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A disappointing ending to the Rodriguez and Stephens fight. An accidental eye poke 15 seconds into the fight ended the match and resulted into a no-contest. Such a shame that after months of preparation, it ended that way. An immediate rematch between the two is a must but it still depends on Stephens condition.

Now that the event is over, looking forward to the main event in the land down under. UFC 243!

Yep Very disappointing. Especially to those who bet while they already see Steven is going to win. He was wining of course. I can only regret betting for the fight.

^  Yup.  She is tough.  And I don't really rate Grasso highly for some reason.  She's too pretty for MMA. 

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She broke Carla's nose, she must be tough her record shows and she thought she won the fight too.

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[btc_angela]

A disappointing ending to the Rodriguez and Stephens fight. An accidental eye poke 15 seconds into the fight ended the match and resulted into a no-contest. Such a shame that after months of preparation, it ended that way. An immediate rematch between the two is a must but it still depends on Stephens condition.

Yeah, it's really disappointing to see the fight ended that way. And it was reported that Stephens has some deep scratch on his eye, hope he can recover soon so that a rematch would happen.

Now that the event is over, looking forward to the main event in the land down under. UFC 243!

I hope the Whittaker vs Adensanya will live up to its hype.

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Yeah, it's really disappointing to see the fight ended that way. And it was reported that Stephens has some deep scratch on his eye, hope he can recover soon so that a rematch would happen.

It is really unfortunate as the fight stopped within seconds and the crowd was throwing all the shit into the cage because of frustration, it would have being a great fight but hopefully we will see the fight happen again in the near future, i was favoring Stephens to win as he was a heavy puncher. One no contest and one draw in this fight card.

I hope the Whittaker vs Adensanya will live up to its hype.

It is going to be another war and it is a really tough fight to predict.

[notblox1]

What a stupid last UFC fight night it was....
Main event fight got canceled, crowd was bad, and unhappy
started to trow things in octagon...

[pereira4]

A disappointing ending to the Rodriguez and Stephens fight. An accidental eye poke 15 seconds into the fight ended the match and resulted into a no-contest. Such a shame that after months of preparation, it ended that way. An immediate rematch between the two is a must but it still depends on Stephens condition.

Yeah, it's really disappointing to see the fight ended that way. And it was reported that Stephens has some deep scratch on his eye, hope he can recover soon so that a rematch would happen.

Now that the event is over, looking forward to the main event in the land down under. UFC 243!

I hope the Whittaker vs Adensanya will live up to its hype.

Im way more interested in the BMF belt than whatever UFC 243 has to offer. Adensanya is a pretty good up and coming prospect, but im not confident giving him a win. He hasn't proved to be a draw yet IMO. I don't want my cashflow to get destroyed by doing an unlucky win bet in this one. Sure he's got Anderson and Gastelum on his belt but that isn't enough to start thinking this guy is going to become another cash cow in which you can bet for wins blindfolded Jon Jones style, and that is what some people is trying to sell me, and im still not buying. Let's see how he performs with Whittaker. After 2 Joel wins, if he ends this easily, I may consider him the next safe bet in the game, just like Khabib and Jones.

[TopTort777]

A disappointing ending to the Rodriguez and Stephens fight. An accidental eye poke 15 seconds into the fight ended the match and resulted into a no-contest. Such a shame that after months of preparation, it ended that way. An immediate rematch between the two is a must but it still depends on Stephens condition.

Now that the event is over, looking forward to the main event in the land down under. UFC 243!

Yep Very disappointing. Especially to those who bet while they already see Steven is going to win. He was wining of course. I can only regret betting for the fight.

Despite an accident eye poke, more disappointing was to see how the crowd behave. Throwing plastic glasses and beer on Stephens and his team...

[btc_angela]

A disappointing ending to the Rodriguez and Stephens fight. An accidental eye poke 15 seconds into the fight ended the match and resulted into a no-contest. Such a shame that after months of preparation, it ended that way. An immediate rematch between the two is a must but it still depends on Stephens condition.

Yeah, it's really disappointing to see the fight ended that way. And it was reported that Stephens has some deep scratch on his eye, hope he can recover soon so that a rematch would happen.

Now that the event is over, looking forward to the main event in the land down under. UFC 243!

I hope the Whittaker vs Adensanya will live up to its hype.

