Breakdown UFC Fight Night 96

A pair of former Flyweight stars, with a combined twenty-two KO/TKO wins, take their powerful striking up to the Bantamweight Division to meet at UFC Fight Night 96, Oct. 1^st. John Lineker and John Dodson will face off in the Main Event in Portland.

               

John Hands of Stone Lineker is on a five fight winning streak with three finishes (2KO/TKO, 1 Sub). Lineker’s power is unquestionable, the Twenty-six year old Brazilian, has finished seventeen of his twenty-eight wins, thirteen by KO/TKO. He displayed that power last fight with a first round KO (2:43) of Michael McDonald at UFC FN 9 (7/13/16). Staying active in 2016, Lineker outpointed Rob Font two months earlier (5/14/16) at UFC 198 to earn the Unanimous Decision victory.

               

John The Magician Dodson is also coming off a first round stoppage win, Dodson’s just forty-seven seconds into his fight with Manny Gamburyan at UFC on Fox 19 (4/16/16). Dodson is 7-2 in the UFC, those two losses to reigning Flyweight Champion, Demetrious Johnson. Not likely to get another shot at DJ anytime soon Dodson moves up to BW.  The Magician has finished nine of his eighteen wins by TKO/KO and it’s likely his power will translate in the higher weight class. He owns a first round TKO win over former BW Champ TJ Dillashaw to win the TUF Season 14 Finale.

               

In the Lightweight Division 14-4 Alex Oliveira takes on the #11 ranked LW, Will Brooks. Oliviera has stayed busy since his debut (3/21/15), he has gone 4-2 with three finishes (2 Subs). This is the Rio de Janeiro native’s third fight of 2016, after losing his nickname to Donald Cerrone at UFC FN 83 (Feb. 21) he returned (July 23) to earn a UD win over James Moontasri at UFC on Fox 20. Eleven of his fourteen wins have been stoppages (9TKO/KO).

               

Ill Will Brooks is on a nine fight winning streak. This is his second fight in the UFC, after earning a UD win over Ross Pearson at TUF 23 Finale earlier this year. The former Bellator fighter left the organization as their LW Champion. The 18-1 Brooks’ single loss was a first round KO (0:43) by Saad Awad at Bellator 91 (2/28/13), a loss he avenged that same year at Bellator 105 (10/25/13) by UD.

               

In the Welterweight Division 13-3-1 Zak Ottow gets a call up (to replace Bobby Green) making his debut vs Veteran Josh Burkman. Ottow comes in riding a four fight win streak (with 3 Subs). Ten of his twelve stoppages have been by Sub (just one win by decision). Ottow is fighting in his fourth contest of 2016, last time he won a UD over Craig Eckelberg (6/11/16).

               

The 28-13 Burkman is 1-3-1 since returning to the UFC. He spent nearly six years fighting his way back to the promotion. 1-1 in 2016 with a February UD win over KJ Noons and a UD loss to Paul Felder in his last effort at UFC FN 88. The People’s Warrior has finished 17 of his 28 wins (10 Subs).

               

Contenders meet in the Flyweight Division when #9 ranked Louis Smolka takes on Tijuana’s own Brandon Moreno. Twenty-five year old Smolka fights out of Waipahu, Hawaii. Da Last Samurai is on four fight win streak with three finishes (2KO/TKO). Nine of Smolka’s eleven wins have been early stoppages (5 Subs). He TKO’d Ben Nguyen at UFC FN 91 in the second round (4:41) last fight.

               

Twenty-two year old Brandon Moreno is making his UFC debut, he competed on TUF Season 24 (season currently airing on FS-1). 11-3 The Assassin has won his last eight, with six finishes (5 Subs). Moreno has stopped three of his last four opponents with a first round submission. Most recently (4/16/16) he caught Isaac Camarillo in a rear-naked-choke at 1:53 of the first.

