Las Vegas, Nevada – Sawv rov qab los Sib ntaus Alliance (RFA) tus thawj tswj hwm Ed Soares tshaj tawm hnub no tias cov qib yuav rov qab mus rau Colorado nrog RFA 34 – Velickovic vs. Smith nyob rau hauv Lub ib hlis ntuj mus ncaws tawm lub xyoo tshiab. Lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim yuav feature ib tug welterweight title kev sib ntaus ntawm ob tug ntawm cov division lub feem ntau accomplished neeg tua hluav taws raws li Bojan “Serbian Steel” Velickovic battles qub RFA welterweight zus Benjamin Smith rau lub tsis muaj npe. RFA 34 – Velickovic vs. Smith yuav muab qhov chaw Friday, Lub ib hlis ntuj 15th inside the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado. Tag nrho lub ntsiab card yuav tawm hauv TV nyob thiab thoob tebchaws rau AXS TV ntawm 10 p.m. THIAB / 7 p.m. PT.

“RFA muaj ib tug tibneeg hu tauj coob 2016 teem lub sij hawm thiab kuv zoo siab heev hais txog pib nws rov qab nyob rau hauv Colorado,” Hais Soares. “Bojan Velickovic thiab Benjamin Smith yuav tawm xov xwm RFA 34 rau cov tsis muaj welterweight title. Lawv yog ob tug ntawm cov feem ntau accomplished 170-phaus fighters nyob rau hauv RFA keeb kwm thiab nws yog ib txoj kev zoo rau ncaws tawm ntawm lub xyoo tshiab.”

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Velickovic (12-3) Khwv tau nyiaj nws npe tua tom qab mus ib tug zoo meej 3-0 nyob rau hauv 2015. Nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj, lub Serbian destroyer khwv tau ib tug ceev thawj round TKO kov yeej lub seasoned MMA vet Chris Hugh ntawm RFA 24. Velickovic ces Vej raws li ib tug neeg ntawm pab neeg RFA ntawm lub historic RFA vs. Txojsia kev tshwm sim nyob rau hauv Tej zaum. Nws bout yog thawj match ntawm lub nce qib vs. nce qib kev sib tw thiab Velickovic khaws cov pivotal txhuas tawm yeej tiv thaiv Charles Byrd. Nws ces kaw tawm lub xyoo uas muaj hwjchim kov yeej dai kom zoo nkauj Armenian-Ukrainian wrestler Vardan Sholinian ntawm RFA 31. Velickovic tus yeej lawm Sholinian nyob rau hauv Las Vegas twb tiav nrog xwb 5 hnub’ daim ntawv ceeb toom. Tam sim no lub surging “Serbian Steel” zoo pib lub xyoo tshiab raws nraim li cas 2015 mus down — nrog nws txhais tes tau tsa.

“Thaum kuv pom tias kuv yuav tau txais ib tug RFA title txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv, Kuv yog vey zoo siab,” Stated Velickovic. “Kuv xav tias kuv tsim nyog lub sij hawm no thiab nws tsis ua cas leej twg kuv yuav tsum ntsib. Kuv yuav sib ntaus sib tua tus neeg twg uas yog muab tso rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm kuv. Kuv kuj zoo siab heev yuav sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv Colorado. Kuv tsiv ntawm no 3 lub hlis dhau los thiab nws twb pom tau tias zoo li lub tsev. Qhov no yuav ua tau tus thawj lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv 5 xyoo uas kuv tau mus sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv lub qhov chaw uas kuv nyob. Ben Smith thiab kuv tiv thaiv nyob rau tib daim ntawv ob zaug rau RFA thiab nws yog ib tug tiag tiag tawv tug yawg. Nws yuav los cuag tua thiab kuv saib rau pem hauv ntej rau peb title sib ntaus rauLub ib hlis ntuj 15th.”

Smith (15-3) kuj xaus lawm tas xyoo nyob siab ntawv nrog ib tug sawv daws pom kev txiav txim siab kov yeej lub yav tas los undefeated Craig Eckelberg ntawm RFA 32 lub hli tas los. Lub yeej tuaj nyob rau lub heels ntawm ob sib law liag RFA title fights uas Xamiv tau rau lub RFA nyob rau hauv 2015. Tam sim no tus thib ob-puas RFA welterweight zus yuav los nrhiav reclaim nws RFA mom nyob li cas nws pom raws li nws lub xeem caij ntawm UFC hwjchim ci ntsa iab. Uas caij tseem nyob rau hauv lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm RFA 34 tiv thaiv ib tug txiv neej nws muab qhia ntawv rau ob RFA 20 thiab RFA 24.

“Qhov no yog qhov kawg hurray rau Ole Ben Smith,” Xamiv tau piav tias. “Kuv twb tau lawm hais tias txoj kev ua ntej kuv kawg sib ntaus, tab sis kuv kuj xav kom muab tso rau ib tug exclamation point rau kuv cov hauj lwm los ntawm reclaiming kuv RFA npe thiab ua haujlwm tau nyiaj kuv txhaj nyob rau hauv lub UFC. Kuv tau txais lub yeej ntawm RFA 32, tiam sis kuv xav ib yam li kuv yuav ua li cas ntxiv, uas yog li cas kuv yuav qhia nyob rau hauv no tom ntej no kev sib ntaus. Colorado yeej ib txwm saib kuv zoo thiab kuv txaus siab sib tw muaj. Bojan yog ib tug zoo fighter, nws yog ib tug txiv leej tub marketable, thiab ib tug heev tsim nyog tus nrog sib ntaus. Thaum twg kuv twb muab lub sib ntaus, muaj yog tsis muaj txoj kev uas kuv yuav hais tsis muaj. Kuv nyiam lwv thiab kuv tab tom nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej rau lub npe sib ntaus nrog Bojan.”

Cov tag nrho RFA 34 sib ntaus card thiab qhia ntxiv txog qhov kev tshwm sim yuav muab tshaj tawm sai. RFA 34 yuav cov qib lub xya tshwm sim yuav coj qhov chaw nyob rau hauv lub xeev ntawm Colorado. Tag nrho lub ntsiab card ntawm RFA 34 yuav tsum tawm hauv TV nyob thiab teb chaws rau AXS TV nyob 10 p.m. THIAB / 7 p.m. PT rau Friday, Lub ib hlis ntuj 15th, 2016.