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On Saturday, Might 9, the UFC made its return for UFC 249 amid the COVID-19 coronavirus. It was the primary combat card since March 14, and the UFC stacked it with excessive profile fights, together with two championship bouts.
Within the opening combat of the PPV portion of the combat card, heavyweights Greg Hardy and Yorgan de Castro met on the heart of the Octagon. Through the combat, de Castro landed many vicious leg kicks on Hardy.
At one level throughout the combat, Hardy began to verify the leg kicks, and he credited a sure UFC commentator for that. The combat between Hardy and de Castro went to the choose’s rating, and Hardy bought the nod with a unanimous 30-27 victory.
Throughout his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan, Hardy gave a shout out to former UFC mild heavyweight and heavyweight champion and present shade commentator Daniel Cormier for saying that he wanted to verify the leg kicks thrown by de Castro.
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Fighters May ear Daniel Cormier Throughout UFC 249 As a result of There Was No Viewers
As a result of coronavirus, there was no viewers for UFC 249. Due to that, the world was a lot quieter than regular, and fighters might hear Cormier commentating the combat. Here’s a video of Hardy giving Cormier the shout out:
A number of different fighters mentioned that they might hear Cormier, together with former strawweight champion Carla Esparza who fought Michelle Waterson earlier on the cardboard.
With Hardy’s win, he improved his skilled combined martial arts report to 6-2 and one no contest.
UFC 249 Was Stacked With Two Championship Fights & Fan Favorites
Important Card
Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje – Light-weight Interim Championship Bout
Henry Cejudo vs. Dominick Cruz – Bantamweight Championship Bout
Francis Ngannou vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik – Heavyweight Bout
Jeremy Stephens vs. Calvin Kattar – Featherweight Bout
Greg Hardy vs. Yorgan de Castro – Heavyweight Bout
Preliminary Card
Anthony Pettis vs. Donald Cerrone – Welterweight Bout
Aleksei Oleinik vs. Fabricio Werdum – Heavyweight Bout
Carla Esparza vs. Michelle Waterson – Ladies’s Strawweight Bout
Vicente Luque vs. Niko Worth – Welterweight Bout
Early Preliminary Card
Bryce Mitchell vs. Charles Rosa – Featherweight Bout
Ryan Spann vs. Sam Alvey – Gentle Heavyweight Bout
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