Roberto Sanchez pulled off a sensational comeback in the LFA 7 main event Friday night and just may have punched his ticket to the UFC.
But it was a head kick earlier in the card that had the MMA world buzzing in the buildup to the AXS TV-broadcast flyweight headliner at Arena Theatre in Houston.
Sanchez (6-0) looked like he was in trouble early on against Klayton Mai (8-3), a submission specialist nicknamed “The Python” who loves to choke out his opponents. But despite a guillotine attempt for nearly two minutes, Mai couldn’t put Sanchez away, and he paid for it later.
In the second round, Sanchez landed a body kick, a takedown, and then took Mai’s back to finish him off with a choke of his own. And after the win, he called for UFC President Dana White to give him his shot in the promotion – ideally at UFC 211 in Dallas in May.
But before that, there was some comic relief when Clovis Hancock (2-2) tried an ill-fated capoeira kick on Nikolay Veretennikov (4-2) that left him stumbling forward and laughing even at himself at the failure. He paid for it later when Veretennikov put together a combination that led to the end of the fight when he drilled Clovis with a left kick to the face.
Check out the highlights from the event above, which also Domingo Pilarte’s (7-1) split-decision win over Adrian Yanez (5-2) and Gilbert Urbina’s (5-0) first-round choke of Noel Ligon (5-1) that he claimed has him ready for the UFC, as well.
Complete LFA 7 results included:
For more on LFA 7, including a recap of the event, check out the MMA Events section of the site.
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