we’re live at the Legends Theater inside the Route 66 Casino for Legacy 36, a 9-bpout MMA card, topped by a pair for title fights.
The main event pitted Texas’s Vernon Lewis against King of the Cage Heavyweight champion Cody “The Freight Train” East for the vacant Legacy Heavyweight title. And in the co-main event Memphis Police officer Brian “The Law” Hall clashes with UFC/WEC vet Damacio “The Angel of Death” Page for the vacant Legacy Flyweight title.
Bout number 1: Hunter Tower (1-1) vs. Miguel Delgado (2-0) – Welterweight
R1: Tower misses big with an uppercut. Delgado lands 3 punches to the face shoots for a take-down the ref resets after no action. Delgado keeps the pressure on lands with punches and scores a take-down ending the round on top.
R2: Tower has a bloody nose. Delgado pushed forward attempted 2 take downs and scored with several unanswered low kicks.
R3: Tower opens up Delgdo’s nose. Delgado going hard for the take-down is eating a helping on hammer fists and elbows. Separated Delgado rushes forward lands big, rushes back in eats a punches falls to his back and holds half guard the remainder of the round.
Results- Miguel Delgado by (29-28,29-28, 29-28) unanimous decision
Bout number 2: Slade Ring (1-1) vs. Adrian Lopez (0-3) – Flyweight
R1: Ring lands 3 times with low kicks. Lopez answers back scoring a takedown. Ring slips his leg over Lopez for an omplata an as Lopez tries to escape Ring also locks in an is cranking back on a rear naked choke/crank
Results- Slade Ring by submission ( omplata/ rear naked choke) 1:37, R1
Bout number 3: Sean Jeantete (0-0) vs.Dominic Chavez (0-0) – Lightweight
R1: They kick at the same time. Jeantete shots for a single gets mounted eats some punches bucks out of the mount keps holding on to the single eating punches. Chavez jumps around takes the back flattens Jeantete and sinks in the RNC for the tap.
Results- Dominic Chavez by submission (rear naked choke) 1:14, R1
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Bout number 4: Michelle Nicolini (2-0) vs. Norma Rueda Center (2-1) – Women’s Strawweight
R1: Center lands a clean combination. Nic is set on getting the fight to the ground and works hard for a single leg scoring a take-down to half guard. Nic goes to the half guard of Center. Nic dives on a toe hold. Center escapes but not for long as Nic drags the fight back to the ground Hunting for a leg, Center escapes and takes top position in full guard. Center backs out and lands a left before the bell.
R2: Nic is marching forward, Center counters with a quick right sending Nic to the mat. Center backs off. Nic is diving for take downs, center is punching an moving. Nic pulls guard and Center holds for the stand up. Center dances an jabs. Nic comes in chin up, a Center right drops Nic, who scrambles and is in top while Center wall walks to end the round.
R3: Center comes out pumping and fainting and then grabs Nic left hand to land her own left. The ref stops them and asks for more action. Nic thn rushes Center causing a scramble and getting to side control. Center turns in scrambles and is back in her feet pumping the jab. Nic pushes forward and eats another big right from Center.
Results- Norma Rueda Center by (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) unanimous decision
Bout number 5: Clint Roberts (5-3) vs. Lenny Lovato Jr. (8-3) – Middleweight
R1: Lovato coming out unleashing a big combination an a laugh. Lovato slips on a low kick. Roberts lets Lovato get back to hiss feet. Roberts stuffs a double leg. Lovato grabs the body log pushes to the cage. Roberts breaks away lands a high kick to Lovato’s guard an follows with a knee. They exchange jabs and Roberts lands with a head kick. Roberts follows with some punches and finfds the finish.
Results- Clint Roberts by TKO ( head kick & punches) 1:14, R1
Bout number 6: Rafael De Freitas ( 6-0-1) vs. Jordan Espinosa (5-4) – Flyweight
R1: Espinosa misses an slips on a high kick back to his feet RDF pressures landing kicks annd punches. RDF clinches and puts Espinosa on the cage. Espinosa breaks away. RDF lands with slapping leg kicks, Espinosa cliches lands a pair of knees am breaks away. Twice more RDF pressures clinches but can’t finish the take-down.
R2: They come hard meet in the middle RDF cliches drives Espinosa to the cage they exchange knees . They head to then ground Espinosa Is on too and backs out. RDF get the clinches works hard drags Espinosa to the ground and takes the back to end the round.
R3: RDF throws a big right Espinosa sidesteps and hit RDF with a knee as he stands. RDF walks Espinosa back to having his back on The cage. RDF scores a double leg and moves to mount. RDF has a locked in arm triangle from mount. Espinosa punching with his left from bottom, RDF punching with his left from mount. RDF has Espinosa’s right hand pinned against hid left ear. RDF end the fight in side control.
Results- Jordan Espinosa by (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) unanimous decision
Bout number 7: Donald Sanchez (29-14) vs. Charles Cheeks (7-3) – Featherweight
R1: They exchange punches, Cheeks backs Sanchez, Cheeks shoots and is stuffed in the take-down. Cheeks eats a sharp Sanchez jab. They get close to each other on the break Cheeks lands to the ear. Sanchez pressures an Cheeks circles away. Cheeks shoots in an has Sanchez down only for a moment. Sanchez scores with a right before the bell. Sanchez also took 2 shots below the belt in the round.
R2: Sanchez comes out with a hard left body kick, right low kick. Cheek catches A kick lands 2. Sanchez lands with the jab, cheeks scores with a left hook to the head, and then Sanchez lands a right body hook. Sanchez lands head kick then jab. Cheeks scores with a straight right and circles away. Cheeks Brawls to the inside gets stuffed on a take-down. Sanchez gets Cheeks down and ends the rounds with a bunch of elbows an punches.
R3: Sanchez with a healthy dose of jabs and head kicks is backing up and bloodying the face of Cheeks. Late in the round Sanchez fakes for a big overhand right changes levels scores the take-down and ends the round in side control,
Results-Donald Sanchez by (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) unanimous decision
Bout number 8: Damacio Page (18-9) vs. Brian Hall (7-2) – Flyweight Title
R1: Page lands an inside leg kick an hits the ground from a hall hook. Page is quickly back on his feet, clinches drives for the take down an on a 2nd attempt scores the take down. Hall works back to his feet and with a one punch over hand right Puts Hall to sleep.
Results- Damacio Page by KO (punch) 1:48, R1
Bout number 9: Cody East (8-1) vs. Vernon Lewis (4-2) – Vacant Heavyweight World Title
R1: East lands with a straight right Front kick. East keeps landing his punches. Lewis lands a big body kick. East pushes forward put Lewis in a corner And unleashes punches and knees till the ref steps in.
Results- Cody East by TKO (strikes) 3:26, R1
My Post Fight awards
Fight of the Night- Shared by Donald Sanchez vs. Charles Cheeks & Rafael De Freitas vs. Jordan Espinosa
Knockout of the Night – Damacio Page
Submission of the Night – Slade Ring
Big congratulations go out to new Legacy Flyweight champion Damacio Page & new Legacy Heavyweight Champion Cody !
