The beginning of the end!!!!#LFA105
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April 24, 2021
Pierangela Rodriguez Giunta is the new
Legacy Fighting Alliance strawweight champion.
The main event of LFA
105 saw Giunta (6-0) face Svetlana
Gotsyk in both of their promotional debuts. The power advantage
of “La Fiera” became apparent seconds into the fight as she managed
to hurt Gotsyk (13-5) several times. “Phoenix” would have her
moments in the fight as Giunta’s defense left her open to punches,
but the Panama native kept advancing forward. The beating
eventually became too much for Gotsyk to sustain as the fight was
stopped at 1:16 of Round 5.
The co-main event was a featherweight battle between Jake
Childers and Canaan
Kawaihae. It was Kawaihae (6-1, 1 NC) that took advantage of
the spot as the fighter
locked in a ninja choke after stuffing a takedown. Childers
(8-2) had nowhere to go and was forced to tap after just 20
seconds.
In light heavyweight action, Bruce Souto
faced Cristhian
Torres. Souto (14-3) managed to take down his veteran opponent,
but Torres (15-12) was able to escape several rear-naked chokes.
While he’d get reversed in the second frame, Souto was in control
for most of the bout. The judges liked the grappling of Torres and
all scored the fight 29-28 in his favor.
Former Ohio State wrestler Mark Martin
showed why he’s a welterweight prospect to watch at the expense of
Renato
Valente Alves. While Alves (7-4) was able to keep the fight on
the feet, it was Martin (6-1) that landed the harder punches. After
three rounds of action, the judges gave a split verdict to Martin
with scores of 29-28, 28-29 and 30-27.
Tabatha
Ricci proved why she was a heavy favorite over fellow
strawweight Shawna
Lee Ormsby. Ricci (5-0) nearly submitted Ormsby (2-4) in Round
1, but the flexibility of “Bam Bam” came in handy. In the second
round, “Baby Shark” switched to delivering ground-and-pound rather
than going for submissions, which led to a late stoppage. The
referee stepped in to call off the bout at the 4:50 mark of Round
2.
In the main card’s opening bout, Zac Pauga
dominated fellow middleweight Logan Nail
over three rounds. Pauga (3-0) was able to get the fight to the
floor at will during the first two rounds and was clearly the
better wrestler. Nail (2-2) was able to threaten late in the fight
with a guillotine choke, but it wound up being too little, too
late. The judges delivered scorecards of 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27,
all in the favor of Pauga.
In preliminary action, Braden
Pagaoa (1-0) blitzed Josh Islas
(1-1) and notched a 12-second TKO win, and Jean-Paul
Lebosnoyani (3-1) needed just 1:14 to tap Richardson
Santos (1-2) with a guillotine choke.