“He held me down the whole first round. I wasn’t too concerned with getting up because I was over by my corner and I could hear him just huffing and puffing the whole time he was on my back. I felt that he was wasting a lot of energy and I wasn’t really expending much. So first round, you can have my back. You can lay on me for a little bit. But as soon as I got up, I was pissed and frustrated and I’m going to end the fight eventually.
“… I looked at him right before the third round started and I (motioned) like breaking a stick – I knew he was broken and I knew the finish was going to come in that round, and I think he was looking for a little bit of a way out after I was landing some big shots. He turned his back and his neck was there, so I took it.”
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