Heavyweight, Kirill Kornilov (10-0)
Kornilov fought his fight and beat a tough Roggers Souza. He picked apart Souza at range with the jab and landed that left hook various times. Souza never got to get into the fight as he was snipped on the outside and caught every time he came forward. A short left hook hurt Souza and a barrage of punches and a knee dropped him and the ref stepped in.
Grade: B
Featherweight, Evgeniy Ignatiev (17-2-2)
Ignatiev looked really good expanding his win streak to seven. Round one he displayed his striking/boxing. He had a nice snapping up jab while throwing the one-two mixing up his attack. He also mixed in two takedowns and ended round one on the back of his opponent. Round two in under a minute Ignatiev stopped the fight. He got his opponent’s attention landing a beautiful right hook off faking a left. A left hook backed up his opponent in retreat and a flurry which a left hand landed dropped him and the ref stepped in. Excellent performance.
Grade: A+
Welterweight, Adrian Bartosiński (11-0)
Bartosiński came into this fight with a high guard slinging heavy leather. He was getting stuck pretty hard on the outside with the jab forcing him to close the distance and throw. Bartosiński was throwing some good combinations and landed a left-right dropping his opponent. He swarmed with punches and while raining down strikes standing over the back the ref stepped in.
Grade: B
Lightweight, Dylan Mantello (4-0)
Mantello kept his “0” in the biggest test of his pro career. Mantello was cutting off the cage on his opponent and threw a picture-perfect one-two as the right straight landed on the jaw for the clean knockout win. It only took him 35-seconds to get the win which is the fastest win of his career.
Grade: B
Flyweight, Joelson Henryke (10-5)
This was a competitive fight between Henryke and his opponent. Henryke dropped his opponent in round one with a laser straight right. He then went on to land a overhand right from hell knocking the guy out cold. Through the fight Henryke fought technical, moved his head well, threw in volume, and mixed it up on the feel while landing a few takedowns as well.
Grade: C+
Welterweight, Gabriel Bonfim (11-0)
This was a clash of two of the best 170ers out of Brazil in Bonfim and Brenner Alberth. This was a really good fight as both had their moments. Alberth did drop Bonfim in the second round with a minute left and ended the round on Bonfim’s back. This fight mainly was an impressive showcase of the boxing of Bonfim. His jab was on point and he was throwing his right hand following up beautifully. His bodywork was also good going body-head with combinations. Round three Bonfim hurt Alberth with a right hand and he picked up the pace. He went for the kill picking his shots and a left hook dropped Alberth and the ref stepped in. Beautiful boxing skills.
Grade: A+
Welterweight, Carlos Leal (13-3)
Carlos Leal won the one-night four-man tournament LFA held beating Uyran Carlos and Diego Dias. In the first fight against the more intimidating Deal is was Leal who posed as a threat right away. He was aggressive in the face of Deal throwing heavy strikes. Leal did land a very nice inside leg kick to a one-two in a nice combination. He landed a left jab to a right straight for the crazy walk-off knockout in round one. In the final he fought alternate Carlos and won all three rounds to a decision. Leal displayed a controlled chaos manner staying pressure heavy while picking his shots. He landed a few takedowns, has some good moments with his hands, and landed powerful kicks. At the end of the night, he was crowned the LFA welterweight champion.
Grade: A+
Flyweight, Rafael Ramos (10-0)
Rio’s Ramos was on a mission is this fight beating a really good Filipe Esteves taking his “0”. Ramos in round one scored two takedowns and scored on some top position. He landed some loud body kicks that did hurt Esteves at the end of the round. Straight out like a cannon, Ramos went right after Esteves. He was landed well on the feet and got another two takedowns. Even though Esteves was tired he fought well getting back to his feet. The last takedown Ramos got he secured mount. He landed ground and pound until the ref stepped in. That impressive pressure broke Esteves.
Grade: A+
Flyweight, Tereza Bledá (4-0)
Bleda came into this fight with a wrestle-heavy game plan. She took her opponent down many times right away. As she kept getting back to her feet Bleda kept taking her back down. Bleda got into mount and landed some nasty ground and pound. She took the back but fell off and wound up on her back. Quickly Bleda locked in a triangle and pulled the arm straight to get the tap. Even though she was a bit sloppy she was relentless and scored a nasty finish.
Grade: C
Bantamweight, Farid Basharat (7-0)
Basharat fought a tough 25-fight veteran in Janne Elonen-Kulmala and styled on him. Kulmala was aggressive but Basharat had some excellent retreating footwork. He was also catching Kulmala coming forward with counters. Where Basharat shined the most is on the mat. He did show good wrestling timing his shots and his defensive wrestling was perfect. Basharat had glue-like grappling winning every position while smashing Kulmala with elbows. In round two he even had the back for a while. Round three he picked it up on the feet starting to really target the body. A right hook hurt Kulmala forcing him to shoot and go to his back. Basharat got right into the mount, took the back, sunk in the RNC, and actually made Kulmala tap twice.
Grade: A+
Bantamweight, Lucia Szabová (4-0)
Cornelia Holm may be 4-4 but anyone that knows her knows she’s a tough fight. Although Szabová started off slow she picked it up as the fight went. In both round one but mainly round two Szabová destroyed Holm in the clinch with short elbows and brutal knees to the body. Not sure how Holm took all that damage. Holm tried to take Szabová down and although she got her once she had good takedown defense. Even in round three Szabová took the back at a point.
Grade: B
