LFA 164: Lavado vs. Mazo Results

Legacy Preventing Alliance (LFA) returns to El Paso, Texas for LFA 164 on Friday evening.

The primary occasion will see Sabina Mazo, the previous LFA ladies’s flyweight champion and UFC veteran, look to make historical past and change into a two-time LFA champion when she takes on Peruvian prospect Sandra Lavado.

Battle followers can catch LFA streaming reside on UFC Battle Cross with the primary card set to get underway at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT.

Major Occasion — Lavado vs. Mazo

Former UFC flyweight Sabina Mazo is searching for to change into a two-time LFA ladies’s flyweight champion on Friday evening. Mazo reduce her tooth within the LFA cage the place she rolled to a 5-0 report earlier than getting the decision from the UFC. After her dropping her debut in a hard-fought battle with fellow striker Maryna Moroz, Mazo gained every of her subsequent three and started to seem like a reliable prospect within the division. Nonetheless, Alexis Davis uncovered a serious grappling deficiency in her sport, and she or he went on to drop her subsequent two after that en path to being launched from the promotion.

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She gained the LFA title as a -600 favourite in her final battle for the promotion. This time, she is being capped round a -500 favourite towards her opponent, Sandra Lavado. Lavado has 12 wins in her profession, and has been showcased in North America on a number of events on reveals like Dana White’s Contender Collection and the PFL Challenger Collection. She dropped each fights to Karolina Wójcik and Shanna Younger respectively, and her different two defeats have come to Karla Elizabeth Sanchez Lozano. She has been at her finest when competing for FFC, however is now set to make her PFL debut towards an opponent in Mazo who can be aggressive with fighters like Wójcik and Younger.

Each fighters are of the standup selection, and for that cause, the battle might play proper into Mazo’s arms as she seems to be to make historical past within the LFA cage.

Remainder of the Card

The co-main occasion will see debuting Romanian Daniel Frunza tackle latest LFA welterweight title challenger Jalin Fuller. Fuller, 6-foot-2, engaged in one of many largest (actually) welterweight fights in LFA historical past when he took on 6-foot-3 Trey Waters, who gained his UFC debut on brief discover quickly after. There’s nonetheless a lot to love about Fuller regardless of the defeat, however the 30-year-old might want to stave off a tricky buyer in Frunza with the intention to keep away from making it 4 defeats over his final six fights.

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Frunza comes into the LFA with a popularity as one thing of a knockout artist, with 5 of his six victories ending by means of KO or TKO. Nonetheless, the one battle he had stateside ended with him falling to Gary Balletto Jr. in CES by means of first-round rear bare choke. He has gained back-to-back fights since then, however a win over New Mexico’s Fuller would do wonders for his profession, as it will stand out as his finest win so far.

Additionally scheduled to happen on the primary card is a welerweight battle between Myktybek Orolbai of Krygystan and Glaucio Eliziario of Brazil. Orolbai is trying like a pleasant discover for LFA, and gained his promotional debut towards Fuller again in Might of final 12 months. Nonetheless, he’s coming off a 15-month layoff, so will probably be fascinating how fast he is ready to shake off the ring rust towards a sport opponent in Eliziario.

Elsewhere on the primary card, Isaac Thomson meets Lerryan Douglas in a battle of rising featherweights. Douglas is the extra skilled MMA fighter of the 2, however Thomson is an Australian import to Group Alpha Male and nonetheless simply 21-years-old. The consequence will possible come all the way down to the enhancements the youthful fighter has made since he knocked out Ben Hollier earlier within the 12 months. Josiah Reyes can be scheduled for motion towards unbeaten Jordan Burkholder, and Ilay Barzilay will open the primary card towards James Nice II within the featherweight division.

With fights topic to alter as all the time, remember to keep locked in to MMA Sucka for up-to-the-minute outcomes and updates!