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An overhead view of the Octagon as Jon Jones knocks out Daniel Cormier in the course of the UFC 214 occasion at Honda Heart on July 29, 2017 in Anaheim, California.
For the third time in per week, the UFC held an occasion in Jacksonville, Florida. UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Harris befell on Saturday, Might 16, on the VyStar Veterans Memorial Enviornment, and through the primary card two middleweights squared off. Eryk Anders took on Krzysztof Jotko in a detailed, back-and-forth battle.
In the course of the first spherical of their bout, Anders charged at Jotko with a number of strikes, forcing Jotko to retreat backward. Nevertheless, the motion occurred so rapidly and the referee of the match, Herb Dean, was behind Jotko. Dean rapidly bought out of the best way of Anders’ assault in what was a near-miss incident.
Right here is the video by way of ESPN:
Look out, @HerbDeanMMA
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— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) Might 17, 2020
As soon as Dean bought out of the best way, UFC shade commentator and present light-weight fighter Paul Felder mentioned, “Herb Dean virtually bought kayoed there.” UFC play-by-play commentator Brendan Fitzgerald mentioned, “Look out for the shrapnel there Herb.”
One UFC fan wrote, “Superb footwork by Herb.” One other wrote, “He closed to get clapped.”
The combat between the 2 middleweights went the gap, and Jotko picked up his third victory in a row, successful the bout by unanimous choice. He has received within the UFC 9 instances since 2013.
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Predominant Card
Heavyweight Bout: Alistair Overeem vs. Walt Harris
Girls’s Strawweight Bout: Claudia Gadelha vs. Angela Hill
Featherweight Bout: Dan Ige vs. Edson Barboza
Middleweight Bout: Eryk Anders vs. Krzysztof Jotko
Featherweight Bout: Music Yadong vs. Marlon Vera
Preliminary Card
Welterweight Bout: Matt Brown vs. Miguel Baeza
Middleweight Bout: Anthony Hernandez vs. Kevin Holland
Featherweight Bout: Giga Chikadze vs. Irwin Rivera
Featherweight Bout: Darren Elkins vs. Nate Landwehr
Girls’s Flyweight Bout: Cortney Casey vs. Mara Romero Borella
Heavyweight Bout: Rodrigo Nascimento vs. Don’Story Mayes
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