LFA 153: Mariscal vs. Faria is a mixed martial arts event promoted by Legacy Fighting Alliance and will take place on February 17, 2023 at the Horseshoe Hammond Casino in Hammond, Indiana, United States.
Fight Card
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Featherweight Jose Mariscal vs. Guilherme Faria
Bantamweight Askar Askar vs. Matheus Silva
Welterweight Bahromjon Mashrapov vs. Logan Urban
Lightweight Josh Streacker vs. Ahmad Suhail Hassanzada
Featherweight Edwin Cooper Jr. vs. Ilyor Bakhtiyar Uulu
Women's Strawweight Rachel Martinez vs. Alandria Brown
Preliminary Card
Welterweight Tyler Veal vs. Omoyele Gonzalez
Lightweight Justin Lovrich vs. Christian Turner
Featherweight Griffin Parriott vs. Mohammed Maali
Middleweight Kevin Nowaczyk vs. Jorge Bezerra
Light Heavyweight Brandon Johnson vs. Tristan Overvig
Lightweight Khatanbaatar Khuukhenkhuu vs. Isaiah Flores
Background
LFA will make its second trip to Indiana in February. LFA 153 will feature a featherweight showdown between two of the division’s most exciting prospects when the promotion heads to the northwestern part of the state. RFA hosted one event in the “Hoosier State” before the merger of RFA and Legacy FC that created LFA.
LFA 153: Mariscal vs. Faria takes place Friday, February 17th at The Horseshoe Casino Hammond in Hammond, Indiana, which is located in the Chicago metro area. The main event will feature a featherweight showdown between hometown hero Chepe Mariscal and Brazilian dynamo Guilherme Faria.
“We are excited to bring the LFA back to Chicagoland in February,” stated LFA CEO Ed Soares. “Chepe Mariscal has been a star for our promotion since making his debut for us at LFA 57. This will be his fourth fight for the LFA and he has always been in the main event or co-main event, but now he gets a chance to compete in front of his home fans in the Chicago area LFA 153. He will face Brazilian standout Guilherme Faria, who is one of the most dynamic knockout artists in the division.”
Mariscal (12-6) is a Chicago native that has headlined two LFA events and co-headlined a third. However, this will be the first time he has fought for the promotion in his hometown area. Pegged for greatness before ever competing in a professional MMA, Mariscal began competing in amateur MMA at 20-years-old. Now at age 30, he has compiled an impressive combat sports résumé. IMMAF world champion, IMMAF national champion, 18-1 amateur MMA record with 17 finishes, two-time regional MMA champion as a professional fighter, nine-time BJJ champion, three-time kickboxing champion, NJCAA national qualifier in wrestling, and Judo black belt. These achievements led Mariscal to the defining moment in his career at LFA 57, when he became the first man to defeat the highly touted Youssef Zalal. The proud Mexican-American is now eager to win another LFA headliner in Chicagoland at LFA 153.
Faria (18-9) is one of the most exciting knockout artists in the division. The Brazilian dynamo grew up in São Paulo, SP, Brazil, which is one of the world’s biggest hotbeds for breeding MMA talent. The 31-year-old is a co-founder of Academia Faria Fighters in Limeira, SP, Brazil and also trains stateside at Team Alpha Male in Sacramento, California, where he is able to round out his skillset with some of the best grapplers in the world. The Muay Thai specialist does prefer to keep his fights standing, however, as more than half of his victories have come by way of knockout or technical knockout. The most recent knockout came in his last fight at LFA 125, where the Brazilian moved up two weight classes to compete on one week’s notice against Dana White’s Contender Series alum Zach Zane. Faria stopped the talented Hawaiian with leg kicks and punches in the second round and is now eager to headline his first LFA event.
