HOUSTON, TX, December 23, 2011 – It’s been an eventful second year for USACA’s Legacy Amateur Series show in Texas with a total of six events held in a very busy year for the promotion.
Let’s take a look at what Legacy Amateur Series accomplished this year by the numbers in this year-end recap.
By the Numbers – Legacy Amateur Series in 2011
6 – Total Number of Events Held (Legacy Amateur Series 1-6)
72 – Total Number of Amateur Fights
4 – Number of Female Fights
5 – Number of Title Fights
23 – Number of KO/TKO Finishes
17 – Number of Submissions
32 – Number of Decisions
4 – Number of Amateurs that Fought for Legacy Amateur in 2011 Before Turning Pro
56% – Percentage of Fights Ending Before the Judges’ Scorecards
0:38 – Quick TKO/KO (Turcios vs. Espaillat at Legacy Amateur Series 4)
0:49 – 2ND Quick TKO/KO (Ibarra vs. Boyd at Legacy Amateur Series 1)
1:00 – Fastest Submission (Butler vs. Obena at Legacy Amateur Series 3)
The Birth of the Legacy Amateur Series
The Legacy Amateur Series was born on February 18, 2011 after 19 successful events held under the moniker of the “Lonestar Beatdown.” Through the end of 2010, LSBD was the original home of many of Legacy’s current pro stars – guys like Ricardo Talavera, Bubba Bush, Jeff Rexroad, Jonathan Harris, and many more.
This past year, 4 debuting professionals made the jump from the Legacy Amateur Series to the pro level with Evert Gutierrez, David Armas, Chop Rucker, and Armando Servin all fighting at Legacy Amateur events before stepping in to the pro ranks in 2011.
Next year, a planned year-long tournament series promises to up this number even more as Legacy Amateur looks to become the official feeder league for its professional counterpart.
2011 Highlights – Knockouts
In 2012, there were plenty of technical knockout (TKO) finishes at the Legacy Amateur Series but only 2 fights made the TLDR cut in terms of officially being ruled knockout finishes. Amazingly enough, both came in the same event at the House of Blues this past August in Dallas at Legacy Amateur Series 5. In that event, Daniel Trevino and Lior Shporen were the big finishers of the night with Trevino taking out Jay Nichols in the first bout of the evening while Shporen finished his bout with a devastating KO of Terrell Henson later on in the evening. Lior’s knockout in particular was devastating enough to be nominated for Amateur Knockout of the Year honors in the 2011 TXMMA Awards.
2011 Highlights – Submissions
With 17 submissions on the year it’s a challenge to pick a favorite but there were plenty that impressed us througout the year. For starters, Evert Gutierrez started the year off with a nice textbook transition into the RNC in February. Tucker Dierksheide over John Rodriguez and Rob Butler over Joshua Obena (fastest sub of the year) both impressed in May while Micah Williams did likewise in July, taking out Jabari Shakur and celebrating emphatically afterwards much to the amusement of everybody in press row. Finishing off our list of favorites where two thrilling subs with Alex Melendez pulling off the triangle on Casey Williams at Legacy Amateur Series 5 while Charles Lloyd choked out Omar Khosravi at Legacy Amateur Series 6 to finish off the year.
2011 Highlights – Memorable Fights
I’m sure everybody has their own personal choices as far as those fights that stick out the most from the Legacy Amateur Series in 2011. For us, there were more than a few. Below is a listing of some our favorites from each event of 2011. Feel free to comment some of yours after reading the rest of this article as well.
► Legacy Amateur Series 1 – Evert Gutierrez vs. Corey Allmand, Joe Trevino vs. Jacob Silva, Cody Phillips vs. Austin Franks, Kristy Kester vs. Jordan Gaza (plus even more from this event)
► Legacy Amateur Series 2 – Monica Earnshaw vs. Tina Gomez, Ricky Turcios vs. Hugo De la Fuente, Many Lozoya vs. David Armas
► Legacy Amateur Series 3 – Jordan Gaza vs Christina Lozano, Tristan Grimsley vs. Nelson Salas
► Legacy Amateur Series 4 – Monica Earnshaw vs. Kristy Kester (FOTY Candidate), Eric Garcia vs. Luis Lara, Raul Rodriguez vs. Tien Nguyen
► Legacy Amateur Series 5 – Hugo De La Fuente vs. Philip Maravella, Fernando Salas vs. Angel Zamora
► Legacy Amateur Series 6 – Kody Williams vs. Alex Stephens, Ryan Hollis vs. Alex Ramirez, Adrian Yanez vs. Nico Echeverry (FOTY Candidate), Ramiro Cortina vs. Manny Lozoya
2011 in Pictures – Legacy Amateur Series
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