Robert Drysdale vs D.J. Linderman at LFC 19, April 12th

Robert Drysdale vs. D.J. Linderman added to April's Legacy FC 19 event in Texas


by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Feb 07, 2013 at 2:05 pm ET



A
light heavyweight matchup between submission ace Robert Drysdale (5-0)
and multi-division contender D.J. Linderman (13-4) will serve as the
co-main event of April's Legacy FC 19 event.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the new bout with promotion officials.

Additionally, Rey Trujillo (13-10) steps in for an injured Junior
Assuncao and will now face Chris Jones (7-1) in a featherweight matchup.
Assuncao is expected to be booked for a future Legacy FC event.

Featuring champion Will Campuzano vs. Alan Nascimento for the
promotion's flyweight title, Legacy FC 19 takes place April 12 at Allen
Event Center in Allen, Texas, and the main card airs on AXS TV.

Drysdale, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and 2007 Abu Dhabi Combat
Club Submission Wrestling World Championship open division winner, has
long served as an instructor for many top mixed-martial-artists and 2010
decided to make his own go as a fighter. The result has been
five-straight submission wins, all coming in the first round.

Meanwhile, "Da Protege" does Mohammed "King Mo" Lawal proud as a
moneyweight fighter who bounces back and forth between heavyweight and
205 pounds as fights are available. He appeared most recently at
November's World Series of Fighting 1 where he suffered a first-round
knockout to UFC veteran Anthony Johnson following an odd sequence where
"Rumble" appeared to have been poked in the eye but then delivered a
massive punch as Linderman moved in to continue the action.

Legacy FC 19

Date: April 12, 2013 7:00 PM EDT

Location: Allen, Texas

Venue: Allen Event Center

Broadcast: AXS TV


MAIN (AXS TV, 10 p.m. ET)

• Will Campuzano vs. Alan Nascimento - for flyweight title
  
• Robert Drysdale vs. D.J. Linderman
  
• Matt Hobar vs. Nelson Salas
  
• Chris Jones vs. Reynaldo Trujillo
  
• Charles Byrd vs. Roy Spoon
  
• George Pacurariu vs. Steven Peterson
  

That's a big step up for Drysdale.

I think he makes D.J. slap himself.

GDPofDRC wrote:

I think he makes D.J. slap himself.

I could see that, hope he pulls it off.