UFC Fight Night 44 in tweets: Pros React as Swanson edges Stephens, Gastelum stays unbeaten

A night with a few head-scratching split decisions was capped off with a barn burner main event between Cub Swanson and Jeremy Stephens. Check out how the pros reacted to Saturday night’s headliner, as well as the memorable fights from UFC Fight Night 44 in San Antonio, Texas.

FOTN

Its time for the main event, lets fucking get them @LiLHeathenMMA– you got this!!! #mma @ufc RT

— Chris Leben (@cripplerufc) June 29, 2014

Damn Jeremy Stephens looks so much bigger than Cub Swanson!

— James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) June 29, 2014

Stevens made some good adjustments in rd 2 and pressured cub. Fight even but I think Stevens hurt something in that rd just don’t know what

— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) June 29, 2014

My guys in the truck are saying Jeremy broke his hand. We will see this next break

— Dana White (@danawhite) June 29, 2014

Cub dominant in that round. 2-1 Stevens

— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) June 29, 2014

Big rd 3 for cub, landing a body kick which froze Stevens and followed up with multiple strikes. Love the @IKEVF @clayguida cheering section

— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) June 29, 2014

@clayguida coaching #ufconfox http://t.co/XuqJ5T5V7T

— Vitor Belfort (@vitorbelfort) June 29, 2014

Hell ya my boy @LiLHeathenMMA doing work!!

— Matt Van Buren (@GutterMMA) June 29, 2014

I got 1, 3, & 4 for Cubby Swanson!!! GOOO CUB!!!

— Tara LaRosa (@TaraLaRosa) June 29, 2014

4th round could have gone either way! Could be even! They gotta drop bombs in this last round.

— Dana White (@danawhite) June 29, 2014

What a damn fight! @LiLHeathenMMA and @CubSwanson

— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) June 29, 2014

I love @CubSwanson let’s get him a title shot!!

— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) June 29, 2014

Congrats @CubSwanson on a great win. A title shot is looking close in your future.

— John Dodson III (@JohnDodsonMMA) June 29, 2014

The judges got it right. @CubSwanson gets the win. Very technical & tactical fight from both guys. #UFCFightNight44

— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) June 29, 2014

@LiLHeathenMMA fight like that all I can say is 3 cheeeeeecks head up homie that was a fucking scrap

— kendallgrovemma (@kendallgrovemma) June 29, 2014

@CubSwanson Fight me.

— Chan Sung Jung (@KoreanZombieMMA) June 29, 2014

WHO NEEDS DOLCE?

They’re all just jabronis stealing my fist bump with @brucebuffer. After my next appearance they’ll all go back to knowing their place.

— Cole Miller (@colemillerATT) June 29, 2014

Musoke controlled rd 1 with wrestling and seemingly threw gastelum off. Rd 2 has been gastelum finding his range so far

— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) June 29, 2014

R ufc floor seats gettin cheaper cuz I see a lot of turds in that area lately

— Michelle Ould (@MichelleOuldMMA) June 29, 2014

Well gastelum and his corner adjusted after being dominated rd 1 and came back to win the next 2. He should take the decision

— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) June 29, 2014

That was a great fight

— Dana White (@danawhite) June 29, 2014

yea boyeeee!! my @KelvinGastelum is on fire #onamissionforgold baby

— uriah hall (@UriahHallMMA) June 29, 2014

My top 5 favorite fighters in the UFC 1. @KelvinGastelum 2. Kelvin 3. Kelvin 4. Kelvin 5. Kelvin #UFConFOX #osito

— Jimmy Quinlan (@JimmyCrashBJJ) June 29, 2014

Congratulations man @KelvinGastelum good job !

— Patricky Freire (@PatrickyPitbull) June 29, 2014

ONE MINUTE OF GREATNESS

Andrew Craig has them Color Purple braids! #UFCFightNight

— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunsonMMA) June 29, 2014

Ferreira really controlled and calculated in rd 1 until he hit a torpedo like takedown on Craig 10-9 Ferreira #UFCFightNight

— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) June 29, 2014

How does Cezar Mutante look physically? I put him on my new 11 second ab routine for this camp.

— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) June 29, 2014

I like this Andrew Craig how does he have no sponsors. Yet a big ass logo from his “agency” on the shorts. Wtf? Real estate = $

— Jamie Varner (@jamievarner) June 29, 2014

Andrew Craig is the new Chris Leben #ufc

— John Alessio (@johnalessio79) June 29, 2014

What a way to end the fight! I got my boy @cezarmutante in that one!

— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) June 29, 2014

Craig went OG Bobby Johnson with a minute left! #UFC

— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunsonMMA) June 29, 2014

The last 45 sec was the best part of that fight but Ferreira should take the decision #UFCFightNight

— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) June 29, 2014

Congrats to @cezarmutante on his win!!

