UK Heavyweight James McSweeney Meets Paul Buentello at Legacy Fights 22

UK Heavyweight James McSweeney Meets Paul Buentello at Legacy Fights 22
by Chris Houten - @Mr Houts

 
UK Heavyweight James McSweeney will meet Paul Buentello in the main event at Legacy Fights 22 replacing the injured Marcus Sursa.

Former TUF 10 contestant McSweeney (11-10) enters the bout on the back on a impressive run of 5 wins in his last 6 fights, including a brutal headkick TKO of former Strikeforce contender Dion Starring after just 38 second of the first round. McSweeney has never been the distance in his 11 professional victories.

His opponent Paul Buentello(32-15) , is former UFC and Strikeforce contender, who will be looking for his fourth straight win against fellow UFC vet McSweeney. A native of Texas, Buentello has has shared the cage with Top heavyweight such as Stefan Struve, Cheick Kongo Alister Overeem, and Tim Sylvia, and holds notable victories over Gary Goodridge, Tank Abbot and Mike Kyle

Legacy Fights 22 takes place August 23rd, in Lubbock, Texas with form UFC and WEC bantamweight Damacio Page, and recent Bellator MMA "Fight Master" contestant Aretenas Young also on the main card.

Adam Schindler Replaces Junior Assuncao at Legacy 20

Adam Schindler Replaces Junior Assuncao at Legacy 20

Bellator and Strikeforce veteran Adam Schindler (10-5) has stepped in to replace Junior Assuncao and will take on Chris Pecero (8-4) at Legacy FC 20. Schindler is coming off a knee injury that occurred in his last fight back in May. A talented grappler with a very strong wrestling background, Schindler has finished seven opponents in his ten wins and has fought Legacy veterans Brian Melancon, Justin Reiswerg, and Derrick Krantz.

Pecero, a Corpus Christi native, is riding a four-fight win streak which saw him finish three opponents, with his last loss coming to Legacy FC 19 winner Rey Trujillo.

Legacy Fighting Championship 20 will take place on May 31 at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, TX, and is headlined by lightweight fight between Legacy and UFC veteran Carlo Prater and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt Carlos Diego Ferreira. The card also features the Legacy debut of Damacio Page, Jimmy Flick in his return since his first loss against Flyweight Champion Will Campuzano, and undefeated Matt Schnell.

Legacy Fighting Championship 20 (Fight Card)

Legacy Fighting Championship 20
Date: May 31, 2013
American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Main Card
Junior Assuncao vs Chris Pecero
Rodrigo Lima vs Jimmy Flick
Damacio vs TBD
Justin Ledet vs Robert Villegas
Chris Spicer vs Roger Narvaez
Daniel Loyde vs Hector Munoz
Johnny Ray Rodriguez vs Patrick Ybarra
Elias Garcia vs Matt Schnell

Premliminary Card 
Joseph Daily vs Corey Bellino
Nancy Talbott vs Jordan Gaza
Cesar Del Angel vs Danny Flick
Kick Hubble vs TBD
Paulina Granados vs TBD
Jerod Perez vs TBD  
        

Legacy Fighting Championship 19 (Fight Card)

Legacy Fighting Championship 19
Date: April 13, 2013 00:00 GMT
Allen Event Center, Allen, Texas, USA

Main Card
Will Campuzano vs Alan Nascimento - For The LFC Flyweight Title
Din Thomas vs Georgi Karakhanyan
Robert Drysdale vs DJ Linderma
Matt Hobar vs Nelson Sala
Steven Peterson vs George Pacurariu
Chris Jones vs Rey Trujillo
Hunter Tucker vs Kevin Aguilar

Preliminary Card
Sean Holden vs Armando Servin
David Armas vs Brad Mitchell
Evan Thompson vs Angelus McFarlane
Bull Lawal vs Jabari Shakur
James Hall vs Vernon Lewis

Matt Riddle joins Legacy Fighting Championship

Former UFC Fighter Matt Riddle signs multi-fight deal with Legacy Fighting Championships

Former UFC Welterweight Matt Riddle took to twitter late on Friday night to confirm his next fight will be with Legacy Fighting Championships:

Yep I'm fighting @legacyfighting can't wait it's gonna be a blood bath
— matthew riddle (@riddletuf7) March 9, 2013

Riddle (7-3, 2NC) a medical marijuana patient in the state of Nevada, who holds notable wins over John Maguire, and DaMarques Johnson, was recently recently released from the UFC after testing positive for marijuana in his most recent bout at UFC on Fuel 7 in London - his second positive test for the ban substance in 7 months, regardless of the license he holds.

Early in the week Riddle appeared on the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani and mentioned was in talks with US fight network AXS-TV to appear for one of the channels promotions, which can now be confirmed as the Texas based Legacy Fighting Championship.

Riddle has never fought professionally outside of The UFC.

Legacy Fighting Championship 18 (Fightcard)

Legacy Fighting Championship 18
Houston, Texas, USA

Legacy FC will return to Houston in 2013 for Legacy Fighting Championship 18 at the Arena Theatre on March 1, 2013. The night will be headlined by two title fights, as Derrick Lewis will defend his heavyweight title against Ricky Shivers, and Jorge “Macaco” Patino will defend his lightweight title against Legacy FC 16 winner Derrick Krantz.


Main Card (AXS TV)
Derrick Lewis 8-2  v. Ricky Shivers 10-5-1- For the LFC Heavyweight Title
Lightweight title – Jorge “Macaco” Patino 24-13 v. Derrick Krantz  14-6
125 – Rafael De Freitas 5-0 v. Antonio Banuelos  20-9
185 – Larry Crowe 5-2 v. Bubba Bush 5-2
170 – Charlie Ontiveros 3-0 v. Jeremy Morris  3-1
125 – Jennifer Scott 2-2 v. April Coutino  3-1
170 – Brandon Farran 7-6 v Alex Morono 4-1

Preliminary Card (Untelevised)
170 – Kaileb Cummins v. Justin Murray
145 – Eric Valdez  v.  TBD
205 – Chris Reed v. Jermaine Anugwom
Hvy – Chad Cook v.  Dale Mitchell
135 – Gerzan Chaw v. Victor Pozas