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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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