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LFA 207: Details of the Lewis vs. event were revealed Miranda

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Las Vegas, Nevada – The CEO of LFA, Ed Soares, announced today that the promotion will return to the southern Dakota in April together with the headliner of the Championships in LFA 207. In the main event the featherlight title of the world champion will be on the line. It will be the nineteenth event of LFA, which will take place in the state. RFA organized four events in Mount Rushmore State before the connection of RFA and Legacy FC, which created LFA.

LFA 207: Lewis vs. Miranda, presented by Monster EnergyIt takes place on Friday, April 18 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, southern Dakota. The main event will take place a slight fight for the title of world champion, when the champion Richie “Savage” Lewis defends his title against the highest pretender Richie “El Machete” Miranda. The entire main card will be available all over the world UFC Fight Pass® at 21:00 et / 6 pm

“We are glad that we can bring a featherlight world championship to southern Dakota in LFA 207,” said Soares. “In the main event, the first defense of the LFA LFA Richie Lewis champion will appear in the main event. He will face the best contender and outstanding LFA Richie Miranda. Both men won their debut LFA in Sioux Falls, and now they will finally face the world title on the line. Sioux Falls, southern Dakota is one of our most visited places and it is an ideal headliner that will add to our 11-year history in Sanford Pentagon. “

Tickets for LFA 207: Lewis vs. Miranda can be bought through Ticketmaster.com.

He is one of the most -talked about MMA perspectives for a reason. Born and raised in Novel Jersey, a graduate of Rutgers University followed in the footsteps of the UFC master who was from his hometown in “Garden State”. It would be the legendary Frankie Edgar. Two men are at the age of 13, but they are both graduates of Toms River High School East. Of course, Lewis drew inspiration from UFC Hall of Famer on mats, and now in a cage, and the results were undeniable. At Junior College he was Njcaa All-American in Iowa Central twice. Then in Rutgers Lewis became the automatic qualifier of NCAA Division and after gaining a general sense of 27-7 and double record 16-1 in his first season with the program. However, he did this after studying at the international wrestling scene, which really changed her head. In November 2017, Lewis became the first American to win the U23 world medal after winning the gold medal at 70 kg. Currently, a man known as “Savage” is fully immersed in MMA, where he is currently undefeated and dethroned Kegan Gennrich to capture

Miranda (10-1) is a man who grew up in the LFA promotion, and his monuments set to LFA Lightweight World for three years. Like Lewis, Miranda has deep roots in wrestling. South California was a distinctive wrestler at the High School segerstrome in Santa Ana, California. At Junior College, he competed at NJCAA level in Santa Ana College (SAC) and was in the first fourth 4 in California Cc State Wrestling Championships. This provided him with the possibility of competing at the NCAA Division II level at the University of Nebraska in Kearney (UNK), which is the same wrestling program that produced great MMA MMA champions Kamar Usman and Raufeon Stots. Miranda now follows in the footsteps of MMA with an ultra aggressive fight style, which brought him 10 wins in his career (7 in LFA) and a avid base of fans, wherever he competes. This boisterous “Miranda Mafia” will only be strengthened when he fights for a featherlight LFA title before the same crowd in which he won his debut LFA. “El Machete” won a well-deserved title after passing 3-0 and nominated for “Male Fighter of the Year” in 2024.

Currently announced combat card (the main card will be available all over the world UFC Fight Pass®):

Main event Lithe title (155 pounds)

Richie Lewis (6-0) vs. Richie Miranda (10-1)

Co-Main Cooperation Bantamweight Bout (135 pounds)

Mitch McKe (8-0) vs. TBD

Lithe fight (155 pounds)

Nikita Kołshin (6-0) vs. TBD

Women’s fly weight (125 pounds)

Chey Bowers (5-2) vs. Elizabeth Rodriguez (3-3)

Weight pen (145 pounds)

Ansar Khamzaev (2-0) vs. Abbas Abasaov (4-0)

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Jasmine Jasudavicius eyes Natalia Silva title rematch in Toronto

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Jasmine Jasudavicius eyes Natalia Silva title rematch in Toronto
Jasmine
Jasudavicius wants to fight for an
Ultimate Fighting Championship title on home soil.

Jasudavicius will have the Canadian crowd behind her when she faces
Erin
Blanchfield on Oct. 17 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta.
She views the matchup as a women's flyweight title eliminator. With
UFC 336 reportedly targeted for Toronto next year, Jasudavicius
hopes a victory over Blanchfield will earn her a quick turnaround
and a title shot in Canada.

Jasmine Jasudavicius sees Erin Blanchfield fight at UFC
Edmonton as path to Natalia Silva title rematch

Valentina
Shevchenko relinquished the 125-pound title because of injury,
and Natalia
Silva won the vacant championship at UFC
332 by defeating Cong Wang by
unanimous decision. Jasudavicius believes beating Blanchfield on
Saturday would warrant a rematch with Silva, calling the
opportunity to challenge for the belt in Canada an “honor.â€

“I think whoever wins this fight does expect a title shot,â€
Jasudavicius said at media day ahead of
UFC Edmonton. “I think this fight is the title eliminator. I'm
not here for a long time; I'm here for a good time. So, I would
love to stay active; I would love to fight in Toronto and it would
be an honor to fight for the belt in Toronto.â€

Jasudavicius (15-4) is coming off a victory over Karine
Silva, rebounding from a loss to Manon
Fiorot that ended a five-fight winning streak. The Canadian
also lost to current champion Silva in her second UFC appearance in
2022.

