The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held its most recent event last night. UFC 211 went down in the lone star state inside the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. The night hosted some awesome performances, but UFC 211 was still not without its controversy.
Former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez faced off against Dustin Poirier. The fight was great, until it wasn’t. Both fighters put on great performances, pushing each other to the brink in the first round. However, things fell apart in the second.
Alvarez pressured his opponent to the fence, then began stiking Poirier with knees to the head. To many spectators of the fight, the strikes were seen as illegal blows to a downed opponent. At any rate, Dustin Poirier was conisdered unable to continue after the vicious blows.
The fight was stopped, but not in Poirier’s favor. Rather, the fight was officially decreed a no contest. The official decision has since stirred up some controversy with fans and fighters. Many of the promotion’s mixed martial artists took to Twitter to let their opinions be heard.
See what some of the UFC’s fighters had to say about the contentious call below:
All those knees were illegal… #UFC211
— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) May 14, 2017
— Alex Chambers (@alexchambersmma) May 14, 2017
Oops I did that on purpose
— phil baroni (@philbaroni) May 14, 2017
Ah thats a shame! Dq right? #UFC211
— Arnold billy allen (@Arnoldbfa) May 14, 2017
It's hard to keep up with all these new rules. #UFC211
— Felice Herrig (@feliceherrig) May 14, 2017
Can we go back to the old rules? Anything but feet should be downed opponent. How the fuck can he tell if his knee was down
— Kevin Lee (@MoTownPhenom) May 14, 2017
2 events, 2 great fights fucked up by this dumb ass rule. Either he's down or not. We're all confused. You can't blame Eddie for this one
— Kevin Lee (@MoTownPhenom) May 14, 2017
These Knee Rules Are Controversial • #TonyFergusonMMA
— Tony Ferguson (@TonyFergusonXT) May 14, 2017
This rule is a fucking joke ,no one knows what's legal and illegal
— Robert Whiteford (@Flyinjudoka) May 14, 2017
Alvarez and Poirier fight ending like that is sad. Was shaping up to be a real classic. #ufc211
— Sean O'Connell (@realOCsports) May 14, 2017
Man that was a banger too bad it had to end like that @ufc #UFCDallas
— Chris Kelades (@keladesmma) May 14, 2017
Old rules. This is awful for DP. Should be DQ win for DP https://t.co/eTOxbl6PUS
— Brian Stann (@BrianStann) May 14, 2017
The problem here is the non stop switch of old rules to new rules to mix rules that change every wknd depending on commission. Confusion
— Brian Stann (@BrianStann) May 14, 2017
That's legal
— Michael Johnson (@FollowTheMenace) May 14, 2017
I like the call herb! Sucks it ended that way, because what a fight! Poirier vs Alvarez. #ufc211
— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) May 14, 2017