               

Headlining the UFC Fight Pass Prelims will be a pair of recognizable Middleweights when 34-16 Nate Marquardt faces six foot four, Tamdan McCrory. Thirty-seven year old Nate The Great has gone 2-5 since returning to the UFC. Always dangerous, Marquardt has finished 26 of his 34 wins (16 Subs) in his last win (12/19/15) he KO’d CB Dollaway (0:28 in 2^nd). He lost by first round KO earlier this year (5/14/16) to Thiago Santos.

               

Tamdan The Barn Cat McCrory has finished thirteen of his fourteen wins (7 KO/TKO). A 2009 loss to John Howard was his last fight for five years. He returned with a decisive twenty-one second (1^st round) KO of Brendan Ward at Bellator 123 (9/15/14). Twenty-nine year old, McCrory caught Josh Samman in a Third round Triangle-choke in his return to the UFC (12/19/15). Also stopped by first round KO (0:59) earlier this year (6/18/16), by Krzysztof Jotko.

Breakdown RFA 44

               

Resurrection Fighting Alliance is back in Missouri for RFA 44 at the St. Charles Convention Center in St. Charles, September 30^th. Hometown fighter, Zach Freeman gets a shot at Thiago Moises’s Lightweight Belt in the five round Main Event.

               

Zach The Alter Boy Freeman is 8-1 with five wins by Submission. One of those submissions was in his last bout, back in March of 2015, a first round (2:18) rear-naked-choke of Zac Kelley. Prior to that Freeman hadn’t competed since, his first career loss, a first round (2:31) KO at Titan FC 25 (6/7/13) to 11-4 Jake Lindsey.

               

The defending champ, Thiago Moises has finished his last three opponents, a pair of second round submissions and a fifth round TKO. He won the belt at RFA 35 (2/19/16) by Submitting David Castillo and defended it June 3^rd by a TKO (2:52) of Jamall Emmers. The twenty-one year old LW Champ, Moises is from Sao Paulo, Brazil and has been fighting Pro since 2012.

               

In the Flyweight Division, 8-2 Nick Urso takes on 9-2 Ken Porter. Thirty-one year old, Nick Urso’s last fight ended due to an illegal strike (ruled a No Contest), prior to that he won a Unanimous Decision at Jackson’s MMA 14 (2/7/15) over Joshua Montoya. This is Urso’s first time competing in RFA, he has competed for Legacy FC at LFC 30 a submission loss to Ray Borg (Borg has gone 3-2 in the UFC since the win).

               

Hazlewood, Missouri’s Ken Porter is on a five fight win streak, including three, first round Subs. In fact five of his six stoppages have come in the first round. The Sensation won a Split Decision over Matt Manzanares at RFA 28 (8/7/15) last fight.

               

Another Missouri Flyweight, Josh Sampo of Lindenwood takes on Omaha, Nebraska’s, Kevin Gray. The Thirty-two year old, Sampo is in his first fight since losing three straight in the UFC, most recent was a UD loss to Justin Scoggins at UFC 187 (5/23/15). Prior to the three losses Sampo won five straight, including a rear-naked-choke of Ryan Benoit at TUF 18 Finale (11/30/13). Sampo is 11-5 as a Pro, dating back to 2009 and has six wins by submission.

               

Kevin Pocket Herc Gray stopped four of his seven wins by submission. He won three consecutive fights from 6/6/13-1/9/15 by submission in the first round. He’s coming of a submission loss to John Devall (6/10/16) in the third round (1:07) at DTS 26.  

RFA 44 will be televised live on AXS TV at 10:00PM ET.  

Sometimes the Least Likely Outcome Plays Out

Lina The Elbow Princess Lansberg comes into her fight with Critiane Cyborg Justino as a +850 Underdog at UFC Fight Night 95 and for good reason. Lansberg is in just her eigth MMA fight, facing a woman that has KO/TKO’d her previous eleven straight opponents. This fight also is taking place in Justino’s home country, Brazil and if that weren’t enough it’s a catch weight (up five lbs for LL) in the Main Event and oh yeah Lansberg’s UFC debut. Sometimes the least likely outcome plays out.

