Chepe Mariscal scored his seventh-straight win on Saturday evening inside The APEX.
Issues bought off to a quick begin with each fighters assembly in the course 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 had been shedding blood. Mariscal moreso because 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 quick pause within the motion. Mariscal managed to journey up Jackson midway via the spherical and landed some large ground-and-pound strikes as Jackson desperately tried to scramble. Jackson made it via the spherical, however absorbed effectively over 70 strikes on the bottom from Mariscal within the course of.
Regardless of the beating he took within the second stanza, Jackson appeared contemporary, 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. Nevertheless, Jackson shortly reversed issues and briefly took Mariscal’s again. The place didn’t final lengthy as Mariscal scrambled and bought again to his ft.
It wasn’t lengthy earlier than Marsical was in a position to 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 consequently, Jackson was by no means in a position to get his offense going, leaving it fairly clear who would stroll away the winner on the scorecards.
Official End result: Chepe Mariscal def. Damon Jackson through unanimous resolution (30-25, 30-25, 30-26)
