Devin Smyth Erases Jonathan Piersma With Spinning Wheel Kick in LFA 167 Headliner

Devin
Smyth (10-3) returned to the win column in style at Friday’s
Legacy
Fighting Alliance 167 main event in Niagara Falls, New
York.

Smyth wasted little time going up against welterweight Jonathan
Piersma (6-2). Soon after feeling out the distance and applying
forward pressure for the initial moments of the bout, “The Prodigy”
unloaded a devastating spinning wheel kick against Piersma 51
seconds of the opening frame.

In the co-main event, welterweight Shamidkhan
Magomedov (6-1) captured a hard-fought unanimous decision
against Uzbekistan’s Bahromjon
Mashrapov (7-3).

Also on the card was a strawweight bout between Canadian Ashley
Nichols (6-4) and Mexicos’ Nadia Vera
(4-2). In the end, Nichols managed to secure a decisive unanimous
decision victory.

Additionally, Jeff Craig
edged Barrington
Bishop via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) in a
175-pound catchweight clash and middleweight prospect Liam
Anderson tapped Jarrion
Manning with a rear-naked choke at 2:59 of Round 2.

On Friday’s preliminary card, Eduardo
Penha tapped Jessen
Ramcharan at 1:47 of Round 3 with an armbar in a bantamweight
tilt and middleweight hopeful Austin Ross
bested Mus’Aib
Baiyina via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-25).