It’s a homecoming fight for former LFA champion Bryce Logan who returns to South Dakota to face Landry Ward at LFA 207 this Friday night in Sioux Falls.
“I can’t express how much I enjoy fighting back at home. It’s such a great venue (Sanford Pentagon), it’s such an intimate venue, there’s not a bad seat in the house,” Logan told Cageside Press.
“It’s always a pleasure to come home and fight in front of the home town fans. I moved to Arizona like 8 years ago to train full time, and any opportunity I get to come home and put on a show and do what I’ve been doing for the last 16 years, it’s a blessing.”
Logan (13-8) had not left MMA entirely, but had shifted to taking boxing matches in 2024 going 2-0. Now he returns to MMA, and to the LFA, where he’s a former champion.
“I found out about 8 weeks ago. I’ve actually spent the last 6-8 months boxing. I had a couple of professional boxing bouts. With Bellator kind of going away and getting caught up in the mix I was kind of in limbo. Being 35 I didn’t want to just do nothing, and I still had that fire to compete,” he said.
“I did a few boxing bouts and I’ve been active, but I never stopped training MMA. Keeping the sword sharp I guess you would say.”
The lightweight had been searching for another boxing match before the offer to fight Ward at home for LFA came across his table. The opportunity to return to MMA, and return home, was too good to pass up.
“Landy comes from a reputable gym, he comes from a good camp, I like the matchup. I like the challenge that it presents for me and so we hopped on it. I think the boxing experience has made me a little bit sharper as well,” he said.
“He’s a game opponent. I’ve never been interested at any point in my career in taking the easy road.”
Watch the entire interview with Bryce Logan above. He takes on Landy Ward at LFA 207 this Friday night in Sioux Falls SD.