On February 11^th, 1990 in Tokyo, Japan, in a fight billed Tyson is Back, Buster Douglas pulled off one of the biggest upsets in sports history. Iron Mike Tyson was undefeated at the time at 37-0 and had unified the WBC, WBA and IBF titles. Tyson was becoming a household name. This fight was considered a “tune up” fight for Tyson before a future match up with Evander Holyfield (who was seated ringside, in Japan) would be promoted. Buster Douglas shocked the world with the upset.

Lansberg is an accomplished stand-up fighter, and Cyborg’s weight cuts are always an issue. Can Lansberg pull off a similar upset? How often is it that the least likely scenario actually plays out?

For my Breakdown of the Main Card click: http://fightpage.blogspot.com/2016/09/breakdown-ufc-fight-night-95.html

Breakdown UFC Fight NIght 95

UFC Fight Night 95 takes place Saturday September twenty-fourth in Curitiba, Brazil. Sweden’s Lina “Elbow Princess” Lansberg makes her UFC debut in the Main Event taking on Invicta 145lbs Champ and Brazil’s own, Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino in a catch weight bout, 140lbs.

Justino is the most consistent finisher in MMA today, with eleven straight KO/TKO stoppages (including a 12/17/11 TKO at :16 in the first round overturned by CSAC to ND). Fourteen of Cyborg’s sixteen wins have come by KO/TKO. This is her second fight with the UFC, in May she dismantled Leslie Smith in the First Round (1:21) at UFC 198. Justino is unable to fight in the UFC’s 135lbs division and has a difficult weight cut to make 140lbs. In an interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, Justino revealed that she weighed 165lbs on Monday. She stated her Nutritionist, George Lockhard had given her birth control to take. She feels her body is holding more water. Cyborg has missed weight before, in an April 2009 Strikeforce fight she missed weight by seven pounds and was permitted to fight. When all the signs were pointing to an obvious Justino highlight KO, it appears there are a few factors to consider: what effect will a 25lbs weight cut have (if successful) or if she misses weight, will this fight happen and at what weight or is Cyborg the best poker player in Curitiba.

Lina Lansberg comes into the fight on a six fight win streak. Like Justino, Lansberg lost her pro debut and has defeated every opponent since. Four of the Elbow Princess’s six wins have come by KO/TKO. She displayed that striking prowess last fight (3/12/16) with a second round (2:00) TKO of Maria Hougaard at Odensa Fight Night 5. Lansberg has a giant mountain to climb: fighting Cyborg, in Brazil, in her UFC debut, in the Main Event. But what a wonderful story it would make.

In the Co-Main former Bantamweight Champion, Renan The Baron Barao faces 11-6 Phillipe Super Nover in a Featherweight contest. The 33-4 Barao is coming off two straight losses and has won just one in his last four. In May he lost to Jeremy Stephens by Unanimous Decision at UFC FN 88, before that he lost by TKO for the second time to former Champ, TJ Dillashaw, this one, thirty-five ticks into the fourth round at UFC on Fox 16 (1/25/15). How Barao responds to the potential pressures/privileges of fighting before a home crowd coupled with the pressure of dropping two in a row will play a large roll in this one.

Brooklyn’s Phillipe Nover is in his second stint with the UFC. A third straight loss in 2010 sent Nover to Free Agency where he went 5-2. He got the call to face Yui Chui Nam last May at UFC FN 66 where he won a Split Decision. The Thirty-two year old has been a BJJ black belt for nearly eight years and is a Registered Nurse. Like Barao, Nover may feel his back is once again against the wall after a Split Decision loss last December to Zabaira Tukhugov. Facing Barao is a major opportunity, but a second consecutive loss could send Nover to Free Agency again.

