HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist
UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad was last night and it featured a horribly tainted main event. Let’s get to the rundown.
UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad
BAD- Eryk Anders vs. Darren Stewart ends in a No Contest
They traded punches early and often, with Anders dropping Stewart with a big left hand. Stewart recovers and they continue but they go down again and in the scramble, Anders catches Stewart with a big knee to the face as Stewart is grounded. The ringside doctor calls the fight off and it’s ruled a No Contest a little over four and a half minutes into the first round. Well, that sucks. Moving on…
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UFC Vegas 21 was filled with controversy Saturday night, with Leon Edwards’ eye poke and Eryk Anders’ illegal knee leading to no-contests, and it was no different with Matheus Nicolau’s split-decision victory over Manel Kape.
Back in the octagon two and a half years after being cut by the UFC, Nicolau had his hand raised after two judges gave him the nod in rounds one and three. However, that was not the opinion of all 22 MMA journalists and outlets compiled by MMA Decision nor the majority of fans on Verdict.
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UFC Vegas 21 only gave us four winners on the main card out of six fights but what comes next for those who actually saw their fights end and their hand raised?
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UFC Vegas 21 came to an unfortunate conclusion with Belal Muhammad and Leon Edwards ending in a no-contest after an accidental eye poke by Edwards left Muhammad unable to fight.
It s the second week in a row that at least one main card fight ended with a foul. Petr Yan lost his bantamweight belt at UFC 259 after an illegal knee left Aljamain Sterling unable to continue.
ESPN MMA @espnmma Sorry, Belal, brother. Sorry, brother.
@Leon edwardsmma apologized to @bullyb170 for the accidental eye poke that resulted in their #UFCVegas21 fight being declared a No Decison. https://t.co/f9JtRM7jA8