Ismyal Sillakh

[Tam Seddon]

I thought he was pretty unlucky because he was clearly winning the fight. Credit for grachev though for continuing to press the action to get the stoppage. He had to go for it and it paid off.

I think that both men will make progress in the weight class and I wouldn't mind seeing a rematch further down the line.

I agree.

It was eerily similar to Brian Vera vs. Andy Lee I.

I'd have to re-watch that one, just remember seeing in live on FNF. I seem to remember Vera starting to get back into the fight for quite a bit before he really hurt Lee though, with some given and take even before then Maybe it was more sudden than I remember. Sillakh basically just had a heavy bag in front of him but got tired and stopped thinking then was taken out with one of the same telegraphed shots he'd been seeing all night. I don't have high hopes for him anymore but mostly because I don't think Gorchev is anything at all.

Your right it was more competitive, but still Lee was dominating.

Gorchev seemed slow as molasses and in over his head.

Guy has a champion's heart though and packs a pretty good punch.

I just think sillakh should just be more aggressive. He's got good technical ability, I think he could have had Grachev out of there if he had put together his punches more. I remember the commentry saying how composed he is and that isn't necessarily a bad thing, but when you have a pressure fighter like Grachev hurt early on in the fight like Sillakh did I would have thought he could have got him out of there.

I do think he will bounce back though and no doubt would have learnt a lot from this defeat. I hope he gets back in the ring soon because he is a talent.