LF72 BOSTON FLOOR

99 Fordham Road,Wilmington MA 01887

03 December, 2021

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LF72- FLOOR SEATING- GOLD AND SILVER LION FIGHT 72- Boston, MA Friday, December 3 at the Shriners Auditorium, airing live and exclusively on UFC FIGHT PASS®, the world’s leading streaming service for combat sports. FLOOR SEATING: Silver- $55 Gold- $95 Lion Fight 72 marks the first time that two-belt champion Steve Walker puts his World title on the line, and he’ll do so against a young and hungry challenger in Ivan Bartek. Walker won the World title with a clear-cut five-round verdict over Chris Bradford at Lion Fight 58. Since then, the Boston, Massachusetts, product, who had previously captured the North American title at Lion Fight 42, has shown a much more aggressive – downright vicious – side to his demeanor during two successful defenses in 2021. Walker utilized his unorthodox yet devastating offensive game plan in destroying Brian Collette with a tornado head-kick knockout just 46 seconds into their clash at LF64, and he followed that by using the passion of his hometown fans in Boston to propel him to a fourth-round TKO against Warren Thompson at LF69. Standing across from Walker will be Slovakian Ivan Bartek, who has an abundance of experience on high-end events. The powerfully build 32-year-old has previously won European and regional titles in both Muay Thai and kickboxing. In the co-main event of Lion Fight 72, Brett Hlavacek (19-6) puts his North American Light Heavyweight title up for grabs against fellow veteran Washington Dos Santos (23-1). Hlavacek, who fights out of Brooklyn, New York, has fought a who’s who of talent, including former World Cruiserweight champion Chip Moraza-Pollard. Hlavacek won the Light Heavyweight title with decision win over Elijah Clarke at LF40, but the former two-belt champion dropped his North American Cruiserweight title at LF58 with a decision loss to Joey George. Moving into the title picture is Dos Santos, who is originally from Sao Paulo, Brazil, but now fights out of San Antonio, Texas. After falling to former World Middleweight champion Magnus Andersson in his promotional debut, Dos Santos returned to winning ways at LF63 back in February when he earned a dominant decision win over Lowrant-T Nelson. Additional Lion Fight 72 bouts include: *Women’s lightweight sensation Ashley Smallwood coming off her pro debut win in Los Angeles (opponent TBA) *Chase Walden (3-2; Virginia Beach, Virginia) vs. Shaun Shubert (1-1; West Bridgewater, Massachusetts)