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News January 21, 2024

Lany Silva looks to build off ‘Female Fighter of the Year’ honors at LFA 175

BY RYAN BEVINS, ON X (FORMERLY TWITTER) @BEVOIS "I am the best." Those were the words famously repeated over and over again by Rose Namajunas as Bruce Buffer was introducing her before her fight at UFC 261. Namajunas would then proceed to to knockout the reigning…

News January 19, 2024

LFA brings Interim Light-Heavyweight Championship to Northern California at LFA 178

FRIDAY, MARCH 8 LFA 178: SATYBALDIEV vs. ASSIS PRESENTED BY: BetOnline MAIN EVENT: SAMBO MASTER URAN SATYBALDIEV vs. BJJ BLACK BELT BRUNO ASSIS INTERIM LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT LIVE on UFC FIGHT PASS® KAISER PERMANENTE ARENA SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW AT TICKETMASTER.COM LAS VEGAS, Nevada — LFA CEO…

News January 16, 2024

LFA brings a Championship Doubleheader to New York at LFA 177

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 LFA 177: SMYTH vs. MAGOMEDOV PRESENTED BY TEQUILA MANDALA MAIN EVENT: 2023 LFA FANS' CHOICE AWARDS: KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR WINNER DEVIN SMYTH vs. TWO-TIME RUSSIAN NATIONAL CHAMPION IN WRESTLING SHAMIDKHAN MAGOMEDOV INTERIM WELTERWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT: TOP CANADIAN PROSPECT SHANNON CLARK vs. TOP BRAZILIAN PROSPECT THAIANY LOPES WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHT TITLE…

News January 12, 2024

Kegan Gennrich dethrones JaCobi Jones to become LFA lightweight champion at LFA 174

PRIOR LAKE, Minnesota — In the first world title fight of 2024 for the LFA lightweight title, "Machine Gun" Kegan Gennrich dethroned the reigning champion JaCobi "Big Toe" Jones via Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) at 2:08 of Round 5. In the co-main event, top Vietnamese prospect…

News January 11, 2024

LFA 174: Weigh-In Results

FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 LFA 174: JONES vs. GENNRICH MAIN EVENT: CHAMPION JACOBI "BIG TOE" JONES vs. CHALLENGER "MACHINE GUN" KEGAN GENNRICH LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD TITLE FIGHT MYSTIC LAKE CASINO HOTEL PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA LIVE on UFC FIGHT PASS® at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT Limited Tickets Available at Ticketmaster.com PRIOR…

News January 10, 2024

LFA announces March schedule of events in California, Brazil, and Kentucky

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — LFA President Sven Bean announced today that the LFA has entered into event production agreements for three events in the month of March 2024. "The LFA team will stay busy as we return to two great markets and debut at another in…

Adamu Isa has his hands taped and is ready to fight as he poses for a photo in front of a sponsored banner

News January 9, 2024

Adamu Isah: The Marvel of Maiduguri

By Danny Jones - @Tidy_MMA The city of Maiduguri in north-eastern Nigeria is known to many only as the birthplace of the Boko Haram insurgency. For LFA athlete Adamu Isah, however, Maiduguri was home for 15 years. Indeed, it was the place in which his venture into…

News January 4, 2024

LFA kicks off Super Bowl Weekend in the Valley of the Sun with a highly-anticipated rematch for the Featherweight Title at LFA 176

LFA KICKS OFF SUPER BOWL WEEKEND IN THE VALLEY OF THE SUN WITH A HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED REMATCH FOR THE FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE AT LFA 176 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 LFA 176: GARCIA vs. JOHNS 2 Presented By: ARIZONA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD MAIN EVENT: CHAMPION JAVIER "EL MARIACHI" GARCIA vs. CHALLENGER ELIJAH "BABY" JOHNS FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD…

News December 26, 2023

LFA brings the Light-Heavyweight Championship to Brazil at LFA 175

SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 LFA 175: LOPES vs. BRIGAGÃO Presented By: BetOnline MAIN EVENT: CHAMPION BRUNO LOPES vs. CHALLENGER MARCOS BRIGAGÃO LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD TITLE FIGHT LIVE on UFC FIGHT PASS® GINÁSIO DO POLVILHO CAJAMAR, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL LAS VEGAS, Nevada — LFA CEO Ed Soares announced that the promotion will return to Brazil…