.@LFAfighting
kicks off the 2021 @UFCFightPass
schedule with the
#Lightweight Championship at
#LFA97! @NyquilNick
vs.@AEstrazulasMMAFriday, January 15@HartmanArena#ParkCity,
#Kansas#MMA#LFANation@UFCFightPass
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— LFA (@LFAfighting)
December 23, 2020
Legacy Fighting Alliance will begin its 2021 schedule with a
lightweight championship bout on Jan. 15.
The promotion announced this week that Nick Browne
will square off against Arthur
Estrazulas for the 155-pound belt in the main event of LFA
97 at the Hartman Arena in Park City, Kansas. Browne and
Estrazulas were originally supposed to meet at LFA 95 but the bout
was postponed due to coronavirus testing protocols. LFA 97 will
stream on UFC Fight Pass at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
Browne has been victorious in 10 of his 11 professional outings,
including two fights under the LFA banner. Most recently, the
Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt known as “Nyquil” defeated Ben Egli via
unanimous decision at LFA 87 on July 31.
Anchored at Kings MMA, Estrazulas is coming off back-to-back
first-round submissions of Steve
Kozola and Dominic
Clark in LFA competition. Also a BJJ black belt, the
31-year-old Brazilian is 12-4 as a professional with 10 triumphs
inside the distance.
Five other bouts round out the LFA 97 main card: Jacob
Rosales vs. Jose
Martinez at lightweight; Kamuela
Kirk vs. Andrew
Yates at featherweight; Kelly
D’Angelo vs. Lovethpatra
Young at strawweight; Michael
Stack vs. Jordan Mapa
at featherweight and Thomas
Petersen vs. Kimo Lewis at heavyweight.