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UFC Wichita: Watch Curtis Millender’s crazy LFA 30 head kick in AXS TV’s ‘Fight of the Week’

BAD MMA News — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 00:53:58 +0000

Gallery Curtis Millender def. Nick Barnes at LFA 30: Best photos With a perfectly placed head kick against Nick Barnes a little more than a year ago, Curtis Millender punched his ticket to the UFC. Millender took out Barnes in the second round of the LFA 30 main event on AXS TV in January 2018. The right people noticed , and a little more than five weeks later, he was making his UFC debut . That first fight in the UFC was a huge one – Millender took out former welterweight title challenger Thiago Alves with a knee and won a $50,000 bonus. On Saturday, Millender (17-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC) tries to make it a perfect 4-0 in the UFC when he meets Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (20-5 MMA, 6-1 UFC) in the co-main event at UFC on ESPN+ 4, which takes place at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kan

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MMAjunkie’s ‘Knockout of the Month’ for January: Aaron Pico’s ridiculous rib-rattler

BAD MMA News — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 02:35:34 +0000

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMAjunkie looks at the best knockouts from January. Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMAjunkie’s “Knockout of the Month” award for January. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice

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LFA 30 highlights: Curtis Millender’s latest head-kick KO not the only big finish in California

BAD MMA News — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:51:15 +0000

Get used to it: Knocking out people with head kicks apparently is just a thing Curtis Millender does. Millender (14-3) took out Nick Barnes (12-3) just past the midway point of the second round in Friday night’s LFA 30 main event , which aired on AXS TV from OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, Calif.

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LFA 30 results: Watch Curtis Millender’s perfect head-kick knockout in main event

BAD MMA News — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 06:13:36 +0000

COSTA MESA, Calif. – All Curtis Millender needed was to find his balance. His opponent, Nick Barnes, was effective with inside leg kicks throughout their welterweight bout, and Millender’s response on several occasions was an immediate high kick, though he could never put everything behind them.

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‘LFA 30: Millender vs. Barnes’ live results

BAD MMA News — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 02:44:41 +0000

COSTA MESA, Calif. – LFA kicks off 2018 with its first event of the year, and MMAjunkie is on the scene with live coverage. LFA 30 takes place tonight at OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, Calif., and airs on AXS TV at 10 p.m. ET. In the main event, welterweights Curtis Millender (13-3) and Nick Barnes (12-2) do battle, with Millender hopeful that an impressive performance will earn him an “overdue” call from the UFC .

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Tonight’s LFA 30 headliner Curtis Millender thinks UFC deal is ‘overdue’

BAD MMA News — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 19:48:38 +0000

Welterweight Curtis Millender has won his past five fights, with the most recent one coming by head-kick knockout. his past three were in top-tier promotions under watch by UFC matchmakers. And after tonight, he will have headlined three straight events. Ask Millender (13-3) if he should be in the UFC, and his answer is unequivocal. “It’s overdue now,” he told MMAjunkie Radio. “I definitely should be there.” Related LFA 24 highlights: Mackenzie Dern's finishing choke, Curtis Millender's brutal KO in headliner He doesn’t know whether his next fight, an AXS TV-televised scrap with Nick Barnes (12-2) tonight at OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, Calif., serves as one last hurdle before the big show.

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Watch MMAjunkie Radio here (1 p.m. ET) with Aaron Pico, Jordan Rinaldi, Curtis Millender, Ron Kruck

BAD MMA News — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 18:48:31 +0000

Filed under: AXS TV Fights , Bellator , News , UFC , Videos MMAjunkie Radio kicks off today at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) with guests Aaron Pico , Jordan Rinaldi , Curtis Millender and Ron Kruck. Pico meets Shane Kruchten on Jan. 20 at Bellator 192. Rinaldi fights Gregor Gillespie on Jan.

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AXS TV renews deals for LFA, CES MMA events in 2018; LFA 30 set for January

BAD MMA News — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:43:16 +0000

LFA and CES MMA will continue on AXS TV in 2018, the cable network announced Thursday. In addition, AXS TV Fights’ 2018 campaign will kick off Jan. 12 with LFA 30. That event, according to a release from AXS TV, makes the promotion the fastest in MMA history to reach 30 events. LFA started in January of this year following the merger of Legacy FC and RFA.

AXS TV renews deals for LFA, CES MMA events in 2018; LFA 30 set for January – MMA Junkie

LFA announces 3 events, 4 fights, 3 title bouts for January

BAD MMA News — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 16:35:03 +0000

LFA is coming out strong in the new year. Officials recently announced three events, including the headliners, for January. LFA 30 takes place Jan

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