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Jasmine Jasudavicius eyes Natalia Silva title rematch in Toronto

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Jasmine Jasudavicius eyes Natalia Silva title rematch in Toronto
Jasmine
Jasudavicius wants to fight for an
Ultimate Fighting Championship title on home soil.

Jasudavicius will have the Canadian crowd behind her when she faces
Erin
Blanchfield on Oct. 17 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta.
She views the matchup as a women's flyweight title eliminator. With
UFC 336 reportedly targeted for Toronto next year, Jasudavicius
hopes a victory over Blanchfield will earn her a quick turnaround
and a title shot in Canada.

Jasmine Jasudavicius sees Erin Blanchfield fight at UFC
Edmonton as path to Natalia Silva title rematch

Valentina
Shevchenko relinquished the 125-pound title because of injury,
and Natalia
Silva won the vacant championship at UFC
332 by defeating Cong Wang by
unanimous decision. Jasudavicius believes beating Blanchfield on
Saturday would warrant a rematch with Silva, calling the
opportunity to challenge for the belt in Canada an “honor.â€

“I think whoever wins this fight does expect a title shot,â€
Jasudavicius said at media day ahead of
UFC Edmonton. “I think this fight is the title eliminator. I'm
not here for a long time; I'm here for a good time. So, I would
love to stay active; I would love to fight in Toronto and it would
be an honor to fight for the belt in Toronto.â€

Jasudavicius (15-4) is coming off a victory over Karine
Silva, rebounding from a loss to Manon
Fiorot that ended a five-fight winning streak. The Canadian
also lost to current champion Silva in her second UFC appearance in
2022.

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UFC Vegas 123: 'Moicano vs. Nolan' Live Results and Highlights

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UFC Vegas 123: 'Moicano vs. Nolan' Live Results and Highlights

The fights return to the Apex for tonight's UFC Vegas 123 event, a 12-bout fight card headlined by Renato Moicano vs. Tom Nolan.

Moicano (21-7-1 MMA) will be returning to action for the first time since submitting Chris Duncan this past April with a face crank. That triumph snapped a two-fight losing skid for ‘Money', who had previously dropped fights to Beneil Dariush and Islam Makhachev (see that here). The Brazilian has gone 5-2 over his past seven fights overall.

Meanwhile, Tom Nolan (11-1 MMA) will enter the Octagon sporting a five-fight winning streak, with his most recent victory coming over Fares Ziam this past June. ‘Big Train' suffered his lone career loss back in January of 2024, when he was TKO'd by Nikolas Motta in his promotional debut.

UFC Vegas 123 is co-headlined by a welterweight bout featuring Randy Brown taking on Jacobe Smith.

Image Credit: Randy Brown's Instagram

Brown (20-8 MMA) will enter the Octagon with hopes of snapping a two-fight losing skid, this after suffering back-to-back losses against Gabriel Bonfim and Kevin Holland respectively. Prior to those setbacks, ‘Rude Boy' was coming off a second-round knockout victory over Nicolas Darby in April of 2025.

Meanwhile, Jacobe Smith (13-0 MMA) will be making a quick turnaround, this after earning a first-round TKO victory over Bruce Whitehead just four weeks ago at UFC 332 (see that here).

Also featured on tonight's UFC Vegas 132 main card is a welterweight bout between Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani and Farman Hasanov.

Lebosnoyani (11-2 MMA) will enter the contest on a six-fight winning streak, with his most recent victory coming over Seok Hyeon Ko this past July. ‘Mufasa' has gone 2-0 since making his Octagon debut back in February.

Meanwhile, Farman Hasanov (5-0) made his promotional debut back in June at UFC Baku, where he kept his perfect record in check with a unanimous decision win over Eric Nolan. ‘The Lion' has earned stoppage wins in three of his five professional fights.

Get all of tonight's live results and highlights below (refresh for updates):

UFC Vegas 123 Main Card (8pm EST on Paramount+)

155 lbs: Renato Moicano vs. Tom Nolan – Nolan def. Moicano via TKO (ground and pound) at of Round 3

170 lbs: Randy Brown vs. Jacobe Smith – Smith def. Brown by unanimous decision (30-26 x3)

125 lbs: Ode' Osbourne vs. Cody Durden – Durden def. Osbourne by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

135 lbs: Yana Santos vs. Luana Santos – Luana Santos def. Yana Santos by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

170 lbs: Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani vs. Farman Hasanov – Lebosnoyani def. Hasanov via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 2:11 of Round 3

UFC Vegas 123 Prelims (5pm EST on Paramount+)

145 lbs: Francis Marshall vs. Dakota Hope –

170 lbs: Rodrigo Sezinando vs. Theodor Berggren – Sezinando def. Berggren via TKO (cut) at 5:00 of Round 2

145 lbs: Julian Erosa vs. Jeong Yeong Lee – Erosa def. Lee via KO (punches) at 1:31 of Round 1

185 lbs: Zachary Reese vs. Mickey Gall – Reese def. Gall by unanimous decision (29-27 x3)

185 lbs: Nick Klein vs. Joseph Kropschot – Kropschot def. Klein via submission (armbar) at 1:25 of Round 2

115 lbs: Talita Alencar vs. Piera Rodriguez – Rodriguez def. Alencar by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)

125 lbs: Lucia Szabova vs. Tainara Lisboa – Szabova def. Lisboa via TKO (punches) at 3:20 of Round 3

Who are you picking to emerge victorious in tonight's lightweight main event between Renato Moicano and Tom Nolan? Share your predictions in the comment section Penn Nation!

This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM


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