Bustamante, a big fan favourite in influencer boxing, showed snappy hand speed and decent punch power early as he cracked Ferguson with some big shots early. But as the fight wore on, Ferguson started to wear down his younger opponent.
“El Cucuy” applied constant forward pressure on “Salt Papi”, walking him down and landing shots to the head and body, without overloading his punches. That approach meant Ferguson was able to maintain his pressure through Rounds 2 and 3. And, as that pressure started to take its toll on Bustamante, Ferguson saw his moment.
With “Salt Papi” trapped against the ropes, Ferguson unloaded a rapid-fire multi-punch combination that threatened to overwhelm Bustamante. While “Salt Papi” looked like he was still defending himself, the referee decided he had seen enough and stepped in to wave off the fight.
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It was a slightly premature stoppage to a fight that had turned decisively in Ferguson’s favour, and the American’s celebrations after the win showed just how much the victory meant to him.
After the official announcement, Ferguson was then greeted by Dillon Danis, who had captured the inaugural Misfits light heavyweight (180-pound) MMA title with a 15-seconds submission of outmatched influencer Warren Spencer. It seems a matchup between Danis and Ferguson for the MMA belt may well be next.
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Misfits Boxing X Series 22: Ring of Thrones results
- Darren Till def. Luke Rockhold via knockout – Round 3, 1:08– for vacant MFB pro bridgerweight title
- Tony Ferguson def. Salt Papi via TKO – Round 3, 2:43 – for vacant MFB pro interim middleweight title
- Dillon Danis def. Warren Spencer via submission (mounted guillotine choke) Round 1, 0:15 – for vacant light heavyweight (180-pounds) MMA title
- Joey Essex def. Numeiro via majority decision (37-37, 38-36, 39-37) – middleweight
- Ty Mitchell def. Sean Hemphill via split decision (98-95, 95-96, 96-94) – for vacant MFB pro super middleweight title
- Chase DeMoor (c) def. Natan Marcon TKO (doctor stoppage) – Round 2, 0:52– for MFB heavyweight title
- Rahim Pardesi def. Amadeusz Ferrari via knockout – Round 4, 1:05 – light heavyweight
- Amir Anderson def. Vitor Siqueira via TKO – Round 5, 0:55 – middleweight
- Carla Jade def. Daryn Harris via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 50-45) – for MFB women’s lightweight title
- Demi Sims def. Nadeshi Hopkin via unanimous decision (40-35, 40-35, 40-35)
- J’Hon Ingram def. Banty Singh via TKO – Round 2, 1:19
