Champion vs. champion at inaugural LFA event in Jan

In September it was announced that Legacy Fighting Championship and Resurrection Fighting Alliance would merge into ‘The NCAA of MMA’ – Legacy Fighting Alliance.

Now LFA CEO Ed Soares has announced that the inaugural event will kick off the new year in Texas. In the main event, Legacy FC bantamweight champion Steven Ocho Peterson will battle RFA bantamweight champion Leandro Pitbull Higo for the inaugural LFA bantamweight world title.

I’m excited to kick off 2017 with the inaugural LFA event in Texas,” said Soares. Legacy FC and RFA have helped launch the careers of over 100 fighters that have reached the UFC. On Friday, January 13th, the two promotions merge to form the leading developmental organization in MMA. In the main event of LFA 1, we will crown our first LFA champion with a bantamweight title unification bout between Legacy FC champion Steven ‘Ocho’ Peterson and RFA champion Leandro ‘Pitbull’ Higo.”

Former Legacy FC President Mick Maynard shared similar sentiments.

I am extremely excited to see this historic first event of the world’s largest and premiere developmental league for MMA, said Maynard. Our very first LFA unification bout features two bantamweight title holders that haven’t lost in 4-5 years and they have very aggressive submission games. Both are young, exciting prospects, and a perfect representation of LFA.

Peterson is one of the most popular fighters in the history of Legacy FC as he has competed for the promotion ten times over the past five years. The dynamic Texan punisher put a stamp on the division with a jaw-dropping submission of the reigning bantamweight champion Manny Vazquez this past June. Peterson rendered the champion unconscious with a Rear Naked Choke in the main event of Legacy FC 56 to take his rightful place atop the division’s throne.

Higo is one of the sport’s most scintillating prospects from Brazil. The Pitbull Brothers trained fighter has finished three highly-regarded prospects during his reign of terror over the RFA bantamweight division. This culminated in April, when he fought the surging powerhouse Joey Miolla for the vacant RFA bantamweight title with UFC President Dana White sitting cageside filming his hit television show Dana White: Lookin’ for a Fight. Higo pulled off the comeback victory with a Rear Naked Choke in a title bout that saw him survive two brutal slams. Higo’s title-winning performance at RFA 37 is in the running for Fight of the Year.”

LFA 1 – Peterson vs. Higo will take place Friday, January 13th at The Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas. The entire main card will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT.

Tickets for LFA 1 – Peterson vs. Higo are available for purchase NOW through TheBombFactory.com. Tickets start at $40 for General Admission. Priority seating is also available at $60, $80, $100, and $150.