On paper, Song Yadong has a win over Henry Cejudo but it surely definitely didn’t occur the way in which he wished.
Following a robust begin to the combat, Track delivered a nasty eye poke to the Olympic gold medal wrestler that left Cejudo struggling to see out of his left eye. Replays confirmed two fingers went instantly into Cejudo’s eyes however referee Jason Herzog didn’t assess any penalties and the combat continued till the horn sounded to finish the third spherical.
Between rounds, Cejudo informed his coaches that his imaginative and prescient was fully compromised.
“I don’t know what the f*ck he’s throwing at me … I can’t f*cking see,” Cejudo stated. “I can’t f*cking see”
The physician got here in to test on Cejudo but it surely was clear that the combat was already over as a result of he couldn’t see out of 1 eye.
In an odd twist if Cejudo by no means restarted after the preliminary eye poke, the combat might have been stopped and doubtlessly declared a no contest. However as a result of Cejudo tried to combat and the spherical got here to an in depth, Herzog was in a position to finish the competition and collect the scorecards for a call since three rounds have been accomplished.
The judges scored the combat 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27 with Track getting the win by technical resolution.
“That was completely unintended,” Track stated in regards to the eye poke. “This consequence isn’t what I wished. I’m so sorry, Henry. I feel we should always run it again. We’ll combat once more. Sorry followers. I realized rather a lot from this combat. I’ll do higher subsequent time in a rematch.”
It was an unlucky ending for Track, who was wanting nice all through the combat however the eye poke clearly affected Cejudo and prevented him from persevering with.
Past the way in which the combat ended, it has to sting for Cejudo that Herzog determined to not deduct some extent for the foul, which primarily based on the scorecards would have really resulted in a majority draw. As a substitute, Cejudo goes residence with a broken eye and a loss on his document.
“I couldn’t see [out of] my left [eye],” Cejudo stated. “My proper’s OK however even that final minute when he was chasing, I didn’t know what he was throwing at me. I can’t see from the left.
“I wished to proceed. If I can’t see, he’s going to harm me. OF course, we are able to run it again one hundred pc. F*ck, that finger went in my eye fairly good.”
There’s no telling if the UFC decides to run this one again or not, though to his credit score Track was placing on a robust efficiency previous to the stoppage.
Whereas he did must take care of some nasty leg kicks from Cejudo early, Track was controlling the space and actually hammering away on the former two-division champion with a barrage of punches on the toes. Track actually began surging forward within the third spherical however that’s additionally when the attention poke related that in the end ended Cejudo’s night time.
It’s a troublesome approach for Track to attain maybe the most important win of his profession however he clearly appears open to a rematch.
Previous to the combat, Cejudo stated he was making one closing run for title rivalry earlier than calling it a profession however the bizarre approach the UFC Seattle most important occasion ended seemingly brings him again with hopes that he can get one other shot at Track sooner or later.
