LAS VEGAS, Nevada — LFA CEO Ed Soares introduced right this moment that the promotion will return to New York on the third Friday in February. LFA 202 will function a Flyweight Showdown when the promotion returns to the Empire State. This would be the eighth LFA occasion to happen within the USA’s fourth most populated state.
LFA 202: Nkuta vs. Garcia, introduced by Monster Power, takes place Friday, February twenty first on the Seneca Niagara Resort & On line casino in Niagara Falls, New York. The principle occasion will function a Flyweight Showdown between high prospects “Turbo” Phumi Nkuta and “Elusive” Adrian Garcia. Your complete principal card shall be accessible worldwide on UFC FIGHT PASS® at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.
“We are excited to deliver one other stacked worldwide battle card to New York,” acknowledged Soares. “LFA 202 is loaded with high expertise from across the world, which our unimaginable American and Canadian fanbase in Niagara Falls can really respect. The Seneca Niagara Resort & On line casino is a world-class venue positioned on a world border, which supplies our occasions within the venue a particular ambiance on battle night time. It will now host two of the highest flyweight prospects within the sport. Phumi Nkuta has roots in South Africa however proudly represents the Tri-State Space. He’s a high undefeated prospect who has additionally not too long ago competed in Professional Grappling and Professional Wrestling. He’ll face Adrian Garcia, who is a dynamic striker from South Florida who has a knack for taking part in spoiler with residence crowd favorites within the LFA. This may create an explosive showdown on February twenty first.”
Tickets for LFA 202: Nkuta vs. Garcia can be found for buy by means of Ticketmaster.com.
Nkuta (8-0) was born to a South African mom, who fled the apartheid regime aiming to provide her children a greater life and Phumelele (generally known as Phumi) has actually made his household proud. Now combating out of Union Metropolis, New Jersey, which is positioned simply throughout the Hudson River from New York Metropolis, “Turbo” has emerged as the subsequent massive factor from the famed New York-based battle crew run by Matt Serra and Ray Longo. This is identical battle camp that has produced UFC champions Chris Weidman, Aljamain Sterling, and Merab Dvalishvili. Actually, Nkuta was a principal coaching associate for Sterling throughout his title run and even lived with him at one level. That championship pedigree rubbed off on Nkuta as he has captured a number of regional MMA titles, whereas additionally competing in Professional Grappling and Professional Wrestling. Nkuta ended 2024 by profitable a Professional Wrestling match in opposition to former UFC and WWE star Matthew Riddle earlier than competing in a Professional Grappling match on UFC FIGHT PASS® simply 8 days later. Now Nkuta seems to be to signify the Mzansi (South African) flag whereas making his LFA debut in New York in the primary occasion of LFA 202.
Garcia (8-2-1) is a person who confirmed the world he’s comfy taking part in spoiler in hostile environments. He did it this previous summer season at LFA 190 by turning into the primary man to defeat Daniel Park and did it in entrance of Park’s residence crowd in southern California. The person generally known as “Elusive” was capable of drop Park early and that set the tone for the remainder of the battle. Garcia continued to use stress all through the battle with hanging and well timed takedowns en path to sweeping each spherical on all three scorecards. The win additionally marked Garcia’s return to the game after an almost two-year hiatus, however for followers, it was well worth the wait. Now coaching out of the Goat Shed in his hometown of Miami, Florida, the dynamic kickboxer who proudly represents his Cuban and Salvadoran roots is seeking to play spoiler as soon as once more. Besides this time round, Garcia will get to shine on UFC FIGHT PASS® within the marquee of an LFA principal occasion after profitable on the LFA FIGHT NETWORK™ in August. This may occur when he travels to Nkuta’s yard in New York in a can’t-miss showdown between two of the game’s most enjoyable prospects.
At the moment Introduced Struggle Card (Foremost Card on UFC FIGHT PASS® at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT):
Foremost Occasion | Flyweight Bout (125 lb): Phumi Nkuta (8-0) vs. Adrian Garcia (8-2-1)
Co-Foremost Occasion | Bantamweight Bout (135 lb): Shuya Kamikubo (14-2-1) vs. Bakhtovar Yunusov (10-0)
Heavyweight Bout (265 lb): Joe Taylor (6-0) vs. Phillip Latu (6-2)
Ladies’s Bantamweight Bout (135 lb): Sierra Dinwoodie (3-0) vs. Nikol Aguirre (2-0)
Light-weight Bout (155 lb): Kevin Service (3-0) vs. Kyle Pufahl (5-2)
Ladies’s Strawweight Bout (115 lb): Jayde Sheeley (3-1) vs. Cristina Brador (2-1)
Light-weight Bout (155 lb): Danik Gura (1-0) vs. Farman Hasanov (2-0)
Featherweight Bout (145 lb): Derrick Patterson (2-2) vs. Noufel El Kasri (2-1)
Catchweight Bout (150 lb): Tony Viscomi (3-0) vs. Devon Coates (4-1)
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.
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