The lineup is set for March’s LFA 35 event, which features some familiar names.
LFA 35 takes place March 9 at Arena Theatre in Houston, and the main card air on AXS TV.
In the main event, Sabina Mazo (4-0), who scored highlight-reel head-kick knockout wins in her past two bouts, takes on Silvana Gomez Juarez (6-1) for the vacant LFA women’s flyweight title.
Mazo, a 20-year-old Colombian fighter now based in California, stopped Jamie Thorton and Linsey Williams with first-round head-kick knockouts in 2017 LFA fights. Here they are (via Twitter):
Another highlight reel KO for @SabinaMazo!
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— AXS TV Fights (@AXSTVFights) September 23, 2017
Afterward, Mazo told MMAjunkie Radio she’d like to cut her teeth a bit more with LFA before taking the next step in her career, including a possible move to the UFC (watch it above).
She meets Juarez, an Argentinian vet who turned pro in 2010 and who’s racked up a 6-1 record (with five stoppages) while fighting in South America. She now makes her U.S. and LFA debut.
In the 160-pound catchweight co-headliner, Nick Newell (13-1), a 31-year-old WSOF vet with 10 stoppages in 13 career wins, returns from a two-and-a-half-year layoff to make his LFA debut.
The fan favorite, who’s a congenital amputee born without a left hand, takes on Sonny Luque (8-6), a 36-year-old promotional newcomer. The onetime Bellator fighter is on a 4-1 run.
The full LFA 35 card includes:
- Sabina Mazo vs. Silvana Gomez Juarez – for vacant women’s flyweight title
- Sonny Luque vs. Nick Newell
- Jason Langellier vs. Thomas Webb
- Charles Cheeks III vs. Rivaldo Junior
- Jeremy Hardy vs. Vernon Lewis
- Miles Johns vs. Adrian Yanez
- Casey Jones vs. Leomana Martinez
For more on LFA 35, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.
