Jul 13, 2024; Denver, Colorado, USA; Drew Dober (pink gloves) bleeds from above his eye whereas combating Jean Silva (blue gloves) throughout UFC Battle Night time at Ball Area. Obligatory Credit score: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports activities
Jean Silva entered enemy territory on brief discover to face an always-dangerous Drew Dober, and picked up his second win in two weeks.
Silva (14-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) not solely stepped up as a alternative for the injured Mike Davis on brief discover, but in addition moved up a weight class to satisfy Dober (27-14 MMA, 13-10 UFC) at light-weight. The battle turned out to be an unbelievable battle that ended at 1:28 of Spherical 3 as a result of a nasty reduce 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 reduce that might finally result in the stoppage of the battle 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 related flush to Dober, rocking him in an enormous second simply earlier than the horn.
The ringside physician assessed Dober’s reduce between rounds, however the battle was allowed to proceed.
Silva continued to land effectively within the closing spherical, inflicting the reduce 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 battle was waved off.
Silva competed two weeks prior at UFC 303, defeating Charles Jourdain in a featherweight bout by second-round knockout. Nevertheless, the victory was tainted by Silva’s weight miss by 1.5 kilos.
