JACK CATTERALL blew his world title dreams in front of darts world champ Luke 'The Nuke' Littler with a loss to Arnold Barboza.
The judges at the Co-Op arena in Manchester called it: 115-113 Catterall, 115-113 Barboza and 115-113 Barboza.
El Gato's crowd purred when a left backhand from their hero smacked right into the middle of Barboza's forehead.
But Barboza kept pressuring him and pushing the Brit backwards and nicked the fifth by being on the front foot.
Catterall had a mare in the seventh and was wobbled right at the end of the round and the tide started turning against him.