Filed under: AXS TV Fights , Featured , Featured Videos , News , Videos Roberto Sanchez pulled off a sensational comeback in the LFA 7 main event Friday night and just may have punched his ticket to the UFC. But it was a head kick earlier in the card that had the MMA world buzzing in the buildup to the AXS TV-broadcast flyweight headliner at Arena Theatre in Houston. Sanchez (6-0) looked like he was in trouble early on against Klayton Mai (8-3), a submission specialist nicknamed “The Python” who loves to choke out his opponents. But despite a guillotine attempt for nearly two minutes, Mai couldn’t put Sanchez away, and he paid for it later
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