Wilcox lands a high kick on Rodrigo Damm
The Brazilian Rodrigo Damm He tried, but he couldn't find his way back to victory on Friday night (1). Facing Justin Wilcox, the athlete from Espírito Santo was completely dominated by the North American and lost by technical knockout at the end of the first round. The fight was the main attraction of Strikeforce Challengers 15, an event held in the city of Stockton, in the United States.
Right at the beginning of the duel, Wilcox started to define the fight and applied good blows in the stand-up fight. A beautiful left kick hit Damm, who seemed to feel the blow. Shaken, the Brazilian just tried to get out of the range of action and defend himself from his opponent's dangerous attacks. Halfway through the first round, however, a new combination of punches and kicks took Rodrigo to the ground. Exuding vitality, the North American threw dozens of punches at the Brazilian, who was just trying to defend himself, but without showing any reaction. At the end of the opening round, Damm had a cut on his face, which was bleeding profusely. The doctors examined the wound and decided not to allow the fighter to return for the second round, and a technical knockout was declared. With the setback, Damm has four defeats in his last five appearances. Wilcox now scores his sixth consecutive victory and positions himself well in the rankings to compete for the Strikeforce lightweight belt.
Check out the other results of the event below:
Justin Wilcox defeated Rodrigo Damm by technical knockout in R1;
Caros Fodor defeated David Douglas via TKO in R3;
Lorenz Larkin defeated Scott Lighty via TKO in R2;
James Terry defeated Josh Thornburg by knockout in R1;
Damion Douglas defeated Wayne Phillips via split decision;
Anthony Avila defeated Rafael Rios via unanimous decision;
Robert Escalante submitted Raul Sandoval with an armbar in R1;
Tristan Arenal submitted Tom Peterson with an armbar in R1;
Ronald Carillo submitted Adam Antolin with a rear naked choke in R1;
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