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RFA rov qab los rau Las Vegas NROG SMITH vs MARUNDE

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MAIN kev tshwm sim:
Gilbert SMITH vs. Bristol MARUNDE
WELTERWEIGHT NTIAJ TEB CHAMPIONSHIP
CO-MAIN kev tshwm sim:
ZOILA vs FRAUSTO. JOCELYN Jones-LYBARGER
POJ NIAM LUB straw nqa NTIAJ TEB TITLE
Friday, KAUM HLI 9 NYOB RAU AXS TV
NYOB ntawm lub plawv nroog Las Vegas kev tshwm sim Center, Las Vegas, NV
Daim pib rau muag khoom Tam sim no nyob Ticketmaster.com

Las Vegas, Nevada – Sawv rov qab los Sib ntaus Alliance (RFA) tau tshaj tawm hais tias cov qib yuav rov qab mus rau lub “Sib ntaus Capital ntawm lub ntiaj teb” nrog RFA 31 – Smith vs. Marunde nyob rau hauv Lub kaum hli ntuj. Qhov no yuav tsum yog tus RFA tus thawj mus txawv tebchaws los Las Vegas txij thaum RFA 4, uas yog cov qib thawj teb chaws uas tawm hauv TV cov kev tshwm sim. Cov ntsiab tshwm sim ntawm RFA 31 yuav pom RFA welterweight zus Gilbert Smith tiv thaiv nws lub npe rau thawj lub sij hawm peb cov kwvtij UFC vet Bristol Marunde. Lub co-ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm RFA 31 yuav feature Zoila Frausto thiab Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger sib tw rau lub inaugural RFA cov poj niam txoj kev strawweight title. RFA 31 – Smith vs. Marunde yuav muab qhov chaw Friday, Lub kaum hli ntuj 9 nyob rau hauv plawv nroog Las Vegas Txheej xwm Center (DLVEC) nyob rau hauv Las Vegas, Nevada. 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.

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Smith (11-4) yog tus pog txog headlining ib tug thib peb RFA kev tshwm sim nyob rau hauv ib tug thib peb RFA title sib ntaus sib tua lub xyoo no. Nyob rau hauv Lub ib hlis ntuj, Smith tus thawj title txhaj hindered tom qab nws tus nrog sib ntaus egregiously tsis hnyav los ntawm 5-phaus. Smith ces tau txais tam sim ntawd title tua nyob rau hauv nws tom ntej no bout vim nws thawj tus nrog sib ntaus brazen hnyav kom zoo dua. Nws capitalized rau lub sij hawm no, thaum nws ntsib tus tshiab khiv crowned RFA welterweight zus Benjamin Smith nyob rau hauv Lub rau hli ntuj. Smith yog tej lub title nrog peb puag ncig armbar yeej nyob rau hauv Broomfield, Colorado. Smith yog tam sim no tab tom nrhiav kom tau txais tuav raws li txoj cai nrog ib tug zoo thawj title tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv Las Vegas.
“Thawj thiab foremost, nws yog ib tug zoo yawm los mus tiv thaiv kuv RFA npe nyob rau hauv Las Vegas,” stated Smith. “Kuv tos ntsoov yuav muab rau ib tug zoo sib ntaus rau lub kiv cua nyob rau hauv Las Vegas, tab sis zoo li kuv hais tias tom qab kuv kawg sib ntaus, no siv nyob ib ncig ntawm lub duav rov sauv kuv. Kuv muaj tsis muaj dab tsi tab sis hwm rau Bristol Marunde, tab sis kuv yuav cia nws paub tias nws yog tsis nyob rau kuv theem. Xws li Lub kaum hli ntuj 9, no siv yog tuaj rov qab rau Colorado.”

Marunde (16-9) nkag mus rau hauv lub npe sib ntaus caij lub zog ntawm ib tug plaub-sib ntaus yeej streak. The Las Vegas based Xtreme Couture representative is a veteran of the UFC and The Ultimate Fighter, just like Smith, thiab yog ceev los hu-tawm Smith ntawm kev tawm ua ntej lawm no lub caij ntuj sov, thaum Smith ncua ib qhib kev caw los ua noj nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov-challengers tom qab winning lub title. Marunde yog ib tug Las Vegas neeg nyob uas yog tus pog txog showcasing nws cov tshiab thiab paub kev txawj txheej ntawm RFA 31.

