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Before the UFC returns to action this Saturday Night, the Resurrection Fighting Alliance returns with a loaded Friday Night card. The event will be headlined by a fight for the vacant RFA Middleweight Title as John Poppie faces Andrew Sanchez. Also, former RFA Flyweight Champion Matt Manzanares competes and plenty of other top MMA prospects are in action.
Main Event
RFA Middleweight Title Decision Fight
John Poppie (6-1-0) vs. Andrew “El Dirte†Sanchez (6-2-0)
Poppie will be making his RFA debut in this contest, but he is also the current Midwest Cage Championships Light Heavyweight Champion. Sanchez has won three of four fights under the RFA banner, with that lone loss coming to UFC veteran Kevin Casey. Poppie enters the fight on the strength of a four fight winning streak, with his lone career loss coming to UFC veteran Eric Schafer. Sanchez has already competed for this belt once before, losing to the aforementioned Kevin Casey at RFA 15. Sanchez has been in this position before and this time he makes good on it, Sanchez gets a second round TKO to claim the belt.
Co-Main Event
RFA Flyweight Division Fight
Matt Manzanares (7-5-0) vs. Ken “The Sensation†Porter (8-2-0-1NC)
Manzanares is a former RFA Flyweight Champion, defeating Junior Maranhao at RFA 14 to win the gold before dropping the belt to Alexandre Pantoja at RFA 18. Porter will be making his RFA debut in this fight and he does so on the strength of a four fight winning streak. Manzanares will enter the fight riding a three fight losing streak and he has not won a bout in well over a year. Porter had a three fight series against Zachary Harvey for Shamrock Promotions MMA, Porter won two of the three bouts. Manzanares has fallen on hard times since losing the RFA Flyweight Title, Porter quickly grounds him to get a first round submission in this one.
RFA Heavyweight Division Fight
Curtis “Dirty Curty†Blaydes (4-0-0) vs. Justin “The Grizzly Bear†Frazier (7-2-0)
Blaydes will be making his RFA debut in this fight and he does hold a victory over recent Bellator MMA signee Lorenzo Hood. Frazier will be returning to action after being away for a year, but he has fought UFC veterans Mike Wessel and Derrick Lewis. This one will be a slugfest for as long as it lasts in the cage, Blaydes stays undefeated with a first round TKO finish.
RFA Featherweight Division Fight
Thiago Henrique Moises (5-0-0) vs. Javon Wright (6-3-0)
Moises will be making his RFA debut in this fight and he will also be returning to action after being away for just over a year. Wright will also be making his RFA debut in this fight and he will be doing so on the strength of a two fight winning streak. Moises is a fighter who is coming to the RFA with some hype behind him, Moises controls Wright on the ground for a decision victory.
RFA Lightweight Division Fight
Jake “The North County Nightmare†Roberts (4-0-0) vs. Chuka “The Lion King†Willis (4-1-0)
Roberts has spent his entire career thus far in Rumble Time Promotions MMA, where all four of his wins where first round finishes. Willis will be looking to rebound from his first professional MMA defeat, which came to Hakeem Dawodu at the World Series Of Fighting 21. Willis did not impress much in his lone WSOF appearance, Roberts gets him to the ground for another first round submission win.
RFA Lightweight Division Fight
Jimmy Donahue (6-5-0) vs. Adam Osmoe (2-0-0)
Donahue will make his RFA debut on a two fight losing streak and the fighter has not earned a victory in just over two years. Osmoe made his professional MMA debut earlier this year, with both fights coming under the Rumble Time Promotions MMA banner. Donahue has fought some top notch talent in his eleven fight career and he wrestles Osmoe to the ground throughout the fight to get a decision win.