Bigfoot VS Big Country: Two Heavyweights with seventeen combined KO/TKO stoppages meet when #11 Roy Nelson slugs it out with #15 Antonio Silva. It’s been a little while since these two were knocking the brains out of the world’s best, Nelson has won only two of his past eight, while Silva has gone 1-5-1 in his last seven. Forty year old, Nelson is 3-11 in fights that go to the judges and (three years his junior) Silva has only let three of his twenty-nine bouts go the distance. Former IFL Champ and TUF 10 winner, Nelson last KO/TKO win was 4/11/14, a First Round (3:37) stoppage of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. Bigfoot Silva is coming off two consecutive First Round KO/TKO losses. Most recently, in May, just :16 into his bout with Stefan Struve at UFC FN 87.

In the Lightweight Division, Philadelphia’s Paul Felder is on a two fight win streak in 2016. At UFC FN 81 (1/17) he stopped Daron Cruickshank, with his first career submission in the Third Round (3:56) and a UD win over Josh Burkman in May at UFC FN 88. Seven of The Irish Dragon’s twelve wins are by KO/TKO.  Felder faces Brasilia, Brazil’s own, 20-4 Francisco Trinaldo.

Trinaldo, a TUF Brazil alumni, is on a six fight win streak. The thirty-eight year old, Massaranduba earned a UD over Yancy Medeiros in May at UFC 198 last fight.

Opening up the card, on UFC Fight Pass, will be TUF Brazil 4 winner, Glaico Franca versus undefeated, Gregor Gillespie. Twelve of Franca’s fourteen wins have been finishes (6 KO/TKO, 6 Subs) and nine of those have come in the first round.

This one may end early, because New Yorker, Gillespie has finished six of his seven fights (3 KO/TKO, 3 Subs) and all have been in the opening round. Gillespie makes his UFC debut.  

Prelims and Main Card to air on FS-1 and Fight Pass Prelims to proceed.

Breakdown CES MMA 38

               

CES MMA brings a fight card that boasts two Main Events in the Featherweight Division to Foxwoods Resort Casino on Sept. 23^rd. Sean Soriano vs Levan Makashavili and Calvin Kattar vs Chris Foster Co-Headline the event, scheduled to air live on AXS TV.

               

Twenty-six year old Sean Soriano is in his second stint with CES MMA. Last time (2/3/12) He KO’d Lee Metcalf in just :34 (1^st round) while on an 8-0 streak that resulted in a three fight run with the UFC. Soriano lost his latest fight (3/25/16) by TKO in the third (1:25) to Thomas Webb at Legacy Fighting Championship LFC 52. Last November he stopped, by first round KO, (3:21) Josh Quayhagen at LFC 48. He has finished seven of his nine wins (4KO/TKO). He takes on Oceanside New York’s, Levan Makashvili.

               

Featherweight, Levan Makashvili also fought in the UFC. After splitting a pair of split decisions (1-1) and a Majority Draw with Damon Jackson earlier this year (1/30) the UFC released “The Hornet”. He responded well in June (10^th) with a Unanimous Decision victory over Ryan Sanders at CES MMA 36. Makashvili is 8-2 with three wins by KO/TKO.

               

Calvin Kattar is on a seven fight win streak, dating back to a 3/26/10, a Third Round (4:05) TKO of Jeff Anderson. “The Boston Finisher” earned his name by finishing nine of his fifteen wins (6KO/TKO). He is currently on a run of five straight decision wins. This is Kattar’s third fight with CES, he won a split decision at CES MMA 34 (4/1/16). He faces Middletown, Connecticut’s Chris “Cassius” Foster.

               

Foster is 5-2 in his last seven fights. Five of “Cassius’s” nine wins are by way of KO/TKO. The Featherweight earned a UD win over Vovka Clay at Bellator 153 (4/22/16).

               

Bantamweight, Rico Disciullo is coming off a First Round (4:34) KO slam of Jake Constant at CES MMA 35. Fighting out of Peabody, Massachusetts, Disciullo had an extensive amateur career to accompany his 6-0-1 record as a pro. In addition to his four fights with CES Rico has also competed for Bellator three times, including a First Round (1:21) KO of Glenn Allaire at Bellator 98 (9/7/13) in his Pro debut. He takes on Twenty-two year old, David Garcia.

