LFA 164: Mazo vs. Lavado is a mixed martial arts event promoted by Legacy Fighting Alliance and will take place on August 4, 2023 at the Southwest University Park in El Paso, Texas, United States.


Fight Card

Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Sabina Mazo vs. Sandra Lavado 125 lbs Women's Flyweight Championship
Jalin Fuller vs. Daniel Frunza 170 lbs
Gláucio Eliziário vs. Myktybek Orolbai 170 lbs
Lerryan Douglas vs. Isaac Thomson 145 lbs
Jordan Burkholder vs. Josiah Reyes 125 lbs
James Pleasant vs. Ilay Barzilay 155 lbs

Preliminary Card

Mihaela Keller vs. Nejra Repp 125 lbs
Travis Arrellano vs. Koery Windham 170 lbs
Ricardo Ramirez vs. Lívio Ribeiro 125 lbs
Jeremy Alba vs. Ricky Maynez 145 lbs


Background

LFA will continue its Texas Tour in August. The tour will allow the promotion to return to the state of its inception with three action-packed events across three regions starting at the end of July and ending the first week of October. The second leg of the tour will take place in El Paso, which will be its first LFA event to take place in the Borderplex that includes an international border with Mexico.

LFA 164 will feature the women’s flyweight championship at the top of the card. The winner will become the fifth 125-pound women’s champion in LFA history. It will also be the twenty-fourth time that the LFA has visited “The Lone Star State”. Once the Texas Tour has concluded in October, the promotion will have visited the state 25-times, making it the LFA’s most frequented destination.

LFA 164: Mazo vs. Lavado takes place Friday, August 4th at the Southwest University Park in El Paso, Texas. The main event will feature a women’s flyweight title fight between former LFA champion Sabina “Colombian Queen” Mazo and Dana White’s Contender Series alum Sandra “Peruvian Zombie” Lavado.

“We are excited to bring the Women’s Flyweight Championship to El Paso at LFA 164,” stated LFA CEO Ed Soares. “Sabina Mazo is one of the most successful women to ever compete in the LFA. Five years ago, she became the youngest champion in LFA history and now she is looking to capture that title for a second time. She will face Sandra Lavado, who is a veteran of Dana White’s Contender Series and just became a regional champion. This will set up an epic LFA title fight between Colombia and Peru’s top female prospects.”

Mazo (9-4) is looking to re-write the LFA history books, once again, when she returns to the promotion that she grew up in. Mazo became the first Colombian fighter in LFA history when she signed with the promotion at age 19. She then quickly gained worldwide attention three weeks after her 20th birthday with one of the most watched Head Kick knockouts in Women’s MMA history. Five months later, the “Colombian Queen” would strike again by recording a second consecutive viral Head Kick knockout. Mazo would then become the youngest champion in LFA history by defeating Shannon Sinn at LFA 37, just one month after her 21st birthday. She would defend her title once before signing with the UFC, where she would fight for three years. Now after a year of changing gyms and improving her all-around game, she will look to become the first person to win an LFA title twice, while also tying the record for most women’s wins in LFA history (5).

Lavado (12-4) is the most decorated and promising women’s prospect in Peru for good reason. Her signature all-action style of fighting has earned her the nickname “Peruvian Zombie” in her home country and she lives up to that moniker well. Lavado is a two-time National champion in Boxing, she is a Golden Gloves champion in Boxing, and last month she became a regional MMA champion in Peru. After competing on Dana White’s Contender Series last summer, Lavado has also been working alongside some of the most talented Latin American women in the sport at Lobo Gym in Guadalajara, Mexico. This is the home to current UFC women’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso, recent UFC women’s bantamweight title challenger Irene Aldana, and UFC star / former LFA women’s strawweight champion Lupita Godinez. The impact that has made was immediate and now she is set to fight for her first world title at LFA 164.

On this episode of #InsideLFA, Ron Kruck previews the Women's Flyweight Championship in Texas #LFA164