Bantamweight semi-finalist and Team Miller’s Dustin Pague locked horns with Team Bisping’s John Albert. Both fighters were eliminated by finalists on the show.
Pague entered the show having finished all ten of his wins, including five straight over the past year.
Albert opened his career with six straight finishes, but was quickly submitted in his most recent fight before the reality show.
The fighters went right to work as soon as the fight began. They both fired combinations, trading wild punches in the center of the Octagon. Albert scored the biggest shot, a right hand, dropping Pague to the canvas. Albert moved to the mount and tied up Pague’s right arm. Pague managed to get back to half guard, but Albert continued to rain punches from the top position. Herb Dean was forced to step in and put an end to the assault.
“I just worked my hardest to prepare,” Albert explained to Joe Rogan in his post-fight interview. “I had to make sure I kept my hands up and avoided his right hand.”
Official Result: John Albert def. Dustin Pague by TKO (strikes).. Round 1, 1:09
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