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LFA STARTS THE SUMMER IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS WITH LFA 43 – ALLEN vs. CROWE

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MAIN EVENT:
TWO-TIME LFA TITLE CHALLENGER
BRENDAN ALLEN
vs.
TWO-TIME LEGACY FC TITLE CHALLENGER
LARRY CROWE
 
MIDDLEWEIGHT SHOWDOWN
FRIDAY, JUNE 22nd LIVE on AXS TV
BEAUMONT CIVIC CENTER in BEAUMONT, TEXAS
Tickets are on sale NOW through  Ticketmaster.com

LAS VEGAS, NV – LFA CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will kick off the 2018 summer season with a middleweight showdown between two former title challengers when the promotion heads to Beaumont, Texas at LFA 43.

 

 

 

The main event of LFA 43 will feature a middleweight showdown between two-time LFA title challenger Brendan “All In” Allen and two-time Legacy FC title challenger Larry “Tae Kwon” Crowe. LFA 43 – Allen vs. Crowe takes place this Friday, June 22nd at the Beaumont Civic Center in Beaumont, Texas. The main card will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT.

 

 

 

“Brendan Allen and Larry Crowe have a well-documented history of being top contenders in our organization,” stated Soares. “They have been two of our top middleweights for years, but somehow their paths have never crossed. Our fans will finally get to see them square off this summer when we head south to Beamount, Texas at LFA 43. ”

 

 

 

Tickets for LFA 43 – Allen vs. Crowe are available for purchase NOW at  Ticketmaster.com.

 

 

 

Allen (8-3) enters the LFA 43 headliner looking to reassert himself at the top of the LFA middleweight standings. The 22-year-old Louisianian is a two-time LFA middleweight title challenger and will be making his fifth appearance for LFA. He also competed twice for Legacy FC before the promotion merged with RFA to create LFA. Allen has gained valuable experience early in his career, which is now being cultivated along with his raw talent at Roufusport MMA Academy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The popular and talented southern submission specialist has built a reputation for being one of the most clinical finishers in the division. All eight of his victories have come via KO, TKO, or submission. The man known as “All In” will now go all in as he looks for the biggest win of his career.

 

 

 

Crowe (10-6) returns to the LFA Octagon fresh off a win over LFA mainstay Bilal Williams in the co-main event of LFA 26. The 34-year-old Texan is a two-time Legacy FC middleweight title challenger and one of the longest tenured fighters in Legacy FC history. Crowe made his debut for Legacy FC in his second professional fight in July 2010. That bout occurred at the third-ever Legacy FC event. In many ways, Crowe and Legacy FC grew up together. The man known as “Tae Kown” Crowe grew into one of the promotion’s most revered fighters, while Legacy FC grew into one of the top two developmental organizations in the world. Now the Houston native will add his name to another piece of history as he looks to win the main event of LFA 43 in the promotion’s debut event in Beaumont.

 

 

 

 

Currently Announced Main Card (Televised on AXS TV at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT):

 

 

 

 

Main Event | Middleweight Bout (185 lb)

– Brendan Allen (8-3) vs. Larry Crowe (10-6)

 

 

 

Featherweight Bout (145 lb)

– Jake Heffernan (6-0) vs. Peter Stanonik  (5-3)

 

 

 

Featherweight Bout (145 lb)

– Kolton Englund (5-2) vs. Juan Gonzalez (5-1)

 

 

 

Lightweight Bout (155 lb)

– Cameron Graves (6-2) vs. Jordan Titoni (6-2)

 

 

 

Women’s Strawweight Bout ( 115 lb)

– Itzel Esquivel (2-2) vs. Desiree Yanez (1-0)

 

 

 

Heavyweight Bout (265 lb)

– Jeremy Hardy (5-3) vs. Joel Moore (3-0)

 

 

 

LFA 43 will be the first LFA event to take place in the City of Beaumont. It will also be the eleventh time that LFA has traveled to “The Lone Star State” of Texas. Further information about LFA 43 will be announced soon. The entire main card of LFA 43 will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.

 

 

 

Please visit LFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. LFA is on Facebook at Legacy Fighting Alliance. LFA is also on Instagram at @LFAfighting and Twitter at @LFAfighting.

 

 

 

In 2017 RFA and Legacy FC merged to form LFA, the premier developmental organization in Mixed Martial Arts. The combined forces of LFA launched the careers of over 130 athletes to reach the pinnacle of MMA by competing in the UFC.  In May of 2018 the promotion joined the London Trust Media Holdings group of companies.

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GH3 Promotions signs undefeated Jr. Lightweight O’Shanique Foster

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Nutley, NJ (July 2, 2015)–Vito Mielnicki’s GH3 Promotions is proud to announce the signing of undefeated Jr. Lightweight O’Shanique Foster to an exclusive promotional contract.

Foster is from Beaumont, Texas and trains out of Houston.

He has a record of 6-0 with three knockouts.

He was a former amateur star where he was a two-time national Jr. Golden Gloves champion, five-time Ringside National champion, National PAL champion and 2011 Houston Golden Gloves champion. He made it to the finals of the Olympic trials before losing to eventual Olympian Joseph Diaz.

“This is a great opportunity. GH3 Promotions is a great company. they have a lot of up and coming fighters. I grew up with (fellow GH3 fighters) Adam Lopez, Antoine Douglas and Jerry Odom.” said Foster.

“I am a boxer puncher. When people see me when I get to the television level fights, I think people will love my talent and style. I know the way Vito moves his fighters so I can expect to fight about 7 times over the next 12 months.”

“I can’t wait to meet everyone with GH3 Promotions and take this as far as I can I strive to be great and I want to be remembered as one of the greats,” finished Foster.

Said Foster’s manager / trainer Craig Stilley, “O’Shanique can box and bang. I have not seen many fighters that can do what he can do. I have been in boxing for 21 years and he is the best talent that I have ever worked with.”

“We are excited to get O’Shanique going. I have heard some great things about him and I believe he is a serious prospect. He fits into our blueprint of signing great young talent and we look forward to getting him in the ring in August,” Said Mielnicki.

GH3 Promotions features undefeated Middleweight Antoine Douglas, Super Middleweight’s Jerry Odom & Derrick Webster, undefeated Super Bantamweight Adam Lopez as well as Boxcino 2015 Jr. Middleweight champion John Thompson, Jr., undefeated Welterweight Jerrell Harris,undefeated Super Bantamweight Qa’id Muhammad, undefeated lightweight Oscar Bonilla, Heavyweight Natu Visinia and Light Heavyweight Lavarn Harvell to the GH3 Promotions stable.