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LFA 210: Lawrence vs. Lima is set to June 13
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Las Vegas, Nevada – CEO of LFA ED SOARES announced today that the promotion will return to Kentucky on the second Friday of June. The LFA 210 will contain a featherweight show when the promotion returns to Bluegrass. This will be the third LFA event, which will take place in the state and its second event, which will take place in the most populated city of Louisville in Stan.
LFA 210: Lawrence vs. Lima, presented by Monster EnergyIt takes place on Friday, June 13 at Freedom Hall, Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The main event will take place a featherweight show between the best perspectives of Lanka “The Tornado” Lawrence and Willian “Malvadeza” Lima. The entire main card will be available all over the world UFC Fight Pass® at 21:00 et / 6 pm
Tickets for LFA 210: Lawrence vs. Lima are now available for purchase by Ticketmaster.com.
“We are glad that we can bring LFA back to Louisville, Kentucky on LFA 210,” said Soares. “Last year we took place for Louisville for the first time and we are glad that we can this summer to the largest city of Kentucky. Louisville is the home of Muhammad Ali and has a long history and recognition for combat sport. This was fully exhibited last year with the UFC organizing the event in Louisville just two months after our successful debut in the city in the city. Lawrence from Louisville, which is the best perspective in the state and veteran Dana White pretenders series. He will face Willian Lima, who is one of the best MMA prospects from Brazil. There will be a lot when they meet in the main event of LFA 210. “
Lawrence (9-4) is a man who has long been considered one of the best MMA perspectives in “Bluegrass”. In fact, after starting a MMA professional career with an excellent 5-0 record, he was invited to compete in the third season Dana White pretenders series In Las Vegas, Nevada. Lawrence will face the best invincible perspective Kevin Syler. The Bolivian hit a huge scale 6.5 pounds above the weight limit, but Kentuckin showed his fighting spirit II so he took the fight. This game was also his telephone card in LFA. After passing 2-0 in the promotion last year, Lawrence was nominated for three LFA fans selection prizes: Men’s warrior of the year, Fight of the Year and surrender of the year. Now “Tornado” is ready to restore the vortex of excitement back to your hometown of Louisville in the main event of LFA 210.
Lima (12-1-1) is a decorated MMA, kickboxing and Sanda fighter, who built its world-class set of skills, competing around the world. The animated Brazilian competed professionally in all three sports in South America, Europe and Asia. At that time, he competed in Spain, the United Arab Emirates, Russia and his hometown of Brazil. This includes a challenge for WGP kickboxing, which is the biggest event of kickboxing in Latin America. Now, after more than a decade of competition around the world in many disciplines, proud Catarinense is ready to debut in North America in MMA. The fight will also be a debut of LFA for a man known as “Malvadeza”, which means “evil” in Portuguese. This is an ideal nickname for a man whose task is to play in a spoiler in the opponent’s hometown when they try in the LFA 210 headliner.
Currently announced combat card (main card on UFC Fight Pass® at 21:00 et / 6 pm Fri):
Main event Weight pen (145 pounds)
Lance Lawrence (9-4) vs. Willian Lima (12-1-1)
Weight pen (145 pounds)
Jeremy Henry (8-5) vs. Dakota Hope (8-1)
Medium weight (185 pounds)
Jackson McVey (5-0) vs. Mateo Garner (4-1)
Flyweight Bout (125 pounds)
Tyler Forsythe (4-1) vs. Erik Calvert (4-1)
Lightweight fight (205 pounds)
Emilio Valecillo (2-0) vs. Pedro Lay (1-0)
WAUT WAUT (150 pounds)
Steve Collins (4-0) vs. Gaberial Brown (4-2)
Weight pen (145 pounds)
Alexander Schenk (6-4) vs. Roland Pruden (4-1)
Bantamweight Bout (135 pounds)
Dalton Goins (7-4) vs. Angelo Robles (4-1)
Internal weight (170 pounds)
Todd Pickett (7-0) vs. Gates Cook (4-3)
Internal weight (170 pounds)
Anthony McCormick (0-0) vs. Powell Zalesia (2-0)
Flyweight Bout (125 pounds)
Eric Sanchez (4-1) vs. Scott Calvert (7-4)
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