It’s time for Legacy FC again and that means its weigh in time at Hooters! Having a weigh in at Hooters has its ups and downs. On the plus side you’re at Hooters, on the downside if your one of the fighters on the card you get to spend a couple hours watching everyone else eat while you sip on an ice cube if you’re lucky.
All of the fighters made weight except for Brian Melancon who looked thinner than I have ever seen him and Rey Trujillio who looked pretty big still at 145. Neither fighter was more than a lb over and they both made the weight on their next attempt. It will be interesting to see how quickly Brian can recover from what looked to be another stressful cut.
Aside from the intense Chico and Ike stare down, the face offs went very smooth. The only major development is that the Ricardo Talavera vs Larry Hopkins fight is off. Â Hopkins was a no-show at weigh ins for reasons unknow to us at this time.
All the fighters are ready to get rehydrated and now its time to put on a show tonight. Remember if you can’t make it out to the Arena Theater (and you should really try, your support is vital to the growth of the scene) you can follow us as we live blog the fights.
In other news, after repeatedly boasting of being able to cut to any weight, apparently Drew Raticheck was unable to cut the 220lbs necessary to make weight and compete for the 15lb Legacy FC title against Colt Maynard. Â It is speculatoin at this point, but sources say after his title fight victory at Lonestar Beatdown, Drew overdosed on Bacon Pizza and has yet to recover. Â None the less, congratualtion to Colt on retaining his really-really-really-really-ultra-light-super-mega-flyweight title.
Congrats Colt! Drew never stood a chance anyway. Tonight will be crazy!!!
I’d be scared too if I had to fight Ricardo Talavera. I hope Hopkins found a good hiding spot, because I heard Talavera is on a rampage.
That punk should have taken his ass whippin like a man.
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I will fight Talavera anytime any place. Ive fought Big name like Loduine Sicade, Cleaburn walker, Danny Salinas, Jon Kirk. Why the hell would i be scared of Talavera…people are too Fucking funny these days, and wanna talk shit. My black ass was in jail and when I got out was in no condition to fight. I will and have no problem fighting him NOV on the next Legacy card or any other card. Why should i be scard of somebody who isnt a stand up fighter. But its koo people can say what they like dont hurt me none… anytime any place.
I personally do not think you were NOT scared of Ricardo but that’s fairly immaterial. The truth is that you weren’t a professional in failing to meet your obligations and it adversely affected your opponent, your promoter, and everyone’s fans. That’t not talking shit. That’s just the truth Larry.
As a promoter, how do you think Dana White would have handled this situation? Do you think he would he would be okay with the jail thing or would he have cut you? Jail may have been the reason but it sure as hell isn’t a viable excuse.
Anyways, I hope you get whatever you were in for handled and get your personal affairs straight. Best of luck to you.
You are so correct Mike. I even apologized to Mick and told him my self that it was unprofessional and i even sent Ricado an email on facebook stating that and I dont mind fighting him, if he wanted it to still go down. Im always willing to fight anyone. Shit happens in life for a reason, it wasnt our time but our time will come if it is ment to be. Til then Im gonna keep training and going to school and be a father to my boys.
Larry don’t worry about what others say. You and your god are the only one you are accountable to.
I have been reading here and there and trying to stay aside and not get into all this discussion about my fight with Larry. Definelely, having him pulling out at the last minute is very disappopinted and frustrating for many reasons, nevertheless, if you are not ready to fight for whatever reason then dont. Our sport demands alot of us and we do put ourselves if danger everytime we perfom.
If Larry and his coach(Tony) decided to pull out, then they knew what was best for them at that time. I dont believe it is a matter of Larry being scared or a coward, i have never thought he is either, it is just a matter of an unfortunate circumstance.