LFA 196 Fight Card: Tanner vs. Ureña Event Details

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — LFA CEO Ed Soares introduced immediately that the promotion will return to the “Valley of the Solar” in November with a bantamweight showdown at LFA 196. This would be the sixteenth LFA occasion to happen within the state of Arizona. 13 of those occasions have taken place at Arizona Monetary Theatre within the state’s capital metropolis of Phoenix.

LFA 196: Tanner vs. Ureña, offered by Monster Energy, takes place Friday, November eighth at Arizona Monetary Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona. The principle occasion will characteristic a bantamweight showdown when Dana White’s Contender Collection alum Kasey Tanner faces prime Dominican prospect Micaias Ureña. Your entire predominant card will likely be obtainable worldwide on UFC FIGHT PASS® at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT.

Tickets for LFA 196: Tanner vs. Ureña can be found for buy via LiveNation.com.

“We’re excited to carry one other action-packed combat card to Arizona at LFA 196,” said Soares. “That features Arizona’s personal Kasey Tanner, who’s a Dana White’s Contender Collection alum that trains alongside former UFC two-division champion and LFA nice Henry Cejudo. He’ll return in search of his third win contained in the LFA Octagon. Tanner faces prime Dominican prospect Micaias Ureña, who made a large assertion in his LFA debut this previous summer time by knocking out Dana White’s Contender Collection alum Ashiek Ajim. This bout options two of essentially the most thrilling prospects within the bantamweight division and can cap an explosive night time of fights in downtown Phoenix.”

Tanner (7-1) is a lifelong martial artist that started coaching together with his father, Billy Tanner, on the age of 6. His father is a black belt in Shotokan Karate and continues to educate him together with the assistance of one of many best fight sports activities athletes of all-time. That may be LFA nice, Olympic wrestling gold medalist, and former UFC two-division champion Henry Cejudo. Tanner now returns to motion trying to go an ideal three-for-three within the LFA. Tanner’s first LFA win earned him an invite to compete on Dana White’s Contender Collection in a bout that had the UFC boss standing on his toes clapping as the ultimate horn sounded. White then made a uncommon look contained in the Octagon to shake each Tanner and Jean Matsumoto’s fingers earlier than the official choice was introduced and awarded each males their “present” and their “win” cash. Tanner then returned to the LFA final summer time, the place he earned a fast submission victory at LFA 188. Now he appears to be like to win his first LFA headliner.

Ureña (9-2) is a person that wasted little time making an impression on LFA followers. The highest Dominican prospect recorded the second quickest knockout in LFA bantamweight historical past together with his scintillating 11-second knockout of prime Trinidadian prospect and Dana White’s Contender Collection alum Ashiek Ajim. The bout billed because the “Battle of the Caribbean” passed off at LFA 189 in western New York and ended abruptly when an enormous proper hand from the dynamic Dominican landed flush on his opponent’s chin. The person referred to as “The Pink Ranger” noticed his inventory rise exponentially with the win and now finds himself headed to Phoenix, which is the adopted hometown of the LFA’s first Dominican champion and present UFC star Waldo “Salsa Boy” Cortes-Acosta. In truth, Cortes-Acosta gained his first LFA combat in the identical constructing that Ureña will likely be trying to re-create his magic from this previous summer time as he will get set to change into simply the second Dominican fighter in historical past to headline an LFA occasion.

At present Introduced Combat Card:

(Major card will likely be obtainable worldwide on UFC FIGHT PASS® at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT.)

Major Occasion | Bantamweight Bout (135 lb)

Kasey Tanner (7-1) vs. Micaias Ureña (9-2)

Flyweight Bout (125 lb)

Flavio de Queiroz (14-4) vs. Furkatbek Yokubov (14-4)

Flyweight Bout (125 lb)

Christian Natividad (5-0) vs. Devon Jackson (3-2)

Mild-Heavyweight Bout (205 lb)

Alik Lorenz (5-1) vs. Ryan Parker (6-6)

Light-weight Bout (155 lb)

JaCobi Jones (6-3) vs. Gaberial Brown (4-1)

Middleweight Bout (185 lb)

Eric Fimbres (3-0) vs. Adland Benson (4-3)

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