The ref has seen enough!
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February 5, 2022
Dan
Argueta stayed undefeated after his first
Legacy Fighting Alliance main event atop the LFA
123 card.
Argueta showed off his superior grappling early as he took down
Mairon
Santos Alves and that became a theme of the fight. In Round 2,
Argueta (7-0) rained down punches from top position and put Alves
(12-1) in danger. The final frame was more of the same as “The
Determined” obtained another takedown and punished Santos with
punches and elbows until the referee mercifully stopped the beating
at 2:40 of Round 3.
The co-main event saw Askar Askar
gain some pivotal momentum at bantamweight. “AK-47” was able to
outstrike Ryskulbek
Ibraimov over three rounds with neither fighter ever being in
danger of being finished. The work of Askar (13-2) on the feet led
to three 29-28 scorecards in his favor. Ibraimov falls to 19-10
with the defeat.
Josh
Streacker hurt Miguel
Jacob Elmokdisi with punches early in their 157-pound
catchweight bout but wasn’t able to put his opponent away in Round
1. What followed was a back-and-forth battle on the feet that saw
each fighter have their moments in the final two frames with
Elmokdisi (5-2) landing damaging kicks. The judges ultimately
favored the work of Streacker (8-4), who took a split decision with
scores of 28-29, 30-27 and 29-28.
Flyweight prospect Cody Davis
picked up a dominant unanimous decision over Payton
Brezinski. The superior ground game of Davis (5-0) shined as he
nearly locked in several rear-naked chokes over the 15-minute
fight. While Brezinski (4-2) survived, he never had any momentum in
the fight. Scorecards were 30-26, 30-27 and 30-27 in the favor of
Davis.
Logan
Nail delivered a decisive finish against Halston
Williams in the main card’s lone light heavyweight bout. Nail
(3-2) landed a crushing overhand right and then finished off
Williams (1-2)
with a series of punches. The stoppage came at 1:11 of Round
1.
The main card’s first bout pitted featherweights Alberto
Rodriguez and Beau
Samaniego up against one another. As the fight continued,
Samaniego (3-1) managed to break away and dictate the fight
positionally while Rodriguez (3-2) struggled to put anything
together. After three rounds of action, the judges awarded
Samaniego a unanimous decision with scores of 30-26, 30-27 and
29-28.
In preliminary action, Kevin
Fernandez (3-0) stayed undefeated as a professional and took a
unanimous decision over Cody Linne
(2-1); Gabriel
Mota knocked out Tyler
Hufnagle in just 18 seconds with a punch; and Justin
Lovrich submitted Aleksander
Keca with a rear-naked choke at 3:24 of Round 1.