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#LFA98 weigh-in is in the books, which fight are you looking
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— LFA (@LFAfighting)
January 29, 2021
The first match of the
Legacy Fighting Alliance middleweight semifinals is now
official.
The LFA returns on Friday for its second card of 2021, and brings
with it an event in LFA
98 that commences the middleweight tournament. The headliner is
that tourney match, as Josh Fremd
takes on Bruno
Oliveira to advance. The winner will take on the victor of the
Anthony
Adams–Gregory
Rodrigues semifinal that is set to take place at LFA 100 next
month.
Undefeated within the LFA is Fremd (6-1). The 27-year-old is on a
four-fight win streak and has notched two first-round knockouts
over Antonio
Jones and Lamar Gosey.
Fremd will look to keep that streak going and reach the finals. The
Factory X product officially weighed in 185.6 pounds.
Making his debut for the promotion is Oliveira (8-2). The
36-year-old fell short in his most recent bout as Carlos
Ulberg knocked him out. Before that defeat to that defeat, the
Brazilian notched three wins in a row. Oliveira looked prepared on
the scales and came in at 185.2 pounds.
The seven-fight LFA 98 main card will air live on UFC Fight Pass
starting at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Prior to that, prelims will stream
live on the LFA Facebook page.
LFA 98 Weigh-in Results:
Josh
Fremd (185.6) vs. Bruno
Oliveira (185.2)
J.J.
Okanovich (155.4) vs. Lucas Clay
(156)
Richard
Palencia (136) vs. Jeimeson
Saudino (135.4)
Dakota
Bush (156) vs. Austin Clem
(156.6)*
Tabatha
Ricci (115.4) vs. Vanessa
Marie Grimes (115.4)
Joshua
DaSilveira (200.6) vs. Matthew
Paul (202.8)
Zac
Pauga (204.6) vs. James
Ashby Thomas (198.2)
Daniel
Olajiga (186) vs. Obinwa
Ikebunna (187.8)**
Marisa
Chavez (126) vs. Marisol
Ruelas (126)
* Clem missed weight by .6 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.
** Ikebunna missed weight by 1.8 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.