Round ends there, and MMA Junkie gives it to Giles, 10-9. Dolidze controls for a bit from the clinch, but Giles pulls free and lands a nice left hand. Dolidze finally bails on the leg, and Giles crawls back to his feet. Giles landing a few hammerfists, as well, while he defends from a seated position. Giles seems comfortable as he spins and twists to keep his leg free. Giles defends well and lands a few punches. Punches exchanged from both in a spirited scramble, and Dolidze moves to attack the leg as he changes levels. Giles is being patient, but when he does fire, he lands. He goes to the legs and then back to the body again. Dolidze with a kick to the body that’s blocked. Dolidze wants the knee again, but he gets his head snapped back with the right again. Dolidze smiles at him and switches stances in front of him. Giles seems to want to be a little more aggressive here. Round 2 – Dolidze with a quick knee to open, but Giles lands a right hand over the top. Round ends there, and MMA Junkie gives it to Dolidze, 10-9. Giles trying to dig unders and stay upright. Dolidze has the hands clasped around the body. Giles does turns and work to his feet, but Dolidze is still tight to him on the clinch. He gets the fight to the floor with relative ease. Dolidze finally inside on a takedown with a little under two minutes. He lands with a backfist after w ild kick misses. Dolidze firing out kicks that are largely blocked but keeping Giles from just letting go with his hands. Dolidze warned for his fingers extending, and we fight on. Dolidze trying to wave him into grappling range. Giles keeping his distance early, looking for opportunities to stick and move. Round 1 – Dolidze takes the center and keeps his hands high as Giles sets up to strike. Photos: UFC on ESPN 21: Best photos from Las Vegas Recap: Bruno Silva TKOs JP Buys in opening bout of card Corner calls for him to circle, but Silva lands another huge right to the temple that sends him to the canvas, and this fight is over. He battles back to his feet, but he’s not clear yet. Silva swarms with punches, but Buys doesn’t want to give up. Buys falls to the canvas but rolls and turns to stay alive. Nice exchanges, and Silva lands a huge shot. Silva attacking the low kicks, but it’s Buys with hands and aggression. Buys has to block a high kick as they stand, and we reset. He lets Buys turn to his knees and then feet. Silva settles on top, but he can’t advance. Buys again slips on a strike and falls to his back. Round 2 – Silva warned again before the start of the round, but he’s out quickly and looking to engage. MMA Junkie gives the first to Silva, 10-9. He pulls free from the clinch in the final seconds and lands another big right hand. Silva moves forward and pushes the action to the fence again. He lands a crisp uppercut and slips away. With about a minute left, Silva is able to pull away and move to the center. Buys circles off and delivers a few shoulder strikes. Buys scrambles to his feet, and they battle in the clinch. Silva trying to advance, but Buys keeping his defense tight. He rolls underneath in an attempt to escape, but he’s pushed back down and is able to settle to guard. Both men land up the middle before Buys tries a leaping kick and is pushed down to the floor. Referee Mark Smith warns Silva about his fingers, and his thumb catches the eye immediately after. Buys shakes it off, and we continue, and they engage with quick strikes. Round 1 – Early Silva low kick lands clean to the cup, and we take a break just seconds into the contest.
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