The national fighter settled his bout against Venezuelan Ronal Padilla in a matter of seconds with a devastating blow that unleashed the crowd's euphoria
Lucas Corbage needed only a few seconds to turn a night full of expectations into a total explosion. The Argentine captured the interim lightweight title of the Fusion Fight Championship (FFC) with a brutal knockout over Ronal Padilla in the first round, during the 99th edition held this Wednesday at the Complejo Art Media in Buenos Aires, a venue located on Avenida Corrientes.
The crowd erupted when the Argentine fighter, with Brazilian roots, landed a precise right hand that decided the fight. It was a clean, accurate strike that landed flush and left the Venezuelan, who until that moment had been the interim champion, with no response. Padilla fell immediately and the referee did not hesitate for a moment to stop the fight. There was no controversy, no room for doubt: it was a resounding, categorical knockout, one of those that remain etched in memory and reaffirm the rise of a star.
With the victory, Corbage claimed the 155-pound (70-kilogram) interim belt. In addition to the main event win, Peruvian Jon Gary Rivera defeated Argentine Martín Blanco by unanimous decision and took the flyweight title; meanwhile, Héctor Almonacid submitted Ángel Escobar with a rear-naked choke to capture the interim featherweight belt.
However, all eyes were on Corbage. Because of the power of the punch, the way he overturned the previous logic (Padilla entered as the defending champion after being crowned at FFC 97), and the decisiveness with which he finished a fight that was expected to be long.
