New Legacy MT champ Sammy Mongonia lands on Ray Aninzo

HOUSTON, TX, October 7, 2012 – If last night’s Legacy Amateur Series 10 card at Houston’s Arena Theater is of any indication, Texas may be seeing the start of a beautiful thing with the introduction of real Muay Thai competition to the event schedule.

Legacy Amateur Series 10 was the first of what could be a recurring format for Mick Maynard’s amateur event series.

According to Maynard, this was brought on by a desire to bring something fresh and new to the scene while helping push one of own personal passions by bringing Muay Thai to the masses.

As a promotion Legacy had actually already done something similar with a couple of Muay Thai themed events in the last few years but this is the first where they were able to do full Muay Thai rules – including reinforced knees, elbows, and anything one could throw with the “art of eight limbs.”

Bi Nguyen vs. Ashley Meza

“I’m always down to try something new,” said Maynard about the event. A big K-1 kickboxing fan even before he got introduced to the sport of mixed martial arts, he’s been a proponent of bringing this type of event for some time but was just waiting for the right opportunity.

With so many events both from Legacy and other promotions hitting the area, he finally thought what better time than now to introduce this hybrid MMA/Muay Thai event format and bring something new to Houston fight fans.

Here are quick results from Legacy Amateur Series 10 along with complete photo coverage of the October 6^th LAM 10 show in Houston.

Legacy Amateur Series 10 – Quick Results

MT – Sammy Mongonia (Kru Pong) over Ray Aninzo (GB North Houston) by unanimous decision.

MT – Bi Nguyen (4OZ) over Ashley Meza (Zion) by unanimous decision.

MMA – Mike Eaglin (Elite MMA) over John Villalobos (McCall MMA) by unanimous decision.

MMA – Quentin Kiper (Revolution) over Yan Digalov (Paradigm) by unanimous decision.

MT – Uriel Figueroa (Kru Pong) over Colin Wright (Paradigm) by majority decision.

MMA – Adrian Yanez (Metro Fight Club) over Justin Salinas (Martinez MMA) by TKO, RD1

MMA – Ken Banks (GB Texas) over Matt Reeves (HHH) by TKO (strikes on ground), RD1

MMA – Sijin Kurian (Sienna MMA) over John Ballah (Champions MMA) by submission (Guillotine), RD3

MT – Dat Nguyen (Windy) over Akinpelu Esubiyi (Michai MT) by TKO, RD1

MMA – Jason Langillier (Metro Fight Club) over Shavaire Griggs (Austin Muay Thai) by TKO, RD2

MT – Tyler Bradford (Paradigm) over Colt Dubroc (Kru Pong) by split decision.

Legacy Amateur Series 10 Photo Gallery

The complete gallery can be found on mikecalimbas.com for anyone that may want to order some shots. Likewise, a selection of the event photos can also be found on our TXMMA Facebook Page so make sure you LIKE us there.