The Fight Between Yair Rodriguez And Jeremy Stephens Stopped After Only 15 Seconds Due To An Accidental Eye Poke!
UFC Fight Night 159 is taking place live now (Saturday, September 21, 2019) from inside Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico.
It is headlined by an amazing Featherweight clash between Taekwondo black belt Yair “Panthera” Rodriguez and Jeremy “Lil Heathen” Stephens. The referee in charge of this contest is Herb Dean. Here we go!
Round 1
Yair Rodriguez eye-gauged Jeremy Stephens in the opening seconds. Oh, no, the fight will not continue due to an eye poke, Jeremy didn’t recover after 5 minutes!!! The fight is over, and the crowd is unhappy!!!
Final Result: No Contest (accidental eye poke, 0:15 of round 1)
Here are the highlights:
This strike to the eye caused the #UFCMexico main event to be ruled a No Contest pic.twitter.com/EXIKa2PyeE
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) September 22, 2019
Yair Rodriguez’s score is now 11-2, 1 NC MMA; 7-1, 1 NC UFC), Jeremy Stephens’ score is 28-16 MMA, 1 NC MMA; 15-15, 1 NC UFC.
