Weekend Preview & New Matchup Announcements | UFC | Lion Fights | Sparta

Happy Friday Colorado MMA Fans, despite there being no fight
action this weekend, there are a lot of upcoming fights to keep
an eye out for. So let’s take a look at the upcoming fights for
Colorado fighters in the new year… music…


Alistair Overeem (47-18) of Elevation Fight Team has vowed to
make one more run at the UFC heavyweight championship title. He
will look to take the next step towards accomplishing that goal
when he takes on Alexander Volkov (32-8) in the Main Event at the
UFC Fight Night on February 6th.


That same month, Shana “Danger” Dobson (4-4) of Elevation Fight
Team, fresh off of her 2nd round TKO win back in August will now
face the unbeaten, Casey O’Neill (5-0) at UFC Fight Night coming
up on February 20th.


Dobson’s Elevation teammate, Drew Dober (23-9), also representing
Muay Thai of Colorado, will take on Islam Makachev (18-1) at UFC
259 on March 6th in a lightweight matchup of rising contenders.


Then the following weekend, on March 13th, Jonathan “The Dragon”
Martinez (13-3) of Factory X will face Davey Grant (10-4) on the
UFC Fight Night card.


And in Colorado Muay Thai action, the Lion Fights promotion has
announced their schedule for 2021 and three Colorado fighters
will be on their first card of the year, scheduled for February
12th.


Dan Wilson of Easton Muay Thai will take on Alen Dudo of AFA
Boxing in a super featherweight contest.


And also on the card will be LT “Smash” Nelson of Pound 4 Pound
Fitness as he takes on Washington Luiz in a light heavyweight
matchup.


Both featured fights will stream live on UFC Fight Pass.


And in further combat sports action, The Sparta promotion has
announced their new fight card scheduled for January 30th and as
usual, many Colorado fighters will be featured on the card. Some
of the matchups that have already been announced include:


A 125 lb Kickboxing title fight between Isiah Torres and Aaron
Lopez.


A 205 lb Muay Thai bout between Chris Lockhart of Pound 4 Pound
Fitness and Wyitte McAdams of Forza Combat Sports.


A 170 lbs MMA fight between Ron Wilder and Elias Egozi of
Elevation Fight Team


A 155 lbs MMA fight between Joseph Garcia of Factory X and Chris
Cocores


A 145 lb kickboxing match between Joseph Fisher and Christian
Hightower


A 125 lb MMA fight between Miguel Morales and Dyvonne Thornton of
Cies MMA


A 135 lb MMA fight between Alex Apodaca and Avery Sage


A 185 lb MMA fight between Brian “Bam Bam” Sweet and Augie
DeSantis


And a 170 lb kickboxing matchup between Dylan Locke and Garmaa
Shinebayar


Keep an eye out for tickets and the PPV to go on sale.


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