LFA returns to South Dakota on Friday, and the vacant lightweight title is on the line.
Harvey Park (11-2) will take on Demarques Jackson (10-2) in a fight that originally was set to be for an interim lightweight title. But when lightweight champion Austin Hubbard, who won the vacant belt in December, left for the UFC, things changed.
Park, a U.S. Navy veteran and current sheriff’s deputy in Curry County, N.M., made his LFA debut in May 2018, but lost a decision to Hubbard. After that setback, he outworked Le’Ville Simpson at LFA 53 this past November, and in January stopped Jaleel Willis with a first-round TKO in the LFA 58 main event.
Jackson has three straight wins, including two under the LFA banner. In April 2018, he stopped Hamilton Ash with a first-round TKO at LFA 37. He got a shot at the next level at Bellator 204 and took a split decision from Bryce Logan. Then this past December, he submitted Bobby Lee with a guillotine choke at LFA 56.
LFA 64 takes place at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls. The main card airs on AXS TV.
Ahead of the co-feature, AXS TV Fights’ Phoenix Carnevale caught up with Park and Jackson to break down their fight. Check out the video above. Then don’t miss LFA 64 tonight on AXS TV.
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