Billy Quarantillo explains why he was frustrated by the ending to his fight with Damon Jackson, hopes for “an exciting matchup” next time out

Quarantillo was coming off a first-round KO loss to Edson Barboza again in April and knew he needed to get back into the win column. But, within the first spherical, Jackson was in a position to make use of his wrestling to grind on Quarantillo and win the open 5 minutes, which is precisely what Billy was anticipating.

“Yeah, I knew he was going to come back out tremendous aggressive along with his wrestling. That’s the reason why he had success on the toes is as a result of I knew he was going to shoot,” Quarantillo stated to BJPENN.com. “I knew his putting isn’t superb in comparison with his wrestling. The primary spherical was going to be similar to the way it performed out and I feel the third try he lastly acquired me to the bottom. I knew when the primary spherical ended, I knew I might start to take over.”

Though Billy Quarantillo had misplaced the primary spherical, he had a ton of confidence going into the second as he felt like Damon Jackson was gassing out.

“I had a ton of confidence as a result of I knew how a lot he labored to get to these positions. Within the second spherical, he shot a takedown straight away and he wasn’t even near getting it,” Quarantillo stated. “I began to spend money on the physique photographs and put on him down much more. As soon as I began to open up I knew I used to be taking up the combat.”

Within the second and third rounds, Billy Quarantillo actually started to take the fight over and landed heavy photographs on the toes. Though he didn’t get the end, he was certain he had carried out sufficient to win the combat.