Chepe Mariscal scored his seventh-straight win on Saturday night time inside The APEX.
Issues acquired off to a quick begin with each fighters assembly in the midst of the Octagon and instantly jockeying for place. Jackson landed some strong knees within the clinch and managed a lot of the motion up towards the fence, however Mariscal landed some strong blows whereas soiled boxing. Earlier than lengthy, each fighters have been shedding blood. Mariscal moreso as a consequence of a conflict of heads within the opening spherical.
Issues picked up proper the place they left off within the first, however a low blow to Mariscal introduced a short pause within the motion. Mariscal managed to journey up Jackson midway via the spherical and landed some huge ground-and-pound strikes as Jackson desperately tried to scramble. Jackson made it via the spherical, however absorbed nicely over 70 strikes on the bottom from Mariscal within the course of.
Regardless of the beating he took within the second stanza, Jackson regarded recent, nevertheless it didn’t take lengthy for Mariscal to finish a double leg, placing Jackson on the person lower than 90 seconds into the scrap. Nonetheless, Jackson rapidly reversed issues and briefly took Mariscal’s again. The place didn’t final lengthy as Mariscal scrambled and acquired again to his ft.
It wasn’t lengthy earlier than Marsical was capable of work Jackson again all the way down to the mat and proceed lighting up his opponent with floor strikes. Jackson by no means stopped shifting to maintain Mariscal from unloading on him, however because of this, Jackson was by no means capable of get his offense going, leaving it fairly clear who would stroll away the winner on the scorecards.
Official Consequence: Chepe Mariscal def. Damon Jackson through unanimous resolution (30-25, 30-25, 30-26)