— Michael Johnson (@FollowTheMenace) June 29, 2014

@cezarmutante @GilbertDurinho after another @blackzilians win no stopping this train osu! pic.twitter.com/CmYjIJVLap

— Henri Hooft (@henrihooft) June 29, 2014

LAMAS REBOUNDS

Nova Uniao just has a murderers row of world class fighters coming out of Brazil. Their B squad is even elite level. #NovaUniao

— James Krause (@TheJamesKrause) June 29, 2014

1-1

— TJ Grant (@TJ_Grant) June 29, 2014

The card of spilt decisions? #UFCFightNight

— Jerome-Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) June 29, 2014

I liked the fight between lamas and Diaz. Kept getting flashes of Diaz looking like Aldo and it sketched me out a bit

— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) June 29, 2014

Congrats Ricky @RicardoLamasMMA

— Amanda Nunes (@Amanda_Leoa) June 29, 2014

Boa Ricky! @RicardoLamasMMA

— Nina Ansaroff (@NinaAnsaroff) June 29, 2014

11X WORLD CHAMP VS. BLUE BELT

Heater seems strong as shit.

— Scott jorgensen (@Scottjorgensen) June 29, 2014

Muito bom round do Neto. 10/9

— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) June 29, 2014

Hester is settling down and gettin some shots off in this rnd #UFCFightNight #ufc @ufc

— TJ Grant (@TJ_Grant) June 29, 2014

Hester’s ground game needs work #UFCFightNight

— TJ Grant (@TJ_Grant) June 29, 2014

Even for an 11 time BJJ champ it’s hard to sub someone when they are covered in sweat!

— Roger Narvaez (@Silverback316) June 29, 2014

The canvas just won the 3rd round 10-8 ! #UFCFightNight

— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunsonMMA) June 29, 2014

wtf sniper in here. Banana peel or something. He was throwing bombs @ufc

— Jamie Varner (@jamievarner) June 29, 2014

Terrible luck!!!! #UFCFightNight

— Jerome-Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) June 29, 2014

I had neto. Still was close. Think Hester has lots of potential with some more exp

— TJ Grant (@TJ_Grant) June 29, 2014

What?????

— Augusto Tanquinho (@tanquinhojj) June 29, 2014

Not a chance Hester won that fight.

— Kyle Kingsbury (@Kingsbu) June 29, 2014

Close fight, excited about both guys, Braga Neto is far better suited for 170lbs

— Brian Stann (@BrianStann) June 29, 2014

BLOOD DISEASE > SUPER SHORT NOTICE

Ellenberger is resilient!

— TJ Grant (@TJ_Grant) June 29, 2014

Telling your fighter in the corner what his opponent is doing effectively is retarded.

— Conor Heun (@ConorHeun) June 29, 2014

. @JoeEllenberger is the man! What a battle between these guys. #UFCFightNight

— James Krause (@TheJamesKrause) June 29, 2014

Great fight!!! 19/19

— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) June 29, 2014

This is a fun scrap @ufc !

— Jamie Varner (@jamievarner) June 29, 2014

Well iv been gassed in fights but never that bad! #UFCFightNight

— John Maguire (@MaguireTheOne) June 29, 2014

This Moon dude keeps watching himself on the big screen LMAO! I was so hoping for the second coming of “Hello Japan” #UFCFightNight

— Tara LaRosa (@TaraLaRosa) June 29, 2014

Great job @JoeEllenberger! #heartofachampion #ufcsanantonio @foxsport1 @FOXSportsLive

— Mark Muñoz (@mark_munoz) June 29, 2014

Mma judges suck. 10-8 rounds are a real thing, But I don’t think they are aware Id have to re watch 1st rnd.. I thought it was a clear 10-8

— TJ Grant (@TJ_Grant) June 29, 2014

Dude @jmoontasri keep your head up. Great scrap. #respect #ufc @ufc

— Jamie Varner (@jamievarner) June 29, 2014

HOW BOUT THAT BEDFORD STOPPAGE?

I LOVE WHEN REFS RUIN FIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

— Dana White (@danawhite) June 29, 2014

Wow that was a bad call #UFCFightNight

— Vinc Pichel (@FromHellPichel) June 29, 2014

I feel for @BrutalBedford just getting weird things happen to him! Such a talent.

— Bigslow (@LukeBarnatt) June 29, 2014

Really ref? Wow that sucks @ufc

— Manny Gamburyan (@MannyGamburyan) June 29, 2014

That was a horrible stoppage!!!!!! Boo ref!!!!!

— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) June 29, 2014

Good stoppage he was out then came back to life! #UFCFightNight

— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunsonMMA) June 29, 2014

I can tell this fighter ate paint chips as a kid

— Cole Miller (@colemillerATT) June 29, 2014

Terrible stoppage. Fighters fuck up they get cut suspended and fined what happens to refs when they fuck up over and over and over nothing

— Mike Kogan (@MikeKogan) June 29, 2014