FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7
LFA 201: CONCEIÇÃO vs. SILVA
Presented By MONSTER ENERGY
MAIN EVENT:
CHAMPION
ROSE CONCEIÇÃO
vs.
CHALLENGER
LANY SILVA
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
CO-MAIN EVENT:
BRAZILIAN NATIONAL MUAY THAI CHAMPION
MARCOS DEGLI
vs.
BRAZILIAN NATIONAL MUAY THAI CHAMPION
LINCON SANTOS
INTERIM FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
PLUS:
TEAM CHALLENGE
BRAZIL vs. RUSSIA
LIVE on UFC FIGHT PASS®
GINÁSIO DO POLVILHO
CAJAMAR, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — LFA CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will return to Brazil in February with a Championship Doubleheader to kick off Super Bowl weekend at LFA 201. The event will also feature Brazil vs. Russia in a team competition on the main card. This will be the twentieth LFA event to take place in Brazil after the promotion’s international expansion began in the summer of 2021. This will also be the thirteenth LFA event to take place in the state of São Paulo, which is Brazil’s most populous state. LFA has also visited the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco.
LFA 201: Conceição vs. Silva, presented by Monster Energy, takes place Friday, February 7th at the Ginásio do Polvilho in Cajamar, São Paulo, Brazil. The main event will feature a women’s strawweight world title fight when champion Rose Conceição defends her LFA title against top contender Lany Silva. In the co-main event, LFA standouts Marcos Degli and Lincon Santos will fight for the LFA interim flyweight title. The entire main card will be available worldwide on UFC FIGHT PASS® at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT.
“We are excited to bring another Championship Doubleheader to Brazil,” stated Soares. “The NFL brought its first game to Brazil to help kick off its current season. Now we are going across town in São Paulo to kick off Super Bowl weekend in Brazil, which is also the birthplace of modern day MMA. LFA 201 will be our twentieth international event and we will celebrate it with two title fights. Rose Conceição”W is the reigning LFA women’s strawweight world champion and the first woman to win an LFA main event in Brazil. She will return in another main event to defend her title against the 2023 LFA Fans’ Choice Awards: Female Fighter of the Year winner Lany Silva. In the co-main event, Marcos Degli and Lincon Santos will fight for the LFA interim flyweight title. Degli and Santos have a combined record of 7-0 in the LFA. The main card will also feature top prospects from Brazil and Russia facing off in an exciting 3v3 team competition.”
Conceição e (7-1) is the first woman to win an LFA main event in Brazil. The affable champion earned her first main event and title shot by defeating Muay Thai standout Mayara Thays in her LFA debut at LFA 143. That bout happened in Recife, Pernambuco, which was the LFA’s first event in the Northeast Region of Brazil. The proud Nordeste won the fight in front of 10,000 excited fans, which was the most highly-attended event in LFA history. The Brazilian National wrestling champion was then scheduled to challenge champion Julia Polastri for the title at LFA 159 in May of 2023, but Polastri was called up to compete on Dana White’s Contender Series. Conceição did not wait long and got her title shot in the main event of LFA 162. That is where she defeated Elaine Lopes, who was an IFMA Muay Thai world finalist and fellow LFA veteran. Conceição was then set to defend her title against Giovanna Canuto at the end of 2023 in Las Vegas at LFA 173, but was forced to withdraw from the bout with an injury. She would return in 2024 with an appearance of her own on Dana White’s Contender Series, but is now eager to defend her LFA title at LFA 201.
Silva (6-1) is one of the most beloved and popular fighters on the LFA roster. This became evident when she won the prestigious LFA Fans’ Choice Awards: Female Fighter of the Year in 2023, which was her first year in the promotion. That year, Silva went 3-0 in the LFA and built up her large international fanbase on the strength of her fan friendly fighting style and natural swagger in the Octagon. The young Brazilian developed these attributes growing up in the Northeastern state of Bahia. This state is famous for its world-class strikers in MMA, boxing, and kickboxing, and Silva is no exception. She is a two-time Brazilian National kickboxing champion and this past summer she became a K-1 kickboxing world champion. Silva also has four wins inside the LFA Octagon over the likes of Sabrina Oliveira, Nawira Ferreira, Sarah Barwick, and Pâmela Mara. The most recent win over Mara came over the summer at LFA 187, which just won the LFA Fans’ Choice Awards: Event of the Year for 2024. The proud Baiana now lives and trains in São Paulo and looks to start 2025 by winning her first world title in MMA in front of her adopted home crowd.
