Head-kick queen Sabina Mazo, fan favorite Nick Newell in featured LFA 35 bouts

The lineup is set for March’s LFA 35 event, which features some familiar names.

LFA 35 takes place March 9 at Arena Theatre in Houston, and the main card air on AXS TV.

In the main event, Sabina Mazo (4-0), who scored highlight-reel head-kick knockout wins in her past two bouts, takes on Silvana Gomez Juarez (6-1) for the inaugural LFA women’s flyweight title.

Mazo, a 20-year-old Colombian fighter now based in California, stopped Jamie Thorton and Linsey Williams with first-round head-kick knockouts in 2017 LFA fights. Here they are (via Twitter):

Afterward, Mazo told MMAjunkie Radio she’d like to cut her teeth a bit more with LFA before taking the next step in her career, including a possible move to the UFC (watch it above).

She meets Juarez, an Argentinian vet who turned pro in 2010 and who’s racked up a 6-1 record (with five stoppages) while fighting in South America. She now makes her U.S. and LFA debut.

In the 160-pound catchweight co-headliner, Nick Newell (13-1), a 31-year-old WSOF vet with 10 stoppages in 13 career wins, returns from a two-and-a-half-year layoff to make his LFA debut.

The fan favorite, who’s a congenital amputee born without a left hand, takes on Sonny Luque (8-6), a 36-year-old promotional newcomer. The onetime Bellator fighter is on a 4-1 run.

The full LFA 35 card includes:

• Sabina Mazo vs. Silvana Gomez Juarez – for inaugural women’s flyweight title
• Sonny Luque vs. Nick Newell
• Jason Langellier vs. Thomas Webb
• Charles Cheeks III vs. Rivaldo Junior
• Jeremy Hardy vs. Vernon Lewis
• Miles Johns vs. Adrian Yanez
• Casey Jones vs. Leomana Martinez

For more on LFA 35, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.