Published 21:01 IST, October 29th 2019
UFC: 3 major fights in UFC history with controversial endings
There have been a lot of disappointing and controversial nights in UFC. Let us look at three recent controversial endings in UFC and more about them.
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Since its inception, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has been a prodigy of MMA universe and today it is undoubtedly largest Martial Arts league in world. UFC has produced some of best martial artists in world and gifted MMA community with some incredible match-ups. However, re have been times when fights got ended up abruptly and we still ask ourselves, was it fair? Did he or she really lose? In a fighting game, it is very hard to predict something from beginning and controversies are inevitable when referee fails to communicate with contestants. Let us look at 3 recent fights that had controversial endings.
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UFC: Three controversial endings
UFC: Ben Askren vs Robbie Lawler (UFC 235)
After a lot of speculations and buzz, Ben Askren finally made his UFC debut at UFC 235 and Dana White chose Robbie Lawler as perfect man to welcome him. Ben Askren was undefeated at time and he entered Octagon as a favourite. However, hardcore MMA fans considered that Lawler has power to do what Jorge Masvidal did to Askren in just five seconds. match started and Askren went ahead with his grappling skills. He surely got hold of Robbie Lawler’s neck but Lawler was still in game. Referee Herb Dean signalled that as a choke and declared Ben Askren as winner but Lawler was t okay with that. However, Lawler took it sportingly and accepted defeat but his immediate protest to Herb’s signal shows his reaction towards call.
UFC: Henry Cejudo vs TJ Dillashaw (UFC Fight Night 143)
This was surely one of most disappointing and controversial matches in recent times. current Bantamweight and Flyweight Champion Henry Cejudo defended his bantamweight title against former champion TJ Dillashaw. super-hyped match was ended abruptly by referee after Cejudo landed some clean shots on Dillashaw. However, Dillashaw was still in match and he was going for a ground attempt. TJ Dillashaw was absolutely frustrated with result and President Dana White expressed his discomfort towards decision too. match ended in a bad way and Dillashaw was convicted for EPO us in a failed drug test.
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UFC: Yair Rodriguez vs Jeremy Stephens (UFC Fight Night 159)
UFC fans have longer complain about this match because Yair and Rodriguez put down a massive show of action in re-match. However, in ir first match-up, Rodriguez faced heavy backlash for leaving match after an eye poke. A lot of fans claimed that Jeremy could have continued match but he didn’t.
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20:52 IST, October 29th 2019