Hearts all over the world tonight… are
happy with joy! Chris Brown gets it done!
#LFA121 pic.twitter.com/nT9wE0ESja— UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass)
January 15, 2022
Chris
Brown turned a rather uneventful fight into an explosive finish
in the blink of an eye as he finished Steven
Jones in the third with a barrage of punches. The two men
clashed in a 174 lb. catchweight battle in the main event of LFA
121 Friday night inside The Factory in Deep Ellum in Dallas, Texas,
but it was Brown who had his hand raised when the dust settled.
Brown (8-3) had a difficult time landing any of his kicks or
punches cleanly early on, as he used a tactical approach against
his adversary. Jones (8-3) was looking to take the fight to the
canvas throughout, but it was Brown’s power that paved the way
toward victory. A left hook on the forehead early in the third
wobbled Jones’ legs and when he stumbled down to the canvas, Brown
pounced. Brown unloaded an endless storm of elbows and punches from
on top and when Jones rolled over in a feeble attempt to survive,
referee Aaron Menard had no choice but to pull Brown off, ending
the contest just 64 seconds into the third.
Elijah
Johns was dominant in the co-main event as he wore down
Brandon
Phillips over three rounds in a catchweight battle at 151
pounds. Johns (8-2) scored multiple takedowns and controlled the
pace of the contest throughout, pulverizing Phillips (8-5) for the
duration of the bout. Phillips tried to keep the fight on the feet
and land his powerful strikes, but Johns, who missed weight on
Thursday, used his superior wrestling to thwart it. Johns wound up
winning handily via tallies of 30-27 (twice) and 30-26 to earn the
unanimous nod.
Michael
Cyr was a rather large underdog entering his contest with
fellow-unbeaten bantamweight prospect Alden Coria
and came out the victor via spectacular submission. After a
nip-and-tuck first two rounds that were largely fought on the feet,
Cyr went for broke in the third and was relentless with his
submission game. “The Mullet” missed a guillotine and then, after a
scramble, locked Coria (5-1) in a twister. After failing to sink
the rare sub, Cyr switched to a rear-naked choke attempt whilst
still torquing the twister. Coria escaped the attacks but when he
rolled over onto his belly, Cyr (4-0)
immediately sunk in a textbook rear-naked choke and forced his foe
to bow out. The end came officially at 3:20 of the third
frame.
After having been away for more than two years, bantamweight
Isaiah
Gutierrez weathered an early storm to submit Keeton
Gorton in the second. Gorton dropped Gutierrez with a right
hook to the jaw in the first and dominated his foe in the opening
frame, but the Texan changed the tides in the following stanza.
Gutierrez (7-1) went right after Gorton (6-6) and took him down,
and when Gorton powered back up to his feet, Gutierrez
locked in a guillotine and forced the tap, ending the fracas at
1:28 of the second.
Glory Kickboxing veteran Anvar
Boynazarov (3-0) barely broke a sweat when he bludgeoned fellow
featherweight John Pham in
just 21 seconds. Boynazarov rocked Pham (4-2) with
a knee to the face and then promptly finished him off with
follow-up punches, knocking him cold against the cage as
referee Menard rushed in to stop it.
Former LSU footballer Jakori
Savage lived up to his name in his pro MMA debut with a
terrific first-round stoppage win over Moustapha
Senghor. Savage rocked his foe with elbows on the feet and when
he wound up on top of Senghor (2-1) late in the first after a wild
scramble,
he unloaded a ton of strikes until referee Birchie Stillwagoner
had no choice but to intervene. The end came at 3:53 of the first,
giving the 2019 National Champion the TKO win.