Resurrection Fighting Alliance will be heading back to the state of Nebraska on March 7th for RFA 13 and the card will be headlined by Dakota Cochrane meeting Ultimate Fighter 8 champion Efrain Escudero.
RFA President Ed Soares announced the fight card on Monday and the event will come from the Pershing Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.
“I’m looking forward to returning to Nebraska with RFA 13 – Cochrane vs. Escudero,” stated Soares. “Dakota Cochrane and Efrain Escudero are two very experienced fighters that have both headlined RFA shows. I expect them to deliver another exciting main event on March 7th.”
Tickets for RFA 13: Cochrane vs. Escudero are now available for purchase through www.Ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-745-3000. Tickets start at $20, Special 8-Seat VIP Table Packages start at $400, and a Student or Military ID will receive an additional $3 discount.
Cochrane (15-5) will be stepping into the RFA cage for the sixth time and his last fight in the RFA came in January of 2013 as he defeated Deivison Ribeiro by TKO in the third round. Since that fight, he has lost two of three in other promotions and all three of those fights ended in the first round.
“I’m really excited about this fight. It’s always a pleasure fighting for the RFA and this will be the first time I’ll be fighting in my state’s capital city. I will have a lot of friends and family supporting me in Lincoln,” Cochrane explained. “Efrain Escudero is a really tough opponent. I think it’s either going to have an exciting finish in the first round or it will go all three. That seems to be the way most of my fights go.”
Escudero (21-7) has won three fights in a row, including a victory at Bellator 100 against Zack Surdyka by unanimous decision. During his recent winning streak, all of the wins have come by decision and he defeated current World Series of Fighting fighter Luis Palomino by unanimous decision at CFA 12 in October.
“It feels great to fight for the RFA again. They have always been really nice to me,” stated Escudero. “Dakota Cochrane is a great athlete and good opponent. That’s why I took this fight. I’m not the kind of person that is looking for easy fights to pad my record. I think he’s very strong and aggressive, but I see some holes in his game that I’m going to capitalize on.”
Along with announcing the main event, the RFA announced the full main card and the co-main event is a middleweight title eliminator fight as Miles Marshall will meet Andrew Sanchez. The winner of the fight will move on to face Ultimate Fighter alum Kevin Casey for the RFA middleweight title.
The current RFA 13: Cochrane vs. Escudero card is below and the organization will be announcing more preliminary card fights in the near future.
Main Card: (AXS TV – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
Dakota Cochrane (15-5) vs. Efrain Escudero (21-7)
Miles Marshall (3-1) vs. Andrew Sanchez (4-1)
Chidi Njokuani (10-4) vs. Chris Heatherly (7-1)
Dan Moret (6-0) vs. Luke Sanders (6-0)
T.J. Hepburn (2-0) vs. Ryan Shell (5-0)
Cody Pfister (10-3-1) vs. Zach Juusola (10-2)
Preliminary Card: (Unaired)
Chad Obermiller (9-6) vs. William Joplin (8-8)