Jose Delano Dominates LFA 133 Main Event, Featherweight Title Stays Vacant

The Legacy Fighting Alliance featherweight title was on the line at LFA 133 but only Michael Stack was eligible to win it after Jose Mauro do Amaral Delano missed weight by five pounds.

The title fight saw an aggressive start from Stack (7-1), who didn't mind taking punches to close the gap against Delano (10-2). While Stack was able to repeatedly clinch with Delano, the American was unable to get any meaningful takedowns in the opening rounds. Delano would come close to submitting the wrestler with a guillotine choke in Round 3, but Stack would be saved by the bell. The Brazilian would get a takedown of his own in a dominant Round 4 and cruise through Round 5. After five rounds, the LFA featherweight title stayed vacant after Delano took a decision with scores of 50-45, 49-46 and 50-45 in the Brazilian's favor.

The co-main event saw Haris Talundzic record the first blemish on the record of Bahatebole Batebolati. It was a competitive, back-and-forth bout, but Talundzic (5-0) was one step ahead and able to bring Batebolati (3-1) to the ground multiple times. Batebolati would be penalized a point in the second round due to illegal grabbing of Talundzic's gloves. After a dominant Round 3, Talundzic received a decision win with unanimous scores of 30-26 in his favor.

In a matchup of undefeated welterweight prospects, Trey Waters prevailed against Benjamin Bennett. Bennett (3-1) didn't waste time looking for a takedown in a classic striker versus grappler matchup. Waters (6-0) valiantly defended the first attempt, but a later takedown would see him pulled to the floor at the end of the opening frame. "Mr. Alaska" was able to land cleanly on a slightly fatigued Waters in Round 2. However, in the final frame, "The Truth" landed a perfectly-timed knee that knocked out Bennett with just 23 seconds left in the fight.

The first welterweight bout of the night saw Ryan Charlebois fail a test against Jeremiah Curtright after landing illegal blows. A clear advantage for Charlebois (3-1) was in the grappling game and the Elevation Fight Team member kept taking down his foe. However, a series of elbows to the back of the head of Curtright (5-3), who was unable to continue fighting. Due to the illegal blows, Charlebois was given the first loss of his career via disqualification at 3:15 of Round 1.

Lightweight Jacobi Jones successfully bounced back from his first professional defeat against Riley Wiseman. Jones (4-1) wasted no time looking to engage as he immediately threw combinations at Wiseman (2-1), who looked to counter with leg kicks. However, the pace of Jones overwhelmed Jones, and landed a knee that caused a huge gash on Wiseman. Due to the cut, the towel was thrown by Wiseman's corner and the fight officially ended at the 2:09 mark of the first round.

The main card opener saw heavyweight prospect Benjamin Tynan stay undefeated against Trevor Wallace. While Wallace (4-2) came out aggressive, it left him wide open for a takedown by Tynan (2-0). "Vanilla Thunder" began dropping elbows before taking the back of Wallace and sinking in an arm-triangle choke. The tap came at 1:33 of Round 1.

In preliminary action, Jota Ninomiya (1-0) overwhelmed Ricky Field (0-1) with punches in just 34 seconds of Round 1; Llorrvic Acevedo (2-1) submitted Aasin Liberato (1-1) with a guillotine choke at 4:36 of the first round; Frankie Sanchez Jr. (1-0) picked up a TKO win over Joe Stafford (0-1) 55 seconds into the second frame; Miguel Perez (1-0) sunk in a rear-naked choke on Michael Mazariego (0-1) at 4:04 of Round 1; and Luis Gurule (1-0) TKO'd Anthony Valenzuela (0-1) after just 1:16 of action.