RFA 34 headlined by Bojan Velickovic vs. Benjamin Smith

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RFA will be kicking off the year at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield Colorado, on January 15. Vacated by Gilbert Smith, the RFA 34 main event will see the RFA Welterweight title on the line.

Competing for the belt will be Bojan “Serbian Steel” Velickovic (12-3) and Former champion Benjamin Smith (15-3). Velickovic has 10 stoppage wins with 7 knock out and 7 submissions. Velickovic won all 3 of his fight in 2015, defeating Chris Hugh (tko), Charles Byrd (ud), and Vardan Sholinian (ud); all under the RFA banner. At RFA 26 Benjamin Smith was submitted by Gilbert Smith, which ended a 6 fight win streak and saw Benjamin lose the RFA 170 lbs. title. Benjamin rebounded at RFA 32 with a unanimous decision win over Craig Eckelberg.

Quote from Velickovic from RFAfighting.com-When I found out that I would be getting an RFA title shot, I was vey happy,” stated Velickovic. “I feel that I deserve this opportunity and it didn’t matter who I would be facing. I will fight anyone who’s put in front of me. I am also excited to be fighting in Colorado. I moved here 3 months ago and it already feels like home. This will be the first time in 5 years that I get to fight in the place I live. Ben Smith and I fought on the same card twice for RFA and he’s a really tough dude. He comes to fight and I look forward to our title fight on January 15th.”

Quote from Benjamin Smith from RFAfighting.com-This is the last hurrah for ole Ben Smith,” Smith explained. “I’d been feeling that way before my last fight, but I also wanted to put an exclamation point on my career by reclaiming my RFA title and earning my shot in the UFC. I got the win at RFA 32, but I felt like I could do more, which is what I will show in this next fight. Colorado has always treated me well and I enjoy competing there. Bojan is a good fighter, he’s a marketable guy, and a very worthy opponent. When I was offered this fight, there was no way I could say no. I love to compete and I’m looking forward to this title fight with Bojan.”

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