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Opening Fight
Sasha Brenshov vs Brandy Danielle

Brenshov takes the center and jabs early. She shoots in for a single. Danielle hits the deck  but remains active underneath. She's looking to set up an omoplata, but Brenshov defends well and maintains the top. Brenshov fires three right hands to the ribs as the pair scrambles for position. Danielle works up to her knees, but Brenshov pushes her right back down. Brenshov steps into mount and locks up a triangle choke from the top. She rolls immediately to her back and drives elbows to the crowd of Danielle's head as she squeezes. Danielle's trying to survive on the top, but this choke is deep. Brenshov continues to squeeze and forces the tap.

Brenshov defeats Danielle via submission at 2:22.

Second Fight
Emma MacNamara vs Rachel Jackson

Both fighters light on their feet as they miss on jabs. Jackson delivers a front kick as the first real offense. MacNamara lands an overhand in retaliation. Jackson lands a lead hook. One minute in. Both fighters are active as they search for angles, scuffling before breaking apart. MacNamara lands an overhand right, but Jackson answers with a knee. Another overhand right from MacNamara, and Jackson stumbles. MacNamara moving forward, and Jackson delivers a counter left to the chin. MacNamara drops, and she's out, face-first on the canvas. The referee intervenes and keeps Jackson from delivering any more damage.

Jackson defeats MacNamara via knockout at 3:12.

Third Fight
Sinn vs Drina Dumas

Sinn in the center. Dumas tries to rush in, but Sinn backs away. Sinn lands an overhand right. Dumas rushes past Sinn's guard, locks her arms around her middle and connects with a powerful slam to the floor. Dumas in half-mount. Dumas tries for a kimura on the left side. Sinn tries to back up to the cage. He does, and Dumas loses his angle, but he won't let go of the arm. Dumas circles around and eventually releases the hold. She's in side control. Sinn scrambles underneath to guard, controlling the wrists. Dumas sits up and delivers a few lazy punches. Sinn secures the wrist and rolls over for the armbar. Dumas stacks her and pulls free. Halfway in, Dumas stands. Dumas tries a neck crank and fails as Sinn rolls to her right and looks for the kimura from bottom. She uses it to sweep to top and starts to rain down punches. Dumas just covers up. Sinn unloads and keeps the blows coming until Dumas is bloodied. The shots aren't the hardest, but Dumas isn't doing anything to escape.

Sinn defeats Dumas via technical knockout at 3:59.

Fourth Fight 
Clayton Hughes vs Brody O'Connor

An outside leg kick from O'Connor kicks off the action in this highly anticipated fight. Hughes lunges forward with punches. Hughes ducks inside and gets O'Conner in a bear hug that turns into a takedown as O'Conner reverses the momentum and immediately sweeps to the top. O'Connor controls the legs as he postures, and he dives in with a few stiff straights. Hughes now working the closed guard, trying to defend as he lands a few body shots. O'Connor tries to work in a triangle choke, but as he pulls away, Hughes uses the space to scramble up and push O'Connor to the floor. Halfway in, and Hughes is on top again, dropping bombs that bust O'Connor wide open. Very slow pace again. O'Connor leans to his left and locks in a kimura. Hughes trying to defend, but O'Connor pulls the arm out. Hughes leans back to defend out of sheer desperation, managing to roll over to escape. O'Connor keeps the arm, but Hughes swings to the top in an excellent defensive transition. Hughes works again from the guard. He drives in a few short, stinging shots. He advances to half-mount, but he's not really capitalizing with the position before the referee forces them apart.

Both fighters swing early. O'Connor lands an early right hand, but Hughes nails a huge uppercut that puts O'Connor down. As Hughes stalks, O'Connor trips him and dives on his back for a takedown. O'Connor tries to work his legs up for a submission, but it's not there. Hughes starting to bleed badly as O'Connor pushes his head away and slips in elbows from underneath. Hughes walks O'Connor into the cage and works left hands. O'Connor spins his head away from the cage. O'Connor rolls again for a kimura. Doesn't get close this time. It looks like there may be space to stand, but Hughes pushes in quickly to eliminate that gap. Two minutes left. Hughes is grinding away on top, dropping every hammer in his arsenal. Hughes is throwing short lefts from the top. O'Connor doing the same from the bottom while looking for elbows too. There's blood all over O'Connor's torso as he catches Hughes under the chin and rolls him over. The hooks are in deep, leaving Hughes no choice but to pass out in the rear naked choke.

O'Connor defeats Hughes via submission at 8:45.

