BY RYAN BEVINS, ON TWITTER @BEVOIS   Luana Santos is like many women that compete in MMA today as she looks up to Ronda Rousey as her biggest influence. After all, Rousey single-handedly convinced UFC President Dana White to open the industry leader's doors to women and…

BY RYAN BEVINS, ON TWITTER @BEVOIS   Lucas Fernando announced his arrival with the LFA in the most impressive of ways. The promotion was hosting its first international event at LFA 111 in July 2021 with a card so deep with talent, that the first two fighters…

BY RYAN BEVINS, ON TWITTER @BEVOIS   Tabatha Ricci is a name that is very familiar to LFA fans as she quickly became one of the promotion's biggest stars during her tenure with the promotion from the middle of 2020 to the middle of 2021. After going…

FRIDAY, APRIL 14 LFA 156: FULLER vs. WATERS   MAIN EVENT: "THE GENTLEMAN" JALIN FULLER vs. "THE TRUTH" TREY WATERS WELTERWEIGHT SHOWDOWN LIVE on UFC FIGHT PASS® SANFORD PENTAGON SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW AT TICKETMASTER.com   LAS VEGAS, Nevada — LFA CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion…

Results from LFA 153 at the Horseshoe Hammond Casino in Hammond, Indiana.   Main Card: Main Event | Featherweight Bout (145 lb) Chepe Mariscal def. Guilherme Faria via TKO (Ground n' Pound) at 2:02 of Round 2. Co-Main Event | Welterweight Bout (170 lb) Bakhromjon Mashrapov def. Logan Urban via TKO…

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 LFA 153: MARISCAL vs. FARIA MAIN EVENT: CHICAGO'S OWN CHEPE MARISCAL vs. BRAZILIAN DYNAMO GUILHERME FARIA FEATHERWEIGHT SHOWDOWN LIVE on UFC FIGHT PASS® THE HORSESHOE CASINO HAMMOND HAMMOND, INDIANA   LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE AT TICKETMASTER.com   Hammond, IN — On Thursday, February 16th, LFA hosted the weigh-in for LFA 153:…

BY RYAN BEVINS, ON TWITTER @BEVOIS   Rachel Martinez made her long-awaited professional MMA debut this past October after two decades of training as a martial artist. The fight came at LFA 145 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, which is about three hours north from her home in the…

Results from LFA 152 at the Grand Casino Hotel & Resort in Shawnee, Oklahoma.   Main Card: Main Event | Middleweight Bout (185 lb) Azamat Bekoev def. Renato Valente via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28). Co-Main Event | Catchweight Bout (160 lb) Will Starks def. Manny Muro via Unanimous Decision (30-25,…

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 LFA 152: VALENTE vs. BEKOEV   MAIN EVENT: BRAZILIAN POWERHOUSE RENATO VALENTE vs. RUSSIAN KINGPIN AZAMAT BEKOEV INTERCONTINENTAL MIDDLEWEIGHT SHOWDOWN   LIVE on UFC FIGHT PASS® GRAND CASINO HOTEL & RESORT SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE AT LFATIX.COM   SHAWNEE, Oklahoma — On Thursday, February 9th, LFA hosted the weigh-in for…