FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8
LFA 196: TANNER vs. UREÑA
Presented By MONSTER ENERGY
MAIN EVENT:
DANA WHITE’S CONTENDER SERIES ALUM
KASEY TANNER
vs.
TOP DOMINICAN PROSPECT
MICAIAS UREÑA
BANTAMWEIGHT SHOWDOWN
ARIZONA FINANCIAL THEATRE
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
LIVE on UFC FIGHT PASS® at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT
Tickets are available NOW at LiveNation.com
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — LFA CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will return to the “Valley of the Sun” in November with a bantamweight showdown at LFA 196. This will be the sixteenth LFA event to take place in the state of Arizona. Thirteen of these events have taken place at Arizona Financial Theatre in the state’s capital city of Phoenix.
LFA 196: Tanner vs. Ureña, presented by Monster Energy, takes place Friday, November 8th at Arizona Financial Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona. The main event will feature a bantamweight showdown when Dana White’s Contender Series alum Kasey Tanner faces top Dominican prospect Micaias Ureña. The entire main card will be available worldwide on UFC FIGHT PASS® at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT.
Tickets for LFA 196: Tanner vs. Ureña are available for purchase through LiveNation.com.
“We are excited to bring another action-packed fight card to Arizona at LFA 196,” stated Soares. “That includes Arizona’s own Kasey Tanner, who is a Dana White’s Contender Series alum that trains alongside former UFC two-division champion and LFA great Henry Cejudo. He will return looking for his third win inside the LFA Octagon. Tanner faces top Dominican prospect Micaias Ureña, who made a massive statement in his LFA debut this past summer by knocking out Dana White’s Contender Series alum Ashiek Ajim. This bout features two of the most exciting prospects in the bantamweight division and will cap an explosive night of fights in downtown Phoenix.”
Tanner (7-1) is a lifelong martial artist that began training with his father, Billy Tanner, at the age of 6. His father is a black belt in Shotokan Karate and continues to coach him along with the help of one of the greatest combat sports athletes of all-time. That would be LFA great, Olympic wrestling gold medalist, and former UFC two-division champion Henry Cejudo. Tanner now returns to action looking to go a perfect three-for-three in the LFA. Tanner’s first LFA win earned him an invitation to compete on Dana White’s Contender Series in a bout that had the UFC boss standing on his feet clapping as the final horn sounded. White then made a rare appearance inside the Octagon to shake both Tanner and Jean Matsumoto’s hands before the official decision was announced and awarded both men their “show” and their “win” money. Tanner then returned to the LFA last summer, where he earned a quick submission victory at LFA 188. Now he looks to win his first LFA headliner.
Ureña (9-2) is a man that wasted little time making an impression on LFA fans. The top Dominican prospect recorded the second fastest knockout in LFA bantamweight history with his scintillating 11-second knockout of top Trinidadian prospect and Dana White’s Contender Series alum Ashiek Ajim. The bout billed as the “Battle of the Caribbean” took place at LFA 189 in western New York and ended abruptly when a big right hand from the dynamic Dominican landed flush on his opponent’s chin. The man known as “The Pink Ranger” saw his stock 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 current UFC star Waldo “Salsa Boy” Cortes-Acosta. In fact, Cortes-Acosta won his first LFA fight in the same building that Ureña will be looking to re-create his magic from this past summer as he gets set to become just the second Dominican fighter in history to headline an LFA event.
Currently Announced Fight Card:
(Main Card will be available worldwide on UFC FIGHT PASS® at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT.)
Main Event | 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)
Light-Heavyweight Bout (205 lb)
Alik Lorenz (5-1) vs. Ryan Parker (6-6)
Lightweight 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)
About LFA:
LFA is a professional Mixed Martial Arts promotion that was formed by the powerhouse merger between RFA and Legacy FC in 2017. It has launched the careers of over 330 athletes that have reached the pinnacle of MMA by competing in the UFC. LFA presents live Mixed Martial Arts events on a monthly basis around the world including Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver, Dallas, Phoenix, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo. Based in Las Vegas, NV, LFA is one of the most active and respected MMA organizations in the fastest growing sport in the world. The promotion owns and operates LFA FIGHT NETWORK™, a premium YouTube channel that features live combat sports events alongside live LFA Prelims and historical fights.
Please visit LFA.com for updates and information. Visit the official LFA YouTube channel (LFA FIGHT NETWORK™) at @LFAfights. LFA is on Facebook at Facebook.com/LFAfighting. LFA is also on Instagram at @LFAfighting and X (formerly Twitter) at @LFAfighting.
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About ARIZONA FINANCIAL THEATRE:
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