LFA 15 heads to Oklahoma with inaugural heavyweight title fight

The inaugural LFA heavyweight title will be on the line on June 30.

Officials today announced the first fights for the card, which airs on AXS TV from FireLake Arena in Shawnee, Okla.

In the headliner, Richard Odoms (12-3) or Jared Vanderaa (5-0) will become the organization’s first heavyweight titleholder.

Odoms, a 42-year-old San Antonio police officer, recently made his LFA debut and scored a TKO victory over Willian Hoffmann. He’s now on a 4-1 run that includes three knockout victories. He takes on Vanderaa, a 25-year-old highly touted Californian who turned pro in 2015. The LFA newcomer has stoppages (three knockouts and two submissions) in all five of his career wins. They’ve all come in the second round or earlier.

In the co-main event, two regional notables clash when Oklaoma’s Cortez Coleman (13-7), a Bellator and Strikeforce vet, looks for his fourth win in five fights when he takes on Kansas’ Chris Harris (8-1), who went 8-0 (with seven stoppages) before a recent decision loss to Jordan Young at Bellator 171.

The latest LFA 15 card includes:

• Richard Odoms vs. Jared Vanderaa – for inaugural heavyweight title
• Cortez Coleman vs. Chris Harris
• Manuel Meraz vs. Braden Smith
• Derrick Adkins vs. Dan Moret
• Kendall Carnahan vs. Tyler Shinn
• Justin Rader vs. Emmanuel Rivera
• Chibwikem Onyenegecha vs. Stephen Skoch

For more on LFA 15, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.