Daniel Frunza Notches Buzzer-Beater Knockout of Haris Talundzic at LFA 170
WOW. Daniel Frunza cracks Haris Talund?i? with a brutal elbow and gets the finish with 1 second left in the fight. Crazy ending in the LFA main event. #LFA170 pic.twitter.com/bQa4BKN3QN
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) October 28, 2023
Romanian welterweight Daniel Frunza (7-2) secured his seventh professional victory with an emphatic knockout in the last second of his bout against Bosnia's Haris Talundzic (6-2) in the Legacy Fighting Alliance 170 170 main event at the Dobson Arena in Vail, Colorado, on Friday night.
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With barely a few seconds left in the final round, Frunza managed to land a thudding right elbow on Talundzic that left him wobbled. From there, the Romanian unleashed a barrage of punches on his fallen foe to finish the fight at the 4:59 mark of Round 3.
Holy HELL. What a vicious uppercut KO by Myktybek Orolbai. Absolutely faceplants Hayward Charles. #LFA170 pic.twitter.com/Scm3m44eVe
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) October 28, 2023
In another welterweight offering in the co-headliner, Myktybek Orolbai (9-1) recorded a devastating knockout victory against Texas native Hayward Charles (18-15). Orolbai seemed to be outworking Charles in all facets of the game before finally landing a devastating uppercut that sent his adversary crashing face-first into the canvas 41 seconds into the second frame.
Meanwhile, Isaac Thomson (6-1) put a stop to A.J. Robb's (6-3) five-fight winning streak with a unanimous decision victory. This marked the Australian featherweight's third victory in the promotion.
Elsewhere on the card in a featherweight matchup, Caio Machado (17-8) secured a rear-naked choke 3:02 into the final round of his outing against Ilyor Bakhtiyar Uulu (6-2).
In the only women's bout on the main card, flyweight Shannon Clark extended her undefeated record to 4-0 with a unanimous decision win against Bosnia's Nejra Repp (2-1).
In the main card opener, Jordan Burkholder (5-1) recorded a rear-naked choke against Daniel Gonzales (3-3) at the 3:51 mark of Round 2 of their flyweight meeting.
In preliminary action, Carlos Rivera (2-0) notched his second professional mixed martial arts win against Hondo Gutierrez (1-1) via guillotine choke 1:57 into Round 2 of their catchweight meeting.
Earlier, in a bout that saw both men make their professional MMA debuts, Chaz Polson (1-0) managed to secure a rear-naked choke victory against Austin Waterman (0-1) at the 3:52 mark of Round 2.
In the first professional MMA bout of the evening, Keynan Davis (1-0) put away Walter Saragosa (0-2) just 43 seconds into the very first round of their meeting via technical knockout.
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