On paper, Tune Yadong has a win over Henry Cejudo however it actually didn’t occur the best way he wished.
Following a powerful begin to the battle, Tune 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 immediately into Cejudo’s eyes however referee Jason Herzog didn’t assess any penalties and the battle continued till the horn sounded to finish the third spherical.
Between rounds, Cejudo instructed 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 mentioned. “I can not f*cking see”
The physician got here in to examine on Cejudo however it was clear that the battle 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 battle may have been stopped and probably declared a no contest. However as a result of Cejudo tried to battle and the spherical got here to an in depth, Herzog was capable of finish the competition and collect the scorecards for a choice since three rounds have been accomplished.
The judges scored the battle 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27 with Tune getting the win by technical resolution.
“That was completely unintentional,” Tune mentioned concerning the eye poke. “This outcome isn’t what I wished. I’m so sorry, Henry. I feel we should always run it again. We are going to battle once more. Sorry followers. I realized lots from this battle. I’ll do higher subsequent time in a rematch.”
It was an unlucky ending for Tune, who was trying nice all through the battle however the eye poke clearly affected Cejudo and prevented him from persevering with.
Past the best way the battle ended, it has to sting for Cejudo that Herzog determined to not deduct some extent for the foul, which based mostly on the scorecards would have really resulted in a majority draw. As an alternative, Cejudo goes house with a broken eye and a loss on his file.
“I couldn’t see [out of] my left [eye],” Cejudo mentioned. “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 will 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 Tune was placing on a powerful efficiency previous to the stoppage.
Whereas he did need to take care of some nasty leg kicks from Cejudo early, Tune was controlling the space and actually hammering away on the former two-division champion with a barrage of punches on the ft. Tune 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 means for Tune to attain maybe the largest win of his profession however he clearly appears open to a rematch.
Previous to the battle, Cejudo mentioned he was making one last run for title rivalry earlier than calling it a profession however the bizarre means the UFC Seattle predominant occasion ended seemingly brings him again with hopes that he can get one other shot at Tune sooner or later.
