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Week 2 was a good week for the Contender Series, I thought all the fights were pretty entertaining.
Guys that got contracts on this show were: Josh Quinlan, Chidi Njokuani, Saimon Oliveira, CJ Vergara and Chad Anheliger.
Here are grades of the talent on the show. These grades are only based on their Contender Series performance, and not their performance before, in other organizations.
LFA 103 took place in Shawnee, OK. The Promotion still has a limited crowd there. I actually expect the LFA to make the move down to Texas fairly soon. Texas is opened up, and the counties are the ones that blocking a lot of crowd gartherin’s. As the vaccination numbers go up, I expect the state to open up more. In the main even of LFA 103 Spike Carlyle beat Batsumberel Dagvadorj by submission, in an exciting contest.
Main Event
Round 1
Big Right Hook by Spike Carlyle hits Dagvadorj flush and the Mongolian just eats it. Dagvadorj continues to eat shots and come forward, and the Mongolian really uses his chin as a defensive weapon to get on the inside. Dagvadorj closes the distance and begins to land some shots of his own. Carlyle gets the takedown works to the back and locks in the RNC.🚩 Carlyle wins by submission
OK, so the LFA is back, bringing you great fights as usual. They switched up their broadcast team a little bit. Pat Miletich is no longer present. I dont want to get political nor personal here, but Pat Miletich is a fantastic commentator. When he’s not biased to fighters that he knows, he calls great fights. Its a shame that they lost him IMO. They had the three person booth at LFA and…. for me…. it was just too crowded. The two person booth works so much better for a show like the LFA, and I’m not a fan of two commentators talking about their own Jiu Jitsu classes while a fight is going on. Ron Kruck is still there, and he had a good night quaterbacking the broadcast team, but 3 people -I just dont like it.
The LFA is finishing up its time in Sioux Falls. Chidi Njokuani was able to stop Christian Torres by strikes, in the second round, in the Main event.
Main Event
Round 1
They Clinch. Throw single shots, and Njokuani shows off his Muay Thai Base
Round 2
Njokuani drops Torres with a quick left high-kick and puts a hellacious beating on him on the ground. Torres is able to stand and Njokuani knees him to the body and finishes the fight.🚩 Njokuani wins by TKO
Torres is tough and wild, and sloppy in transitions. Njokuani hates to be pressured, and looks like a slave to that Muay Thai style he has, when his style works well- its works very well though