The international expansion of on the biggest feeders to the UFC continues as LFA debuts in Spain.

The Tenerife Sports Pavilion Santiago Martin hosts LFA 218 where an interim Lightweight is on the line. Battling for the interim 155 lbs. strap is unbeaten Brazilian Jefferson Nascimento and Sweden’s Baysangur Makaev. Nascimento is picking up where he left off. We haven’t seen Nascimento in the cage since winning the same title that will on the line by second round knockout of Gabriel Costa back at LFA 171 in 2023. Makaev makes his LFA debut in the highest of stakes situations on a seven-fight win streak. 

The main card is exclusively available on UFC Fight Pass with select preliminary action streaming on the LFA YouTube channel.

Main Card

Interim Lightweight Title: Jefferson Nascimento (12-0) def. Baysangur Makaev (7-2) by (49-46, 48-47 x2) 

Featherweight: Lucas Almeida (9-1) def. Walter Cogilandro (15-8-1) by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 3:01 R2

Welterweight: Alvi Dasuyev (7-0) def. Daniil Prikaza (16-8-2) by TKO (Knee, Jump Kick & Ground Strikes) 2:56 R3

Bantamweight: Gocha Shainidze (9-0) def. Magomed Nazurov (4-1) by (28-29, 29-28, 30-27) Split Decision

Middleweight: Guilherme Soares (17-7) def. Robin Ross (7-6) by (29-28 x3) Unanimous Decision 

Lightweight: Daniel Holt (4-0) def. Oscar Mendez (6-3) by TKO (Spinning Back Kick & Ground Strikes) 2:49 R1

Bantamweight: Reda Abdellaoui (3-0) def. Alexandre Carole (4-3) by TKO (Ground Strikes) 0:36 R2 

Prelims

Bantamweight: Gheorghe Grozav (4-1) def. Santhiago Paiva (4-5) by Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 3:33 R1

Heavyweight: Malick Badiane (2-0) def. Bruno Suzano (1-1) by TKO (Strikes from Mount) 1:00 R1 

Featherweight: Ole Hetleflat (3-1) def. Joan Rodriguez (1-2) by Submission (North-South Choke) 3:13 R1 

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