The furious crowd of Seattle booed mercilessly after the first UFC event in the Esmeralda city since 2013 ended controversially.
On Saturday night, the main event of UFC Fight Night between the ascent star Yadong and Henry Cejudo reached a strange end after an accidental eye coup in the third round.
After Yadong's fingers crossed his left eye, referee Jason Herzog gave Cejudo the mandatory waiting time of five minutes. The boos began to rain to the octagon when the former two divisions champion decided to maximize the pause.
Despite the clear discomfort, Cejudo survived through the bell before calling his corner to summon the doctor between rounds.
“I can't see,” Cejudo told his coaches. “I don't know what the hell is throwing me.”
Concluding that Cejudo could not continue in the final rounds, Herzog began the room before calling the doctor to the cage and giving up the fight.
UFC fans in Seattle were furious after a controversial decision ended the main event of the night
“More than half of the scheduled rounds have been completed, so we go to the scoring tables,” the referee told the announcer in the Bruce Buffer cage while the fans continued to boo.
Herzog also explained to Song's Corner that “loses this of an incidental foul or I go to the score cards.”
As a result, SANG received the technical decision with scores 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27. Despite scoring the greatest victory of his career, Kung Fu Kid brushed the legitimacy of victory.
“Sorry, it was totally an accident,” Song went to the disgusted audience. 'That is not the result I wanted. Sorry, Henry. It is a legend, we should run back. We will fight again. Sorry, fans.
Cejudo, it is rumored that he retired after the main event of Saturday, he was as inflexible on a rematch as his opponent.
“We are about to be brothers, bisping,” he joked before the commentator Michael Bisping, who lost his eyes in his right eye during his legendary fighting career.
Henry Cejudo suffered a bad eye in the third round and could not continue fighting
Referee Jason Herzog decided to go to the judges' score cards instead of calling a non -understanding
“I couldn't see my left,” Cejudo continued. 'My right is fine. But even that last minute, when I was chasing me, I didn't know what I was throwing.
“I wanted to continue, but if I couldn't see, he will only hurt me,” he added. “Of course, we can run again, but that finger was quite good.”
Later, the transmission team revealed that the fight would have resulted in a non -concept if Cejudo decided to lose during waiting time. However, the future Hall of Fame took its third consecutive and fifth defeat in its illustrious career.
On the other hand, Song returned to the victory column after his defeat against Petro Yan in March 2024. The 27-year-old has a 22-8-1 record in MMA and 11-3-1 in the UFC.
The bitter end for UFC Seattle came after the preliminaries spoiled fans with five knockouts and two presentations, giving the judges an easy night in the office.
Meanwhile, the main card had a knockout and four decisions, including Song's unfortunate victory.