Getting some serious Cool Hand Luke vibes in
the final minute.#LFA100
pic.twitter.com/jm6Id89hHt— UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass)
February 20, 2021
The
Legacy Fighting Alliance crowned a new flyweight champion at
LFA
100. Only one-half of the main event was fighting for the belt
due to late-replacement Nate Smith
missing weight, but Victor
Altamirano made sure the belt didn’t stay vacant.
Altamirano (9-1) opened the fight by landing damaging leg kicks and
showcased a clear advantage on the feet. While Smith (6-2) proved
he was the better wrestler by taking down “El Magnifico” several
times, Altamirano was able to minimize damage and get back to his
feet. Neither man came close to finishing the other over five
rounds, and ultimately, the judges saw the fight in favor of
Altamirano with marks of 50-45, 49-46 and 50-44.
The co-main event saw flyweight prospects Karlee
Pangilinan and Charles
Johnson clash. Both men came out throwing on the feet and each
fighter got rocked in a wild, back-and-forth Round 1. The second
round would see Johnson (8-2)
sink in an Anaconda choke that forced Pangilinan (6-1) to
submit at 1:41. This marks the first career defeat of Pangilinan,
who previously only faced fighters with an even or negative
win-loss record.
Featherweight Steven
Nguyen only needed 30 seconds to defeat Jorge
Juarez.
A textbook 1-2 combo flattened Juarez (5-3) and floored the
fighter. Nguyen improves to 7-1 with the victory and bounces
back from his lone career defeat.
Gerald
Scott entered his lightweight bout against Tommy Aaron
undefeated and received the toughest bout of his career. Aaron
(7-4) was game throughout and hurt Scott (4-1) to the body several
times and threw nasty elbows on the inside. During Round 3, Aaron
locked in a rear-naked choke that forced Scott to tap at the
3:57 mark and suffer his first career defeat.
The LFA 100 main card kicked off with bantamweight action between
Christian
Natividad and Evan
Woolsey. Christian, the younger brother of
Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Kevin
Natividad, had a major grappling advantage over Woolsey (1-2)
and easily controlled the fight. Ultimately, Natividad (3-0) got
some rounds in and stayed undefeated after picking up one 30-27 and
two 30-26 scorecards from the judges.
In preliminary action, Emmanuela
Moliere won a unanimous decision (29-27, 29-28, 29-26) over
Amber
Danielson-Smith in their professional debuts, and Maria
Henderson (the wife of former UFC lightweight champion Benson
Henderson) picked up a unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
over Amanda
Mitchell in an amateur strawweight bout that served as both
fighters’ debut.