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Dana White Blasts ‘Horrible’ Stoppage In Henry Cejudo vs. TJ Dillashaw

Dana White blasts the referee for the finish of the first main event on ESPN+ as part of their new broadcasting deal that kicked off. It was a good night of fights and we did get a finish in the headliner. Despite this, the UFC President didn’t hold back on how he felt about the […]

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Dana White blasts the referee for the finish of the first main event on ESPN+ as part of their new broadcasting deal that kicked off. It was a good night of fights and we did get a finish in the headliner.

Despite this, the UFC President didn’t hold back on how he felt about the referee overseeing this main event that was hyped as a superfight.

Henry Cejudo finished UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw to successfully retain the UFC flyweight title in the headliner of UFC on ESPN+ 1. This event down on Saturday night (January 19, 2019) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. This marked the first title defense for Cejudo as the 125lb champion.

There were many including Dillashaw and White who believed that this was an early stoppage but the fellow UFC champion was rocked twice and dropped before being finished on the ground.

White’s Reaction

The UFC boss made it known that after the event, he got an earful of Dillashaw’s complaint backstage about the stoppage.

“He just yelled at me while I was doing an interview when he walked by, ‘That’s bullshit,’” White said to MMAFighting). “I thought it was an early stoppage too. Listen, you’ve got two of the best guys in the world, two world champions, in a superfight. Let them fight, let them finish, and I’m not talking anything away from Cejudo because the fight went 20 seconds and Cejudo busted him up. I’m sure when you saw [Dillashaw] sitting here it looks like he was in a three-round fight, but Jesus Christ, let ‘em fight. Horrible stoppage.”

“I don’t love it when they have local guys in main events, especially a fight this important, a superfight between two world champions,” White said. “Please, please, please commissions, put the experienced guys in there. Give the guys with the most experience because all you do is you hurt the fighters and you hurt the fans. Your job is to do the exact opposite, so I don’t love it. Honestly, I don’t love it.”

The belief is that Cejudo would move up a weight class in order to do an immediate rematch against Dillashaw to challenge for the bantamweight title. However, White wouldn’t make anything official on Saturday night.

“I said we’ll see what happens, I didn’t say I’d have an answer on Saturday,” White said. “Don’t ask me. I don’t know what I’m gonna do.”

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UFC on ESPN+ 1 Bonuses, Attendance & Gate

Last night (Sat. January 19, 2019) UFC on ESPN+ 1 went down from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The event was the first UFC event to ever be broadcasted live on an ESPN platform. The Brooklyn crowd turned out for the event with a total atte…

Last night (Sat. January 19, 2019) UFC on ESPN+ 1 went down from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The event was the first UFC event to ever be broadcasted live on an ESPN platform. The Brooklyn crowd turned out for the event with a total attendance number of 12,152. The gate was$1,231,642. There […]

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UFC on ESPN+ 1 Bonuses: Donald Cerrone Breaks Nate Diaz, Lauzon’s Record

Last night (Sat. January 19, 2019) the UFC put on their first-ever event to be broadcasted on an ESPN platform. UFC on ESPN+ 1 went down from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The night was filled with some great fights to kick off the promotion’s new home. One of them being the Fight […]

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Last night (Sat. January 19, 2019) the UFC put on their first-ever event to be broadcasted on an ESPN platform.

UFC on ESPN+ 1 went down from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The night was filled with some great fights to kick off the promotion’s new home. One of them being the Fight Of The Night, and the ESPN Prelims headliner, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone vs. Alexander Hernandez. Cerrone and Hernandez put on a tremendous bout.

Both men got their shots in, but in the end, it was the tested veteran who came out on top. Cerrone landed one of his signature head-kicks to put the youngster down, and finished him off with ground-and-pound. The fight was good enough for Fight Of The Night honors, and both men will take home an extra $50,000.

However, Cerrone also took home a Performance Of The Night bonus for his win, meaning he will take home yet another $50,000 bonus check. That’s a $100,000 bonus for one magnificent fight. In the main event of the evening, UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw attempted to make some personal history.

Currently the 135-pound champion, Dillashaw challenged 125-pound champ Henry Cejudo. But the former Olympic gold medalist was able to make quick work of Dillashaw, shockingly knocking him out in under a minute. “The Messenger’s” performance earned him a $50,000 Performance Of The Night bonus, and his first career title defense.

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Twitter Reacts To Henry Cejudo Dusting TJ Dillashaw

UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo shocked the mixed martial arts (MMA) world tonight (Sat. January 19, 2019). The 125-pound champ successfully defended his title against Dillashaw with a first-round TKO win over TJ Dillashaw. Cejudo knocked the 135-pound champion down once. Upon getting back to his feet, Dillashaw was sent right back down to the […]

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UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo shocked the mixed martial arts (MMA) world tonight (Sat. January 19, 2019).

The 125-pound champ successfully defended his title against Dillashaw with a first-round TKO win over TJ Dillashaw. Cejudo knocked the 135-pound champion down once. Upon getting back to his feet, Dillashaw was sent right back down to the canvas. After some follow-up strikes on the ground, the referee waved the fight off.

Dillashaw was finished by Cejudo in under a minute. It’s one of the fastest finishes to a title fight in UFC history. The MMA community took to Twitter to react to the finish. Check out their reactions here:

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T.J. Dillashaw Says Henry Cejudo Didn’t Win At UFC On ESPN+ 1

T.J. Dillashaw isn’t willing to accept defeat at the hands of Henry Cejudo. In the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 1, bantamweight champion Dillashaw moved down in weight to challenge flyweight kingpin Cejudo. The 125-pound title holder, who was an un…

T.J. Dillashaw isn’t willing to accept defeat at the hands of Henry Cejudo. In the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 1, bantamweight champion Dillashaw moved down in weight to challenge flyweight kingpin Cejudo. The 125-pound title holder, who was an underdog, won the fight via TKO in just 32 seconds. Dillashaw immediately protested the […]

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