The co-main event of LFA 201 will feature an interim flyweight title fight between two of Brazil’s top prospects as Degli (11-3) and Santos (9-2) vie to become the LFA’s fourteenth flyweight champion. This interim opportunity became available to both men as the promotion awaits the status of its sitting champion Eduardo Chapolin. The reigning champion was originally set to defend his title early in the new year, but is currently awaiting news on the possibility of joining the cast of the UFC’s upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF).
Degli vs. Santos now represents one of the most anticipated matchups to take place in MMA in 2025. Degli is a dynamic prospect known as “Tailandês”. This nickname is a nod to his roots in Muay Thai, which is a sport where he is a Brazilian National Muay Thai champion. However, the fierce striker delpoys a well-rounded attack as he is also a black belt in jiu-jitsu. This is fitting as Degli hails from Campos do Jordão, which is known as “Little Switzerland”. The Swiss Army knife of MMA currently has 6 wins via KO/TKO and another 4 coming by way of submission.
Santos is a success story of the famed Rocinha Project. This is a Muay Thai program started by Diego Buchecha to help teach impoverished children in Rocinha, which is the largest favela in Brazil. Often considered a “city within a city”, it has a population of around 200,000 people and is a hub for cultural activity and a symbol of resilience despite the challenges it faces including poverty and violence. Santos joined the Rocinha Project at the age of 8 and excelled in the sport. He would become a Brazilian National Muay Thai champion and LFA star just like his next opponent.
Currently Announced Fight Card (Main Card on UFC FIGHT PASS® at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT):
Main Event | Women’s Strawweight Title Bout (115 lb)
Rose Conceição (7-1) vs. Lany Silva (6-1)
Co-Main Event | Interim Flyweight Title Bout (125 lb)
Marcos Degli (11-3) vs. Lincon Santos (9-2)
Featherweight Bout (145 lb)
José Delano (14-3) vs. Abu Muslim Alikhanov (7-0)
Lightweight Bout (155 lb)
Paulo Henrique (18-9) vs. Vladimir Kannunikov (17-2)
Heavyweight Bout (265 lb)
Andre Vieira (9-3) vs. Vladimir Dayneko (16-5)
Bantamweight Bout (135 lb)
Rafael Pereira (12-4) vs. Janderson Barreto (9-0)
Bantamweight Bout (135 lb)
Mackson Lee (8-0) vs. Filipe Zacaron (8-2)
Featherweight Bout (145 lb)
Cássio Junior (8-1-1) vs. Kauê Vaz (10-6)
Featherweight Bout (145 lb)
Gustavo Henrique (6-2) vs. Pedro Dantas (5-0)
Women’s Strawweight Bout (115 lb)
Natalia Alves (6-0) vs. Nawira Ferreira (4-1)
Heavyweight Bout (265 lb)
Guilherme Uriel (5-1) vs. Hyago Silva (8-1-1)
Women’s Flyweight Bout (125 lb)
Ruth Pereira (4-2) vs. Leidiane Fernandes (4-1)
Featherweight Bout (145 lb)
Eduardo Dutra (3-0) vs. Sergio Murillo (2-0)
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 GINÁSIO DO POLVILHO:
The Municipality of Cajamar, through the Department of Public Works and Services, coordinated the complete renovation of the entire structure of the Polvilho Gym. Maintenance and repairs were carried out in the entire infrastructure of the gym with new coverage, increase in the dimensions of the court, painting, accessibility to bathrooms, access ramp, installation of a new electronic scoreboard, new hydraulic basketball tables, renovation and installation of LED lighting in the entire indoor and outdoor area of the gym. The restructuring of the space will provide significant improvements for the court to host the numerous competitions held throughout the year and also for the sports projects in various modalities that the City Hall offers free of charge to the population. For more info visit the Cajamar official website.
