LFA 13 emanates from the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Burbank, California on Friday night (June 2nd, 2017) and will be televised live on AXS TV. In the main event, Bellator veteran Curtis Millender will look for his fourth straight win when he battles Kevin Holland.
Millender (11-3) heads into this matchup off a second-round knockout victory over Johnny Cisneros at Bellator 170 in January. The 29-year-old has fought the likes of Dominic Waters, Brennan Ward and Fernando Gonzalez. Meanwhile, Holland (9-2) is coming off four straight stoppage victories, including a first-round knockout win over David Gomez at KOTC: Supernova in his last fight. The “Trail Blazer” hasn’t lost since a short-notice 2015 submission setback to Rafael Lovato Jr. at Legacy FC 46.
In the co-main event, WEC veteran Karen Darabedyan will be competing for the first time in over a year against Sam Liera in a welterweight affair. Darabedyan (12-6) is coming off a first-round TKO loss to UFC veteran Christos Giagos at RFA 38, which snapped his three-fight win streak. The 30-year-old boasts wins over Tony Ferguson, Saad Awad and fomer UFC bantamweight Jared Papazian. Liera (12-9) will also try to get back on track after suffering two straight losses to the headliner of this card Holland. The Strikeforce veteran is making his LFA debut and will be looking for his first win since August 2015.
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 |
Curtis Millender -165
Kevin Holland +125
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Here’s my interview with Curtis Millender:
Here’s my interview with his opponent Kevin Holland:
Co-Main Event | Welterweight | 170 lbs
Karen Darabedyan -265
Sam Liera +185
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Here’s my interview light heavyweight prospect Dominick Reyes who takes on Jordan Powell:
Here’s my interview with light heavyweight Alonzo Menifield who takes on Khadzhimurat Bestaev:
Here’s my interview with Trent Meaux who competes on the main card:
And my interview with his opponent, Kings MMA product Maikel Pérez:
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