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February 13, 2021
The
Legacy Fighting Alliance light heavyweight title is vacant no
more as Myron
Dennis and Fabio
Cherant clashed for gold in the main event of LFA
99.
The first round saw the striking of Cherant (7-1) shine as he
landed blistering punches. Showing versatility, “The Water Buffalo”
grappled with Dennis (18-8) and showed off his kicking game in
Round 2. However, Cherant slowed down in the third frame, which
allowed “Lightskin Dynamite” to land some damaging shots of his
own. Cherant opened the championship rounds with a flying knee and
dug deep to outstrike his opponent over the last 10 minutes. After
five rounds of action, the judges awarded Cherant the vacant light
heavyweight title with scores of 49-46, 48-47 and 48-47. The new
champion dedicated his victory to his late mother, who passed away
earlier this year.
The lightweight co-main event saw Ago Huskic
go up against Brant
Moore, who came in 3.2 pounds heavy for the bout. Both men
started the fight looking to land kicks, but Moore (9-1) took the
fight to the ground after Huskic (8-4) got the better of the
initial striking exchanges. This trend continued throughout the
fight as Moore kept Huskic on his back. After three rounds, all
three judges saw the bout in Moore’s favor with scores of 30-26,
30-27 and 29-28.
In featherweight action, Fernando
Padilla went up against Nate
Togbah Richardson. Early on, Padilla (12-4) was able to land
damaging uppercuts and easily outlanded Richardson (8-3) on the
feet. Richardson surged late after landing several leg kicks that
limited the movement of his opponent. Ultimately, the judges saw
the fight in Padilla’s favor via split decision with scores of
28-29, 29-28 and 29-28.
Middleweight prospect Cody
Brundage bounced back from his first career defeat by
submitting Joseph
Kropschot. While the first two rounds were competitive,
Brundage (6-1)
quickly locked in an arm triangle during the third frame.
Kropschot (4-2) tapped just 39 seconds into Round 3.
In women’s flyweight action, Valerie
Soto took on Flore Hani,
who missed weight by 3.4 pounds. This tightly-contested bout was
the first fight of the night to go to a decision. After three
rounds, the judges preferred the works of Hani (3-1), who was able
to outpower Soto (3-3), and pick up scores of 29-28, 30-27 and
30-27.
Darian
Weeks was a sizable favorite over Craig
Fairley and proved exactly why the odds were so lopsided in
their welterweight clash. Weeks (5-0) completely overwhelmed
Fairley (3-5), dropping him multiple times. In the end, some
vicious hammerfists forced the ref to call off the fight at
1:51 of Round 2. Fairley left his gloves inside the cage after the
loss.
The main card kicked off with heavyweight action as Trevor
Wallace took on Cesar
Gutierrez. Both men came out throwing bombs, but it was Wallace
(4-0) that came out on top. A
big left hook put Gutierrez (2-3) on the floor and some
ground-and-pound finished the fight at just 58 seconds into Round
1.
In preliminary action, Gerrica
Trias finished Kawehi
Granito-Wallace with punches at 0:56 of the third frame of
their women’s flyweight bout, and Manuel
Medina submitted fellow flyweight Chancey
Wilson with a triangle choke at 1:09 of Round 1.