The Legacy Fighting Alliance returned to the Tachi Palace Casino Resort in Lemoore, California on Saturday July 26th for LFA 213.
The main event was supposed to be (15-3) Erick Visconde taking on (11-2) Chris Mecate. With Mecate forced to pull out the fight due to an injury on fight week. LFA quickly moved the bout between (10-3) Rafael Do Nascimento and (12-3) Arnold Jimenez to the main slot. However, Jimenez fell ill hours before the event started, forcing the LFA to cancel the bout. The feature fight of the night between (16-9) Jacob Rosales and (8-3) Chris Gonzales would get moved to the main event, with a few of the preliminary bouts making their way on to the main card that was streamed live on UFC Fight Pass.
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Gonzales vs Rosales, LFA 213 - Roy Walker |
In the main event of the night former LFA title contender (16-9) Jacob Rosales welcomed Bellator veteran (8-3) Chris Gonzales to the promotion. Gonzales would close in and get the fight to the ground with a hip toss. Rosales would stay busy from his back looking for submissions while landing a few elbows in round one. Rosales landed the better strikes when fighters exchanged on the feet. Pressing forward until Gonzales took the fight the ground again. Gonzales would land some nice punches scoring big before the end of round two. The fight would go the distance (30-27,29-28, 30-29) a unanimous decision for Chris Gonzales.
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Thomson vs Henry, LFA 213 - Roy Walker |
In the co main event of the night Issac Thomson earned another first round finish, stopping late replacement Jeremy Henry. Thomson used his ground game to get the fight to the ground where he landed some nice punches. Henry would give up his back, where Thomson would then lock in a rear naked choke that forced the tap at 2:34 in round 1. Thomson now stands at 8-2.
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Abushaar vs Kwan, LFA 213 - Roy Walker |
Loai Abushaar earned performance of the night with his highlight finish of Edmund Kwan. Abushaar used his length landing a perfect knee to the face of Kwan, as Kwan closed in. The knee would put Kwan out cold, earning Abushaar the knockout victory at just :51 seconds into round 1.
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Bey vs Manhoef, LFA 213 - Roy Walker |
Noah Bey controlled most of the fight versus Cedric Manhoef in rounds one and two. Bey pressed forward early looking to exchange and took the fight to the ground a few times leading up to the final round. Bey pressed the action in round 3 where he landed a right hand that sent Cedric to te canvas, a few more punches and the fight is stopped at :49 in round 3 making Bey the winner by knockout.
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Ladd vs Lay Jr., LFA 213 - Roy Walker |
Shealor Ladd survived the early offense from Pedro Lay Jr. Who was firing off some nice kicks before ending up in top position on the ground off a scramble in round one. Ladd would escape and get the fight back to the ground himself with Lay Jr. giving up his back. Ladd would then flatten out Lay Jr. and land some nice shots until the referee stopped the fight at 4:23 in round 1. The tko win moves Ladd to 3-0 as a pro.
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Avalos vs Allen, LFA 213 - Roy Walker |
Parlier’s Jose Avalos returned to action taking on Corvan Allen. Avalos looked sharp on his feet, mixing in some spinning back kicks in round one. Allen would use his strength to get the fight to the ground mid way through round one and for most of round two. Although Allen did control to the ground throughout the fight. Allen would not cause much damage with Avalos getting back to his feet often. Avalos controlled round three, even landing another spinning back kick that wobbled Allen. The fight would go the distance where the judges scored the fight (29-28, 30-27, 29-28) a unanimous decision for Corvan Allen.
In other bouts:
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McComb vs Greenwell, LFA 213 - Roy Walker |
Gabrielle McComb defeated Cara Greenwell by submission to open up the main card on UFC Fight Pass. McComb locked in armbar that forced the tap at 4:28 in round 2.
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Orozco vs Charles, LFA 213 - Roy Walker |
Benny Orozco defeats Sczar Charles by submission with a rear naked choke that ended the fight at 2:20 in round 1.
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Young vs Rosales, LFA 213 - Roy Walker |
Naomie Young defeats Alandria Rosales by submission with an arm bar that ended the fight at 4:02 in round 1.
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