“Nws yog zoo yuav tsum tau sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv Las Vegas, tiam sis kuv yuav tom ntej no RFA welterweight zus hais txog ntawm qhov chaw uas nws nyob,” Marunde piav. “Kuv npaj txhij rau qhov no kev sib tw nyob rau hauv Gilbert Smith. Kuv xav kom sawv daws mus saib qhov no sib ntaus. Nws yuav yuav kuv zoo tshaj plaws ua tau zoo rau hnub tim.”
Lub co-ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm RFA 31 yuav feature rov qab los ntawm Zoila Frausto (12-4), uas yog tus thawj-thiab-tsuas Bellator cov poj niam txoj kev tau zus ib. Frausto yeej lub Bellator cov poj niam txoj kev strawweight title los ntawm winning MMA lub feem ntau tseem ceeb cov poj niam txoj kev sib tw rau hnub tim. Nyob rau hauv lub yim-poj niam kev sib tw, Frausto yeej Jessica penne, Jessica Aguilar, thiab Megumi Fujii. Penne tau ploj mus rau mus tua rau lub UFC cov poj niam txoj kev strawweight title, Aguilar mas dav suav hais tias yog #1 cov poj niam txoj kev strawweight nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no rau xyoo, thiab Fujii yog ib tug dab neeg nyob rau hauv cov poj niam lub MMA uas yog 22-0 thaum nws tiv thaiv Frausto rau lub title nyob rau hauv cov kev sib tw finale. Frausto, uas tau yeej tsis poob ntawm 115-phaus, yog tam sim no xav kom reclaim nws rooj huas tias atop cov poj niam txoj kev strawweight faib.
“Ntau tshaj txhua, Kuv zoo siab yuav tsum rov qab,” stated Frausto. “Kuv yog ib tug txawv kiag li fighter tam sim no. Kuv tsis cia li ua kis las, tab sis kuv twb ntxiv ntiaj teb no-chav kawm tawm thiab yeej ib Muay Thaib ntiaj teb no title. Kuv tam sim no muaj loj, lub dag lub zog, ceev, thiab kev txawj uas cov menyuam ntxhais thaum 115-phaus yog tsis npaj txhij rau. Nws yog exciting sib ntaus rau tus thawj RFA poj niam lub title nyob rau hauv Las Vegas. Cov thawj kev sib ntaus uas kuv pom yog nyob rau hauv Las Vegas thiab kuv nco ntsoov mus ntsib nws thiab xav, qhov no yog dab tsi kuv xav ua thiab no qhov twg kuv xav mus tua.”

Jones-Lybarger (5-1) nkag mus rau hauv lub npe sib ntaus raws li qhov zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv RFA keeb kwm poj niam. Lub MMA NTSHAV khoom tau yeej peb sib law liag fights txij thaum kos npe rau nrog rau cov xyoo tas los RFA. Nyob rau hauv cov peb bouts, nws tau showcased ib tug ntau yam ntawm kev txawj ntse. Nyob rau hauv nws debut, nws yeej ib unanimous txiav txim siab tshaj lub scrappy Rosa Acevedo ntawm RFA 14. Jones-Lybarger ces tawm-grappled lub hnyav-tes laug ciav stalwart Rebecca Ruth ntawm RFA 19. Nyob rau hauv nws feem ntau tsis ntev los no kev mus ua si, nws siv nws formidable boxing kev txawj ntse rau defeat feemxyuam jiu-jitsu raws li fighter Maria Rios ntawm RFA 23. Jones-Lybarger twb teem rov qab mus ua hauj lwm rau lub hlis no nyob rau ntawm lub RFA 29 raws li ib feem ntawm Team teb chaws USA, tab sis nws tus nrog sib ntaus yuam tawm daim card thiab Jones-Lybarger sai sai txav nws paub ntawm nws biggest kev sib tw rau hnub.

“I honestly feel that my time is now,” Jones-Lybarger piav. “Thaum qhov kev sib ntaus nrog Kinberly (Novaes) twb hu ua tawm, Kuv paub kuv lub sij hawm rau ib tug RFA title sib ntaus nrog Zoila yog tam sim no. Qhov no yog lub yeej kuv yuav tsum tau kuv mus rau lub tom ntej no tshooj nyob rau hauv kuv cov hauj lwm thiab kuv zoo siab heev txog qhov cov thawj RFA cov poj niam txoj kev yeej.”
Cov tag nrho RFA 31 – Smith vs. Marunde ntsiab card, yam ua ntej daim ntawv, thiab qhia ntxiv txog qhov kev tshwm sim yuav muab tshaj tawm sai. RFA 31 yuav cov qib tus thib ob cov kev tshwm sim yuav coj qhov chaw nyob rau hauv Las Vegas, Nevada txij li thaum nws pib teeb tsa los nyob rau hauv 2011. Tag nrho lub ntsiab card ntawm RFA 31 yuav tsum tawm hauv TV nyob thiab teb chaws rau AXS TV nyob 10 p.m. THIAB / 7 p.m. PT rau Friday, Lub kaum hli ntuj 9.
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