By Danny Jones, @Tidy_MMA on X   A deserved 2024 nominee for LFA Male Fighter of the Year, Alvin Hines was the only LFA heavyweight to obtain a 3-0 promotional record last year – the joint-highest LFA record in 2024, achieved by just eight other LFA athletes.   Of…

By Danny Jones, @Tidy_MMA on X   The circumstances under which Itaboraí’s Vanilto Antunes acquired the LFA Welterweight Championship are simply extraordinary.   With the LFA Welterweight Championship vacated in April 2023 following Trey Waters’ signing to the UFC, the Fluminense was scheduled to contest Geraldo Neto for the…

Revered globally as the industry leader for mixed martial arts talent development, LFA concluded its eighth calendar year as a promotion at the close of LFA 198 on December 6th 2024. Holding 25 stellar events in 330 days, LFA proudly remains one of the most…

By Danny Jones @Tidy_MMA on X   2024 is shaping up to be a defining year for LFA lightweight Richie Miranda.   In the co-main of LFA’s inaugural Louisville event on March 29th, the Mexican-American showcased superior striking output, striking accuracy, ground control, and takedowns…

By Danny Jones, @Tidy_MMA on X Within a year of launching his professional MMA career at LFA 85, Christian Natividad had already amassed a 4-0 professional record with performances that earned consecutive LFA Male Fighter of the Year nominations in 2020 and 2021.   By October 2022, ‘The…

By Danny Jones, @Tidy_MMA on X On September 10th 2024, former LFA athlete Quemuel Ottoni withdrew from his Season 8 Week 5 Dana White’s Contender Series matchup with Kody Steele during the live broadcast. Per Guilherme Cruz, writing for MMA Fighting, Quemuel posted a video the…

By Danny Jones, @ Tidy_MMA on X The professional resumé of Filipino-American flyweight Mark Climaco is simply astounding. Indeed, seven professional athletes have endured their first professional defeat at the hands of the 26-year-old. Of those seven athletes, six held a professional record of at least 3-0. Factoring…

By Danny Jones, @Tidy_MMA In his 2008 book Outliers: The Story of Success, Canadian author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell wrote “Outliers are those who have been given opportunities - and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them”. In the realm of mixed martial arts,…

By Danny Jones, @Tidy_MMA on X In 2019, ESPN writer Ryan Hockensmith stated “there is no better base for MMA success than wrestling”. UFC commentator Joe Rogan echoed this sentiment in 2023, stating on episode 1967 of his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience “Wrestling is the…