LFA 12 emanates from the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake, Minnesota on Friday night (May 19, 2017) and will be televised live on AXS TV. In the main event, former Legacy FC welterweight champion Derrick Krantz battles Ben Neumann for the vacant LFA welterweight title.
Krantz (19-9) will be competing in the LFA for the second straight fight and has won five of his last six outings. “D-Rock” will look to make it three straight wins for the first time since 2015. Neumann (12-4) has won seven of his last eight fights, with all of those victories coming by way of submission. The 31-year-old has won his last three fights since moving up to the welterweight division.
In the co-feature, middleweight Chase Waldon looks to get back on the winning track against Cully Butterfield. Waldon (10-2) is coming off a first-round submission loss to current UFC middleweight Gerald Meerschart at RFA 45 in October. The loss snapped Waldon’s nine-fight win streak. Butterfield (14-5) snapped a two-fight skid in his last fight, earning a unanimous-decision win ver BJ Lacy at Mecca 9 back in March. The 27-year-old has only fought three times since 2014.
MMA oddsmaker Nick Kalikas opened the betting odds for the following fights on the LFA 12 card Friday at Several Bookmakers…
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Main Event | Welterweight | 170 lbs | Vacant 170-pound title
Derrick Krantz -160
Ben Neumann +120
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Here’s Frank Trigg’s interview with Derrick Krantz:
Here’s my interview with Ben Neumann:
Co-Main Event | Middleweight | 185 lbs
Chase Waldon -215
Cully Butterfield +165
Here’s my interview with Chase Waldon:
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Here’s my interview with Roufusport light heavyweight Cameron Olson:
Here’s my interview with his opponent Julian Marquez:
Here’s my interview with Chad Curry who now takes on Kyle Kurtz (as Jeremiah Nelson got injured):
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