Filed under: AXS TV Fights , Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos Officials say 14 fighters – 14! – turned down a fight tonight with LFA champ Andrea Lee . So why didn’t she just take a slot on “The Ultimate Fighter 26”? Lee (7-2), the inaugural and reigning LFA women’s flyweight champion, co-headlines tonight’s LFA 23 event against challenger Jamie Morton (4-3), which airs on AXS TV from Bossier City Hotel Casino & Hotel in Bossier, La. Morton has lost two straight – she was on the receiving end of a brutal Sabina Mazo head-kick KO earlier this year – but she was willing to fight Lee when so many others apparently weren’t. Related LFA 9 video highlights: Check out the head-kick KO that led to this photo So why didn’t Lee take a spot on the cast of “ TUF 26 ,” the latest installment of the UFC’s long-running reality series – one that crowns the UFC’s first 125-pound female champion and would guarantee the 28-year-old “KGB” would have no trouble securing matchups? “Well, I chose not to do it,” she told AXS TV’s Phoenix Carnevale
BAD MMA Trending Cloud
UFC • Bellator • Conor Mcgregor • PFL • Jon Jones • Daniel Cormier • Dustin Poirier • Khabib Nurmagomedov • Dana White • Francis Ngannou • Jorge Masvidal • Nate Diaz • Max Holloway • Anderson Silva • WSOF • Michael Chandler • Ronda Rousey • Alex Pereira • Michael Bisping • Amanda Nunes • Alexander Volkanovski • Donald Cerrone • Kamaru Usman • islam makhachev • Tony Ferguson • Henry Cejudo • Jake Paul • Charles Oliveira • Demetrious Johnson • sean o'malley • Jose Aldo • One Championship • Aljamain Sterling • Derrick Lewis • Stipe Miocic • sean strickland • Tyron Woodley • Georges St Pierre • Robert Whittaker • Chael Sonnen
- MMA News (115514)
- UFC White House event to take place on the South Lawn
- Stephen Thompson releases statement following UFC Nashville loss
- Stephen Thompson releases statement following UFC Nashville loss
- UFC Nashville post-fight show: Reaction to Derrick Lewis’ 35-second knockout win in main event
- UFC Nashville live blog: Derrick Lewis vs. Tallison Teixeira
- UFC Nashville bonuses: Morgan Charriere, Nate Landwehr awarded for wild Fight of the Night
- Watch Derrick Lewis’ hilarious UFC Nashville octagon interview
- Watch Derrick Lewis’ hilarious UFC Nashville octagon interview
- ‘Horrible time to stop a fight’: Pros react to Derrick Lewis’ controversial knockout win at UFC Nashville
- Derrick Lewis demolishes Tallison Teixeira in just 35 seconds to win UFC Nashville main event