The fight involving the Brazilians Erick silva e Carlos Prater was without a shadow of a doubt the most controversial of the second edition of UFC Rio, an event held this Saturday (14), at the HSBC Arena, in the capital of Rio de Janeiro. After Erick started the fight in an overwhelming manner and knocked out his compatriot in just over 20 seconds, he ended up being disqualified by referee Mário Yamazaki for throwing several punches to the back of his opponent's head.
Erick silva I was already celebrating the triumph when I found out about the decision; Even so, the UFC organization gave him the winner of the fight, as Yamazaki recognized that he made a mistake in his assessment of disqualifying Erick.
“I just hope that the UFC recognizes what happened and makes me fight again as soon as possible. These are things that happen, but I just think about getting back to training quickly and getting back to fighting as soon as possible”, said the fighter at the press conference after the event.
The decision to disqualify Erick silva it angered the public and the official UFC commentator, Joe Rogan, who called the fighter from Espírito Santo the “real winner”.
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