Las Vegas, Nevada – The General Director of LFA, Ed Soares, announced today that the promotion will have a fresh main event when he returns to Kentucky on the second Friday of June. The change occurred after the Brazilian perspective of Willian “Malvadez” Lima withdrew with an injury. The LFA 210 will now be equipped with a fresh 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. Reyes, presented by Monster EnergyIt takes place on Friday, June 13 at Freedom Hall, Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The fresh main event will take place a featherweight show between the best perspectives of Lance “The Tornado” Lawrence and Javier “Blair” Reyes. 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. Reyes can be bought through 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 MMA perspective in the state and veteran Dana White pretenders series. He will face Javier Reyes, who is a former claimant for the LFA title and the best MMA perspective from Colombia. 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.
Reyes (20-5) is a man who likes to be vigorous. After completing 30 wins as an amateur and 20 wins as a professional, the highest Colombian perspective will compete in the third fight in 2025 within 78 days. This is one high -level fight every 26 days. This run began at the end of March to start the Holy Week of UFC in Mexico City, it lasted in May in the LFA 208 headliner in Santa Cruz, and now it lasts in June in the main event of LFA 210, when LFA returns to Louisville. Reyes became the face of MMA in Colombia after dominating the fight scene in Latin America and winning many regional titles. Coming from the capital of his nation Bogota, Reyes began to practice parkour with his group called “Warriors of the Street”. His active Parkour skills have been transferred to MMA, which makes him not miss the perspectives among fighting fans and the media.
Main card (all over the world UFC Fight Pass® at 21:00 et / 6 pm Fri):
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – AUGUST 14: (L-R) Opponents Islam Makhachev of Russia and Ian Machado Garry of Ireland face off during the UFC 330 ceremonial weigh-in at Xfinity Mobile Arena on August 14, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC)
The rematch between Joshua Van and Alexandre Pantoja has some real heat behind it.
In December, Van took the UFC flyweight title from Pantoja, winning just moments into the fight when Pantoja dislocated his elbow while falling to the ground. Since then, Pantoja has been healing up from his injury, while Van defended his title with a fifth-round stoppage victory over Tatsuro Taira at UFC 328 in May. Now, the two are set to run things back at UFC 331 next month, and at the opening press conference for the event on Friday, things got testy between the two.
“Had that not happened, I would have still whooped his ass that day,†Van said when asked about the injury that awarded him the title. “So September 19, it's just another opportunity for me to whoop his ass again.â€
“I think he needs to wash his mouth,†Pantoja replied. “I respect where I'm from. I'm from Brazil. In Brazil, you need to take care about what you talk. If not, maybe you lose your teeth.â€
Things only heated up from there as Van interrupted Pantoja while he was giving a long answer about what this fight means to him and his history in the division.
“Bro, talk about the fight on September 19,†Van said. “We're not here for your story, bro. We're here for the fight.
“Hey kid, when someone talks, you shut your f*cking mouth,†Pantoja responded. “You understand that?â€
“Shut up. What you gonna do about it?â€
In response to this, Pantoja stood up and started to walk across the dais toward Van, before security intervened to sit him back down, with Van mocking him the whole time.
“You ain't doing shit,†Van said. “Sit your ass down. Sit your ass down; you ain't doing shit. Somebody get him some milk.â€
“Hey kid, September 19, you're gonna be locked in the octagon with me,†Pantoja replied.
This is a new look from Van, who seemed to enjoy needling Pantoja and trying to rile him up. But for the former flyweight champion, this just looked like Van pretending to be something he's not.
“Nothing about Joshua surprises me,†Pantoja said. “He tries to make this character, tries to be the tough guy, but what I see, he's just a fraidy cat. He's afraid.â€
“I ain't afraid of shit,†Van responded.
“Oh, I'm so tough,†Pantoja mocked.
“My name is Fearless,†Van said. “I ain't scared of you.â€
The two then had their first faceoff for this fight, where things remained fiery, with both men jawing at each other and Dana White having to keep them apart.
UFC 331 takes place on Sep. 19 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
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