Featherweight Roman Puga picked up a TKO finish in the second round of Hamzeh Trad at LFA 227 on Friday to improve to 5-1.
The 29-year-old turned pro in 2018 and appeared for Bellator MMA the following year, after which he spent some time honing his skills in the boxing world, taking several fights in that sport before returning to MMA.
Since then, he has made quite a splash on the California scene and is 2-0 in LFA with the Contender Series in his sights.
“Absolute. Contender series by Dana WhiteI’m willing to take it a step further there and test my skills against more top competitors, more hungry fighters,” Puga told Cageside Press after his victory on Friday, “and show that out of all the hungry fighters, I’m malnourished, I’m starving, and I want to prove my worth.”
Aside from his boxing, there were some slick scrambles on display in Puga’s fight at LFA 227, something he admitted he didn’t quite expect. “No, I wasn’t. We prepared for it, you can see it in there, but more or less I thought he was going to get up and hit me, show his kickboxing and try to take me out at my own game, which is on the feet.”
Rather, the game plan was to “just put pressure on him. I can see him breaking and I know I’ll take him out as long as I’m clinical with my injections.”
“I knew he was crumbling because I was wobbling him with the jab. So he couldn’t take that power,” Puga later added.
Roman Puga was originally scheduled to face Victor Santos but has now won four straight bouts in MMA since making the jump back from boxing.
Watch our full interview with LFA 227’s Roman Puga above.
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