Las Vegas, Nevada – Sawv rov qab los Sib ntaus Alliance (RFA) tus thawj tswj hwm Ed Soares tshaj tawm hnub no tias RFA 29 yuav feature ib pab neeg sib ntaus sib tua pitting sab saum toj American zeem muag tiv thaiv sab saum toj Brazilian zeem muag, thaum lub MMA qib rov qab mus rau South Dakota lub hlis tom ntej. Cov mus saib xyuas coaches yuav tam sim no UFC welterweight yeej Robbie Lawler (Team USA) thiab yav tas los UFC teeb-heavyweight yeej Lyoto Machida (Team Brazil). RFA 29
will be headlined with an RFA featherweight title fight between top-contenders Ricky Musgrave and Raoni Barcelos. Qhov kev tshwm sim yuav siv sij hawm qhov chaw
Friday, Lub yim hli ntuj 21 nyob rau ntawm lub Sanford Pentagon nyob rau hauv Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 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 29 yuav muaj ib tug teb chaws USA vs. Brazil pab tswvyim uas yuav feature ib co ntawm cov saum toj kawg nkaus MMA zeem muag los ntawm txhua lub teb chaws,” Hais Soares. “Robbie Lawler thiab Lyoto Machida yuav tsum yog tus saib xyuas coaches rau txhua pab neeg. Nyob rau hauv lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim, Ricky Musgrave thiab Raoni Barcelos yuav kuj yuav sib tw rau lub tsis muaj RFA featherweight title. Qhov no tag nrho card yog stacked thiab kuv yuav tsis tos mus saib ua li cas ntawm RFA 29 rau Friday, Lub yim hli ntuj 21.”
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Musgrave (14-4) yog caij ib tug txiav txim yoj ntawm momentum tuaj rau hauv no title sib ntaus. Nyob rau hauv nws feem ntau tsis ntev los no kev mus ua si, “Lub Spazmanian dab ntxwg nyoog” tau qhab nia ib tug tseem ceeb ua ntej puag ncig TKO yeej muaj plaub-lub sij hawm UFC vet thiab jiu-jitsu dub siv Alvin Robinson ntawm RFA 22 nyob rau hauv Lub ib hlis ntuj. Lub yeej coj qhov chaw nyob rau hauv Musgrave lub hometown ntawm Colorado Springs, Colorado thiab ncua nws winning streak mus rau plaub sib ntaus nyob rau hauv ib tug kab. Cov yav tas los U.S. Cov tub rog Ranger tau yeej rau xya fights dhau ob thiab ib tug ib nrab xyoo thiab nws yog xav ua kom coj lub tsev ib lub npe uas nws tau muaj nws ob lub qhov muag nyob rau hauv rau ib chim.
“Kuv twb nug rau nws, Kuv twb tos rau nws, thiab tam sim no nws yog thaum kawg no,” Musgrave hais txog nws RFA title txhaj tshuaj. “Txhua leej txhua tus ntawm Pariah MMA nyob rau hauv Colorado Springs yog tus pog txog qhov no thiab peb gym yog hais txog yuav tsum tau muab tso rau hauv daim ntawv qhia. Barcelos yog ib tug tawv kas, heev txhoj puab heev, thiab ib tug tsim nyog tus nrog sib ntaus. Kuv pog mus tau nyob rau hauv muaj thiab sib ntaus.”
Barcelos (8-1) kuj rov los rau lub RFA octagon tshiab tawm ib tug scintillating thawj round finish. Lub yeej tuaj ntawm KO tshaj lub yav tas los undefeated NCAA Division I Tag nrho-American wrestler Jamal Chaw ua si ntawm RFA 23 nyob rau hauv Lub ob hlis ntuj. Lub bout yog lub Brazilian dynamo peb rau cov qib thiab nws muaj peev xwm mus showcase nws zoo-npawv kev txawj teev nyob rau hauv ntsoog loj heev zam. Nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm nws zoo kawg li KO hwj chim, Barcelos yog lub ntiaj teb kawm jiu-jitsu dub siv uas pib kev kawm “lub siab dawb siab kos duab” nrog nws txiv, dub-thiab-liab siv Laerte Barcelos, thaum nws yog ib ob-xyoo. The Nova União standout now looks to add the RFA featherweight title to his lengthy list of athletic accomplishments.
“Kuv zoo siab heev rau sib ntaus rau lub ntiaj teb no RFA title,” hais Barcelos. “RFA yog ib qho kev tshwm sim uas tau raug qhia ib tug ntau ntawm cov txuj ci rau lub ntiaj teb no mus saib. Kuv paub nrog no sib ntaus kuv yuav muaj lub cib fim tau pom tau hais tias kuv ua hauj lwm. Nws yog ib tug npau suav los muaj tseeb thiab ib yawm yog ib tug tau zus ib ntawm ib tug zoo tshwm sim zoo li tus RFA.”
Lub co-ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm RFA 29 yuav feature ob welterweight MMA zeem muag, uas yog sai sai nce rau ibyam ntawm ib tug sib sib zog nqus dabneeg division. Tus thawj yog ib qho ntawm feem nkawv tua hluav taws nyob rau hauv lub xeev ntawm South Dakota. Uas yuav tsum tsis muaj lwm yam tshaj li Jordon Larson (6-1), uas yug thiab tsa nyob rau hauv Sioux Falls, tab sis tam sim no u tawm ntawm fais fab MMA nyob rau hauv Gilbert, Arizona. Larson tau tus neeg ntawm ob tug ntawm cov loudest ovations nyob rau hauv RFA keeb kwm thiab yuav tsum tau nrhiav nws thib peb nyob rau hauvLub yim hli ntuj 21. He will be tasked with facing Brazilian juggernaut Ackson Junior (5-0), uas u tawm ntawm lub famed X-Gym nyob rau hauv Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “Tank Russo” tau sensational sib ntaus sib tua hauv nws lub tsev teb chaws ntawm South America. Nws tau nres tag nrho tsib cov txiv neej nws tau ntsib uas tsuas muaj ib cov ntawm cov bouts ntev ntau tshaj ib puag ncig.