Elias Garcia versus Matt Schnell- What a barnburner. Both fighters kept a furious pace the entire three round war. Matt Schnell had top position nearly the entire second frame but could not sink in the rear naked choke. Schnell showed some amazing durability by taking a slurry of power shots. Schnell seemed to gas in the 3rd round and it seemed as if he would rather have eaten the shots than defend them. Judges score the fight 28-28, 29-28 amd 29-28 declaring the winner by majority decision Elias Garcia. What an amazing fight. Garcia improves to 4-0 while Schnell gets his first professional loss to move to 2-1.
Alp Ozkilic versus Antonio Banuelos-
This fight did not last long at all. Both fighters come to the center of the cage and feel eachother out. Ozkilic lands a brutal overhand right that plants Banuelos on the mat face first. Ozkilic pounces on his prey and unleashes before the ref steps in to stop the punishment at :30 seconds of the very first round. This was a huge win for Alp Ozkilic as he makes quick work of a very experienced and extremely tough Antonio Banuelos. Ozkilic improves to 8-1 and Banuelos is winless in his last 4 fights moving his record to 20-10-1.
Adam Schindler versus Chris Pecero-Schindler comes out full speed looking to land head kicks and power punches as Pecero defends. Schindler is relentless and gets Pecero to the ground. At the halfway mark of the opening round Schindler winces in pain and appears to have hurt his knee. Pecero throws a couple of kicks to the knee and Schindler quickly goes for a takedown. Schindler appears to have recovered and takes the back of Pecero. It seems to be a welcome respite as Schindler just hangs on. After the bell sounds ending the first round, Schindler gingerly walks to his corner. Something is obviously wrong with his right knee.
Coming into the second round Schindler looks to clinch and take it to the ground. Pecero pushes Schindler to the cage and unleashes a flurry of knees to the right knee of Schindler as Schindler winces in pain. After several more blows to the right knee, it is obvious this fight is over and the ref steps in at 1:02 of the second round to bring a stop to the fight declaring the winner by TKO Chris Pecero. I hope that Schindlers knee is not seriously damaged. Schindler shows great heart by limping to the center of the cage for the anouncement of the winner. Precero improves hi srecord to 9-5 while Schindler drops to 10-6
Damacio Page versus Patick Ybarra- Both men start at a high pace with submission specialist Ybarra trying to get this fight to the mat. Damacio is defending and sprawling very well and continued to strike from the clinch. Page drops Ybarra from the clinch, but Ybarra popped right back up. Page's boxing looks great and seems to be picking his shots at will. Damacio Page throws a HUGE right hand that lands right behind the ear of Ybarra dropping him face first prompting the ref to call a halt to the fight, declaring Damacio Page the winner by knockout at 1:57 of the first round. Page looked great in his takedown defense and Ybarra couldn't do anything to stop the striking of Page. This was an excellent and much needed win for Page winning for the first time in his last five fights improving his record to 16-8 while Ybarra loses for the first time as a professional dropping his record to 5-1.
---MAIN EVENT---
Carlo Prater versus Carlos Diego Ferreira- The story of this fight seems to have been the much improved striking coupled with the relentless takedowns of Ferreira. Prater seemed very surprised by the hands and combinations of Ferreira. In the first round Ferreira nearly had the rear naked choke in but Prater defended well. When Ferreira could not get the choke in, he transitioned to the armbar. He did not get the submission, but his grappling just seemed a little bit more refined than Prater's ground game.
The second round of this fight was much like the first, Ferreira simply out paced Prater. Ferreira would throw combinations, connecting frequently, and when Prater defended the punches Ferreira would take him down.
Going in to the third and final round it was obvious Prater needed a finish to win the fight. Prater was in defensive mode for a majority of the fight and this did not change in the third frame. Takedowns and position were the name of the game for Ferreira and he ends the fight in top position as the final bell rings. All three judges score the fight 30-27, 30-27 and 30-27, declaring Carlos Diego Ferreira the winner by unanimous decision. Ferreira improves his undefeated record to 7-0 while Carlo Prater drops to 31-14-1.
Excellent card put on by Legacy Fighting Championship tonight. My hats off to all the fighters. I have nothing but good things to say about these fighters and I look forward to seeing each of them in the near future.
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