In a close fight that brought the Honda Center crowd to its feet Dennis Bermudez beat Matt Grice by split decision.

The featherweights were fairly even the first two rounds, but Bermudez (11-3) threw some heavy punches in the third. Grice (15-5) somehow managed to avoid going down, but it was obviously a decisive round as the judges scored it 28-29, 29-28, 29-28 for Bermudez.