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2-1 Gordon. No way Paddy gets that win. Shameless “we got to give it to the guy with the hype cause he didn’t die’ scoring right there.

So I vastly underestimated how well Topuria can wrestle but also how angry he is. Cause dude was out there chucking bombs and fighting like Mitchell had kidnapped his kid or something. Got off to a strong start immediately by kicking out that lead leg of Mitchell, making him switch stance. From there, Bryce struggled getting to his shot. Topuria did a great job of sprawling, framing in the clinch to avoid the cage, and tagging the crap out of Mitchell with big power shots. He got on the front foot and just didn’t allow for Mitchell to come forward. Bryce did finally manage to get Topuria down at the end of the first round with a nice takedown off a overhand where Topuria slipped the punch and didn’t have time to get down to sprawl. But he couldn’t do anything with it.

Mitchell could not get back to that position in the 2nd. Topuria came forward again, framed or sprawled on Mitchell’s takedown attempts and then jump bombed him on the feet. I think it was a overhand into a left hook that sent Bryce spiralling to the mat. Topuria proceeded to throw Mitchell to the mat and beat him up from top position. As he tried to stand to escape, Topuria locked up an arm triangle and got the tap.

Till really is Tom Breese. No type of awareness when it comes to the grappling. Du Plessis immediately took Till down along the fence and as he tried to stand he started throwing punches. And he did it for like 3 straight minutes. Almost nonstop. He must have threw around 100 punches in that first round along the fence. Crazy to think he didn’t get the stoppage but Till battled through and made out. He got aggressive then, landing a series of strikes against an obviously tired du Plessis. They came out in the 2nd and it was obvious Dricus was spent. Till, lacking urgency, could not capitalize. Yeah, he won the round but by the end of it Dricus was back to taking him down again. He came out in the third, shot the double leg, turned the corner and landed in mount. Till goes to his stomach and du Plessis puts on the crank. Till taps instantly.