Antonio Banuelos has signed with Legacy Fighting Championship and will debut for the promotion at Legacy FC 14 next month.
With Rafael De Freitas out with an injury, the former UFC and WEC fighter will meet Josh Sampo (7-2) in the co-main event. Legacy promoter Mick Maynard on Tuesday confirmed the news to mmajunkie.com.
Legacy FC 14 takes place Sept. 14 at Houston’s Arena Theater, and the main card airs on AXS TV (formerly HDNet).
Banuelos, who makes his flyweight debut, has not fought since a December loss to Bibiano Fernandes in the DREAM bantamweight grand prix finals.
He won his semifinal bout by split decision against Masakazu Imanari earlier that night before he was stopped by Fernandes with a very early/impressive TKO stoppage.
Banuelos has went 9-5 in the WEC before coming to the UFC in the merger of the two promotions. Banuelos was only given one fight in the UFC and was outpointed by Miguel Torres at UFC 126 before he was released.
Sampo comes into the fight with four wins in his past five outings and has four of his seven wins by way of submission. He is coming off a first-round kimura submission of Carson Gainey in a regional event in Missouri.
This card has what it takes to be a very stacked card outside the bigger promotions and should be a great one for the fans.
Antonio may not be in the UFC anymore but his legacy will be preserved in the video game. Watch him in true pixel form in the fun video below.
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The Legacy FC 14 card now includes:
MAIN CARD (AXS TV)
- Champ Jorge “Macaco” Patino vs. Jeff Rexroad (for welterweight title)
- Antonio Banuelos vs. Josh Sampo
- Matt Thompson vs. TBA
- Cody Williams vs. TBA
- Leandro Da Silva vs. Brandon Farran
- Lester Batres vs. Jon Harris
- Ryan Hollis vs. Matt Schnell
- Darrion Caldwell vs. Nate Garza
PRELIMINARY CARD (Untelevised)
- Charlie Ontiveros vs. Edgar Verdin
- Terrance Ferguson vs. Patrick Hutton
- Jermaine Anugwom vs. Chris Reed
- Roxy Adams vs. Katalina Malugalu
- Patrick Greene vs. Ryan Spann