Sullivan Cauley scored a surprising upset in opposition to Phil Davis on the PFL World Match on Saturday night time in Chicago.
Cauley tried to push the tempo within the opening spherical, however that solely afforded Davis a possibility to muscle him all the way down to the mat. Cauley in the end labored his approach again up, however almost bought clipped with a excessive kick on the separation.
Sadly for Cauley, issues didn’t get a lot better for him within the second. After getting faceplanted on a takedown try from Davis, Cauley ate a nasty knee up in opposition to the fence that busted him open close to the appropriate eye. With a minute to go within the spherical, Davis backed away and took a deep breath earlier than consuming a head kick from Cauley that related.
Cauley shortly swarmed in after recognizing that Davis was compromised and caught the previous UFC fighter with a booming proper hand that despatched Davis to the mat. Cauley moved in searching for a end, however Davis survived the onslaught and almost cinched a rear-naked choke earlier than the second stanza got here to an in depth.
With the struggle probably tied up, Cauley turned up the top within the third, although that solely prompted Davis to go proper again to the wrestling, getting Cauley to the canvas close to the midway level of the spherical. Nonetheless, Cauley shortly popped again up and separated.
With Davis wanting labored, Cauley tried to push the tempo, however usually discovered himself tied up by his opponent. Cauley tried to place collectively one closing flurry, however couldn’t get a clear shot off earlier than the ultimate bell.
Official End result: Sullivan Cauley def. Phil Davis by way of unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
