Featherweight veteran Damon Jackson extended his current winning streak to three with a unanimous decision over Octagon debutant Daniel Argueta .
Scores were 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 for Jackson, now 21-4-1, 1 NC. Argueta, who replaced Darrick Minner on short notice, falls to 8-1.
Less than 20 seconds in, Jackson took the newcomer to the mat and got his back. Argueta punched his foe to open up a chance to escape, but Jackson remained cool as he looked for a choke. Then again, Argueta wasn’t rattled either, and by the end of the round, he was in the dominant position on the mat.
Jackson caught a charging Argueta with a knee to start the second frame and the two returned to the canvas with Jackson on Argueta’s back. With under two minutes left, Jackson landed some hard elbows that forced Argueta to make a move, and with under a minute left, he got free and used his strikes to bull Jackson into the fence.
In the third, Argueta made a late charge and had his moments, but by the latter stages of the fight, it was Jackson back in control, and he got a hard-earned victory.