They glared, they flexed, they screamed, slapped a belt, ripped a shirt and even made passionate arguments for ownership rights to Dallas.
LFA makes its debut tonight, and the headliners apparently couldn’t be more excited.
LFA 1, the inaugural event after 2016’s Legacy FC and RFA merger, takes place tonight at The Bomb Factory in Dallas, and the main card airs on AXS TV.
In the featured attraction, final RFA bantamweight champion Leandro Higo (16-2) and final Legacy FC 135-pound titleholder Steven Peterson (14-4) each weighed 134 pounds for their title fight, which earns the winner the inaugural LFA bantamweight belt. Higo actually shaved his head prior to the weigh-ins:
And boy oh boy, the fighters were surely pumped up for that weigh-in. Check out the video highlights above.
While a belt is on the line in tonight’s LFA 1 headliner, Higo and Peterson could also be fighting for a shot at a UFC contract. Legacy FC and RFA were both pipelines to the UFC roster, and LFA is likely to be no different. Check out some of the other top 135-pounders who have come through the ranks:
The full LFA 1 main-card weigh-in results included:
For more on LFA 1, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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