Despite taking some serious damage, Pat Sabatini walked away with a dominant victory over Chepe Mariscal at UFC 322 on Saturday night.
Both fighters got after it early, but it was a head kick just before the opening round horn that stole the stanza for Mariscal. As Sabatina turned away, looking a little too relaxed in the closing seconds, Mariscal unleashed a nasty head kick that caught his opponent clean, busting Sabatina open at the hairline.
Leaning on his wrestling, Sabatina appeared to win the first round, but that last-second head kick may have swung the scorecards in favor of Mariscal.