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LFA brings the Interim #LightHeavyweight Championship to @Caragua_Oficial, #SãoPaulo, #Brazil at #LFA159! 🏆
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TOMORROW!#CIDECasaBranca#Caraguatatuba, #SaoPaulo, #Brazil#MMA#LFANation@UFCFightPass pic.twitter.com/fqvYCo0uyh— LFA (@LFAfighting) May 26, 2023
The Legacy Fighting Alliance returns to Brazil for LFA 159, which is headlined by an interim light heavyweight title fight.
Fighting for the interim title in the main event will be light heavyweight prospects Rodolfo Bellato and Acacio dos Santos. Both headliners successfully made weight as Bellato (9-2) came in at 204.6 pounds, while dos Santos weighed 202 pounds. Three fighters failed to make the contracted weight for their respective fights, though, as Luiz Cesar da Silva Junior, Argemiro Delmandes and Rafaela Silva all came in overweight.
Bellato comes into the title fight having won four of his last five fights. His lone setback came during a Dana White’s Contender Series even, where he was knocked out by Vitor Petrino. Meanwhile, dos Santos (15-5) has won two of his last three fights, having also lost a fight in the Contender Series in the form of a decision loss to Anton Turkalj. Both men will look to prove they’re worth another look.
The LFA 159 main card will air live on UFC Fight Pass at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
LFA 159 Weigh-in Results:
Rodolfo Bellato (204.6) vs. Acacio dos Santos (202)
Anderson Ferreira de Souza Santos (155.6) vs. Luiz Cesar da Silva Junior (159)*
Geraldo Coelho de Lima Neto (170.8) vs. Argemiro Delmandes (173)**
Lucas Rocha (124.6) vs. Matheus da Silva Severino (124.8)
Vinicius Pires (136) vs. Kaua Fernandes Pinheiro (136)
Hugo Cunha (258) vs. Fernando Batista (256)
Marcos Degli (126) vs. Hugo Paiva (126)
Isaias Simoes (135) vs. Joao Paulo Santos (132.8)
Manuel Robson Minoto (155.4) vs. Juan Pablo Vieira (155.2)
Levi Rodrigues (204.6) vs. Jose Carlos Lima (203.2)
Rafaela Silva (117)*** vs. Aieza Ramos Bertolso (114.2)
* Junior missed weight by 3 pounds and will pay a penalty to Santos.
** Delmandes missed weight by 2 pounds and will pay a penalty to Neto.
*** Silva missed weight by 1 pound and will pay a penalty to Bertolso.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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