Undefeated
Legacy Fighting Alliance standout Christian
Natividad looked to earn a title fight or a UFC signing by
impressing against Adrian
Garcia in the
LFA 228 main event.
Both men came out looking to strike initially, with the pressure
and body work of Natividad (9-0) being an early highlight. However,
the grappling of Garcia (10-4-1) proved to be his undoing, as „The
Hawaiian Punch“ was able to easily control his opponent on the
ground. Garcia spent most of the last two rounds defending
submission attempts and had little to offer in terms of offense.
After 15 minutes, the judges awarded Natividad a unanimous decision
victory with three 30-27 scorecards in his favor.
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Bantamweight prospect Amari
Sengsavanh came into the night’s co-main event undefeated but
was at a weight disadvantage after opponent Carlos
Tardio came in 4.4 pounds overweight. Sengsavanh (8-1) was
unable to make his opponent pay for his unprofessionalism, as
Tardio (12-2) was composed during striking exchanges and kept
firing back. Ultimately, the judges preferred the volume striking
of Tardio, who picked up a decision win with a trio of 29-28
scorecards in his favor.
Longtime LFA lightweight veteran JaCobi
Jones returned to face Benjamin
Orozco in a featured main card bout, but got a tougher test
than expected. After a furious start to the first round, Orozco
(5-2, 1 NC) was able to take the back of Jones (9-3) and sink in
a tight rear-naked choke. The tap officially came at 2:58 of
the second round, and Orozco called for a title fight next.
Strawweights Leslie
Hernandez and Aleksandra
Savicheva clashed in the night’s lone women’s bout. The
striking of Savicheva (7-2) proved to be the difference, as she
regularly peppered Hernandez (5-4) with punches at range. After
three rounds of action, the judges awarded the Russian a decision
victory with scores of 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27 in her favor.
More LFA 228 results:
In early action, Andrew
Stewart
quickly knocked out an overweight Christopher
Ewert with punches at 0:58 of Round 1; Livio
Ribeiro stayed undefeated by outgrappling Jordan
Burkholder over three rounds and picked up a unanimous decision
(29-28, 29-28, 30-27); Alik Lorenz
picked up a TKO victory over Gabriel
Thimoteo in just 24 seconds; Zayne
Havener submitted Eric
Fimbres with a rear-naked choke at 3:11 of Round 1; Marcus Nash
knocked out Israel
Aquino with an uppercut at just 1:08 of the first round; and in
an amateur bout, Mitchell
Wheeler submitted Alex Ortiz
with a rear-naked choke at 2:21 of the first frame.