Francis
Marshall is reaping the harvest of his hard work. 

Marshall faced Erik Silva
in a featherweight matchup on the prelims at
UFC Mexico on Saturday at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City,
Mexico. Marshall justified his heavy favorite status by submitting
Silva with a rear-naked choke in the very first round. Marshall
revealed that while he originally planned to spend some more time
on his feet, his opponent’s wild haymakers caught him off guad.
When Marshall heard his corner calling for a double leg, he didn’t
hesitate.

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“I would have liked to stay on the feet a little bit more but he
was throwing some wild stuff at me that I wasn’t really expecting,”
Marshall said in a post-fight interview with the
UFC. “So safe bet, heard coach from the corner saying,
‘Jab-double leg.’ Listened to what coach said, jab-double leg, and
from there I know my grappling is very high level. So I was just
able to secure the finish there.”

Singular Focus

Marshall (9-3) was previously juggling between fighting and working
as a fireman in Jersey City, New Jersey. “Fire” has now quit his
job as a fireman and moved to Florida to train at
American Top Team. After coming up on the short side of a
highly controversial decision against Mairon
Santos last year, this victory over Silva comes as a relief for
Marshall.

“It’s really fulfilling to see that I changed my whole life
around,” Marshall said. “I had a great job working as a fireman in
Jersey City. I quit that job, I moved to Florida, pursued fighting
full-time, made that my life and my career. So I put everything
into this and to get results like this – truly there’s nothing
better.” 

Marshall is now 3-3 in the UFC after making his debut in
2022. 

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