Lion Fight 16 took place last night from The Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas, NV. The night's main event featured a clash between America's Kevin Ross and Australia's Michael "Tomahawk" Thompson for the Lion Fight Super Lightweight World Championship, and as expected the fighters two did not disappoint.
As always Ross came out looking to meet in the middle and trade and Thompson was more than willing to do the same. Ross was clearly the bigger of the two fighters and for those that say size doesn't matter, it does. Ross was able to bully the gutsy Aussie with his size and constant pressure. Ross seemed to get stronger with each round and in the end it was too much for Thompson to over come and the judges awarded Ross a unanimous decision victory. It was a great performance for Ross who has now won three straight for the first time since 2010. With the win Ross is Lion Fight's inaugural super lightweight champion.
Tiffany Van Soest continued her road back to the title as she took on Sindy Huyer and it was business as usual for "Time Bomb". After a close first round where Van Soest and Huyer were feeling each other out things picked up in favor of Van Soest. In the second round Van Soest landed a beautiful spinning elbow that dropped Huyer. Despite being able to recover and beat the count the remainder of the fight was all Van Soest. In the final round a teep to the face from Van Soest also resulted in a wardrobe malfunction as Van Soest's foot pulled down the top of Huyer. As Huyer turned to pull up her top Van Soest connected with punch and the referee stepped in and stopped the bout. Van Soest was clearly on her way to a victory unless some miraculous comeback occurred, but the referee definitely made a bad call. Huyer fought hard enough that she deserved to continue to fight on. None the less Van Soest put on a great performance and after the victory called out Caley Reece in hopes of getting a chance to avenge her only career loss and winning back her Lion Fight belt.
Rungravee Sasiprapa made his Lion Fight debut against Adrian Morilla. Rungravee started the fight slow compared to how he normally fights, but by the end it was all Rungravee. Much credit has to be given to Morilla for hanging tough and trying to go toe to toe with a seasoned veteran like Rungravee, but in the end the Thai Terminator was just too much and the judges awarded Rungravee a unanimous decision win.
In the night's other two pro fights Gaston Bolanos improved to 2-0 with first round (T)KO over Tyler Toner. Josh Shepard tasted defeat for the first time in his pro career with a split decision loss to Casey Parlett, who was making his pro debut.
Results:
Kevin Ross def. Michael Thompson via Unanimous Decision
Tiffany Van Soest def. Sindy Huyer via (T)KO in Rd. 5
Rungravee Sasiprapa def. Adrian Morilla via Unanimous Decision
Gaston Bolanos def. Tyler Toner via (T)KO in Rd. 1
Casey Parlett def. Josh Shepard via Split Decision
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