Legacy Fighting Alliance 124: Formiga vs. Bunes is an upcoming mixed martial arts event scheduled for February 11, 2022 at Arizona Federal Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
Fight Card
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Flyweight Jussier Formiga vs. Felipe Bunes
Flyweight Clayton Carpenter vs. Windson Ramos
Lightweight Ahmad Suhail Hassanzada vs. James Wilson
Heavyweight Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Derrick Weaver
Lightweight Austin Wourms vs. Jacobi Jones
Bantamweight Kasey Tanner vs. Tristan Lindi
Preliminary Card
Flyweight Federico Flores vs. Braden Pagaoa
Flyweight An Ho vs. Guilherme Crossi
Welterweight Ben Goodwin vs. Ovidio Bojorquez
Amateur Card
Lightweight Alex Martinez vs. Chris Sandoval
Welterweight Luke La Vanway vs. Jacob Highley
Background
The promotion will kick off Me die weekend with a flyweight showdown in the “Valley of the Sun” at LFA 124. This will be the ninth LFA event to take place in the state of Arizona. All nine of these events have taken place at the Arizona Federal Theatre in the state’s capital city of Phoenix. The main event will feature a flyweight showdown between longtime UFC star Jussier Formiga and fellow Brazilian standout and BJJ black belt Felipe Bunes.
Formiga (23-8) is one of the men that pioneered the UFC flyweight division when the industry leader added the division in 2012. Since that time, Formiga fought for the promotion a total of 16 times and holds the notable distinction of having victories over Deiveson Figueiredo, Alexandre Pantoja, and Sergio Pettis.
Formiga’s win over Figueiredo is frequently mentioned since he is only one of two men to defeat the current UFC flyweight champion. Formiga’s wins over Pantoja and Pettis are also noteworthy as they are both former RFA flyweight champions that are now considered two of the best in the sport. Pantoja was the man originally set to face Brandon Moreno for the UFC flyweight title this past weekend, while Pettis is currently the Bellator bantamweight champion.
Formiga’s win over Figueiredo also adds extra intrigue to Formiga signing with the LFA, because now that Figueiredo successfully avenged his loss to Moreno this past weekend at UFC 270 to regain his UFC flyweight title, there remains only one man that he has not settled the score with. That would be Formiga.
In order for that rematch to happen, Formiga will have to take the same path Moreno did after he was released from the UFC three years ago. Moreno signed with the LFA and was quickly re-signed by the UFC after a dominant win in the main event of LFA 69. Formiga will look to do the same in the main event of LFA 124.
Bunes (11-5) is the man standing in the way of Formiga’s lofty plans and he happens to have in-depth knowledge of Formiga heading into his encounter with his fellow Brazilian compatriot. This is because Bunes is the man that was Figueiredo’s main training partner leading up to his title fight victory this past weekend and Figueiredo possesses first-hand knowledge of who Bunes will be facing. Bunes also holds a wealth of international MMA experience and a BJJ black belt to match-up against the longtime UFC veteran and BJJ black belt.
The co-main event of LFA 124 will feature two of the most promising prospects in the flyweight division. Carpenter (5-0) is one of Arizona’s fastest rising stars and will enjoy the home crowd advantage as he looks to add to his perfect record. Three of those wins have come inside the LFA Octagon, which includes a 13-second Head Kick knockout over Rodney Kealohi last month.
He will face the dynamic Brazilian grappler Ramos (4-1). The BJJ black belt is the husband of newly crowned LFA Female Fighter of the Year Jaqueline Amorim and looks to join his wife as one of the promotion’s top stars.