Asu Almabayev left the Octagon with extra than simply his first UFC loss on Saturday night time.
Almabayev clashed with Manel Kape within the night’s foremost occasion on just some weeks’ discover after Kape’s authentic opponent Brandon Royval bowed out of the bout. Almabayev walked into the battle on a powerful 17-fight win streak, however it was ‘Starboy’ who would come out on high, handily defeating the Kazakh and incomes himself a third-round TKO.
Nevertheless, the win did include a heap of controversy after Kape inadvertently poked Almabayev within the eye in the course of the opening rounds after which appeared to scrape his opponent’s eye a number of instances earlier than the stoppage got here.
On Tuesday, an image of Almabayev’s injured eye popped up Instagram and it’s not a reasonably sight.
Muhammad Mokaev reacts to kape’s controversial win over almabayev
It’s removed from the primary time that Kape has discovered himself on the heart of controversy. All through his profession, ‘Starboy’ has been accused of poking eyes and delivering low blows. He even received into just a few pre-fight brawls with Muhammad Mokaev earlier than the 2 stepped contained in the Octagon in July.
Reacting to Kape’s newest win, Mokaev labeled the Angolan a “soiled fighter.”
“Soiled fighter. Popped on steroids. Eye poked and didn’t even stopped, after I eyed poked you I stoped and allow you to recuperate!” Mokaev posted on X. “I apologised for no matter occurred between us and I assumed it ended however you continue to speaking s— about me in each interview! as a result of stay in your head, I beat you not even in my prime and pull your pants down in entrance of the entire world!
“And you can be my son for remainder of life!”
Mokaev defeated Kape by way of unanimous resolution earlier than being promptly minimize by the UFC.
