Las Vegas, NV – LFA CEO Ed Soares introduced that the promotion will return to Brazil with the sunshine heavyweight championship in January. LFA 175 is the fifth LFA occasion to be held on Saturday, and the 14th LFA occasion to be held in Brazil because the promotion’s worldwide growth started in summer season 2021. This would be the ninth LFA occasion to be held in Brazil’s most populous state, São Paulo. LFA additionally visited the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco.
LFA 175: Lopez vs. Brigagão introduced by BetOnline might be held on Saturday, January twenty seventh at Ginácio do Polvillo, Cajamar, São Paulo, Brazil.
The principle occasion will characteristic a light-weight heavyweight title battle, with champion Bruno “Brunan” Lopez defending his title in opposition to high contender Marcos “Ironside” Brigagan.
The whole major card might be out there worldwide on UFC FIGHT PASS® beginning at 9 p.m. Japanese Time / 6:00 PM Pacific Time.
“We’re excited to carry the Mild-Heavyweight Championship to Brazil at LFA 175,” said Soares. “The principle occasion will characteristic the primary title protection of the LFA light-heavyweight champion Bruno Lopes. He’ll face embellished prospect Marcos Brigagão. Lopes is trying to turn out to be the primary 205-pound champion in LFA historical past to efficiently defend his title, whereas Brigagão appears to be like to indicate the hype is actual after defeating a troublesome UFC veteran in his most up-to-date bout. That is the right title battle to kick off our busy worldwide schedule in 2024!”
Lopez (11-1) is a proud champion from Cotia, within the state of Sao Paulo, west of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s most populous metropolis. He represents each the Chinese language staff and the Thiago Miranda staff in his dwelling province. There he received his LFA debut, defeating Maylton Azevedo at LFA 136. This help earned him promotion to Recife in LFA 143 and an opportunity to win the title. López received the LFA gold medal with a fast win over native Pernambucano star Wilyanedson Paiva. The win earned Lopez an invite to compete on Dana White’s Contender Collection final summer season, however he was unable to earn a UFC contract. The 30-year-old will now goal to defend his title and seize the prospect to headline his nation’s first LFA occasion in 2024.
Brigagão (17-6) is a spectacular viewpoint from Tapejara within the Brazilian state of Paraná, situated in southern Brazil. The proud Paranaense has now moved from the town of Rio de Janeiro to Niterói, situated throughout Guanabara Bay. The PRVT product has amassed a powerful report of 17 wins in simply his six and a half years within the sport. Probably the most notable win on his resume got here in September 2021 with a TKO win over former LFA title challenger and Dana White’s Contender Collection alum Acacio dos Santos. The person often known as ‘Ironside’ is at present aiming for LFA gold as, just like the champion, he’ll return to Brazil after his last event in Las Vegas. The 27-year-old received that match simply 10 days after Lopez competed on Dana White’s Contender Collection and can look to seize the title of champion in his first bout of 2024.
At present Introduced Struggle Card:
Essential card might be out there worldwide on UFC FIGHT PASS® at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.
Essential Occasion | Mild-Heavyweight Title Bout (205 lb): Bruno Lopes (11-1) vs. Marcos Brigagão (17-6)
Co-Essential Occasion | Light-weight Bout (155 lbs): Samuel Silva (11-4-1) vs. Anderson Ferreira (18-4)
Bantamweight Bout (135 lbs): Rafael Pereira (10-4) vs. Fernando Laurenco (17-3)
Mild-Heavyweight Bout (205 lbs) : Kevin Christian (6-2) vs. Miguel Porto (4-1)
Bantamweight Bout (135 lbs): Andreyna Rocha (5-4) vs. Nicoly Pedroza (4-0)
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Govt Author, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and in addition a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.
