The main event is in the judges hands!
#LFA114 pic.twitter.com/4dQ1alpJNZ— UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass)
August 28, 2021
The main event of LFA
114 saw a new
Legacy Fighting Alliance featherweight champion crowned.
Javier
Garcia made the most of his shot at the vacant title out the
gate as he was able to damage Bruno Souza
on the feet and look for submissions on the ground. However, Souza
(10-1) started to find momentum on the feet in Round 2 and was able
to control the action standing. Souza continued to land the harder
shots in the final three rounds, while Garcia (7-4) was able to
land several takedowns. In the end, the judges preferred Souza’s
work on the feet and awarded him a unanimous decision with score of
49-46, 49-46 and 49-46.
The co-main event saw interim flyweight champion Charles
Johnson defend his belt against Joao
Antonio Camilo Neto. Johnson (10-2) repeatedly hurt Neto (7-5)
on the feet while the Brazilian repeatedly looked for a takedown.
However, Johnson was also the better grappler and had no issue
taking control once the fight hit the floor and overwhelmed Neto
with punches. The end officially came at 4:07 of Round 2.
Jimmy
Lawson made quick work of Anthony
Garrett. Lawson (3-1)
came out throwing punches and never backed down after hurting
Garrett (6-4, 1 NC). The knockout officially came after just 18
seconds had expired.
There was nothing ugly about Joseph
Holmes‘ performance against DeWayne
Diggs. “Ugly Man” put away Diggs (3-3)
with a rear-naked choke at 2:48 of Round 2. With the victory,
Holmes advances to 5-1.
Benjamin
Bennett made easy work out of Elmar
Umarov. Bennett dominated the fight and “Mr. Alaska” eventually
put away his opponent in the second frame. After sitting Umarov
(3-1) down with a series of clean punches, Bennett (3-0)
unloaded until the fight was called off after 58 seconds of
Round 2.
Will
Starks got back into the win column by choking out Irfan
Mulabitinovic. Starks (5-2) used his superior grappling
throughout, but finally put away Mulabitinovic (1-1-1) late in
Round 2 after
locking in a rear-naked choke. The tap came at the 4:16
mark.
On the professional portion of the preliminary card, Raheam
Forest knocked out Colin Parr
with a punch after 1:31 of action; Dan
Moriarty overwhelmed Joey Scanlon with punches at 3:20 of Round
1; Ira
Lukowsky picked up a TKO win over Alex Macias
after 2:32 of fighting; and Aaron Lake
picked up a TKO victory over Josh
Sutherlin at 2:09 of the first round.