Though the new season of The Ultimate Fighter started tonight, Legacy Fighting Championship presented Legacy FC 14 from the Arena Theatre in Houston, Texas. The event aired live on AXSTV and featured an interim welterweight title fight between Jeff Rexroad and Lucas Pimenta as the current champion, Jorge Patino had to withdraw due to injury.
Well known and well liked by Houston MMA fans, former marine and current HPD police officer Jeff Rexroad (5-1) was originally scheduled to fight Jorge Patino at Legacy FC 14. Patino suffered a torn ACL eight days away from the fight and in his place to fight Rexroad is Patino’s teammate, BJJ black belt Lucas Pamenta (8-1). The bout will be for the interim welterweight title and will be three, three-minute rounds instead of five.
On September 14th, at The Houston Arena Theatre in Houston Texas, LEGACY Fighting Championship will host what they’re saying looks to be the fight card of the year in Legacy FC 14, live on AXS tv.
From the Arena Theater in Houston, Texas was Legacy Fighting Championship 9 last night on HDNet. The six fight main card was headlined by a welterweight title fight between the current title holder Jorge Patino against the former LFC champion Mike Bronzoulis. Patino won the belt in his last outing, a belt that was vacated by Bronzoulis after he signed with Strikeforce.
Legacy Fighting Championship hit the HDNet airwaves last night with another exciting Mixed Martial Arts event. Michael Schiavello and Frank Trigg called all the night’s action once again, live from the Houston Arena Theater in Houston, Texas.
