By Danny Jones, @Tidy_MMA   When Mirafzal Akhtamov ruthlessly dispatched Keyth Dawson at LFA 172, he became the third Uzbek athlete to compete at LFA.   Hailing from Shofirkon in the Bukhara Region of south-west Uzbekistan, Mirafzal emulated fellow countrymen Anvar Boynazarov and Bakhromjon Mashrapov by debuting - and…

By Danny Jones - @Tidy_MMA   Few unanimously garner the anticipation and intrigue of MMA enthusiasts like Vietnamese athlete An Tuan Ho.   After all, in his five professional bouts fought exclusively with LFA, “The Highlight” has produced a viral head kick knockout, earned a…

By Danny Jones, @Tidy_MMA on X   “ I feel that Brazilian mixed martial arts has done so much for me and my family, and my life as a professional. I’m really looking forward to going back there and giving back to the mixed…

By Danny Jones - @Tidy_MMA   The city of Maiduguri in north-eastern Nigeria is known to many only as the birthplace of the Boko Haram insurgency.   For LFA athlete Adamu Isah, however, Maiduguri was home for 15 years. Indeed, it was the place in which his venture into…

By Danny Jones - @Tidy_MMA; Image provided by Mitch Ramirez; photo credit to Andrew Storer.   In 2016, a comprehensive investigation by the Utah Juvenile Justice Working Group identified a litany of shortcomings with Utah’s juvenile justice system.   From a lack of standardization, to a lack of…

By Danny Jones - @Tidy_MMA                 Image courtesy of Ivan Andres Tena   On May 12th 2022, Ivan Andres Tena stood in the Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.   Draped in the maroon and gold of Arizona…

By Danny Jones (@Tidy_MMA)   Nestled near the banks of the Prut river, Grozești is a location unassuming to most. Situated in Iași County in the North-East of Romania, the remote village offers little noteworthy to garner outside familiarity. Yet that is on the cusp of change. On October 27th…