Im way more interested in the BMF belt than whatever UFC 243 has to offer. Adensanya is a pretty good up and coming prospect, but im not confident giving him a win. He hasn't proved to be a draw yet IMO. I don't want my cashflow to get destroyed by doing an unlucky win bet in this one. Sure he's got Anderson and Gastelum on his belt but that isn't enough to start thinking this guy is going to become another cash cow in which you can bet for wins blindfolded Jon Jones style, and that is what some people is trying to sell me, and im still not buying. Let's see how he performs with Whittaker. After 2 Joel wins, if he ends this easily, I may consider him the next safe bet in the game, just like Khabib and Jones.

Yeah, I agree, who would like his bankroll just steam roll with a guy who doesn't proved anything yet except winning against a old Silva and overhype Gastellum? And he is going to face a champion here who is battle tested against one of the feared guy in the division. So let's see how their style make this fight hype or another boring one. I'm not putting any bet on their match though, just wanted to see how either one of them will perform against each other.

[Bttzed03]

What a stupid last UFC fight night it was....
Main event fight got canceled, crowd was bad, and unhappy
started to trow things in octagon...

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Despite an accident eye poke, more disappointing was to see how the crowd behave. Throwing plastic glasses and beer on Stephens and his team...

Correct me if I am wrong but this is probably the first ever UFC fight where a match was stopped due to an eye poke. If there was another, then that has to be a long time ago. It's still not an an excuse for the behavior but if you put that into perspective, crowd reaction would be understandable somehow. They're used to fighters continuing despite accidents like that. I'm guessing they didn't realize the severity of the eye poke at that time.

[TravelMug]

A disappointing ending to the Rodriguez and Stephens fight. An accidental eye poke 15 seconds into the fight ended the match and resulted into a no-contest. Such a shame that after months of preparation, it ended that way. An immediate rematch between the two is a must but it still depends on Stephens condition.

Now that the event is over, looking forward to the main event in the land down under. UFC 243!

Yep Very disappointing. Especially to those who bet while they already see Steven is going to win. He was wining of course. I can only regret betting for the fight.

Despite an accident eye poke, more disappointing was to see how the crowd behave. Throwing plastic glasses and beer on Stephens and his team...

The crowd really gets furious about Stephens and started but you can't blame them for paying good money for the main event and seeing it how it ended with an eye poke incident, 15 second into the first round.

Anyway, Yair said that he has given Stephens the benefit of the doubt.

Here is a good video on the reactions during and the aftermath. Disgusting Mexican fans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cl5bC-VeQU

[YuginKadoya]

I am pretty pissed on the way the crowd handle things by throwing anything they can hold from the Ice cube, food, cans worst possible case chairs, But I am not saying that I am pretty mad at the Mexican community because of the utter disgrace treatment Mexican UFC fans that are present on that fight, And I don't want to say that it is also an utter intentional move for Rodriguez but let's just say it is an accident, It can surely happen and even though we feel frustrated about it we do not give a total disgrace by just giving your all in hitting it with anything that you can hold, This is a total nuisance to most people and I am pretty disappointed.

[Saint-loup]

https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1175602402864484352

The infamous strike that cause the fight to be ruled as No Contest (NC).

At least the ladies give us something to cheer upon. Gratz to Carla Esparza for giving us a thriller and not tapping.

Wow he gave up for that? If he had been mexican he could have been killed for that by angry betters... I think he had been very lucky to only face few insults and "UFOs"  

[pereira4]

A disappointing ending to the Rodriguez and Stephens fight. An accidental eye poke 15 seconds into the fight ended the match and resulted into a no-contest. Such a shame that after months of preparation, it ended that way. An immediate rematch between the two is a must but it still depends on Stephens condition.

Yeah, it's really disappointing to see the fight ended that way. And it was reported that Stephens has some deep scratch on his eye, hope he can recover soon so that a rematch would happen.

Now that the event is over, looking forward to the main event in the land down under. UFC 243!

I hope the Whittaker vs Adensanya will live up to its hype.

Im way more interested in the BMF belt than whatever UFC 243 has to offer. Adensanya is a pretty good up and coming prospect, but im not confident giving him a win. He hasn't proved to be a draw yet IMO. I don't want my cashflow to get destroyed by doing an unlucky win bet in this one. Sure he's got Anderson and Gastelum on his belt but that isn't enough to start thinking this guy is going to become another cash cow in which you can bet for wins blindfolded Jon Jones style, and that is what some people is trying to sell me, and im still not buying. Let's see how he performs with Whittaker. After 2 Joel wins, if he ends this easily, I may consider him the next safe bet in the game, just like Khabib and Jones.

