Former type Private Defunct 2016 | Founded 2009 | |
Industry Mixed martial arts promotion Headquarters Houston, United States of America Key people Mick Maynard — President | ||
Legacy Fighting Championship was an American mixed martial arts promotion based in Houston, Texas, United States. The promotion has held events in cities such as Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Allen, Tulsa and Duluth. Notable fighters that have fought for LFC includes Carlos Diego Ferreira, Leonard Garcia, Jonathan Brookins, Daniel Pineda, Anthony Njokuani, Paul Buentello, James McSweeney, Jay Hieron, Evangelista Santos, Tim Means, Thomas Almeida, Sage Northcutt and Holly Holm. Its live events and competitions have been shown on AXS TV in the United States and Esporte Interativo in Brazil.
History
On July 22, 2011, Legacy FC had its first show aired on HDNet with Legacy Fighting Championship 7: Dollar vs. Prater. The organization agreed to a second extension to take them through 2016 with newly branded AXS TV.
The Texas-based promotion revealed plans to move into the professional kickboxing realm beginning in January 2015. Legacy FC promoter Mick Maynard told Sherdog.com that he hopes to stage three to four kickboxing cards in 2015, but that could “easily expand to more” in the future.
Legacy Fighting Championship and Resurrection Fighting Alliance agreed to a co-promoted live event on May 8 that featured bouts with fighters from one organization battling the other. The event took place on May 8 and aired on AXS TV as part of the AXS TV FIGHTS franchise. The event was labeled AXS TV FIGHTS: RFA VS. LEGACY SUPERFIGHT. The event featured a title for title bout as the Legacy FC and RFA flyweight champion fought for both belts. In addition two Legacy FC fighters competed to crown a new lightweight champion, and the RFA bantamweight champion defended his title against a top RFA contender.
In September 2016 it was announced that Legacy FC & Resurrection Fighting Alliance would merge to create a new Legacy Fighting Alliance promotion.