Nate Diaz was not enthused with the motion at UFC 302.
Returning to the Prudential Middle in Newark, New Jersey, the promotion delivered a dozen fights headlined by a light-weight title scrap between reigning champion Islam Makhachev and division fan favourite Dustin Poirier.
Whereas there have been just a few vivid spots, together with Kevin Holland’s horrifying technical submission victory over Michał Oleksiejczuk, 9 of the 12 bouts led to determination — three cut up and 6 unanimous. Even Sean Strickland acknowledged that his five-round scrap with Paulo Costa left loads to be desired.
“It was a boring struggle, I’m sorry guys,” Strickland admitted after the very fact. “That Brazilian goes backward quick, I’m not identified for being athletic.”
Taking to social media, former UFC star Nate Diaz was in settlement, giving his brutally trustworthy opinion of the motion in The Backyard State.
“These fights have been fukn boring,” Diaz wrote on X.
Regardless of some lackluster fights, UFC 302 delivered a handful of thrilling finishes
Although issues look less-than-stellar on paper, it wasn’t all dangerous. Jailton Almeida climbed again into the win column with a fast first-round rear-naked choke submission over Alexandr Romanov. And in the primary occasion of the night, Islam Makhachev put away Poirier through a darce after four-and-a-half rounds of motion that left each fighters battered and bloody.
In fact, the spotlight of the night time went to Holland who slapped on a slick armbar seconds after getting rocked in his primary card conflict with Oleksiejczuk. Regardless of being unable to flee the maintain, ‘Hussar’ refused to faucet out, prompting Holland to snap his arm. That finally compelled referee Herb Dean to step in and name for the stoppage 94 seconds into the competition.
