Headlining the event in the 185 title match is Elite MMA brown belt Robert Yamashita taking on Kaileb Cummins for the middleweight belt. Yamashita hasn’t been seen on the MMA scene since TKO’ing Robert Russell at Lonestar Beatdown 12 way back in Nov. 2009 but has beena active on the BJJ and submission grappling circuit. Having most recently won the expert division belt at Brett Boyce and Seth Daniels‘ 2011 Texas Open while also claiming a lengthy experience in traditional martial arts as a karate stylist, Robert will sure be looking to make a splash in his return. Meanwhile, his opponent Kaileb Cummins will enter this bout having won his last two Legacy Amateur bouts over Michael Eaglin and Jeremy Hunter. Cummins sports a current record of 3-2 overall while fighting all his bouts under the Legacy banner.
Next up is Eric Garcia of Team Tooke. Last appearing at Legacy in Otober, Eric is the current 155 champion for the org and has won 3 in a row overall inside the Legacy Amateur Series. He’ll be defending his belt against popular Casey Williams, a wrestling specialist who trains alongside Johnny Bedford and Evan Cutts out of Fitness Fight Factory in Colleyville. Currently 3-1, Casey is sure to present a stiff challenge as he seeks to win his first title belt.
Also in championship action, upstart 19 year old phenom Ramiro Cortina also returns to Legacy to defend his bantamweight belt for the first time. Cortina claimed that title in a convincing TKO victory over Manny Lozoya at this past October’s Legacy Amateur Series 6. With this bout, he will now be looking to extend his winning streak to three in a row. This time around, he’ll have to get past Roberto Sanchez, a student of the famed Gracie Barra coach Vinicius “Draculinho” Magalhaes. Sanchez was last seen at Legacy Amateur Series 4 beating Casey Jones by D’Arce choke. Look for him to try and capitalize on that submission prowess as he looks to earn his own belt at Legacy.
Wrapping things up for the title bouts of the evening is an exciting flyweight title match between Ryan Hollis of the Hard Head Hitters and Ricky Turcios of Gracie Barra North Houston. Both these guys are known to be exciting fighters after coming off wins over Alex Ramirez and Eduan Espaillat respectively so look for both of them to be head hunting when that bells rings.
Below is the entire rendition of the 7th Legacy Amateur Series as it stands today. We’ll have more on this event as it nears here on TXMMA.com.
Jan 21st Legacy Amateur Series Fight Card (As of 12/1/11)
• 185 TITLE – Robert Yamashita 1-0 Elite MMA vs. Kaileb Cummins 3-2 Death Row MMA
• 155 TITLE – Eric Garcia 3-0 Team Tooke vs. Casey Williams 3-1 Fitness Fight Factory
• 135 TITLE – Roberto Sanchez 1-0 Gracie Barra Draculino vs. Ramiro Cortina 2-0 Silverback/RSKA
• 125 TITLE – Ryan Hollis 5-1 Hard Head Hitters vs. Ricky Turcios 2-0 G.B. North Houston
• 135 – Corey Garcia 1-0 Bushi Ban vs. Pablo “Cavehra Poha” Silva G.B. Draculino
• 135 – Eric Hendon 4-4 Death Row MMA vs. Tony Orozco Jr 3-1 Silverback
• 170 – James Powell 1-2 Fight Science vs. Charles Lloyd 2-0 G.B. North Houston
• 185 – Jacob Elliott 0-0 Castro’s Fight Pit vs. Mike Eaglin 0-2 Elite MMA
• 170 – Aaron Reeves 0-0 Metro vs. Alvin Amana 0-0 Elite MMA
• 145 – Josie Reyes 0-0 Metro vs. Henry Alcozer 0-0 Castro’s Fight Pit
• 125 – Corrine Zepeda 0-0 Paradigm vs. Audrey Alvarez 1-0
• 115 – Queyana Hall Debut Paradigm vs. Jordan Gaza 3-2
• 155 – Marcus St. Germain 0-0 Gold Team vs. Luis Lara 0-1 Metro Club
• 155 – Jeremy Hunter 2-2 4oz vs. John Gorrell 1-1 Elite MMA
• 145 – Eric Valdez 0-1 Metro vs. Kody Williams 1-0 G.B. North Houston
• 125 – Jacob Silva Silverback vs. Will Spidle 3-0 ATT Beaumont
• 155 – Leroy Vazquez 0-0 SBA vs. Tien Nguyen 0-1 Metro
• 145 – Danny Keeling 0-0 SBA vs. William Stell 0-0 Soliz MMA
• 185 – Angelus McFarlane 1-0 Bam Bam vs. Roceal Houston 0-0 Soliz MMA
• 145 – Omar Hillail 2-1 G.B. vs. Raul Rodriguez 1-1 Sugarland MMA
• 125 – Hugo De La Fuente 1-1 Bushi Ban vs. Mark Ibarra 0-0 Silverback
• 155 – Julian Vega 155 Elite MMA 1-0 vs. TBD
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