LFA 179: Neto vs. Antunes Combat Card and Begin Instances | FightBook MMA
LFA 179: Neto vs. Antunes, introduced by BetOnline, takes place Saturday, March twenty third inside Enviornment 1 at Parque Olímpico (Olympic Park) in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The primary occasion will characteristic a welterweight title battle when champion Geraldo Neto defends his title towards prime contender Vanilto Antunes. The whole major card shall be accessible worldwide on UFC FIGHT PASS® at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT.
“We’re excited to carry the Welterweight Championship to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at LFA 179,” said Soares. “Rio de Janeiro is the place the LFA started its worldwide enlargement in the summertime of 2021 and there’s no metropolis prefer it on earth. LFA 179 will happen at Parque Olímpico, which serves because the Olympic Coaching Middle within the nation and hosted the 2016 Summer season Olympics. The primary occasion will characteristic the primary title protection of the LFA welterweight champion Geraldo Neto. He’ll face prime prospect Vanilto Antunes. That is the proper title battle for our return to Cidade Maravilhosa!”
Neto (18-6) knew his LFA debut bout towards Argemiro Delmandes might have title implications driving on the end result of their bout at LFA 159. The BJJ black belt’s instinct was proper. Neto got here into that bout with a popularity for his fierce ending capability and wasted no time displaying it by locking in a Rear Bare Choke within the first spherical. The win earned him a shot on the title towards Vanilto Antunes at LFA 162, when Carlos Prates withdrew from the bout to compete on Dana White’s Contender Sequence. Nevertheless, Antunes was then compelled to withdraw with an harm. Neto was then rebooked to face Magnus Conrado for the title at LFA 166. The person referred to as “Luan Santana” dominated the man BJJ black belt to seize the title. The 33-year-old Mato-Grossense is now set to defend his title towards Antunes in a championship bout that battle followers have been anxiously awaiting.
Antunes (15-6) is a person that earned his shot on the LFA welterweight title the nice old school approach. This occurred when the Muay Thai stylist left zero doubt about who the brand new “King of Rio” was by rising victorious in a winner takes all double title battle in December of 2022. This occurred when two of Brazil’s prime regional promotions The Conqueror and Favela Kombat squared off within the state of Rio de Janeiro with the winner of the primary occasion taking house each promotions’ titles. The Tata Combat Staff product defeated UFC and TUF veteran Wendell Oliveira through TKO. The top got here when a health care provider known as a cease to issues after two rounds and Antunes walked away with each The Conqueror and Favela Kombat welterweight titles. Now the 29-year-old Fluminense appears to be like so as to add his first world title to his assortment when he battles Neto in a long-awaited title battle.
At the moment Introduced Combat Card (Foremost Card shall be accessible worldwide on UFC FIGHT PASS® ):
Foremost Occasion | Welterweight Title Bout (170 lb)
Geraldo Neto (18-6) vs. Vanilto Antunes (15-6)
Co-Foremost Occasion | Featherweight Bout (145)
José Delano (13-3) vs. Allan Villalba (17-6)
Middleweight Bout (185 lb)
Lucas Fernando (9-3) vs. João Paulo Silva (8-2)
Ladies’s Strawweight Bout (115 lb)
Yasmin Castanho (6-1) vs. Natalia Alves (5-0)
Featherweight Bout (145 lb)
Icaro Brito (7-1) vs. Felipe Oliveira (9-3)
Bantamweight Bout (135 lb)
Mateus Soares (6-1) vs. Alexandre Junior (5-1)
Flyweight Bout (125 lb)
Luis Felipe (6-0) vs. Werick Douglas (5-2)
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