               

The 3-1-1 Garcia is coming off a Second Round (4:08) TKO of Josh Longood (8/19/16) at Justified Defiance Fight Series 2. Garcia is competing in his fourth fight of 2016, including a First Round (2:24) Kimura Submission of Raymond Yanez on April 16^th.

               

The Ultimate Fighter Season 19 contestant, Pat Walsh is on a two fight win streak, a pair of UD victories: Tyler King at WSOF 24 (10/17/15) and his last fight with CES (8/14/15) over Jesse Mc Elligot. “The Beast of the East” went 1-1 in the UFC’s Light Heavyweight Division. He is currently 7-2 with four wins by decision. He faces Thirty-Eight year old, Carlos Zevallos.

                The 3-3 Zevallos hasn’t competed since a UD win over Charles Moreland (8/9/14). The Floridian’s has won a fight by each: Decision, TKO/KO and Submision.

                Submission kings meet when 5-3 Brandon Seyler faces 6-4 Kody Nordby. Seyler has finished each of his five wins (4 Subs) including a Rear Naked Choke of Dillard Pegg in the First Round (1:46) last fight (5/7/16). Nordby has six Submission wins of his own. He went on a three fight reign (June 15-Jan 16) of finishing each opponent by RNC in the first round.

                Also competing: 4-0 Carlos Candelario has two, First Round finishes in 2016: a Submission (1:16) at CES MMA 36 (6/10) and a :31 KO at CES MMA 34 (4/1). He takes on 2-1 Brandon Warne, who is fresh from a First Round Submission (:34) win of his own, at NEF 21 (2/6/16).  

Breakdown UFC Fight Night 94

               

State Farm Arena Hidalgo, Texas will house UFC Fight Night 94. Lightweights Dustin Poirier and Michael Johnson face off in the Main Event Saturday Sept. 17^th.

               

Since his move up from the Featherweight Division, Dustin Poirier has gone 4-0, including 3 first round KO/TKO stoppages. At UFC 199 he halted Bobby Green’s evening at 2:53 (first round) in the “Diamond’s” latest fight. The Twenty-seven year old’s record is 20-4, with sixteen stoppages (10 KO/TKO).

               

Michael Johnson hasn’t competed since his second consecutive loss, at UFC on Fox 17 (12/15/15) when he lost a Unanimous Decision to Nate Diaz. The fight that propelled Diaz’s momentum with a collision with Connor McGregor (yeah that fight). Prior to a Split Decision loss to Beneil Dariush at UFC Fight Night 73 (8/8/15) Johnson had rattled off four straight wins against the LW division’s top talent: Barboza (2/22/15), Lauzon (8/17/13), Tibau (12/28/13) and Guillard (3/8/14). Expect Johnson to fight like his job is on the line against a Freight Train on a roll in Poirier.

              

  In the Co-Main Event a pair of highlight reel strikers square off when Jacksons MMA’s Derek Brunson meets TUF 17 Finalist, Uriah Hall. With a record of 15-3, Brunson has never looked sharper. The Thirty-two year old is coming of three straight, first round KO/TKO wins (Ed Herman 1/31/15, Sam Alvey 8/8/15 and Roan Carneiro 2/21/16). He is on a four fight win streak.

               

Uriah Hall is 2-5 in fights that go to decision, but luckily he has won ten by early stoppage. “PrimeTime” is coming off a Unanimous Decision loss to Robert Whittaker (11/14/15). Prior to that he stopped both Gegard Mousasi in :25 of the second round (9/26/15) and Oluwale Bamgbose just 2:32 (first round) into their contest (8/8/15). Brunson and Hall combine for fifteen career KO/TKO’s, building up to what should be a stand-up clash in the MW division.

