P. Borrachinha (photo) criticizes J. Stephens for UFC Mexico City. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @borracinhamma
O UFC Mexico City, held last Saturday (21), caused outrage among some MMA fans. Without big stars involved, the card, which featured the presence of five Brazilians, still had its main fight finished in just 15 seconds, when the visiting athlete, Jeremy Stephens, accused an illegal finger to the eye applied unintentionally by the home fighter, Yair Rodriguez. Even with five minutes to recover, the North American was unable to return to the fight, angering some of the spectators, including Paulo Borracinha. The Brazilian criticized Jeremy on his official Twitter account.
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"A shame. Stephens doesn’t deserve the UFC”, wrote the Minas Gerais native, captioning an image in which referee Herb Dean appears checking Jeremy’s left eye while still in the octagon.
After the contact that caused the North American to suffer the injury, Stephens constantly held his hands to his eyes in an attempt to make the discomfort go away, however, when he stated that he could not see properly, one of the company's doctors decided to end the fight with less than 20 seconds elapsed. After the decision to end the fight, the public became enraged and began throwing objects at the Octagon.
Yair, responsible for the injury to his co-worker, initially incited viewers to revolt with Stephens' decision. There was also a delicate moment when Rodriguez had a disagreement with Michael Bisping, interviewer at the event. The hot weather, however, occurred at a moment of emotion for the Mexican, who did not believe in the end of the fight under those conditions.
After being attended to by professionals from the company, after all the confusion, Jeremy didn't take long to ask Yair for the fight to be rescheduled for another occasion. The fight between the fighters would serve to put them in a better position in the featherweight division (up to 65,7kg). Currently, Yair is in 7th place, while Stephens is close behind, in 8th.
Pivot of provocation on the social network, Paulo borrachinha He is experiencing a great moment in his career. After carrying out the long-awaited fight against Yoel romero, emerge victorious and also be made official as the next challenger for the middleweight title (up to 83,9kg.), after the fight to unify the title to be contested by Robert whittaker (lineal champion) and Israel adesanya (interim champion), in November, the Minas Gerais native also managed to maintain his unbeaten record in his career, which has now lasted 13 matches.
Shameful. Stephen's don't deserve UFC pic.twitter.com/JHeeQRErEX
- Paulo Costa (Borrachinha) (@BorrachinhaMMA) September 22, 2019
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