Lion Fight also known as Lion Fight Promotions is an

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professional

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promotion firm based in

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. The company was established in 2010 by Scott Kent, a former casino executive. Lion Fight is currently available on

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, and was previously partnered with

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and broadcast on

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History

Founded in 2010 by owner and

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Scott Kent, Lion Fight is an active promoter of

events. Since the promotion’s inception, it has grown to host events across 7 countries including

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, and

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and venues in the US, from the HardRock Casino to the LA Coliseum.

Notable competitors

Notable fighters who have fought at Lion Fight events: * * * * * * * * * * *

Cris Cyborg Cristiane Justino Venâncio (born July 9, 1985), known professionally as Cris Cyborg and formerly by her married name Cristiane Santos, is a Brazilian-American professional mixed martial artist and Professional boxing, professional boxer who com ...

Tetsuya Yamato , better known by his ring name Tetsuya Yamato, is a Japanese Muay thai fighter and kickboxer. He is the former K-1 Super Lightweight champion, the former WBC Muaythai and Lion Fight super lightweight champion, the former NJKF lightweight champi ...

* Kevin Ross *

John Wayne Parr John Wayne "The Gunslinger" Parr (born 25 May 1976), also known as JWP, is a retired Australian Muay Thai fighter, kickboxer and boxer, fighting out of Boonchu Gym in Gold Coast, Queensland. He is a former 10-times World Champion and was the ru ...

Lerdsila Chumpairtour Manop Srirupi (; born October 22, 1981), known professionally as Lerdsila Muaythai Iyarin () is a Thai retired Muay Thai fighter and professional kickboxer. He is a multiple-time Muay Thai world champion ( WMC, WBC, WLF, WPMF, WCK) and three-div ...

Jo Nattawut Nattawut Somkhun, ( Thai: ณัฐวุฒิ โสมกูล; born October 7, 1989), also known as Jo Nattawut and Smokin' Jo, is a Thai Muay Thai kickboxer. He is a 5-time Lion Fight super welterweight champion and 1-time Lion Fight middl ...

Rungravee Sasiprapa Rungravee Sasiprapa is a Thai Muay Thai kickboxer. He is the Channel 7 Stadium Muaythai Champion and MTAA World Muaythai Champion. Biography Rungravee Sasiprapa (รุ่งราวี ศศิประภายิม) was born as ''Rungrav ...

Amy Pirnie Amy Pirnie (born 6 May 1993) is a Scottish Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer, who has most recently competed with Yokkao and Enfusion. She is the reigning Lion Fight super-flyweight champion, and the reigning ISKA strawweight world champion. ...

Regian Eersel Regian Eersel (born 16 December 1992) is a Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer currently signed to ONE Championship. He is the current ONE Lightweight Muay Thai World Champion and current ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Champion. Regian Eersel is one ...

Simon Marcus Simon Marcus (born 5 November 1986), also known as The One, is a Canadian mixed martial artist and former Muay Thai kickboxer, who competes in the Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight divisions. He is currently signed with Unified MMA. He was ...

Artem Levin Artem Valeryevich Levin (; born December 8, 1986), also known as Artem "The Lion" Levin, is a Russian middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Prokopyevsk. He is the former Glory Middleweight Champion, as well as the former It's Showti ...

Tiffany van Soest Tiffany Lynn van Soest (born March 20, 1989) is a retired American Muay Thai kickboxer who competed in the bantamweight division. She is the former two-time Glory Super Bantamweight Champion and a two-weight Lion Fight champion. Originally a ...

References

External links

Official Website

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