                Evan Dunham has been competing in the UFC since 2009, he has gone 10-6 in his sixteen fights with the organization. He hasn’t fought since last Dec when he earned a UD over Joe Lauzon at TUF 22 Finale (12/11/15). Dunham went 3-0 in 2015, all Unanimous Decisions (Ross Pearson 7/18, Rodrigo Damm 1/3 and Lauzon). He faces a fighter with ten career KO/TKO’s and making his UFC debut in Rick Glenn.

                Rick Glenn is 18-3 with fifteen stoppages. He is currently on a three fight win streak, two by KO/TKO, including an Oct. 2015 second round (1:27) KO of Adam Ward at WSOF 24. Glenn has won nine of his last ten (loss to WSOF FW Champ Lance Palmer) with only two decisions. Glenn is moving up from 145lbs to face Dunham in the Lightweight Division. Look for a clash of styles here.

               

Kicking off the night’s action on UFC FightPass with Alejandro Perez VS Albert Morales. Mexican Bantamweight, Alejandro Perez has TKO’d his previous two opponents: he stopped Ian Entwistle in the first round (4:04) with punches at UFC FN 86 (4/10/16) and a devastating leg kick to Scott Jorgensen caused an injury that halted their fight 4:26 in the second round at UFC FN 78 (11/21/15). “El Diablito” faces Carson California’s Albert Morales.

               

Morales is making his UFC debut. He has competed for Bellator, WSOF and most recently RFA where he KO’d Mario Israel in the opening :20 (first round) earlier this year at RFA 38 (6/3/16). “The Warrior” has finished five of his six wins (3 submissions). The first fight of the night may save the undefeated Morales from the jitters many fighters describe when making their UFC debuts.

For the full fight card go to: ufc.com

Breakdown Bellator 161

Heavyweights, Cheick Kongo and Tony Johnson are scheduled to meet in the Main Event of Bellator 161, in HEB Center Cedar Park, Texas on September 16^th 2016.

The 6’4” Kongo is entering his ninth fight with Bellator, he has gone 6-2 to date. He is coming off a pair of decision victories over Alexander Volkov (6/26/15) and Vinicius Kapple de Queiroz (2/26/16). The hard hitting, Forty-one year old has finished sixteen of his twenty-four victories, twelve by KO/TKO.

At 10-2 Tony Johnson is still building his name. The Texan has finished half of his victories by TKO/KO. Johnson looks to add Cheick Kongo to an already impressive list of past wins. The list includes: Alexander Volkov by Split Decision (4/10/15), Former UFC HW Champ, Tim Silvia by 3^rd round TKO (5/31/13), and current UFC HW Phenom, Derrick Lewis at BFC 46 by Unanimous Decision. At Bellator 148 (1/29/16) Johnson stopped Raphael Butler by TKO with only :36 remaining in the third round of his most recent fight.  

Thirty-nine year old Bantamweight, Joe Warren enters the Bellator cage with a record of 13-5 with 9 wins by decision. Warren looks to rebound after being choked unconscious at Bellator 151 (3/4/16) by Darion Caldwell. Getting back to Texas might just be what Warren needs. Last September he earned a UD win over LC Davis at Bellator 143 in Hidalgo, TX. A tough guy to beat in a three round contest, Warren’s five losses have all come by stoppage (2KO/TKO, 3Subs). He faces Gothenburg, Sweden’s Sirwan Kakai.

Kakai is also coming off a loss at Bellator 151, dropping a close Majority Decision to Joe Taimanglo. “Zohan” has finished ten of his twelve victories (6 submissions), but all four of his losses have been by decision.

A pair of undefeated female Flyweights will battle it out when Moscow Russia’s Anastasia Yankova faces Boise, Idaho native Veta Arteaga. Yankova has finished all three opponents by submission. She caught the last two in first round arm bars. At Bellator 152 (4/16/16) she snared Anjela Pink’s arm in the opening 1:35.

The Twenty-eight year old, Arteaga has won both of her pro fights by decision thus far. In May she outpointed Jackie Vendenburgh at Bellator 155.

