RFA 23 Weigh-ins: Joe Murphy Misses Weight, Terrion Ware on Point for Main Event
Terrion
Ware made weight without issue ahead of the Resurrection
Fighting Alliance 23 bantamweight main event, but opponent
Joe
Murphy’s trip to the scale was not nearly as successful.
Ware checked in at 136 pounds at Thursday’s weigh-ins, while Murphy was five pounds heavy at 141 pounds. RFA 23 takes place at The Hangar in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Friday. The evening’s main card airs on AXS-TV beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. The co-main event features a middleweight showdown between former RFA title challenger Gabriel Checco (185.8) and “The Ultimate Fighter 11” alum Joseph Henle (184.4).
Murphy made his promotional debut on Dec. 5, when he stopped
Bruno
Frazatto via technical knockout 2:59 into the opening frame at
RFA 21. The Cleber Jiu-Jitsu product is 8-1 as a professional, with
his only loss coming to Carson
Beebe at WSOF 3 in June 2013.
Ware, meanwhile, went 3-1 in 2014, including a second-round submission of Zac Chavez at RFA 12 in January. The 28-year-old Los Angeles native is 12-3 since beginning his pro career June 2012, with eight of his triumphs coming via knockout or submission.
RFA 23 Weigh-in Results:
Joe Murphy (141) vs. Terrion Ware (136)
Joseph Henle (184.4) vs. Gabriel Checco (185.8)
Raoni Barcelos (146) vs. Jamal Parks (145)
Jocelyn Lybarger (117.2) vs. Maria Rios (115.8)
Ron Henderson (125.4) vs. Adam Antolin (125.8)
Mike Jasper (183.2) vs. Blake Troop (184.4)
Tim Quiroga (155.4) vs. Christian Aguilera (156)
Mikey Gomez (170.8) vs. Dominic Waters (169.2)
Dan Ige (145.6) vs. Ian Millan (145.6)
Ware checked in at 136 pounds at Thursday’s weigh-ins, while Murphy was five pounds heavy at 141 pounds. RFA 23 takes place at The Hangar in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Friday. The evening’s main card airs on AXS-TV beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. The co-main event features a middleweight showdown between former RFA title challenger Gabriel Checco (185.8) and “The Ultimate Fighter 11” alum Joseph Henle (184.4).
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Ware, meanwhile, went 3-1 in 2014, including a second-round submission of Zac Chavez at RFA 12 in January. The 28-year-old Los Angeles native is 12-3 since beginning his pro career June 2012, with eight of his triumphs coming via knockout or submission.
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RFA 23 Weigh-in Results:
Joe Murphy (141) vs. Terrion Ware (136)
Joseph Henle (184.4) vs. Gabriel Checco (185.8)
Raoni Barcelos (146) vs. Jamal Parks (145)
Jocelyn Lybarger (117.2) vs. Maria Rios (115.8)
Ron Henderson (125.4) vs. Adam Antolin (125.8)
Mike Jasper (183.2) vs. Blake Troop (184.4)
Tim Quiroga (155.4) vs. Christian Aguilera (156)
Mikey Gomez (170.8) vs. Dominic Waters (169.2)
Dan Ige (145.6) vs. Ian Millan (145.6)
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