Mike Mallott accused Kevin Holland of embellishment.
Mallott earned an enormous unanimous determination victory over Holland at UFC Vancouver over the weekend, scoring his third straight victory contained in the Octagon and shifting his document to 6-1 below the UFC banner. Nevertheless, the victory got here with a touch of controversy after the Canadian hit his opponent under the belt twice throughout the opening spherical.
The primary incident got here through an errant entrance kick that grazed Holland’s cup. The battle resumed after only a few moments, however issues got here to a halt 30 seconds later when Mallott threw a knee that appeared to catch Holland within the peninsula south of the equator.
Holland was in the end capable of proceed combating, however not earlier than writhing in ache on the Octagon mat.
Discussing the incident throughout an look on The Ariel Helwani Present, Mallott accused Holland of milking the second low blow, claiming that he solely “brushed” Holland’s cup.
“I advised the ref my knee hit his hip. I feel what brushed his groin was my shin. My shin form of brushed his cup, however the influence wasn’t to the cup. My knee hit his belt line. It was a bit decrease than I meant it to. You return and watch it, I’m hitting him proper on the belt line. I’m not kneeing his cup. There might need been a brush from my shin as my knee landed, which could not have felt good.”
“I’ve been hit within the groin onerous in observe, significantly more durable than that, and moved on with it, had full sparring periods. I feel there was embellishment throughout the groin shot to attract some extent out and afterwards as a bit excuse just like the battle slipping away.”
Holland has since provided an replace on his situation, revealing that he was nonetheless affected by the consequences of the low blow two days later.
“Man fook what ya’ll speaking about bro kick a std into my d*ck my [nuts] damage,” Holland wrote following the battle.
“My [nuts] nonetheless throbbing by no means thought I’d ask my mother to take me to get a ultrasound,” Holland added in a publish on Monday.
