A knee injury may have slowed him down but James Krause still managed to earn a unanimous decision win over Claudio Silva on the UFC Fight Island 6 main card.
After accepting the fight on just 12 days’ notice, Krause used a potent striking offense and good wrestling defense to win on the judges’ scorecards after three, hard fought rounds with Silva. All three judges gave the fight to Krause with 30-27 scores across the board.
“Claudio’s obviously really good, he’s got some good wins,” Krause said about his opponent. “I had to stop the takedowns.