Legacy Fighting Alliance News & FeaturesFifth-Round Submission Crowns Kegan Gennrich Lightweight Champion at LFA 174
Kegan
Gennrich secured the
Legacy Fighting Alliance lightweight championship in the final
frame of his LFA
174 main event with Jacobi
Jones on Friday at the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake,
Minnesota. Jones missed weight by 0.2 pounds and was ineligible to
compete for the title.
The first round saw both fighters feel each other out and exchange strikes on the feet, with Jones arguably getting the better of Gennrich with his leg kicks. As the fight progressed, Gennrich (8-2), known for his grappling prowess, continued with his forward-pressure strikes and eventually racked up a considerable amount of control time with his superior grappling in the following rounds. In the fourth frame, Jones (6-3) managed to land a few shots on the feet and even came close to securing his opponent’s back, only to be reversed and threatened with submissions and vicious ground-and-pound for the remainder of the frame.
Having come very close to the finish in the previous frame,
Gennrich seemed to have Jones’ number. The 30-year-old was quick to
take down Jones with a single-leg in the first 20 seconds of the
fifth. In the end, “Machine Gun” submitted his opponent with an
arm-triangle choke at the 2:01 mark of Round 5.
In the co-main event, undefeated bantamweight prospect Quang Le (7-0) recorded his seventh professional win with a devastating Round 1 technical knockout. Going up against Missouri’s Cody Peterson (6-2), it did not take too long for Le to find his target and land a heavy lead head kick that sent his opponent down to the canvas. The Wisconsin native continued his assault with some follow-up shots until referee Bryan Miner stepped in at the 1:05 mark of Round 1.
In the only bantamweight matchup of the night, Adamu Isah (4-1) recorded his fourth professional victory via unanimous decision against Devante Sewell (11-9), who was hoping to secure his first victory under the LFA banner in his third stint with the promotion.
The women’s strawweight meeting between Jayde Sheeley (2-1) and Kendra McIntyre (2-1) ended with a controversial disqualification loss for McIntyre at the 2:50 mark in Round 1. Sheeley was in the process of securing an armbar against her opponent when McIntyre opted to illegally kick Sheeley in the face while hoping to escape the submission. After reviewing the footage, Miner declared Sheeley as the winner via disqualification.
The first bout on the main card between heavyweights Steven Asplund (2-0) and Billy Ray Valdez (2-1) ended with a TKO victory via doctor stoppage for Asplund at the 4:48 mark of the first frame.
In preliminary action, heavyweight Alvin Hines (2-0) walked away with a Round 2 keylock submission victory against Will Johnson (1-4), and Kelton Sneve (2-0) earned a TKO victory against Coty Scott Milhausen (3-3) in the dying seconds of the first frame of their lightweight clash.
In the only women’s flyweight bout on the card, Cheyanne Bowers (3-1) extended her winning streak to three with an armbar submission win against Whittany Pyles (4-6) at the 3:52 mark of Round 1, while the middleweight meeting between Zeb Vincent (2-0) and Herbert Rogers-Williams (0-1) ended with disqualification win for Vincent after Rogers-Williams landed an illegal knee to the groin of his opponent halfway through the first round.
Additionally, featherweight Taner Trembley (1-0) kicked off his professional mixed martial arts career with a rear-naked choke win against Dylan Smerillo (0-1) 2:11 into Round 1, and light heavyweight Mervin Miller improved his record to 5-0 with an arm-triangle choke submission Kory Moegenburg (3-7) with 71 seconds remaining in the first frame.
The first two bouts on the card witnessed Ezayah Gomez Oropeza (2-0) secure a TKO victory against Jesse Midas (1-1) in their heavyweight clash at the 1:58 mark of Round 1, while featherweight Xavier Rosenbloom (3-1) walked away with a unanimous decision victory against another Ignite Fights alum in Dalan Jones (1-1).
The first round saw both fighters feel each other out and exchange strikes on the feet, with Jones arguably getting the better of Gennrich with his leg kicks. As the fight progressed, Gennrich (8-2), known for his grappling prowess, continued with his forward-pressure strikes and eventually racked up a considerable amount of control time with his superior grappling in the following rounds. In the fourth frame, Jones (6-3) managed to land a few shots on the feet and even came close to securing his opponent’s back, only to be reversed and threatened with submissions and vicious ground-and-pound for the remainder of the frame.
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In the co-main event, undefeated bantamweight prospect Quang Le (7-0) recorded his seventh professional win with a devastating Round 1 technical knockout. Going up against Missouri’s Cody Peterson (6-2), it did not take too long for Le to find his target and land a heavy lead head kick that sent his opponent down to the canvas. The Wisconsin native continued his assault with some follow-up shots until referee Bryan Miner stepped in at the 1:05 mark of Round 1.
Meanwhile, Wesley
Schultz (5-1) recorded a Round 1 TKO at the 1:52 mark of his
middleweight meeting with Maurice
Morris (6-4). Schultz landed a sneaky head kick one minute into
the fight and eventually took his opponent’s back. Having
established a dominant position against a visibly hurt Morris,
“Party Time” unloaded a barrage of punches until referee Chris
Klavetter decided to step in.
In the only bantamweight matchup of the night, Adamu Isah (4-1) recorded his fourth professional victory via unanimous decision against Devante Sewell (11-9), who was hoping to secure his first victory under the LFA banner in his third stint with the promotion.
The women’s strawweight meeting between Jayde Sheeley (2-1) and Kendra McIntyre (2-1) ended with a controversial disqualification loss for McIntyre at the 2:50 mark in Round 1. Sheeley was in the process of securing an armbar against her opponent when McIntyre opted to illegally kick Sheeley in the face while hoping to escape the submission. After reviewing the footage, Miner declared Sheeley as the winner via disqualification.
The first bout on the main card between heavyweights Steven Asplund (2-0) and Billy Ray Valdez (2-1) ended with a TKO victory via doctor stoppage for Asplund at the 4:48 mark of the first frame.
In preliminary action, heavyweight Alvin Hines (2-0) walked away with a Round 2 keylock submission victory against Will Johnson (1-4), and Kelton Sneve (2-0) earned a TKO victory against Coty Scott Milhausen (3-3) in the dying seconds of the first frame of their lightweight clash.
In the only women’s flyweight bout on the card, Cheyanne Bowers (3-1) extended her winning streak to three with an armbar submission win against Whittany Pyles (4-6) at the 3:52 mark of Round 1, while the middleweight meeting between Zeb Vincent (2-0) and Herbert Rogers-Williams (0-1) ended with disqualification win for Vincent after Rogers-Williams landed an illegal knee to the groin of his opponent halfway through the first round.
Additionally, featherweight Taner Trembley (1-0) kicked off his professional mixed martial arts career with a rear-naked choke win against Dylan Smerillo (0-1) 2:11 into Round 1, and light heavyweight Mervin Miller improved his record to 5-0 with an arm-triangle choke submission Kory Moegenburg (3-7) with 71 seconds remaining in the first frame.
The first two bouts on the card witnessed Ezayah Gomez Oropeza (2-0) secure a TKO victory against Jesse Midas (1-1) in their heavyweight clash at the 1:58 mark of Round 1, while featherweight Xavier Rosenbloom (3-1) walked away with a unanimous decision victory against another Ignite Fights alum in Dalan Jones (1-1).
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