LAS VEGAS, Nevada — LFA CEO Ed Soares introduced at the moment that the promotion will return to the “Valley of the Solar” in November with a bantamweight showdown at LFA 196. This would be the sixteenth LFA occasion to happen within the state of Arizona. 13 of those occasions have taken place at Arizona Monetary Theatre within the state’s capital metropolis of Phoenix.
LFA 196: Tanner vs. Ureña, offered by Monster Power, takes place Friday, November eighth at Arizona Monetary Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona. The primary occasion will characteristic a bantamweight showdown when Dana White’s Contender Collection alum Kasey Tanner faces prime Dominican prospect Micaias Ureña. Your entire fundamental card will likely be out there worldwide on UFC FIGHT PASS® at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT.
Tickets for LFA 196: Tanner vs. Ureña can be found for buy via LiveNation.com.
“We’re excited to carry one other action-packed combat card to Arizona at LFA 196,” said Soares. “That features Arizona’s personal Kasey Tanner, who’s a Dana White’s Contender Collection alum that trains alongside former UFC two-division champion and LFA nice Henry Cejudo. He’ll return searching for his third win contained in the LFA Octagon. Tanner faces prime Dominican prospect Micaias Ureña, who made a large assertion in his LFA debut this previous summer time by knocking out Dana White’s Contender Collection alum Ashiek Ajim. This bout options two of essentially the most thrilling prospects within the bantamweight division and can cap an explosive night time of fights in downtown Phoenix.”
Tanner (7-1) is a lifelong martial artist that started coaching along with his father, Billy Tanner, on the age of 6. His father is a black belt in Shotokan Karate and continues to teach him together with the assistance of one of many biggest fight sports activities athletes of all-time. That will be LFA nice, Olympic wrestling gold medalist, and former UFC two-division champion Henry Cejudo. Tanner now returns to motion seeking to go an ideal three-for-three within the LFA. Tanner’s first LFA win earned him an invite to compete on Dana White’s Contender Collection in a bout that had the UFC boss standing on his ft clapping as the ultimate horn sounded. White then made a uncommon look contained in the Octagon to shake each Tanner and Jean Matsumoto’s arms earlier than the official resolution was introduced and awarded each males their “present” and their “win” cash. Tanner then returned to the LFA final summer time, the place he earned a fast submission victory at LFA 188. Now he appears to be like to win his first LFA headliner.
Ureña (9-2) is a person that wasted little time making an impression on LFA followers. The highest Dominican prospect recorded the second quickest knockout in LFA bantamweight historical past along with his scintillating 11-second knockout of prime Trinidadian prospect and Dana White’s Contender Collection alum Ashiek Ajim. The bout billed because the “Battle of the Caribbean” occurred at LFA 189 in western New York and ended abruptly when an enormous proper hand from the dynamic Dominican landed flush on his opponent’s chin. The person referred to as “The Pink Ranger” noticed his inventory rise exponentially with the win and now finds himself headed to Phoenix, which is the adopted hometown of the LFA’s first Dominican champion and present UFC star Waldo “Salsa Boy” Cortes-Acosta. The truth is, Cortes-Acosta received his first LFA combat in the identical constructing that Ureña will likely be seeking to re-create his magic from this previous summer time as he will get set to change into simply the second Dominican fighter in historical past to headline an LFA occasion.
At the moment Introduced Combat Card:
(Foremost card will likely be out there worldwide on UFC FIGHT PASS® at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT.)
Foremost Occasion | Bantamweight Bout (135 lb)
Kasey Tanner (7-1) vs. Micaias Ureña (9-2)
Flyweight Bout (125 lb)
Flavio de Queiroz (14-4) vs. Furkatbek Yokubov (14-4)
Flyweight Bout (125 lb)
Christian Natividad (5-0) vs. Devon Jackson (3-2)
Mild-Heavyweight Bout (205 lb)
Alik Lorenz (5-1) vs. Ryan Parker (6-6)
Light-weight Bout (155 lb)
JaCobi Jones (6-3) vs. Gaberial Brown (4-1)
Middleweight Bout (185 lb)
Eric Fimbres (3-0) vs. Adland Benson (4-3)
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