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 LEGACY! 50 - Available on PPV
Event Preview prepared by: Taylor Powell (107803)
PRELIMS
WELTERWEIGHT: Terry Akki (10-10) vs Uri Haber (8-2-1)
HEAVYWEIGHT: Master Wong (7-6) vs Travis Browne (12-11)
BANTAMWEIGHT: Diagoro Yabaisama (8-1) vs Clint Lomax Jr (6-1)
LIGHTWEIGHT: Mike Hussle (13-9) vs Blind Shaman (10-3-1)
WELTERWEIGHT: George Pedro (14-6-2) vs Jericho Hill (9-3-1)
MAIN CARD
HEAVYWEIGHT: Eeazy Ee (25-7) vs Thomas Bannon (8-4)
Eeazy Ee was riding a 10 fight winning streak coming into his debut in Legacy, but he was busted wide open by Culver Crimson early in his last fight and the doctor was forced to call the fight midway through the 2nd round. Crimson utilized some excellent dirty boxing to batter Ee and made him look helpless multiple times in the round and a half fight.
Thomas Bannon has 4 wins in the promotion sandwiched around a knockout loss to Ji Lu a couple fights ago. Since coming over from his brief stints in MFN and NYFN, he’s proven himself to be a legitimate finisher and won his first 3 fights by KO, including the first 2 by head kick. The good news in this fight for Eeazy Eee is he should be able to avoid the clinch since most of the big strikes from Thomas Bannon come at distance. The downside is that Bannon throws with very bad intentions and is always one head kick or superman punch away from turning your lights out at any point in the fight.
BANTAMWEIGHT: Vincent Oketch (17-8) vs William Blake (14-5-1)
Two former champions at 135 pounds in Legacy will do battle in this fight. Vincent Oketch captured gold against Edward Brown a couple fights ago, but lost his first title defense to Da Skrumbo by a nip and tuck split decision. All 3 judges scored the fight 50-47 but 2 judges gave the fight to Da Skrumbo in a very interesting situation. If he could knock off a former champion like William Blake, he could very well be in line for a rematch.
Blake’s last 2 fights have been against current title challenger Jong Un Kim. The first fight was ruled a draw and the second was won by Kim by arm bar in the 2nd round. These two met a couple years ago in a non-title match and it was William Blake who won the unanimous decision. Blake would go on to defeat Carlos Beltran for the title in his next fight. One would think that the winner of this fight should have the next shot at the gold.
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT: © Ravi Shankoli (21-4) vs Johan Attila (13-4)
In our first of three title fights on this card, newly crowned 205 pound champion Ravi Shankoli will make his first title defense against rising newcomer in Legacy, Johan Attila. Attila is 2-0 in the promotion and is fresh off getting revenge from an earlier loss to Johny Clattenburg. Attila was able to finish Clattenburg extremely late in the 2nd round with a flurry of strikes.
Johan Attila is a ground and pound wrestler in every sense of the word. Unlike most guys that fight with the style, he has excellent jiu jitsu that makes him almost impossible to submit. For his opponents, the mat is not somewhere you want to be against him. Look for Ravi Shankoli to try to keep his distance in this fight and work his boxing to see if he can open up any holes in Attila’s game. If his takedown defense holds strong, Shankoli should be able to successfully defend his newly won title.
BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT: © Da Skrumbo (21-5) vs Jong Un Kim (18-3-1)
Long time Imperial champion Jong Un Kim is getting his second crack at gold in Legacy in this fight against 135 pound champion Da Skrumbo. Jong Un Kim won 8 straight title fights in the Imperial promotion and then won his first 2 fights in Legacy against top competition before being defeated in a tight split decision against Edward Brown. After a draw and subsequent submission win over contender Johan Attila, Kim finds himself at the doorstep at 135 pounds. Inside, he finds Da Skrumbo who has won 4 straight fights in the promotion and recently captured gold against Vincent Oketch in his last fight.
Kim is a very lean bantamweight and could struggle with a fighter as big and strong as Skrumbo, but his ground game is incredibly good and he has 7 submission wins to his name so far. Kim just has to been leery of Skrumbo’s monster right hand and that has helped him put away 15 of his 21 wins by knockout. Jong Un Kim has showcased a granite chin in his time in Legacy, but it’ll get the biggest test of his career against Da Skrumbo in this title fight.
SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT: © Phillip Dyson (19-6) vs Scott Norton (26-13)
We’re saving the biggest guys for last as Super Heavyweight champion Phillip Dyson will defend his title against a mountain of a man in Scott Norton. Norton is a solid 300 pounder outside of competition but prefers to cut down to around the 280 pound mark to fight in this division.
On the other hand, you’ll never catch Phillip Dyson walking around any heavier than 240 pounds and he also prefers to cut extra weight. Dyson is very close to being able to cut down to fight at 205 pounds, but with a 3 fight winning streak and capturing the 265+ pound title in his last fight against Declan Sweeney, I can’t see him going anywhere soon. Still, Dyson will be giving up nearly 60 pounds of size in this fight.
The aforementioned Sweeney was in a very similar weight bracket as Norton though. Dyson is such an elite striker that he’s able to use his speed advantage in virtually every fight in this division to avoid the big shots from massive guys like Sweeney and Norton. He’ll need to employ the same stick and move style that he used against Declan Sweeney to be successful in this fight.
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