Freitag, Juli 11

LFA 212: DEGLI vs. MIGUEL

Presented By: MONSTER ENERGY

MAIN EVENT:

INTERIM CHAMPION

MARCOS DEGLI

vs.

CHALLENGER

OSCAR MIGUEL

INTERIM FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

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BRASÍLIA, FEDERAL DISTRICT, BRAZIL

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — LFA CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will make its second trip to the capital city of Brazil in July with a Championship Headliner at LFA 212. The main event will feature an interim flyweight title fight between two of South America’s most decorated prospects. This interim title defense became necessary as the promotion awaits the status of its sitting champion Eduardo Chapolin, who is currently competing on the UFC’s thirty-third season of The Ultimate Fighter.

This will be the twenty-third LFA event to take place in Brazil and it will celebrate the promotion’s international expansion that began four summer’s ago. LFA 212 will take place in the Federal District, which makes it the third LFA event to take place in the Central-West Region of Brazil. LFA has also visited the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Pernambuco, and Mato Grosso.

LFA 212: Degli vs. Miguel, präsentiert vonMonster Energy, findet Freitag, July 11th in Brasília, Federal District, Brazil. The main event will feature an interim flyweight title fight when interim champion Marcos “Tailandês” Degli defends his title against top contender Oscar Miguel. The entire main card will be available worldwide onUFC kämpfen PASS®  bei 8 p.m. UND / 5 p.m. PT.

“We are excited to bring the LFA Interim Flyweight Championship to the capital city of Brazil,” stated Soares.“The LFA began its international expansion in July of 2021. We have since hosted 22 events in Brazil in the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Pernambuco, and Mato Grosso as well as the Federal District. LFA 212 will be our second event in the nation’s capital city of Brasília and we will celebrate our 4-year-anniversary in the country with a title fight. What makes this title fight even more exciting is the fact that it features two of South America’s most decorated prospects. Marcos Degli(Brasilien) and Oscar Miguel (Peru) will also rekindle a Brazil vs. Latin America fight tradition that started in the LFA last July.” 

Degli (12-3) started his year in February by becoming the LFA’s fourteenth flyweight champion. He did this by defeating fellow top prospect Lincon Santos in the co-main event of LFA 201. The crowning moment came when Degli landed a beautiful Left Hook to knock out the fellow Brazilian National Muay Thai champion in the second round of their interim flyweight title fight. The interim title shot became available to Degli after the LFA’s sitting flyweight champion Eduardo Chapolin was cast to compete on the UFC’s thirty-third season of The Ultimate Fighter. Degli’s win over Santos ran his LFA record to 4-0 and earned him a gold belt to go along with his BJJ black belt. Jedoch, instead of waiting on Chapolin, Degli jumped at the opportunity to defend his interim title much like LFA great Charles Johnson did four summer’s ago.

Degli was also eager to face the biggest challenge in his division, who happens to reside on the other side of his continent. That would be none other than Peruvian kingpin Oscar Miguel. Degli vs. Miguel also rekindles the Brazil vs. Latin America rivalry that began last July at LFA 187, when the LFA hosted a team challenge between the two most dominant factions of MMA talent in the southern hemisphere.

Miguel (14-1) is one of the most beloved fighters to hail from the “Land of Incas”. Peru has in fact experienced its Golden Era in MMA over the past few years with Claudio Puelles, Daniel Marcos, Jose Ochoa, Kevin Borjas, Luis Pajuelo, Rolando Bedoya, Jesus Pinedo, James Llontop, and Enrique Barzola all reaching the pinnacle of the sport by competing in the UFC. That success has also carried over to the LFA Octagon, where both Rodrigo Vera and Abraham Racho just won their LFA debuts impressively at LFA 209. Miguel will now become just the second Peruvian fighter to fight for an LFA title and to headline an LFA event after his countrywoman Sandra Lavado became the first to accomplish both these feats two summers ago at LFA 164. Jedoch, Miguel will be looking to become the first to bring LFA gold back home to Peru.

Hauptkarte (Worldwide onUFC kämpfen PASS® bei 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT):

Main Event | Interim Flyweight Title Bout (125 Pfund)

Marcos Degli (12-3) vs. Oscar Miguel(14-1)

Co-Main Event | Mittelgewichts-Kampf (185 Pfund)

Diego Dias (19-5) vs. Gian Siqueira(20-5)

Bantamgewicht Bout (135 Pfund)

Herbeth Sousa (19-2) vs. Michel Lima (19-6)

Women’s Strawweight Bout (115 Pfund)

Marina Monteiro (5-0) vs. Nawira Ferreira (5-2)

Bantamgewicht Bout (135 Pfund)

Daniel Araújo (7-0) vs. Thomas Bryan (7-3)

Federgewicht Kampf (145 Pfund)

João Pedro Moreira (7-1) vs. Leonardo Cerboni (6-1)

Vorläufige Karte:

Lightweight Bout (155 Pfund)

Samuel Dias (10-2) vs. Juliano Prescendo (10-3)

Mittelgewichts-Kampf (185 Pfund)

Marcio Cabral (11-3) vs. Mailton Azevedo (12-4)

Fliegengewicht Bout (125 Pfund)

Lucas Gouveia (5-0) vs. Luiz Felipe Herculano (7-0)

Federgewicht Kampf (145 Pfund)

Aristides Vinícius (9-3-1) vs. Jhonatan Cordeiro (8-2)

Fliegengewicht Bout (125 Pfund)

Neto Pinheiro (3-0) vs. Cláudio Meireles (2-0)

Frauen Fliegengewicht Bout (125 Pfund)

Beatriz Consuli (5-0) vs. Naiane Silva (3-4)

Women’s Strawweight Bout (115 Pfund)

Júlia Barros (1-0) vs. Radija Aquino (0-0-1)