Legacy Fighting Alliance will return to South Dakota for a pair of
events later this month.
The promotion announced LFA 107 for May 14 and LFA 108 for May 21,
both of which will be held at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls,
South Dakota. LFA 107 will be closed to the public, while fans will
be allowed to attend LFA 108 at a limited capacity. Both events
will stream via UFC Fight Pass at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
LFA 107 is headlined by a showdown between former Bellator
middleweight champion Rafael
Carvalho and Sharaf
Davlatmurodov.
Carvalho exited Bellator after losing four of his last five
appearances within the California-based promotion, including a
decision defeat against Alex
Polizzi in his last outing this past September. He began his
Bellator tenure with six consecutive triumphs, a stretch that
featured a title-winning KO of Brandon
Halsey and three successful defenses of the belt.
Davlatmurodov enters his LFA debut on a five-bout winning streak.
The 29-year-old Russian notably competed under the Absolute
Championship Akhmat banner, earning wins over the likes of Bellator
vet Brett
Cooper and former UFC competitor Ben
Alloway.
Meanwhile, LFA 108 is topped by a middleweight championship
showdown between Josh Fremd
and Gregory
Rodrigues. Fremd advanced to the finals of the organization’s
185-pound tournament with a knockout of Bruno
Oliveira, while Rodrigues bested Al Matavao
in the other half of the bracket.