Frank dominated from the start. He then took him to the ground, top-mounted him, and let out a flurry of punches. |
He held his opponent to the fence, threw leg kicks, knees to the head, and punches. It was three minutes of punishment and that's when the referee stopped the fight. |
He is one really tough guy. |
He went for the shoot and the guy responded with the same thing, but the referee didn't stop the fight because Cliff was still active and defending himself and was well aware of everything despite the brutal punishment. |
It was a great win for Cliff. His opponent is a tough guy from a tough gym and is one of the top fighters at that gym, but Cliff had the endurance. He had a lot of heart and persevered. |
It's going to be a good experience. He's going to have a press conference [today] as well as the weigh in, so he have things to do. |
Kelvin has been working hard for a little over a month. I wish it could be more, but we'll take what we got and let it work. I'm not worried about his stamina because he's in great shape, it's only now he'll be able to handle himself on the ground. |
Kelvin knew nothing about ground [fighting], and that's why he lost. His striking is good and as a fighter, he can only become better. He's only going to get better, and this will be a very big experience for him. |
We taught him enough basics to survive the fight. We work mainly on defense. Of course we want to win, but we respect all fighters.we fight to win, not to lose. |