Gary Russell Jr. vs Mark Magsayo

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Pretty nice tripleheader all around in a New Year that badly needed one! Missed all but last round of Tug draw but Sakaria Lukas clearly screwed of a clean knockdown which would have given him the win. The ref was horrible in interview, complete denial. Subriel Matias very impressive once he got rolling. The guy was an inside combo buzzsaw and glad they pulled out Ananyan when they did. Guy was torn to shreds but huge heart.

Going to sound harsh but being a hibernation champ all caught up to Russell Jr and no one to blame but himself, hurt shoulder or not. In a way he reminded me of some of the younger divas today always talking about how they're owed everything and always ducked blah blah. On a side note his Fred flintstone trunks bugged me too. Fair play turning pot shot sniper with the left hand and soaking up some heat in the late rounds but in no way was that 114-114. Magsayo at times was frustratingly inactive mid rounds when he had all the size and pressure to bully and bang up Russell more. Can see Gary slipping right into training and be a great role for him.