To say that Ismail was bewildered by the results of the first round was an understatement. He was beaten and bloodied, and damn near choked out. The anaconda choke that Alex had wrapped him up in was tight, real tight. If it had been applied just a second longer, he would have been slept.
But Alex didn't stick to the submission, instead he let go and got on top of Ismail, where he landed a flurry of punches and elbows. To the point where Ismail's face was now a mess, whereas Alex was walking around without a scratch on him.
Worse yet, Alex did not seem the least bit exhausted from the five-minute non stop beat down he put on Ismail. Further, the cocky brat was standing up, and actually shadow boxing in his corner, expending energy as a massive insult to Ismail. Who was heaving in between short sips of water?