LFA 180: Fernandez vs. Siqueira is ready for March 29 | FightBook MMA
LFA 180: Fernandez vs. Siqueira, introduced by BetOnline, takes place Friday, March twenty ninth on the Broadbent Area on the Kentucky Exposition Middle in Louisville, Kentucky.
The principle occasion will characteristic a flyweight showdown between high prospects and promotional standouts Kevin “Lil Dragon” Fernandez and Igor “Golden Boy” Siqueira. Your entire important card shall be out there worldwide on
UFC FIGHT PASS® at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.
Tickets for LFA 180: Fernandez vs. Siqueira can be found for buy now by Ticketmaster.com.
“We’re excited to make our debut in Louisville, Kentucky at LFA 180,” acknowledged Soares. “We made our debut within the Bluegrass State final 12 months at LFA 160 in Owensboro and we are actually excited to journey to the state’s most populous metropolis. Louisville is the house of Muhammad Ali and has a protracted historical past and appreciation for fight sports activities. We’re excited so as to add to that historical past with a combat card stacked with high worldwide, nationwide, and regional expertise. The principle occasion options Kevin Fernandez, who was simply nominated for the LFA Followers’ Selection Awards: Male Fighter of the 12 months. He’ll face Igor Siqueira, who simply fought for the LFA flyweight world title. There shall be quite a bit on the road when these two meet in the principle occasion of LFA 180.”
Fernandez (7-1) is a fighter that embodies what the LFA developmental system is all about. In December 2016, simply three months after his seventeenth birthday, Fernandez received his newbie debut for Legacy FC. This occurred only one month earlier than Legacy FC and RFA merged to create LFA. The Fort Value, Texas native would take pleasure in a profitable newbie profession in each MMA and Muay Thai earlier than turning professional at LFA 109. That very same night time, Terrance McKinney received the principle occasion to punch his ticket to the UFC. Fernandez and McKinney met that night time and they’re now teammates alongside UFC star and LFA nice Kevin Holland. This offers Fernandez the proper blueprint as he seems to be to comply with within the footsteps of McKinney and Holland from LFA headliner to UFC star. The 24-year-old now will get his first LFA important occasion slot as he’s coming off essentially the most profitable 12 months of his profession, which included a pair of Arm-Triangle Choke wins and a nomination for LFA Followers’ Selection Awards: Male Fighter of the 12 months.
Siqueira (9-2) is a person seeking to make an announcement after proving he belongs on the high of the flyweight division final summer season. After his teammate Felipe Bunes signed with the UFC and vacated the strap, Siqueira fought Cody Davis in an epic title combat that lasted practically the total 25-minutes in the principle occasion of LFA 161. The 30-year-old native of Moju, Pará, Brazil got here up brief that night time in Los Angeles, however instantly requested LFA brass for the hardest check out there with a purpose to put himself again within the title image. The Paraense was granted that request within the type of Fernandez. Siqueira is filled with confidence as he trains alongside the legendary Pitbull Brothers, Patricio and Patricky, in addition to former LFA champions Leandro Higo and Bunes. The person often known as “Golden Boy” is properly traveled having earned notable wins in his native Brazil in addition to Colombia and Mexico. Now the regional champion seems to be to select up his first win on American soil as he will get set to headline one other LFA occasion.
Present Struggle Card (Most important Card shall be out there worldwide on UFC FIGHT PASS®):
Most important Occasion | Flyweight Bout (125 lb)
Kevin Fernandez (7-1) vs. Igor Siqueira (9-2)
Co-Most important Occasion | Light-weight Bout (155 lb)
Kegan Agnew (6-1) vs. Richie Miranda (7-1)
Featherweight Bout (145 lb)
Lance Lawrence (7-4) vs. Landry Ward (8-2)
Bantamweight Bout (135 lb)
Angelo Robles (3-0) vs. Kibedy Gordon (5-1)
Middleweight Bout (185 lb)
Logan Woods (4-1) vs. Mateo Garner (3-0)
Girls’s Strawweight Bout (115 lb)
Alandria Rosales (3-2) vs. Chelsea Conner (2-3)
Flyweight Bout (125 lb)
Joshua Perreira (3-0) vs. Jesse Martinelli (3-1)
Girls’s Flyweight Bout (125 lb)
Whittany Pyles (4-6) vs. Nejra Repp (2-1)
Middleweight Bout (185 lb)
Ben Fowler (2-2) vs. Trae Cusac (0-0)
Gentle-Heavyweight Bout (205 lb)
Emilio Vallecillo (1-0) vs. Rakim Talley (1-1)
Featherweight Bout (145 lb)
Blake Alvey (4-2) vs. Hayden Russell (2-0)
Heavyweight Bout (265 lb)
Alex Collett (1-1) vs. Charlie Cleveland (1-0)
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