Henry Cejudo confronted criticism virtually instantly after his struggle in opposition to Track Yadong was stopped when he couldn’t proceed following a watch poke within the third spherical at UFC Seattle.
The foul pressured referee Jason Herzog to pause the motion whereas giving Cejudo 5 minutes to get well with the ringside doctor coming into the octagon to examine him over as he tried to get well sufficient to restart the struggle. Cejudo ultimately gave the go forward to proceed however as quickly because the spherical ended, he informed his coaches relatively emphatically “I can’t f*cking see.”
The struggle was stopped moments later and Track was really declared the winner by technical resolution as a result of three full rounds had expired, which led to the judges’ scorecards being tallied.
On Sunday, Cejudo posted an up shut picture with the injury executed to his eye together with a caption that stated “diplopia, smooth tissue injury, corneal abrasion.”
Cejudo added one other caption saying “he needed a method out” taking intention at detractors claiming he was utilizing the attention poke as an excuse to cease the struggle.
Diplopia is the time period used for double-vision, which is what Cejudo claimed was inflicting him the largest downside after the attention poke when he tried to struggle once more.
Following the attention poke, Herzog opted to not penalize Track for the foul and he didn’t deduct a degree. Based mostly on the scorecards — 30-27, 29-28 and 29-28 all for Track — a degree deduction would have really led to a majority draw relatively than a technical resolution win for Track.
Cejudo skipped out on post-fight media as a result of he needed to go to an area Seattle hospital for medical remedy after the occasion ended.
Whereas Cejudo instantly known as for a rematch in opposition to Track because of the disappointing ending, UFC CEO Dana White successfully shot down that concept saying “I simply don’t need to see it once more.”
It was an unlucky ending to the primary occasion, particularly with Track surging because the third spherical acquired underway however the eye poke in the end ended the struggle.
