Crowd. Goes. Silent. Masvidal started the fight by running clear across the cage and hitting a flying *($% kick on Till. After a restart, got dropped, and put on his butt. Recovered but struggled with the reach, and feinting of the clearly much larger Till. Masvidal shortened the range, and clipped Till with good punches in 2-3 combos, and this would be Till's undoing, as he fades back in a straight line at times. Masvidal used and advancing step into a switch stance and blasted Till with an overhand left and 2-3 punches bobble head style as Till crashed to the canvas.
Amazing performance that showcased when Masvidal is on, he has many tools in his tool bag.
Edwards retreated most of the fight, and let Gunnar Nelson extend himself. Nelson also looked uncharacteristically non-committal in the clinch and got reversed against the cage, mat returned, and lost the first round in a wrist ride style position, got floored with a big elbow as he separated from the clinch with Edwards, then got Edwards down with a minute left in the final round, knowing he must be down on points, didn't really unload or press for the finish. It was a relatively flat performance that showed he can be taken down, hit off the break, and doesn't do great leading the striking exchanges against someone who hands back in a long stance much like he does. I say all this as a huge Gunnar Nelson fan.
Wood picked up a nice submission after an outside trip to back control and an RNC.
Oezdemir I thought edged out Reyes, but perhaps they want someone different to face Jones? Reyes looked good in his first truly high profile former contender opponent match-up, but Oezdemir gave the third round away rather than Reyes convincingly won the fight.
Silva was on his way to losing the fight but according to the ref while escaping an armbar, Roberts cried out in some fashion or another and the ref ruled it a verbal submission win for Silva. Silva looked for submissions continually but also got reversed from some pretty basic positions like head/arm triangle et cetera. Concerning as he was then punished repeatedly with his head on the canvas when he was on his back.
Amazing performance that showcased when Masvidal is on, he has many tools in his tool bag.
Edwards retreated most of the fight, and let Gunnar Nelson extend himself. Nelson also looked uncharacteristically non-committal in the clinch and got reversed against the cage, mat returned, and lost the first round in a wrist ride style position, got floored with a big elbow as he separated from the clinch with Edwards, then got Edwards down with a minute left in the final round, knowing he must be down on points, didn't really unload or press for the finish. It was a relatively flat performance that showed he can be taken down, hit off the break, and doesn't do great leading the striking exchanges against someone who hands back in a long stance much like he does. I say all this as a huge Gunnar Nelson fan.
Wood picked up a nice submission after an outside trip to back control and an RNC.
Oezdemir I thought edged out Reyes, but perhaps they want someone different to face Jones? Reyes looked good in his first truly high profile former contender opponent match-up, but Oezdemir gave the third round away rather than Reyes convincingly won the fight.
Silva was on his way to losing the fight but according to the ref while escaping an armbar, Roberts cried out in some fashion or another and the ref ruled it a verbal submission win for Silva. Silva looked for submissions continually but also got reversed from some pretty basic positions like head/arm triangle et cetera. Concerning as he was then punished repeatedly with his head on the canvas when he was on his back.
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