By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist
UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song was this past weekend and featured
some exciting fights and finishes and a fight that ended in complete garbage style. Which one and who won and who lost? Let’s get to the
rundown.
UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song
GOOD- Alonzo Menifield vs. Julius Walker
They grind against the fence for quite a while early until Walker
clobbers Menifield with an overhand right. Walker keeps trying for a
takedown, which prompts Menifield to try for one as well but none are successful. Menifield starts smashing Walker with strikes. Walker fights back with strong strikes of his own and the first round ends with both men showing good toughness. The second round begins with
Walker trying for a few more takedowns but he can’t get them. They trade powerful strikes for the remainder of the second round,
Menifield having a bit more success.
The third round starts with an immediate eyepoke from Menifield. That should be a point deduction,
that was pretty blatant. They trade strikes a bit more until Walker knees Menifield square in the cup. They trade strikes for the rest of the fight. We go to the judges to render their verdict.
Menifield wins the Split Decision to improve to 16-5-1 while Walker tastes defeat for the first time and drops to 6-1. Good win for Menifield.
GOOD- Jean Silva stops Melsik Baghdasaryan
They’re both throwing with dangerous intentions early until Silva smashes Baghdasaryan with a combination that floors him. Silva looks
to the referee, who for some reason is just standing there, and jumps
on his opponent with punches and elbows until the referee finally jumps in to stop the fight a bit over four minutes into the first round.
Silva improves to 15-2 and has won 12 straight fights while
Baghdasaryan drops to 8-3. Good win for Silva.
GOOD- Rob Font vs. Jean Matsumoto
Matsumoto gets a takedown for a split second early before Font is back
up. They trade stiff punches until Matsumoto gets a takedown. Font
immediately goes to work off his back and starts hunting submissions.
When none appear Font explodes to his feet and nearly gets guillotined
but he avoids danger and the first round ends. The second round begins
with the fighters trading strikes until Matsumoto gets a takedown.
Font works his way back up to his feet and they keep trading strikes until Matsumoto gets another takedown but it doesn’t last long and
they trade strikes on their feet until the second round ends.
The third round starts with more fast and furious strikes. This continues
throughout the entire round and there’s so much blood it looks like a horror movie. Somehow the fight ends without a finish and we go to the
judges to render their verdict.
Font wins the Split Decision to improve to 22-8 while Matsumoto is
defeated for the first time and drops to 16-1. Great win for Font in a fun and wild fight.
GOOD- Brendan Allen vs. Anthony Hernandez
They’re throwing a lot of kicks early until Hernandez gets a takedown.
They’re reversing and hunting submissions while also landing some good
strikes and Hernandez is cut open as the first round ends. The second round begins with Hernandez getting an immediate takedown. They grapple and scramble for position until the second round ends.
The third round starts with them trading punches to the eye before they
struggle to get a takedown/avoid a takedown. Not much happens and the
final bell sounds so this meh fight is thankfully over. These guys were very closely matched and it was an even fight, though Allen should have pressed his advantages more. We go to the judges to render
their verdict.
Hernandez wins the decision to improve to 14-2 with 1 No Contest and
has won 7 straight fights while Allen drops to 24-7. Good win for Allen.
UGLY- Henry Cejudo vs. Song Yadong
Song is throwing a lot of kicks early. Cejudo responds with kicks of his own as Song mixes in some punches. This continues until the first
round ends. The second round begins with the fighters trading more
kicks. They’re mixing in other strikes and having some success, though
neither fighter can get a takedown. Cejudo lands a powerful right hand
that seemingly wakes Song up and he gets more aggressive. They trade until the second round ends.
The third round starts with plenty of striking exchanges. Song hits Cejudo low but they’re quickly back to it. Song has his fingers outstretched and jams them into both of
Cejudo’s eyes. No points are taken, which is absurd. That was as blatant as it gets. After taking as much time as he can, Cejudo is
ready and Song immediately has his fingers outstretched at him. Take a
freaking point, ref. What the hell are we doing here? There’s no fighting style in the world that requires you to stick your fingers out at a guy like you’re casting a spell.
The third round ends and referee Jason Herzog allows the fourth round
to begin before calling time and calling in the cageside doctor, who rules that the fight is over because Cejudo can’t see out of his left eye.
Song is awarded a Technical Decision win. That’s complete garbage.
Song was winning the fight, no doubt. However, there has to be consequences when you engage in garbage behavior. Sticking your
fingers straight out at another fighter is complete garbage behavior.
I don’t care if you think Cejudo is the cringiest person alive, that doesn’t factor in to this. This is all about trying to eradicate the scourge of intentional eyepokes. You’re not going to get rid of them
completely, that’s impossible. But the blatant and intentional variety
you can damn sure get rid of. Even if you didn’t take a point for the double eyepoke, a point should have been immediately taken away when
Song stuck his fingers straight out at Cejudo when they resumed.
That’s garbage, it’s junk, it’s nonsense. That’s not a legitimate
fighting stance. It’s cheesy as hell. And it damn sure shouldn’t be rewarded.
Song is now 22-8-1 with 1 No Contest while Cejudo is 16-5. This is BS.
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