After just over a year away from fighting, Leomana Martinez needed just over five minutes to remind everyone why he’s the Fury Fighting Championship 135-pound champ -- and perhaps the hottest prospect in Texas.
In his first defense of the belt he won at Fury FC 27 last November, “Manaboi” took on undefeated challenger David Rivera. Martinez faced some adversity early in the fight, as he grabbed a guillotine and jumped guard off of an early takedown attempt by Rivera, only to have Rivera escape the choke, setting up in Martinez’s guard at the base of the cage.