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 LEGACY! 45 - Available on PPV 02.05.16 Belle Centre - Montreal
Event Preview prepared by: Taylor Powell (107803) LEGACY! 45
PRELIMS
LIGHTWEIGHT: Darren Lamb (6-3) vs Henrique Ramos (11-9)
WELTERWEIGHT: Terry Akki (10-9) vs John Brown (7-10)
BANTAMWEIGHT: Yong Wright (13-7-1) vs Grey Worm (10-7-1)
LIGHTWEIGHT: Duncan Jon (19-14) vs Jared Nicholson (6-4)
LIGHTWEIGHT: Police Officer (12-8) vs Joao De Santo Cristo (3-1)
MAIN CARD
HEAVYWEIGHT: Rodney Garcia (13-4) vs Hennan Hoyce (6-1)
In the opening bout on our main card, formerly unbeaten Hennan Hoyce gets a shot at the struggling Rodney Garcia. Garcia has lost his last 3 fights, including both of his Legacy fights. He’s the former 265 pound champion in the LFC promotion, but has had a very difficult time with the increased competition in Legacy. Hennan Hoyce was a perfect 6-0, all TKO finishes, coming into his last fight against Dante Boudain. A jab-cross combo from Boudain knocked Hoyce out cold early in the 2nd round to taste defeat for the very first time in his pro career.
Hoyce is a brawling type of fighter so he matches up very uniquely with a grappler like Garcia. Garcia has double digit submission wins on his resume with the majority coming by triangle or arm bar. It’ll be important in this fight for Hoyce to keep the fight standing because if not, he’ll have to fight with his head on a swivel to prevent Garcia from snatching a limb and scoring an 11th submission victory.
WELTERWEIGHT: George Pedro (14-6-1) vs Jericho Hill (9-3)
Jericho Hill has been very impressive in his stint in Legacy so far. At 4-1, Hill has proven himself to be a legitimate threat in the welterweight division. His lone loss was a surprising third round TKO loss to Kevin Anderson. Outside of that hiccup, Hill has won his other 4 fights by TKO, including 3 of them in the first round. He’ll get a big test in this fight against former Imperial title challenger George Pedro.
Pedro fought Chief Tappenahomma to a draw for the Imperial title in the very last title fight before Imperial was disbanded. Both of these fighters tend to get themselves into brawls, so it shouldn’t come as a shock to see this fight not make it to the judges. Hill is riding a 2 fight winning streak, but neither of those two are the caliber of fighter of George Pedro. On the other hand, Pedro’s competition inside Legacy hasn’t been akin to Jericho Hill. Both guys are getting a shot at a real contender in this fight.
HEAVYWEIGHT: Constantine Kermit (11-3) vs Culver Crimson (11-2)
Former Legacy 265 pound champion Culver Crimson is gunning for a trilogy fight with current champion Nick Fjera. Fjera has defeated him twice for the title and is the only man to ever defeat Crimson in his career.
Constantine Kermit is on a 5 fight winning streak in the promotion and has finished 4 of those 5 by knockout. Way back at Legacy 1, these two tangled and Crimson came out on top with a 2nd round TKO win over Kermit. The first round was a back and forth affair, but a left hook from Crimson dropped Kermit in the 2nd round and he was unable to stay in the fight after some vicious ground and pound.
These two were very evenly matched in that fight and with the amount of confidence Kermit has been fighting with lately, this fight is a real coin flip. This would be a huge win for Crimson and could get very well get him another title shot after rebounding last fight with a win over Eeazy E.
BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT: © Vincent Oketch (17-7) vs Da Skrumbo (20-5)
In the NEX promotion, Vincent Oketch was one of the most dominant champions that ever fought. After winning the 135 pound title in his last fight against Edward Brown by a landslide margin, Oketch is stepping up to the plate once again to fight Da Skrumbo, who is 3-0 in the promotion.
Oketch is a very well balanced dynamic fighter and it isn’t hard to tell looking at his past performances. He has 5 wins by knockout and 6 wins each by submission and decision. He’s very adept at making his opponent uncomfortable and one would think his plan in this fight is to grind Da Skrumbo out and not let him use his striking prowess to finish the fight. With 19 wins by knockout in 25 fights, it’s very obvious that Skrumbo throws with bad intentions. His boxing is some of the very best in the division and certainly the most powerful. I would look for Vincent Oketch to try and cut down his power and speed with the boxing with leg and body kicks and try to wear him down on the mat.
WELTERWEIGHT: Kelvin Parker (14-4) vs Chiku Maneno (15-5)
In the main event of the night, we have former 170 pound champion Kelvin Parker going up against Chiku Maneno. Parker is on a 4 winning streak since losing his title to Arlington Beech. At 8-1 inside the promotion, Parker has proven himself to be the elite of the elite at 170 pounds in Legacy.
Parker is gunning for a rematch with Beech who has successfully defended his title 3 straight times since taking it from Parker. Kelvin Parker isn’t the only guy who wants another shot at Beech though. Chiku Maneno has already fought Beech twice and actually won one of the fights.
At the inaugural Legacy vs Imperial event, Maneno finished Beech in the 3rd round with a flurry of punches. In their next fight, the title was on the line, but Beech reversed the tables and finished Maneno in the 3rd round with ground and pound. Since that fight, Maneno is on a 3 fight winning streak and dying for another shot at the title. This fight is a quasi-number one contenders fight and should be a barnburner.
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