LFA 102 headlined by Souza vs. Johns

A quick turn around for Legacy Fighting Alliance as a week after LFA 101 we have LFA 102.

Currently occupying the Grand Casino Hotel & Resort in Shawnee, Oklahoma for a three-event stint. LFA 102 is event number two. The main event is a meeting between featherweight prospects Bruno “The Tiger” Souza & Elijah “Baby” Johns.

Souza is a Karate black belt who calls former UFC champion Lyoto Machida his sensei. The 24-year-old lost his pro debut and has now won eight in a row. The last three wins have come in the LFA including knocking out Guilherme Santos at LFA 95.

Johns a member of Fortis MMA has been around LFA since the beginning competing on the amateur portion of the very first event. Johns is on a five-fight win streak that includes knocking out Michael Martinez at LFA 62, knocking out Aaron Webb at LFA 73, & knocking out Zac Kelley at LFA 83.

In the co-main event Contender Series vets Gregory “Robocop” Rodrigues & Al “Sweetness” Matavao meet in a LFA middleweight tournament semifinal. The winner will face Josh Fremd for the vacant LFA middleweight title.

Currently Announced Main Card (Available worldwide on UFC FIGHT PASS®):

  • Main Event | Featherweight Bout (145 lb): Bruno Souza (8-1) vs. Elijah Johns (7-1)
  • Co-Main Event | Middleweight Tournament Semi-Final Bout (185 lb): Gregory Rodrigues (7-3) vs. Al Matavao (8-3)
  • Welterweight Bout (170 lb): Steve Jones (7-1) vs. Nikolay Veretennikov (7-3)
  • Featherweight Bout (145 lb): A.J. Cunningham (7-1) vs. Javier Garcia (5-3)
  • Bantamweight Bout (135 lb): Brandon Lewis (4-0) vs. Jimmy Meza (2-0)
  • Featherweight Bout (145 lb): Alberto Rodriguez (2-1) vs. Chris Mecate (1-0)
  • Welterweight Bout (170 lb): Haris Talundzic (1-0) vs. Luis Iniguez (3-0)

Preliminary Card (Available on Facebook.com/LFAfighting):

  • Welterweight Bout (170 lb): Andrew Claborn (0-0) vs. Archie Colgan (0-0)

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