Simply Results: LFA 102
The Grand Casino Hotel & Resort in Shawnee, Oklahoma hosts LFA 102. The eight fight card is headlined by a featherweight title elminator between Bruno “The Tirger” Souza & Eliajah “Baby” Johns.
Souza a Karate black belt is on an eight-fight win streak since losing his pro debut. The last three wins have come in the LFA. Johns is on a five-fight win streak in the LFA with three of the wins by knockout.
In the co-main event Gregory Rodrigues meets Al Matavao in a middleweight tournament semifinal. The winner will advance to face Josh Fermd in the tournament finals.
Unfortunately, LFA 102 included a eventful weigh-in that saw four competitors miss weight. Bruno Souza came in 1.2 lbs. heavy, Gregory Rodrigues by 1.4 lbs., Jimmy Meza by 4.4 lbs., & Chris Mecate by 1.4 lbs. All fights will go on as planned and all were fined.
UFC Fight Pass Main Card
- Main Event | Featherweight Bout (145 lb): Bruno Souza (9-1) def. Elijah Johns (7-2) by (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) split decision
- Co-Main Event | Middleweight Tournament Semi-Final Bout (185 lb): Gregory Rodrigues (8-3) def. Al Matavao (8-4) by TKO (punches) 1:02 R2
- Welterweight Bout (170 lb): Nikolay Veretennikov (8-3) def. Steve Jones (7-2) by (29-28, 30-27 x2) unanimous decision
- Featherweight Bout (145 lb): Javier Garcia (6-3) def. A.J. Cunningham (7-2) by (29-28, 30-27 x2) unanimous decision
- Bantamweight Bout (135 lb): Brandon Lewis (5-0) def. Jimmy Meza (2-1) (29-28, 28-29, 30-27) by split decision
- Featherweight Bout (145 lb): Alberto Rodriguez (3-1) def. Chris Mecate (2-0) by TKO (punch + punches on ground) 1:12 R1
- Welterweight Bout (170 lb): Haris Talundzic (2-0) def. Luis Iniguez (3-1) by (29-28 x3) unanimous decision
Preliminary Card (Available on Facebook.com/LFAfighting):
- Welterweight Bout (170 lb): Archie Colgan (1-0) def. Andrew Claborn (0-1) by TKO (ground & pound) 3:49 R3
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