Resurrection Fighting Alliance

Resurrection Fighting Alliance

Type	Private
Industry	Mixed martial arts promotion
Founded	2011
Headquarters	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Key people	Ed Soares
Parent	Alliance Media Group
Website	http://www.rfafighting.com/

Resurrection Fighting Alliance (also referred to as RFA) is a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

History

Merger with Titan FC

On October 11, 2012, officials for the Pompano Beach, Florida based MMA promotion Titan Fighting Championships (Titan FC) were acquired by RFA, along with certain fighter contracts, as well as the organization's television deal with, now, AXS TV. The goal was to combine the talent of both organizations under one umbrella, the RFA. Titan FC owner and president Joe Kelly would be brought in as the Vice President of the newly merged company, with seasoned MMA manager, and Black House gym owner, Ed Soares acting as the President.

Although it only lasted seven months, when founder Joe Kelly bought back the organization (Titan FC) in 2013 and produced two more shows on his own: Titan FC 25: Lashley vs. Asplund in June, and Titan FC 26: Hallman vs. Hornbuckle in August, both of which were aired live on AXS TV.

AXS TV

Resurrection Fighting Alliance and Legacy Fighting Championship agreed to a co-promoted live event on May 8, 2015 that featured bouts with fighters from one organization battling the other. The event took place on May 8, 2015 and aired on AXS TV as part of the AXS TV FIGHTS franchise. The event was labeled AXS TV FIGHTS: RFA VS. LEGACY SUPERFIGHT. The event featured a title for title bout as the Legacy FC and RFA flyweight champion fought for both belts. In addition two Legacy FC fighters competed to crown a new lightweight champion, and the RFA bantamweight champion had to defend his title against a top RFA contender.

Current champions

Male

Division	Upper weight limit	Champion	Since	Title Defenses	Next Fight
Heavyweight	265 lb (120 kg)	Vacant	August 8, 2014
Light Heavyweight	205 lb (93 kg)	Devin Clark	April 15, 2016 (RFA 37)	0
Middleweight	185 lb (84 kg)	Andrew Sanchez	August 7, 2015 (RFA 28)	0
Welterweight	170 lb (77 kg)	Vacant	February 2, 2016
Lightweight	155 lb (70 kg)	Thiago Moisés	February 19, 2016 (RFA 35)	0
Featherweight	145 lb (66 kg)	Raoni Barcelos	August 21, 2015 (RFA 29)	0
Bantamweight	135 lb (61 kg)	Leandro Higo	April 15, 2016 (RFA 37)	0
Flyweight	125 lb (57 kg)	Alexandre Pantoja	Sept. 12, 2014 (RFA 18)	1

Female

Division	Upper weight limit	Champion	Since	Title Defenses	Next Fight
Strawweight	115 lb (52 kg)	Vacant	Nov. 27, 2015

Upcoming Events

Title	Date	Location	Main Event	Championship
RFA 38: Moisés vs. Chavez	June 3, 2016	Costa Mesa, California, United States	Thiago Moisés vs. Ernest Chavez	Lightweight

