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 LEGACY! 41- Available on PPV 01.29.16 Belle Centre - Montreal
Event Preview prepared by: Taylor Powell (107803)
PRELIMS
MIDDLEWEIGHT: Brownie Anderson (43-26-1) vs Tanner Pond (11-6)
SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT: Adelbert Gainsborough (15-12) vs Sandor Clegane (13-8)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT: Matt Kroblur (7-2) vs Johny Persecutioned (11-9)
LIGHTWEIGHT: Mike Hussle (13-8) vs Project Falcon (7-1)
LIGHTWEIGHT: Lorne Malvo (12-3) vs Temudjin Khaan (11-5)
MAIN CARD
SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT: Dave Brown (13-5-1) vs Evan Horizon (18-11)
In our first fight on the main card, Dave Brown is a fight removed from his unanimous decision loss to John Bunting for the title. He bounced back with a second round submission win over Will Do in his last fight. He’ll get a chance at the 2-0 in LEGACY! fights, Evan Horizon. Horizon has looked impressive so far and typically prefers to keep fights on the feet.
He has impressive power, as evidenced by his 12 TKO victories, but he’s also been knocked out 6 times. Brown is more of a well-rounded fighter with a solid submission attack to go with his striking. It’ll be interesting to see if Brown decides to take this fight to the ground because Horizon is very good defensively on the ground and has never been subbed in his nearly 30 fight career.
Dave Brown has won five straight fights sandwiched around that title loss, so it’ll be very interesting to see what Horizon can do against a guy with such a pedigree.
WELTERWEIGHT: Antonio Lobo (18-2) vs Drake Kartella (18-6-3)
Coyotile legend Antonio Lobo had been very impressive since arriving in LEGACY! before running into Chad Murray. Lobo won his first two fights by submission and looked like he could be a title contender. In the matchup of potential contenders, Murray came out with the unanimous decision win. He’ll face former WFC champ Drake Kartella in this fight.
Kartella won his opening fight, but is currently on a 2 fight losing streak after being finished by Chiku Maneno and Kelvin Parker. Both of those guys have fought for the title before and it seems like Kartella needs a little more seasoning before stepping back up to that level of competition again.
Lobo is an amazing finisher on the ground with 15 of his 18 wins coming by submission. Kartella is more equal opportunity as far as finishes go, he has 9 by TKO and 7 by submission. Kartella will certainly try to keep this fight standing and pick up one of the best wins of his career in this fight.
LIGHTWEIGHT: Booker McQuade (39-8) vs Shogun Iron Tyson (15-8)
Booker McQuade went 39-7 in his extensive experience in the CEFC promotion. That stint included being a 5 time champion at 155 pounds. Originally debuting at 170 pounds in LEGACY!, McQuade was easily finished in the first round by top 100 pound for pound fighter Gonna Spanked. McQuade will drop down to 155 pounds, where he’s fought his entire career for this fight.
He’ll face another former champion in this fight, the debuting Shogun Iron Tyson. Tyson was the champion at 145 pounds in UNFC. He’ll make his debut in this fight at 155 pounds after losing his previous 155 pound fight in UNFC for the title. Both fighters have a lot of ability on the feet, but Tyson has failed to register a finish in 8 fights now. Before that loss to Gonna Spanked, Booker McQuade was on a 17 fight winning streak, so it’ll be interesting to see how he responds to such a devastating loss in this fight.
BANTAMWEIGHT: Da Skrumbo (19-5) vs Barack Obama (9-3)
In the co-main event, we have a young man with a ton of talent going against a contender in Da Skrumbo. Every time Barack Obama gets some momentum rolling in this promotion, he seems to let it go instead of capitalizing. At 4-2 in the promotion, Obama represents a fighter that has the diversified skillset to cause trouble for many opponents, but can’t be counted on to win the tough fight.
At just 23 years old, Obama has a long time left in his career, but he needs to start showing consistency and the will to win. He gets a tough challenge against Da Skrumbo who is 2-0 since losing his final fight for the title in the LFC promotion. Skrumbo has some of the best boxing in the organization and a ton of power behind it. 18 of his 19 wins have come by TKO and he’ll look to hand Barack Obama his 4th career loss in this fight. The youngster Obama may be wise to try to take this fight to the ground if he wants to come out victorious.
WELTERWEIGHT: Kelvin Parker (13-4) vs Better Dead (17-12)
In our main event of the evening we have a rematch of a title fight from about 18 months ago. Kelvin Parker successfully defended his title against Better Dead with a 5th round TKO finish in a dominant performance. Parker was 5-7 with his takedowns and unleashed a massive amount of ground and pound against Dead who was very fortunate to survive until the 5th round.
Parker was constantly busy on the ground with not only the ground and pound that eventually won him the fight, but with a myriad of submissions. In the rematch, Dead will certainly try to keep the fight standing where he has a more favorable matchup.
Parker’s on a three fight winning streak since losing his title to Arlington Beech. A win in this fight could set up a rematch with Beech after he was finished early in round two in the first fight. Dead has sputtered since that fight, so this fight could represent his way to stop the bleeding and gain some swagger back.
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