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— LFA (@LFAfighting)
November 20, 2020
The
Legacy Fighting Alliance will still make it to fight day after
multiple fights fell off the card.
LFA
95 is now going to be headlined by Alexsandro
Pereira (185.8) vs. Thomas
Powell (182) at middleweight after several major shakeups to
the event. The original marquee matchup featured a title fight
between Nick Browne
and Arthur
Estrazulas, but it and two other bouts have been scuttled from
the event lineup due to COVID-19 protocols.
Glory kickboxing middleweight and interim light
heavyweight champ Pereira may be a relative MMA neophyte, but he
sports an impressive kickboxing resume that has seem him score 30
knockouts across his 41 wins. Even though other triumphs awarded
“Poatan” multiple titles, perhaps his most noteworthy came when he
leveled current Ultimate Fighting Championship champ Israel
Adesanya at a Glory of Heroes event in 2017. Pereira’s opponent
Powell may not have similar kickboxing accolades to his credit, but
the Philadelphia native has spent the majority of his career in the
Ring of Combat organization. “Diamond” has amassed a career
knockout rate of 75 percent at just 25 years of age.
The coronavirus not only removed the title fight from LFA 95, but
also the featherweight contest between Michael
Stack and Jordan
Mapa. The preliminary amateur bout scheduled between Kevin
Kissane and Isaiah
Diggs was similarly cancelled.
In addition to COVID-19 wreaking havoc on the card, three fighters
missed weight and one was so heavy that it forced a bout
cancellation. Dylan
Potter (212.2)* eclipsed the light heavyweight limit by 6.2
pounds against Myron
Dennis, while Guilherme
Santos (148.4)** skipped past the featherweight cap by 2.4
pounds. Both men have been fined a percentage of their respective
purses and the bouts will continue as scheduled. One other was not
so lucky: Flore Hani
(120), who came in four pounds above the strawweight maximum, and
her match with Tabatha
Ricci (115.4) was pulled from the event altogether.
LFA 95’s five-fight event will air live on UFC Fight Pass starting
at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
LFA 95 Weigh-in Results:
Alexsandro
Pereira (185.8) vs. Thomas
Powell (182)
Myron
Dennis (205.2) vs. Dylan
Potter (212.2)*
Victor
Altamirano (124.8) vs. Lloyd
McKinney (125.4)
Bruno Assis de Souza Filho (146) vs. Guilherme
Santos (148.4)**
Jordan
Heiderman (239.8) vs. Mauricio
Blanco (263.6)
* Potter missed weight by 6.2 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.
** Santos missed weight by 2.4 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.