 Efrain was scheduled to face Bellator veteran Murad Machaev in Yekaterinburg, Russia on May 25, 2017 for Fight Nights Global 66, however, Machaev pulled out of the bout for unknown reasons.Efrain faced Akhmed Aliev on February 23, 2017 at Fight Nights Global 59 and lost that fight by split decision.Efrain decided to give himself a quick turnaround by helping fund, and run an upstart MMA promotion based out of Mexico called Lux Fight League.