SATURDAY, JULY 6
LFA 187: BRAZIL vs. LATIN AMERICA
MAIN EVENT:
TEAM BRAZIL
CARLOS LEAL
vs.
TEAM LATIN AMERICA
JOSE BARRIOS
WELTERWEIGHT SHOWDOWN
LIVE on UFC FIGHT PASS® at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
GINÁSIO DO POLVILHO
CAJAMAR, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — LFA CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will return to Brazil in July with a Brazil vs. Latin America team challenge. LFA 187 will feature a fight card filled with top prospects from Brazil and five of its neighboring Latin American countries. They will face off in various weight classes with bragging rights and international recognition on the line.
LFA 187 will be the eighth LFA event to be held on a Saturday and it will be the seventeenth LFA event to take place in Brazil after the promotion’s international expansion began in the summer of 2021. This will also be the tenth 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 187: Brazil vs. Latin America takes place Saturday, July 6th at the Ginásio do Polvilho in Cajamar, São Paulo, Brazil. The main event will feature a welterweight showdown between former LFA champion Carlos Leal (Team Brazil) and regional kingpin Jose Barrios (Team Latin America). The entire main card will be available worldwide on UFC FIGHT PASS® at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.
“We are excited to continue the LFA’s international expansion at LFA 187,” stated Soares. “After beginning our international expansion three summers ago, we have since produced sixteen world-class events abroad. Now we will bring a fight card filled with matches featuring top fighters from Brazil and its neighboring countries in Latin America. This will be the perfect showcase of talent for our Portuguese and Spanish speaking fighters, fans, and media partners in the southern hemisphere. The headlining bout at LFA 187 will see former LFA champion Carlos Leal (Team Brazil) and regional champion Jose Barrios (Team Latin America) meet in a showdown between top welterweight prospects.”
Leal (20-5) is a fighter that signed with the LFA three summers ago and immediately set himself apart from his peers by establishing many firsts for the promotion. “The Lion” became the first fighter to win an LFA world title abroad and the first fighter to win two LFA fights in one night, when he made his LFA debut at LFA 112: Welterweight Grand Prix in July 2021. Leal defeated Diego Dias and Uryan Carlos that night to become the LFA welterweight world champion. The proud Paranaense also found success the past two summers competing in the United States and United Kingdom for the PFL. Now the former champion will look for a triumphant return to the LFA, when he captains Team Brazil in the main event of LFA 187.
Barrios (14-4) is a regional kingpin from Resistencia, which is the largest city in Argentina’s northeastern province of Chaco. The city is located just 93 miles from the Argentina border with Brazil. In fact, Barrios’ next opponent Leal is from Paraná, which is the southern Brazilian state located closest to the Argentinian’s home province of Chaco. This will set the stage for one of the most heated rivalries in sports known colloquially as Superclásico de las Américas (Spanish) and Superclássico das Américas (Portuguese). It will also be the first LFA main event featuring fighters from Brazil and Argentina. The man known as “El Terrible” is ready to prove himself, when he captains Team Latin America in the main event of LFA 187.
Main Card (Worldwide on UFC FIGHT PASS® at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT):
Main Event | Welterweight Bout (170 lb)
Carlos Leal (20-5) vs. Jose Barrios (14-4)
Co-Main Event | Flyweight Bout (125 lb)
Marcos Degli (10-3) vs. Ignacio Fernandez (8-2)
Lightweight Bout (155 lb)
Samuel Dias (9-2) vs. Renzo Cortti (9-4)
Featherweight Bout (145 lb)
Felipe Oliveira (10-3) vs. Lucas Miletich (8-1)
Bantamweight Bout (135 lb)
Apollo Gomes (9-1) vs. Lionel Abojer (10-2)
Featherweight Bout (145 lb)
Pedro Doreto (5-0) vs. Leandro Sloano (3-0)
Women’s Strawweight Bout (115 lb)
Aieza Bertolso (3-0) vs. Alejandra Fernandez (1-1)
Preliminary Card (Worldwide on LFA FIGHT NETWORK™ at 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m PT):
Flyweight Bout (125 lb)
Hugo Paiva (8-2) vs. Rodrigo Roldan (6-4)
Middleweight Bout (185 lb)
Leonardo Mesquita (1-0) vs. Vladimir Calvo (3-0)
Featherweight Bout (145 lb)
Eduardo Dutra (1-0) vs. Abraham Racho (3-0)
Lightweight Bout (155 lb)
João Moraes (2-0) vs. Navir Gonzalez (1-1)
Women’s Strawweight Bout (115 lb)
Lany Silva (4-1) vs. Pamela Mara (6-3-1)
Heavyweight Bout (265 lb)
Guilherme Uriel (4-1) vs. Weslley Álec (2-0)
Women’s Strawweight Bout (115 lb)
Fabrizia Ketlinn (1-1) vs. Nawira Ferreira (2-1)
Lightweight Bout (155 lb)
Alexandre Duarte (0-0) vs. Matheus Felipe (0-0)
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 300 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.