Yeah, I agree, who would like his bankroll just steam roll with a guy who doesn't proved anything yet except winning against a old Silva and overhype Gastellum? And he is going to face a champion here who is battle tested against one of the feared guy in the division. So let's see how their style make this fight hype or another boring one. I'm not putting any bet on their match though, just wanted to see how either one of them will perform against each other.

They want a new posterboy and looks like Adesananya is going to be one of the future cash cows in the game. Dana White wants to build an undefeated record for him, but now we are going to see his first test. He has started beef with Jon Joes, I think he is delusional. If he doesn't continue picking up his fight in a smart way he is going to end up with a big 1 in his record.

https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/4/12/18308191/jon-jones-responds-israel-adesanya-ufc

He would need to bulk to light heavyweight wereas Jones is a natural light heavyweight fighter. He can never beat him.

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Despite an accident eye poke, more disappointing was to see how the crowd behave. Throwing plastic glasses and beer on Stephens and his team...

The eye poke was caused by the home town hero and he was literally not able to fight with his full potential and the call taken by doctors were right in my opinion as you are never the same fighter if you are eye poked or getting accidental punches on the groin and these fighters will fight through the pain and might compete but we need full fights when both parties are healthy. The crowd reaction is understandable as they paid their money and came over to support their home team hero and then the fight ended within seconds, people will be upset  .

[NavI_027]

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The crowd reaction is understandable as they paid their money and came over to support their home team hero and then the fight ended within seconds, people will be upset  .

That can't be tolerated because that's already far from being understandable — it was so disrespectful. I agree that they're so upset with the outcome of this main event but for sure nobody, even the fighters, wanted this. It was an accident so they should understand it. It's okay to feel disappointment but getting physical is now crossing the limits.

Anyway, recently I saw a post on FB critiquing about the design of UFC's gloves. I've also read that Dana and the management already got a new design but not yet released in the public then this incident suddenly happened .

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Despite an accident eye poke, more disappointing was to see how the crowd behave. Throwing plastic glasses and beer on Stephens and his team...

As Mexican i'm really ashamed of the crowd, some friends went to the event and told me it becomes a true madness. tons of trash flying everywhere. Ans it's sad to see people acting like that. But the people were in fire because it wasn't a cheap event, the cost of the tickets was between $50 and $550, and that's is some money for my people. They pay that to see a good fight and to see only 15 seconds of his hero make them angry. And i say again, it wasn't the right way to act, i'm totally ashamed and hope UFC never comes again to my country, those fighters deserve more respect.

[mich]

1 of the weakest UFC Cards in some while will be going in COPENHAGEN, DENMARK this weekend.
I have only heard of a few names here and dont know who both guys are in the main event 

https://www.sherdog.com/events/UFC-Fight-Night-160-Hermansson-vs-Cannonier-76589

[btc_angela]

A disappointing ending to the Rodriguez and Stephens fight. An accidental eye poke 15 seconds into the fight ended the match and resulted into a no-contest. Such a shame that after months of preparation, it ended that way. An immediate rematch between the two is a must but it still depends on Stephens condition.

Yeah, it's really disappointing to see the fight ended that way. And it was reported that Stephens has some deep scratch on his eye, hope he can recover soon so that a rematch would happen.

Now that the event is over, looking forward to the main event in the land down under. UFC 243!

I hope the Whittaker vs Adensanya will live up to its hype.

Im way more interested in the BMF belt than whatever UFC 243 has to offer. Adensanya is a pretty good up and coming prospect, but im not confident giving him a win. He hasn't proved to be a draw yet IMO. I don't want my cashflow to get destroyed by doing an unlucky win bet in this one. Sure he's got Anderson and Gastelum on his belt but that isn't enough to start thinking this guy is going to become another cash cow in which you can bet for wins blindfolded Jon Jones style, and that is what some people is trying to sell me, and im still not buying. Let's see how he performs with Whittaker. After 2 Joel wins, if he ends this easily, I may consider him the next safe bet in the game, just like Khabib and Jones.

Yeah, I agree, who would like his bankroll just steam roll with a guy who doesn't proved anything yet except winning against a old Silva and overhype Gastellum? And he is going to face a champion here who is battle tested against one of the feared guy in the division. So let's see how their style make this fight hype or another boring one. I'm not putting any bet on their match though, just wanted to see how either one of them will perform against each other.

