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Ben Rothwell defeated Ovince Saint Preux by split decision at UFC Jacksonville. On Twitter, pro fighters reacted to the match.
In a sloppy stand-up battle at heavyweight, veteran Ben Rothwell edged light heavyweight contender Ovince Saint Preux after three rounds of action at UFC Jacksonville’s co-main event. On Twitter, pro fighters enjoyed the contest.
Call me crazy but I gotta go with @003_OSP I remember him back in Denmark he said he was going up to heavyweight #UFCJAX
— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) May 14, 2020
— Scott Holtzman (@HotSauceHoltzy) May 14, 2020
I got rothwell by KO
— Randa Markos (@randamma) May 14, 2020
Announcers sleeping on the IFL
— Nick Newell (@NotoriousNewell) May 14, 2020
Control the hands!!!! #UFCJAX
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) May 14, 2020
Rothwell has that dirty boxing down! #UFCJAX
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) May 14, 2020
Osp keeps circling into Ben’s right hand
— James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) May 14, 2020
Rothwell has a very old school style but it works for him #UFCJAX
— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) May 14, 2020
Noooo! I would have liked to see some hammerfists after that knock down. It may have put him out. #UFCJAX
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) May 14, 2020
When I see MMA fighters hurt someone then immediately tie up with them I ask myself “has this guy ever seen a boxing fight before?” I ask myself that question all the times. #ThugjitsuThoughts ???
— Yves (@thugjitsumaster) May 14, 2020
Damn them heavyweights were hitting #UFCJAX
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) May 14, 2020
Ovince finally decided to fight the last 10 seconds
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) May 14, 2020
Damm knockdown after the buzzer! I got Rothwell 29-28 but it could go either way. Awesome fight
— Funky Ben (@Benaskren) May 14, 2020
Oh shit that was an exciting ending! Yes yes yes!!!! #UFCJAX
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) May 14, 2020
Aggressive OSP is quite scary.
— Sean O’Connell (@realOCsports) May 14, 2020
Bem Rothwell is a beast I love watching his fights always so entertaining
— Junior Dos Santos ?? (@junior_cigano) May 14, 2020
OSP did great on is heavyweight debut against a big body like Big Ben.#UFCJAX
— Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) May 14, 2020
Man it was weird seeing OSP fight at heavyweight, made it seem so much more real for me. Especially knowing he was at 240lbs. With a little more cardio, he would’ve been I was visualizing myself as him that whole fight
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) May 14, 2020
I wish he would have done the evil laugh in the empty arena #UFCJAX
— Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) May 14, 2020