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Dana White’s Contender Series 54: Best photos

Check out these photos from the fights at DWCS 54 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Check out these photos from the five fights at Dana White’s Contender Series 54 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. (Photos courtesy of Joshua Hedges, UFC)

LFA 135 video: Watch this incredible 45-second jumping switch knee knockout by Allan Begosso

Check out this wild first-round finish at LFA 135 from bantamweight Allan Begosso.

[autotag]Allan Begosso[/autotag] doesn’t like to spend a lot of time in the cage.

On Friday at LFA 135, the Brazilian bantamweight picked up his sixth first-round finish out of nine professional bouts and this one might be his most spectacular highlight to date.

Paris Stanford started the fight aggressively, moving forward and going first with hard kicks. However, when he backed away to reset, Begosso didn’t give him another opportunity to press forward as he charged forward and launched a jumping switch knee out of nowhere to put Stanford (5-4) down and out cold just 45 seconds into the fight.

Check out video of the finish below (via Twitter):

The finish for Begosso put him back in the win column after dropping the first fight of his career at LFA 119 to Richard Palencia by unanimous decision. Prior to his first loss, Begosso torched his first two LFA opponents in the first round, finishing Sean McPadden in 48 seconds at LFA 90 and submitting Samarbek Sabyrzhan Uulu at LFA 107.

LFA 90 results: Zviad Lazishvili wins vacant bantamweight title, moves to 13-0

Zviad Lazishvili is the new LFA bantamweight champion after an impressive performance at LFA 90.

[autotag]Zviad Lazishvili[/autotag] is the new LFA bantamweight champion.

The native of the Republic of Georgia picked up a dominant win in the main event of Friday’s LFA 90 card in Sioux Falls, S.D. to capture the vacant 135-pound title. Lazishvili (13-0 MMA) submitted [autotag]Ricky Steele[/autotag] with a rear-naked choke at 3:42 of the first round.

Lazishvili was nothing but dominant at LFA 90. The 28-year-old took down Steele early, secured the back mount against the cage, and from there worked relentlessly for the rear-naked choke. Steele did a good job defending the choke multiple times, but Lazishvili eventually secured the submission once and for all and got the tap.

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Lazishvili revealed in his post-fight interview he battled with three injuries in the training camp leading up to the fight, but he’s grateful he went trough it. He hopes the UFC takes notice of his performance and gets an offer to join the promotion.

The undefeated Lazishvili picked up his ninth submission win with the victory over Steele. This was also Lazishvili’s second win under the LFA banner, as he outpointed Josh Huber back in November 2019 at LFA 79.

Full results from LFA 90 below:

  • Zviad Lazishvili def. Ricky Steele via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:42.
  • [autotag]Maycon Mendoca[/autotag] def. [autotag]Devin Smyth[/autotag] via  knockout – Round 2, 4:21
  • [autotag]Ignacio Bahamondes[/autotag] def. [autotag]Chris Brown[/autotag] via split decision
  • [autotag]Mo Miller[/autotag] def. [autotag]Mando Gutierrez[/autotag] via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 4:26
  • [autotag]Allan Begosso[/autotag] def. [autotag]Sen McPadden[/autotag] via TKO – Round 1, 0:48
  • [autotag]Tabatha Ricci[/autotag] def. [autotag]Kelsey Arneson[/autotag] via unanimous decision
  • [autotag]Daniel Argueta[/autotag] def. [autotag]Jackson Filho[/autotag] via unanimous decision
  • [autotag]Alden Coria[/autotag] def. [autotag]Calvin Harbaugh[/autotag] via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:20

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