Damien McKenna aimed to bounce again from a profession defeat in opposition to Keith Keogh final 12 months.
The primary spherical was a tentative affair with each males hanging nicely. Simply over half method into the spherical McKenna landed a low entrance kick in a bitter spot for Pedro Silva. After the restart Silva landed a beautiful step in elbow chopping McKenna open on the highest of his head. With blood pouring down his face McKenna went for a final gasp Kimura however was unsuccessful.
Spherical 2 started with considerations across the cardio of Silva after the Brazilian missed weight on Friday. McKenna pressured him in opposition to the cage put couldn’t catch him clear as Silva slipped out on quite a few events via the primary half of the spherical. The fuel tank of Silva started to visibly drain and McKenna unloaded in opposition to the cage catching the Brazilian however he couldn’t discover a ending mixture.
The circling across the outdoors from Silva continued into spherical 3 and McKenna was struggling to pin him down. The Irishman stored his vary selecting off with photographs a distance. McKenna lastly discovered the ending blow with a brutal physique shot. Silva crumbled in opposition to the cage after the left hook to the physique landed.
Damien McKenna will get the late TKO at 4:36 within the ultimate spherical in his second Cage Warriors bout.
