Lion Fight 23 took place last night at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, CA. The night's main event featured Liam Harrison vs. Malaipet Sasiprapa, and the co-main event featured a Lion Fight women's featherweight title fight between current champion Tiffany Van Soest and Martyna Krol.
In the main event Malaipet started strong as expected by most, but as soon as Liam Harrison turned it on he took control. He didn't get going until about the third round which at times can be dangerous if it goes to the judges, but Harrison did enough once he started to press the action to convince two of the three judges. Harrison was declared the winner by split decision
Tiffany Van Soest retained Lion Fight women's featherweight world title by defeating Martyna Krol. Van Soest was in full control of this fight, after a slow first round there was nothing Krol could do to derail Van Soest. The official results was a unanimous decision victory for Van Soest, who after the fight called out Valentina Shevchenko.
Kevin Ross was looking to rebound from his (T)KO loss to Tetsuya Yamato at Lion Fight 21, but after a solid first round things unraveled quickly for Ross against Rungrat Sasiprapa. Ross was finding home for his punches in the fight and was popping his jab nicely, then he took a risk by thrown a spinning elbow. Ross has thrown the same spinning elbow countless times before in his career, the difference was Rungrat ate the elbow and held Ross down to deliver a knee that sent him to the canvas. Ross was able to answer the referee's count but after getting up another knee from Rungrat ended the fight.
Mike Lemaire and Andrew Kapel were involved in the fight of the night as both men left it all out in the ring. The pair had fought before, a bout where Lemaire won a very close extra round decision. Leading into the fifth round both men were beat up, both men were tired, and once again this fight was very close. Lemaire once again ended on top as fatigue seemed to take over for Kapel and it was hard form him to stay standing. With about 30 seconds left int he fight it was called and Lemaire was declared the winner.
Romie Adanza scored a huge (T)KO win over the UK's number one ranked bantamweight Daniel McGowan. Adanza proved that a fight is never over, McGowan was likely up on the judges score cards going into the third round as he had been just step ahead of Adanza this far in the fight. A left hook dropped McGowan and he was given a standing 8-count. A pretty bad looking cut opened on his lip and the doctor went to inspect the cut and the fight was stopped. McGowan was visibly upset at the stoppage, but it was a pretty bad cut. The doctor might have been able to let it go further, but McGowan's lip was split wide open and probably the right call. This is a huge win for Adanza after going 1-3-1 in his previous five fights.
In other action Victor Saravia remained undefeated as a pro with a third round (T)KO over Stan Mancebo and Marvin Madariaga opened the night's pro card with a first round (T)KO over Tony Fausto.
Results:
Liam Harrison def. Malaipet Sasiprapa Split Decision
Tiffany Van Soest def. Martyna Krol via Unanimous Decision to retain Lion Fight women’s featherweight title
Rungrat Sasiprapa def. Kevin Ross (T)KO (knee) in Rd. 2
Victor Saravia def. Stan Mancebo via (T)KO (elbow) in Rd. 3
Mike Lemaire def. Andrew Kapel by (T)KO in Rd. 5
Romie Adanza def. Daniel McGowan by (T)KO (doctor’s stoppage) in Rd.3
Marvin Madariaga def. Tony Fausto by (T) KO in Rd. 1
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