Jean Silva entered enemy territory on brief discover to face an always-dangerous Drew Dober, and picked up his second win in two weeks.
At UFC on ESPN 59 at Ball Area in Denver, Silva (14-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) not solely stepped up as a alternative for the injured Mike Davis, but additionally moved up a weight class to satisfy Dober (27-14 MMA, 13-10 UFC) at light-weight. The struggle turned out to be an unimaginable battle that ended at 1:28 of Spherical 3 as a result of a nasty minimize over Dober’s proper eye.
Early on, it was obvious the judges’ enter was not prone to be wanted. The texture-out course of didn’t final lengthy, as Dober and Silva started firing exhausting pictures because the opening spherical progressed. The minimize that may finally result in the stoppage of the struggle was opened on Dober throughout an trade.
In Spherical 2, the putting depth continued at a excessive tempo as Dober stalked ahead. Within the closing moments, a Silva spinning again elbow linked flush to Dober, rocking him in an enormous second simply earlier than the horn.
The ringside physician assessed Dober’s minimize between rounds, however the struggle was allowed to proceed.
Silva continued to land nicely within the closing spherical, inflicting the minimize to open up much more, and have become an excessive amount of for referee Herb Dean to disregard. After the physician took one other look, the struggle was waved off.
Nothing however respect between these two🥹#UFCDenver pic.twitter.com/YryflN84iA
— UFC (@ufc) July 14, 2024
Silva competed two weeks prior at UFC 303, defeating Charles Jordain in a featherweight bout by second-round knockout. Nevertheless, the victory was tained by Silva’s weight miss by 1.5 kilos.
Dober didn’t return to the win column after dropping a unanimous resolution to Renato Moicano in February.
Up-to-the-minute UFC on ESPN 59 outcomes embrace:
- Jean Silva def. Drew Dober through TKO (physician’s stoppage) – Spherical 3, 1:28
- Gabriel Bonfim def. Ange Loosa through unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Julian Erosa def. Christian Rodriguez through submission (guillotine choke) – Spherical 1, 4:49
- Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Cody Brundage dominated no contest (unintentional unlawful strikes) – Spherical 1, 0:37
- Charles Johnson def. Joshua Van through knockout (punches) – Spherical 3, 0:20
- Jasmine Jasudavicius def. Fatima Kline through unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Montel Jackson def. Da’Mon Blackshear through knockout (punch) – Spherical 1, 0:18
- Luana Santos def. Mariya Agapova through submission (rear-naked choke) – Spherical 1, 3:27
- Andre Petroski def. Josh Fremd through unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Evan Elder def. Darrius Flowers through submission (arm-triangle choke) – Spherical 2, 1:46
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