They want a new posterboy and looks like Adesananya is going to be one of the future cash cows in the game. Dana White wants to build an undefeated record for him, but now we are going to see his first test. He has started beef with Jon Joes, I think he is delusional. If he doesn't continue picking up his fight in a smart way he is going to end up with a big 1 in his record.

https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/4/12/18308191/jon-jones-responds-israel-adesanya-ufc

He would need to bulk to light heavyweight wereas Jones is a natural light heavyweight fighter. He can never beat him.

Too bad that Robert W. will ruin his flawless record, Lol, Beefing with Jones? What the hell is going on with that skinny guy, Jon Jones is still unstoppable and untouchable at this point. He doesn't have what it takes to be the next cash cow, the charisma is not there that people are going to love. Like we have seen in Conor or Jones, so yeah he is delusional, let's see what his reaction when he got his 1 on the L column on his resume.

[tokeweed]

A disappointing ending to the Rodriguez and Stephens fight. An accidental eye poke 15 seconds into the fight ended the match and resulted into a no-contest. Such a shame that after months of preparation, it ended that way. An immediate rematch between the two is a must but it still depends on Stephens condition.

Yeah, it's really disappointing to see the fight ended that way. And it was reported that Stephens has some deep scratch on his eye, hope he can recover soon so that a rematch would happen.

Now that the event is over, looking forward to the main event in the land down under. UFC 243!

I hope the Whittaker vs Adensanya will live up to its hype.

Im way more interested in the BMF belt than whatever UFC 243 has to offer. Adensanya is a pretty good up and coming prospect, but im not confident giving him a win. He hasn't proved to be a draw yet IMO. I don't want my cashflow to get destroyed by doing an unlucky win bet in this one. Sure he's got Anderson and Gastelum on his belt but that isn't enough to start thinking this guy is going to become another cash cow in which you can bet for wins blindfolded Jon Jones style, and that is what some people is trying to sell me, and im still not buying. Let's see how he performs with Whittaker. After 2 Joel wins, if he ends this easily, I may consider him the next safe bet in the game, just like Khabib and Jones.

Yeah, I agree, who would like his bankroll just steam roll with a guy who doesn't proved anything yet except winning against a old Silva and overhype Gastellum? And he is going to face a champion here who is battle tested against one of the feared guy in the division. So let's see how their style make this fight hype or another boring one. I'm not putting any bet on their match though, just wanted to see how either one of them will perform against each other.

They want a new posterboy and looks like Adesananya is going to be one of the future cash cows in the game. Dana White wants to build an undefeated record for him, but now we are going to see his first test. He has started beef with Jon Joes, I think he is delusional. If he doesn't continue picking up his fight in a smart way he is going to end up with a big 1 in his record.

https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/4/12/18308191/jon-jones-responds-israel-adesanya-ufc

He would need to bulk to light heavyweight wereas Jones is a natural light heavyweight fighter. He can never beat him.

I don't think Adesanya's gonna be moving up to LHW anytime soon.  He needs to get what's in front of him first and that's Whitaker and the MW title.  And he needs to prove that he's a real solid figher by defending it vs the best in his division.  Once he does that, then he can go and look for a potential bout vs Jones.

I think he has the potential to be great.

[nydiacaskey01]

I don't think Adesanya's gonna be moving up to LHW anytime soon.  He needs to get what's in front of him first and that's Whitaker and the MW title.  And he needs to prove that he's a real solid figher by defending it vs the best in his division.  Once he does that, then he can go and look for a potential bout vs Jones.

I think he has the potential to be great.

Adesansya reminds me of Anderson Silva when he fights. He might look skinny and small compared to other fighters with in his division but this guy is full of talent and he moves very fast. His fight with Anderson Silva is like watching a younger of Anderson Silva and the passing of the torch Adesanya. Having a bigger built plus skills maybe an advantage to other fighters but Adensyas quickness and skills will bring him to higher greatness.

[rosezionjohn]

https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1175602402864484352

The infamous strike that cause the fight to be ruled as No Contest (NC).

At least the ladies give us something to cheer upon. Gratz to Carla Esparza for giving us a thriller and not tapping.

Wow he gave up for that? If he had been mexican he could have been killed for that by angry betters... I think he had been very lucky to only face few insults and "UFOs"  

It's not the ordinary eye poke we've seen before where opponent extend his arm with open fist. That's a scratch with some force to it. I guess you will never know how it feels until someone does that to you. A guy who prepared months and paid thousands of dollars for training camp is not a quitter for sure and doesn't deserve to be ridiculed like that.