Taiyilake Nueraji delivered an emphatic end in his octagon debut however solely after he blasted Kiefer Crosbie with an unlawful knee at UFC Shanghai.
Whereas it was a lopsided struggle from begin to end, Nueraji finally ends up with an asterisk subsequent to his win after he was dominating Crosbie on the bottom however throughout a scramble he determined to launch a strike whereas his opponent was clearly nonetheless down on the bottom. Replays confirmed the unlawful knee was utterly blatant with Crosbie struggling to seek out his stability afterwards whereas additionally struggling a grotesque lower throughout his face.
Referee Marc Goddard intervened instantly and determined to problem a two-point deduction to Nueraji for the foul but it surely was clear that Crosbie was utterly compromised after successfully getting knocked out from the knee.
Moderately than take a full 5 minutes to recuperate from the unlawful blow, Crosbie waited simply a few moments earlier than he instructed Goddard that he was good to go.
It didn’t take lengthy for Nueraji to place Crosbie again down on the bottom as he started unloading punches and elbows in succession. Crosbie has no protection this time and he succumbed to the strikes with the tip coming at 3:33 within the opening spherical.
“I already stated it received’t take three rounds,” Nueraji stated about his win with out addressing the unlawful knee. “It’s my obligation to present you a giant present. I used to be decided to complete this within the first spherical.”
A formidable win in his debut however Nueraji actually didn’t need his first look to get marred by controversy, which is precisely what occurred with the ending sequence in that struggle.
Nonetheless, Nueraji seems to be a prospect price watching whereas Crosbie falls to 0-3 within the UFC after deciding to proceed the struggle after he received fouled after which getting completed simply seconds later.
