While the audience is expecting a much anticipated Matt Brown s Jeremy May choice, Forrest surprises us and choose his 2nd best Jiu-Jitsu guy, Dante Rivera to take on former Marine sniper and stand up fighter, Brandon Sene.

So, the match is set, TEAM FORREST’s # 6 vs TEAM RAMPAGES # 8. The more experienced Rivera is the clear favorite.

Now comes the time in the show to see if we can glean anything about the two fighters from their training.

Sene spends much of his time banging at bags and practicing his takedown defense. He thinks Dante has more to lose and that his years in the Marines gave him a special kind of composure,

“I have a lot of composure… I’ve played a lt of head games in my life. My experience is not necessarily in the ring, but I’m going to show this guy I’m for real.

Dante is mostly working on his submissions and banging from the ground. Forrest assitant, Cameron Diffley has spent a lot of time studying Sene and is busy imparting this knowledge to his fighter. Dante thinks he has trained with higher caliber guys than Sene has and this will make a big difference.

At the end of the training segments Sene and Dante delare their strategies,

Dante, “The main game is to take him down and submit him”

Sene,” I’ll ground and pound him”

THE FIGHT

TEAM RAMPAGE TEAM FORREST
Brandon Sene (2-0) vs Dante Rivera (10-2)

Round 1

Dante comes out in a southpaw stance. He pushes Sene up against the cage. Dante trips Sene and gains top control. He works into Sene’s half-guard.

Sene eventually gets up and Dante pushes him back against the cage. Sene does some nice striking with his knees to Dante’s legs and side. Dante tries for a takedown, but the bigger Sene uses his strength and take down defense to avoid it.

Dante pushes Sene back again and the cage dance continues. The referee breaks the clinch fest. Sene grabs a hold of Dante’s neck in a headlock. Dante picks Sene up and slams him. Dante ends in top position.

Sene fires elbows and punches from the bottom. Dante goes for an ankle. Sene does the same. Sene rolls and escapes, but Dante ends back on top.

*Dante wins round by controlling the action.

Round 2

Like the first round, much of the action focuses on Dante in a clinch with Sene along the cage. Sene uses his knees effectively in the clinch. Dante is just holding him up with his weight.