Headline Fight
Jackson vs Lilah Hurst

Looking to make quick work of Hurst, Jackson relies on some early haymakers and gets nothing but air. Hurst circling, but she has yet to throw. Low kick from Hurst. Another. Outside leg kick. Jackson dancing, bouncing. He fires another punch that comes up short. Hurst managing the range extremely well. Jackson with his hands low. He wants Hurst to attack, but Hurst is remaining patient, clearly smart enough not to charge. Jackson again comes up short, and Hurst kicks to the legs. Jackson lands a few slapping low kicks. Hurst finally opens up and chases, and she's wobbled by Jackson's uppercut. She retreats and resets but Jackson charges right in after her, grabbing a clinch. Knees traded in the clinch before they pull away and reset. Jackson lands a punch that sees Hurst lean back into the cage. Jackson fires in a couple knees to the body before smashing Hurst in the face with an elbow stroke. An overhand right for Hurst just sneaks in, causing Jackson to miss a straight and give her the opening to break off the cage. Hurst's counters are short. Brief clinch again.

Low kicks traded. Hurst opens up a bit more and lands two low kicks. Jackson looks to move in, and Jackson lands a straight up the middle. Into the clinch, and a knee catches Jackson low. He staggers back and then opens up again, rushing and tackling Hurst to the floor. He rains down the blows before Hurst slips out the back door. On the restart Jackson opens up again, and Hurst avoids and lands two countershots. Hurst grabs a Thai clinch and slips to the floor on a knee. Hurst opens up with a series of punches to the head. Jackson covers well and retreats to the cage. Hurst fires knees to the thigh in the clinch. Halfway in. Hurst continues to tenderize the thighs, and she throws a few punches to the face in between. Jackson looks fine, but he's not doing anything to escape, almost as if he wants to be in this position. The referee doesn't like the lack of action and restarts them. Jackson again pushes in, and Hurst circles off the cage and returns to the previous position. More knees from Hurst keep the Mechanical Animal at bay. Jackson must be resting up for a big flurry. He circles off, and there's another restart. Jackson again misses a big haymaker. Hurst seems a little more technical on her feet. They both miss on a few huge shots, looking as though the fatigue is already setting in. Jackson grabs Hurst around the waist and slams her down with a release suplex that has her writhing in pain on the floor.

Dropping down, Jackson nails a knee across her throat, and then rolls her into a triangle choke, securing the submission with ease.

Jackson defeats Hurst via submission at 11:21.


Theodore Janes vs Cormack O'Cahan

The fighters meet in the center. O'Cahan lands a massive right. Janes looked very flat-footed to open. Janes recovers, but that was powerful. Janes throws a few jabs, but not with the power of that first O'Cahan blow. O'Cahan kicks low but Janes defends calmly and then retaliates with an outside low kick. O'Cahan almost stationary. Janes attempts a takedown. It's stuffed, but a second one woks. O'Cahan looks down at the canvas in a scramble, and Janes attacks. He does it a second time. Is the foot hurt. Janes continue to punch. Odd behavior. Janes misses a high kick. Straght scors. O'Cahan eaves him in. Janes again looks for a takedown, but O'Cahan shucks him off. O'Cahan returns to the low kick. Three come in. Another. Janes a little more lively now. Spinning punch from O'Cahan, and he smiles. Janes is still on the prowl and O'Cahan's answering. Janes misses a flying knee and they break apart, regrouping as they circle.

O'Cahan again fires the big right, but it misses. Janes jabs and kicks. O'Cahan pushing forward, and he does find a home for the right. Janes bouncing. He catches a jab and calls for time after an apparent eyepoke. It's a brief break. O'Cahan with a lead left. Janes jabbing well, but it's O'Cahan with the heavier shots. Janes lands a 1-2. These two are happy trading in the pocket. Janes a little more frequent, O'Cahan a little more powerful. Low kick from Janes then punch up top. O'Cahan mixing in the low kick. Janes pushes him back with a front kick. Janes misses a big spinning backfist. Janes catches a kick, but O'Cahan pulls away. Right hands for O'Cahan. Janes answers. Another two-punch combo for Janes connects but O'Cahan immediately lands a big right.

A front kick from Janes threatens to turn the tide. O'Cahan again firing the big right. O'Cahan very stationary. Janes lights him up with combo finished with a kick. O'Cahan battles back with his own combos, but Janes returns with a stiff straight. Another right for Janes. Crowd loves it. Jab for Janes. Inside leg kick scores directly to the groin, and O'Cahan drops. He's in obvious pain as the action pauses.

After a few seconds, O'Cahan rushes back in, but Janes there to counter. O'Cahan catches a kick and lands on an off-blance Janes. Lots of back-and-forth. Janes lands a knee from a Thai clinch and then releases and retreats. O'Cahan continues to push forward, and he wobbles a bit from a Janes combo. Janes fires off more shots. O'Cahan drops his hands to taunt, but the punches are landing. More right hands from Janes. O'Cahan still throwing that bomb, but he's having a harder time landing. O'Cahan checks the clock. Little more than a minute. Janes still light and moving. He's landing, too. Final seconds, and O'Cahan unleashes with all his might, only to have Janes step right inside his guard, avoiding the punch and kicking the side of his knee. It's quite obviously dislocated as O'Cahan goes down hard, screaming in agony.

Janes defeats O'Cahan via technical knockout at 22:01.