Derek Campos is no stranger to the Bellator cage, he has fought inside of it nine times previously (5-4). In his most recent affair he KO’d Melvin Guillard just :32 into the second round at Bellator 149 (2/19/16). “The Stallion” has five wins by TKO/KO five by Sub and another six by Decision. He takes on fellow Lightweight, DJamil Chan.

Chan is on a seven fight win streak, dating back to 2/16/13 a first round :18 TKO of Angelos Zampakikas. In fact eight of his ten finishes have come in the first round, including his Bellator debut earlier this year (4/22) at Bellator 153, when he stopped Richard Patishnock in the first round.

The rest of the fight card can be seen at: bellator.spike.com

Breakdown Legacy FC 59

                Two hometown Middleweight fighters will headline Legacy Fighting Championship 59, Sept. 16^th at the Arena Theater in Houston Texas. 11-7 Isaac Villanueva will face fellow Houstonian, 7-0 Trevin Giles in the Main Event.

               

Isaac Villanueva is riding a three fight win streak, including his last effort at LFC 55 earning a Unanimous Decision win over Brandon Farrar. The Decision was only the second time “Hurricane Ike” has let a bout slip to the judges’ decision, in 18 fights. He has finished nine of his eleven wins by KO/TKO. This past February at Bellator 149, Villanueva allowed the clock only 42 ticks before stopping Richard Knepp’s night by TKO and a month earlier (1/15/16) he thrilled the crowd at Fury Fighting 9 with an opening round KO of Husan Mohamed at 1:08.

               

Undefeated, Trevin Giles has stopped all seven of his opponents to date (3 KO/TKO, 4 Subs). This is Giles fourth fight with LFC, in March he sub’d Brendan Allen by rear-naked-choke (1:47, 2^nd round) at LFC52. In Giles most recent bout, Josh Clark fell to the same fate in the 2^nd round (1:10) in the Main Event at RFA 41 (7/29/16). With fighters that own such impressive finishing skills, these two local fighters should draw the attention from MMA fans everywhere.

               

In the Lightweight Division, Justin Reiswerg has finished eight of his nine career wins, six by Submission. “The Wolverine” last appeared under the Legacy banner at LFC50 (1/22/16), when it took him only 1:43 (1^st round) to sink in a rear-naked-choke on Jonathan Harris.  The Twenty-eight year old has had a tough go as of late, 1-3 in his last four, but he’s always a threat with his proven submission game. He faces Jason Langellier.

               

Langellier comes in with a perfect 4-0 record, 3 KO/TKO and 1 Sub. “Slim Reaper” is fighting in his fourth LFC event, all previous have been halted due to Langellier’s strikes. Most recently a first round knee stopped Jeremiah Jones (1:19) at LFC55. “Slim Reaper’s” only pro fight outside Legacy also accounts for his sole submission win, a first round anaconda choke earned him the victory at Bellator 149.

                Baton Rouge Bantamweight, Chris Pham has finished each of his four wins (3 subs, 1 KO). Always dangerous, Pham has struggled lately, winning only one in his last five attempts, but that win, a :28 KO of Aaron Williams at Cage Rage 22.

                Pham faces Houston’s Domingo Pilarte. “Anointed” is on a two fight win streak. Last time out (10/09/15) the Twenty-six year old collected one of his three submission wins with a first round arm bar (2:04) of Javier Obregon at Fury Fighting 8.

                Staying in the Bantamweight Division, winner of his last four, Houston’s Colin Wright looks to improve his 4-2 record. At Fury Fighting 10 (4/8/16) Wright earned his third submission win with a first round Triangle choke of Edward Longoria (2:43). Wright takes on Twenty-two year old, Adrian Yanez. Yanez won a Unanimous Decision over Ryan Hollis at Bellator 149 for his first career decision win. Yanez also has two wins by TKO and one sub.

Also scheduled for the Main Card: 135lbs. 3-0 Randy Mc Cullough takes on 4-3 Mike Trinh, 205lbs. 10-10 Chad Cook Vs 3-1 Danny Orr. To view the entire fight card www.legacyfights.net