks owned exclusively by Zuffa, LLC. Litokelo tsohle li sirelelitsoe).
Ka AXS TV ho loana ka: AXS TV loana ke o tummeng ka eona hohle a hlokomela Labohlano Night Mixed Martial Arts le Kickboxing moodle moodle moodle. E le Your Home Ka MMA, AXS TV utilizes e e pharalletseng marangrang a ho phahamiswa tsoang United States, Canada, le Europe. And Asia to broadcast more LIVE fights than any other thelevishene ya netweke.“The Voice” Michael Schiavello le tse hlano nako e MMA lefatseng-mampoli Pat Miletich fana ka bashebelli setsebi papali-ka-papali, ka botebo ntoa se fana ka kgaso, le o moholo itlhahloba ho mong le e mong ntoa karete ya. AXS TV broadcasts lefatseng-sehlopha sa LIVE ntoa moodle moodle moodle ho tloha RFA, Tau Ntoa, Legacy FC, le MFC mong le e mong Labohlano bosiu bo bong ha 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. LE.
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