UFC Mexico went down on Saturday night at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico. There was a bit of an anticlimax in the main event between Mexico’s Yair Rodriguez and Jeremy Stephens, as an accidental eye poke by the home favourite on Stephens, ended the fight after only fifteen seconds. The co-main however, saw an entertaining back and forth fight between strawweights Alexa Grasso and Carla Esparza, which Esparza won via majority decision.
This is how the MMA world reacted to the main and co-main event at UFC Mexico:
Yair Rodriguez vs Jeremy Stephens:
"Let's run it back, m—– f—–."@LiLHeathenMMA wants an immediate rematch with Yair Rodriguez (via @KarynBryant) pic.twitter.com/M4yF1sbAl3
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) September 22, 2019
“He’s the only one who’s going to have to live with that… if he was lying.”@panteraufc says he gives Jeremy Stephens the benefit of the doubt #UFCMexico pic.twitter.com/WPShbmro61
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) September 22, 2019
Ive never heard of an eye lid spasm, can a doctor weigh in???
— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) September 22, 2019
I saw Henry in the crowd, throw him in for a spar session to appease the crowd!
— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) September 22, 2019
We all watched Jeremy put his blood sweat and tears into this camp, he trained at altitude for 6 weeks and left the arena getting punched in the back of the head by fans. Disgusting to blame a fighter for an unfortunate fight ending foul. He is the last person to fake an injury.
— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) September 22, 2019
This is sucks ? #UFCMexico
— Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) September 22, 2019
WTH just happened. His eye wouldn’t open or he wouldn’t open it. I can’t even believe that lmao
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) September 22, 2019
? One of them freak accidents. Sucks but eye scratches ain’t no joke! I have a scar in one of my eyes! ?? #letsrunitbacklater #mmacrazy #fighterssacrifice https://t.co/bBwH0A0mMC
— Cynthia Calvillo (@cyn_calvillo) September 22, 2019
Damn REALLY!!!! @ufc cannot end like this ??????
— Maurice Greene (@TheCrochetBoss) September 22, 2019
What a buzz kill #UFCMexicoCity
— Katlyn Chookagian (@blondefighter) September 22, 2019
The panther scratches @LiLHeathenMMA ‘s Eye ?….. hopefully he can recover #UFCMexicoCity
— Dennis Bermudez (@MenaceBermudez) September 22, 2019
And Herb Dean for ref of the year! ??
— PEARL GONZALEZ (@PearlGonzalez) September 22, 2019
Good job herbal.
— Danny Castillo (@lastcall155) September 22, 2019
What is the celebration for?? I’m so lost? 20 seconds… smfh. Anticlimactic to say the least. #UFCMexico
— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) September 22, 2019
Ppl saying Stephens wanted out of the fight?? He is one of the toughest and most dangerous guy in that division. I highly doubt he faked how severe that eye-poke affected him. I felt Yair would our point him with kicks, but tn we won’t get to find out…Sucks. #UFCMexico
— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) September 22, 2019
@LiLHeathenMMA is as tough as they come. Such an unfortunate outcome…
— Mike Brown (@mikebrownmma) September 22, 2019
Shoutout to @HerbDeanMMA for doin everything in his power to make the fight happen
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) September 22, 2019
UFC needs to start using the curved gloves like Bellator….. doesn't prevent poles but definitely helps
— Nick Newell (@NotoriousNewell) September 22, 2019
That is so incredibly unfortunate. No fault for the eye poke and it looked like it grazed straight down. I hope they can rebook this fight ASAP. The Mexican crowd can't blame anyone here, it's just unfortunate
— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) September 22, 2019
The fastest No Contest in UFC history happened 11 seconds into the match between Antonio Carlos Junior and Kevin Casey. #UFCMexico
— Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) September 22, 2019
Shameful. Stephen’s don’t deserve UFC pic.twitter.com/JHeeQRErEX
— Paulo Costa ( Borrachinha ) (@BorrachinhaMMA) September 22, 2019
Alexa Grossa vs Carla Esparza:
We got ourselves a fight!!!
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) September 22, 2019
Her arm is triple jointed!! ?? #UFCMexicoCity
— Max Griffin (@MaxPainGriffin) September 22, 2019
That’s not broken!? #UFCMexico
— Zachary Makovsky (@ZachFunSize) September 22, 2019
I’m pretty sure Carla has a broken arm #UFCMéxico
— Julian marquez (@JMarquezMMA) September 22, 2019
Esparza ? just let her arm dislocate to escape then right away started hitting grasso with it. Gross. Also, that arm is going to be sore
— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) September 22, 2019
Awesome fight ladies!
— Nina Ansaroff (@NinaAnsaroff) September 22, 2019
Dawg arms don't bend that way, WTF! https://t.co/5sAJq7BtkY
— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) September 22, 2019
Omg I can not watch that armbar replay #UFCMexicoCity
— Katlyn Chookagian (@blondefighter) September 22, 2019
Me watching @CarlaEsparza1 escape that armbar pic.twitter.com/9OhtdnzEHy
— Nick Newell (@NotoriousNewell) September 22, 2019
Good boxing and composure from Grasso! Good fight!!#UFCMexico
— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) September 22, 2019
Robbery #UFCMexicoCity
— Luis Antonio Pena (@violentbobross) September 22, 2019
Lol that’s so ducking dumb. Can we please have judges that have had fights experience. Like for real. You got some takedowns, but got whooped everywhere. Smh ????
— Erik Jon Koch (@NEWBREED04) September 22, 2019
Holy shit.. That fight was amazing!
— PEARL GONZALEZ (@PearlGonzalez) September 22, 2019
Full Results From UFC Mexico:
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