The undisputed lightweight title now will be up for grabs when LFA touches down in South Dakota later this month.
In the LFA 64 main event, 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, the promotion recently announced.
LFA 64 is set for April 26 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls. The main card airs on AXS TV.
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 – setting up a potential rematch if he wins the interim belt next month. After the loss to Hubbard, 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.
The LFA 64 main card includes:
- Harvey Park vs. Demarques Jackson – for vacant lightweight title
- Joe Gigliotti vs. Jason Jackson
- Jordon Larson vs. Bobby Lee
- Kenneth Glenn vs. Bryce Logan
- Taylor Johnson vs. Tyler Vogel
- Sam Garrett vs. Tyler Ray
For more on LFA 64, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.
