Longtime UFC flyweight contender Jussier
Formiga will compete for the first time in more than 18 months
when he faces
Miguel Felipe Bunes da Silva in the Legacy Fighting Alliance
124 headliner on Feb. 11.
The promotion recently announced the booking. LFA 124 takes place
at Arizona Federal Theater in Phoenix, Ariz., and will see Windson
Ramos square off against Clayton
Carpenter in a 125-pound co-feature. The main card will stream
on UFC Fight Pass.
Formiga parted ways with the UFC follwing successive defeats
against Alex Perez,
Brandon
Moreno and Joseph
Benavidez, with his last appearance coming in June 2020. The
36-year-old Formiga went 9-7 within the Las Vegas-based promotion,
earning notable wins over the likes of current Bellator
bantamweight king Sergio
Pettis and reigning UFC flyweight champ Deiveson Figureiredo.
Before the UFC added the flyweight division, the Brazilian was
widely regarded as the best 125-pound fighter in the world.
Da Silva will make his LFA debut following a stint with Absolute
Championship Akhmat. Most recently, he snapped a three-bout skid
with a submission win over Mikael
Silander at ACA 128 last September to run his career mark to
11-5.