Past Events

Title	Date	Location	Main Event	Championship
RFA 37: Viana vs. Clark	April 15, 2016	Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	Devin Clark def. Rafael Viana Leandro Higo def. Joey Miolla	Light Heavyweight Bantamweight
RFA 36: Brown vs. Camus	March 4, 2016	Prior Lake, Minnesota, USA	Chico Camus def. Matt Brown	Non Title Flyweight
RFA 35: Moisés vs. Castillo	February 19, 2016	Orem, Utah, USA	Thiago Moisés def. David Castillo	Lightweight
RFA 34: Velickovic vs. Smith	January 15, 2016	Broomfield, Colorado, USA	Bojan Velickovic def. Benjamin Smith	Welterweight
RFA 33: Townsend vs. Chavez	December 11, 2015	Costa Mesa, California, USA	Ernest Chavez def. Adam Townsend	Non Title Lightweight
RFA 32: Blumer vs. Higo	November 6, 2015	Prior Lake, Minnesota, USA	Leandro Higo def. Melvin Blumer	Non Title Bantamweight
RFA 31: Sanchez vs. Poppie	October 9, 2015	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Gilbert Smith def. Bristol Marunde Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger def. Zoila Frausto	Welterweight Women's Strawweight
RFA 30: Smith vs. Jardine	September 18, 2015	Lincoln, Nebraska, USA	Anthony Smith def. Brock Jardine	Non Title Middleweight
RFA 29: USA vs. Brazil	August 21, 2015	Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	Raoni Barcelos def. Ricky Musgrave	Featherweight
RFA 28: Sanchez vs. Poppie	August 7, 2015	St. Louis, Missouri, USA	Andrew Sanchez def. John Poppie	Middleweight
RFA 27: Murphy vs. Brock	July 3, 2015	Boise, Idaho, USA	Jesse Brock def. Joe Murphy	Non Title Bantamweight
RFA 26: Smith vs. Smith	June 5, 2015	Broomfield, Colorado, USA	Gilbert Smith def. Benjamin Smith	Welterweight
RFA vs. Legacy 1: Pantoja vs. Page	May 8, 2015	Robinsonville, Mississippi, USA	Alexandre Pantoja (c) def. Damacio Page LFC (c) Luke Sanders (c) def. Terrion Ware	Flyweight Bantamweight
RFA 25: Lawrence vs. Toomer	April 10, 2015	Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	Justin Lawrence (c) def. Sam Toomer Francisco France def. Gabriel Checco	Featherweight Middleweight
RFA 24: Smith vs. Romero	March 6, 2015	Prior Lake, Minnesota, USA	Benjamin Smith def. Indalecio Romero	Welterweight
RFA 23: Murphy vs. Ware	February 6, 2015	Costa Mesa, California, USA	Terrion Ware def. Joe Murphy	Bantamweight Contender
RFA 22: Smith vs. Njokuani	January 9, 2015	Colorado Springs, Colorado USA	Chidi Njokuani def. Gilbert Smith	Welterweight *Njokuani missed weight (title remained vacant).
RFA 21: Juusola vs. Baghdad	December 5, 2014	Costa Mesa, California, USA	Mehdi Baghdad def. Zach Juusola	Lightweight
RFA 20: Sanders vs. Mercado	November 7, 2014	Broomfield, Colorado, USA	Luke Sanders def. Jarred Mercado	Bantamweight
RFA 19: Collier vs. Checco	October 10, 2014	Prior Lake, Minnesota, USA	Jake Collier def. Gabriel Checco	Middleweight
RFA 18: Manzanares vs. Pantoja	September 12, 2014	Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA	Alexandre Pantoja def. Matt Manzanares (c)	Flyweight
RFA 17: Cochrane vs. Giagos	August 22, 2014	Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	Christos_Giagos def. Dakota Cochrane Justin Lawrence def. Mark Dickman	Lightweight Featherweight
RFA 16: Copeland vs. Jorgensen	July 25, 2014	Broomfield, Colorado, USA	Josh Copeland def. Jan Jorgensen	Heavyweight
RFA 15: Casey vs. Sanchez	June 6, 2014	Culver City, California, USA	Kevin Casey def. Andrew Sanchez	Middleweight
RFA 14: Manzanares vs. Maranhão	April 11, 2014	Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA	Matt Manzanares def. Junior Maranhao	Flyweight
RFA 13: Cochrane vs. Escudero	March 7, 2014	Lincoln, Nebraska, USA	Dakota Cochrane def. Efrain Escudero	Lightweight Contender
RFA 12: Oretga vs. Koch	January 24, 2014	Los Angeles, California, USA	Brian Oretga def. Keoni Koch Pedro Munhoz (c) def. Billy Daniels	Featherweight Bantamweight
RFA 11: Manzanares vs. Makovsky	November 22, 2013	Broomfield, Colorado, USA	Zach Makovsky def. Matt Manzanares	Flyweight
RFA 10: Rhodes vs. Jouban	October 25, 2013	Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Mike Rhodes def. Alan Jouban	Welterweight
RFA 9: Munhoz vs. Curran	August 16, 2013	Carson, California, USA	Pedro Munhoz def. Jeff Curran	Bantamweight
RFA 8: Pettis vs. Pegg	June 21, 2013	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Sergio Pettis def. Dillard Pegg Lance Palmer def. Jared Downing (c)	Flyweight Featherweight
RFA 7: Thatch vs. Rhodes	March 22, 2013	Broomfield, Colorado, USA	Brandon Thatch def. Mike Rhodes
RFA 6: Krause vs. Imada 2	January 18, 2013	Kansas City, Missouri, USA	James Krause def. Toby Imada
RFA 5: Downing vs. Rinaldi	November 30, 2012	Kearney, Nebraska USA	Jared Downing def. Jordan Rinaldi	Featherweight
RFA 4: Griffin vs. Escudero	November 2, 2012	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Tyson Griffin def. Efrain Escudero
RFA 3: Stevenson vs. Cochrane	June 30, 2012	Kearney, Nebraska, USA	Dakota Cochrane def. Joe Stevenson
RFA 2: Yvel vs. Alexander	March 30, 2012	Kearney, Nebraska, USA	Gilbert Yvel def. Houston Alexander
RFA 1: Pulver vs. Elliott	December 16, 2011	Kearney, Nebraska, USA	Tim Elliott def. Jens Pulver

External links

• Official site