Majority Decision Sends Wellinton Prado Past Italo Gomes in LFA 136 Main Event

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Wellinton Prado planted his flag in the Legacy Fighting Alliance featherweight division with a majority decision over Italo Gomes in the LFA 136 headliner on Friday at Ubaldo Goncalves Municipal Sports Center in Caraguatatuba, Brazil. Scores were 29-27, 29-27 and 28-28.

Gomes (11-3, 1-1 LFA) benefitted from a point deduction after being poked in the eye in the first round but failed to make the lead stand. Prado (13-2, 1-0 LFA) took down the Tata Fight Team representative multiple times across the final 10 minutes, largely corralled him on the canvas and was emboldened enough to attempt a calf slicer at one point. He iced the win in Round 3, where he climbed to full mount, attacked with elbows to the body and enjoyed a sustained run of positional dominance at Gomes’ expense.

The 22-year-old Prado will carry a three-fight winning streak into his next assignment.

Meanwhile, Parana Vale Tudo prospect Davi Costa rode takedowns, clinches and positional control to a unanimous decision over Eduardo Henrique in the three-round flyweight co-main event. All three judges sided with Costa (13-3, 1-0 LFA): 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28.

Henrique (10-2, 0-1 LFA) did his best work in the middle stanza, where his efforts were highlighted by a prolonged attack on the legs with his counterpart in the butt scoot position. Costa was the aggressor in both the standup and grappling exchanges, as he kept the favored Maquininha do Futuro product off-balance for much of their 15-minute encounter. He executed a takedown in the third round, kept Henrique pinned to the canvas and piled up points with ground-and-pound from full guard and half guard.

Costa, 27, has rattled off nine straight wins.

Finally, former Jungle Fight champion Bruno Lopes stayed undefeated with an arm-triangle submission of Mailton Azevedo in the first round of their light heavyweight showcase. Azevedo (10-4, 0-1 LFA) conceded defeat 4:49 into Round 1, his modest two-fight winning streak at an end.

Lopes (10-0, 1-0 LFA) seized the reins at the start and never ceded control. He struck for a takedown roughly two minutes into the first round and later returned Azevedo to the mat a second time. Lopes achieved full mount on multiple occasions, battered the Parana Vale Tudo export with punches and elbows, maintained top position and cinched the arm-triangle choke. His squeeze did the rest.

The 29-year-old Lopes has finished five consecutive opponents, four of them inside one round.

In other action, Edianna Silva (12-2, 1-0 LFA) laid claim to a unanimous verdict over Amanda Torres (8-6, 0-1 LFA), earning 30-27 scores across the board; Jonas Bilharinho (10-2-1, 1-1 LFA) captured a unanimous decision—30-24, 30-24, 30-24—over Pedro Lopes (5-1, 0-1 LFA) in a three-round featherweight affair; Rafael Costa (14-3, 1-1 LFA) was awarded a unanimous verdict over Wallace Lopes (9-3, 0-1 LFA) in a three-round bantamweight clash, drawing 29-28 marks from all three cageside judges; Junior Assis (8-3, 1-0 LFA) took a unanimous decision—30-27, 30-27, 29-27—from Hermison Oliveira (10-7, 0-1 LFA) in a three-round flyweight tilt; and Jairo Pacheco (7-0, 1-0 LFA) cut down Rhalber Bernardo (8-6, 0-1 LFA) with punches 4:33 into the second round of their lightweight pairing.