Archie Colgan survived an early onslaught from Jay Jay Wilson to safe his thirteenth profession win at PFL Dubai.
Colgan put his world-class wrestling on show early, ragdolling Wilson twice within the first 30 seconds of the combat. Wilson popped proper again up in each cases however was rapidly warned by the referee for repeatedly grabbing the fence. Earlier than lengthy, Wilson separated himself and landed an enormous head kick that appeared to have Colgan rocked.
As Wilson rushed in to attempt to take benefit, Colgan modified ranges and despatched him to the mat. Wilson returned to his ft, however with just a few seconds left within the stanza.
Simply over a minute into the second, Colgan scored yet one more takedown, lifting Wilson off his ft and sending him crashing to the canvas. Pinned in opposition to the fence, Wilson blatantly grabbed the cage as soon as once more, however the referee supplied nothing however one other warning.
Wilson fought his manner again up and separated with 72 seconds left, however couldn’t provide you with something massive to attempt to steal the spherical again.
Colgan began to let his fingers go within the third, peppering Wilson with jab after jab, earlier than touchdown a double-leg with three minutes left within the combat. Wilson received again upright, however Colgan slammed him again down and rained down some nasty elbows, placing a punctuation mark on the ultimate seconds of an in any other case aggressive conflict.
Official End result: Archie Colgan def. Jay Jay Wilson through unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).
