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Dana White Slams The “Arizona Mazzagatti” After Craig vs. Hill Stoppage

UFC president Dana White has hit out at referee Al Guinee for his late stoppage in the Paul Craig vs. Jamahal Hill fight at UFC 263. The light heavyweight bout opened last weekend’s pay-per-view main card. The matchup was highly anticipated after…

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Dana White Hits Out At Referee For Late Stoppage In Paul Craig vs. Jamahal Hill Fight

White UFC president Dana White took issue with referee Al Guinee in the Paul Craig vs. Jamahal Hill fight. Craig and Hill opened up the UFC 263 main card in a light heavyweight encounter that saw the former sink in the armbar early on after pulling guard. Hill kept fighting until his arm bent awkwardly indicating […]

UFC president Dana White took issue with referee Al Guinee in the Paul Craig vs. Jamahal Hill fight.

Craig and Hill opened up the UFC 263 main card in a light heavyweight encounter that saw the former sink in the armbar early on after pulling guard.

Hill kept fighting until his arm bent awkwardly indicating that he had broken it at the very least. And despite appearing to want to tap, he didn’t do so as his arm started flailing around.

Eventually, Craig had the triangle locked in placed as well and started throwing strikes on a defenseless Hill until Guinee stopped the contest.

Guinee received criticism from many for not stopping the contest the moment Hill’s arm started dangling around and White had to say something despite not wanting to get on the Arizona State Athletic Commission’s bad side.

“When an arm is flopping around like this and going both ways, you should probably stop the fight,” White said at the post-fight press conference (via MMA Fighting). “I don’t want to sh*t on Arizona, they’ve been so good to us. But that’s a rough one. I heard this guy’s a jiu-jitsu black belt.”

Miraculously, it was later revealed that Hill’s arm wasn’t broken — just badly dislocated.

“They popped it back it in and the guy has full range of motion,” White revealed. “That’s nuts.”

However, that doesn’t excuse the referee’s indecision as White made a callback to Steve Mazzagatti — another referee he took issue with in the past for his late stoppages.

“Arizona Mazzagatti,” White joked when told by a reporter that the referee had a reputation for bad calls. “It makes sense then.”

Jamahal Hill Reacts To UFC 263 Arm Injury

Jamahal Hill discusses his UFC 263 arm injury.
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Jamahal Hill discusses his UFC 263 arm injury.

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UFC 263 Bonuses: Brandon Moreno Gets $50K For Title Win

UFC 263 was billed as the first major Pay Per View of the year and it did not disappoint. With a stacked lineup of fights from the early prelims to the main event, there were plenty of good performances to go around. There were quick finishes, grueling split decisions, and a title change. After a great night of action that earned a $14.8 million gate with 17,208 fans in attendance, four fighters walked away with $50,000 bonuses – see who below.

Brandon Moreno – Performance of the Night

In the UFC 263 co-main event, Brandon Moreno put on an incredible performance against Deiveson Figueiredo. From the beginning, Moreno came out like a man on a mission. Determined to not allow the rematch to end in another draw, Moreno outstruck Figueiredo in all three rounds. Moreno was the aggressor, landing takedowns in all three rounds before securing the victory and the title with a rear-naked choke with 2:26 minutes left in the third round. The performance was enough to earn the new champion one of the PON bonuses.

Drew Dober and Brad Riddell – Fight of the Night

Although the event has three fights at the top of the card that many expected to be FOTN contenders, the FOTN occurred on the final card of the prelims. Dober and Riddell fought a war with the fight tied at one round apiece going into the third. As the final round began, Dober came out aggressive. Knowing that he needed the round to win the fight, Dober began the round with momentum but then Riddell kicked it into another gear to end the fight. When the smoke cleared, Riddell was able to pull out the victory, but the true victors were the fans that watched the exciting fight. Both fighters walked away with $50K bonuses for their troubles.

Paul Craig – Fight of the Night

Paul Craig was responsible for the scariest moment of UFC 263, ending the undefeated streak of Jamahal Hill with a nasty TKO in the first round. The stoppage was controversial because many believe it should have happened earlier in the fight. Hill’s arm appeared broken as it swung around violently after Craig locked in a deep armbar to which Hill would not tap. Switching to strikes, it was clear that Hill was not able to defend with the visibly injured arm. Still, the stoppage to strikes in the first round sent a message the Craig is here to get it done. Craig also walked away with one of the $50K bonuses.

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Paul Craig Breaks Jamahal Hill’s Arm With First Round Submission – UFC 263 Highlights

VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED AHEAD OF THE HIGHLIGHTS BELOW * Paul Craig has opened the main card of UFC 263 in quite spectacular fashion. Matching the #15 ranked, Jamahal Hill, the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert managed to lock the challenger up with a first round armbar before rolling and eventually breaking Hill’s arm in a transition, […]

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Paul Craig has opened the main card of UFC 263 in quite spectacular fashion. Matching the #15 ranked, Jamahal Hill, the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert managed to lock the challenger up with a first round armbar before rolling and eventually breaking Hill’s arm in a transition, forcing a poor stoppage, eventually, from referee, Al Guiney.

Meeting with Hill following an intense stare-down in the centre of the Octagon prior to the opening klaxon, Craig eventually wound up on the bottom and immediately threatened with submissions off of his back.

Attempting to setup both an armbar and then a triangle from the bottom, Craig trapped Hill’s left arm and eventually rolled, which appeared to result in a dislocation of Hill’s arm at the elbow. After some prolonged strikes from the bottom still, Craig gestured to the referee, Guiney that Hill had suffered an arm injury — forcing a stoppage.

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Paul Craig TKOs Jamahal Hill After Armbar – UFC 263 Results

Kicking off the UFC 263 main card is a light heavyweight encounter between Paul Craig and Jamahal Hill. Round 1 A lot of kicks early on. Craig finds himself backed up. Hill misses a left with Craig getting the body lock. Craig pulls guard and has Hill’s arm in trouble. He attempts a submission but […]

Kicking off the UFC 263 main card is a light heavyweight encounter between Paul Craig and Jamahal Hill.

Round 1

A lot of kicks early on. Craig finds himself backed up. Hill misses a left with Craig getting the body lock. Craig pulls guard and has Hill’s arm in trouble. He attempts a submission but Hill gets out. However, he tries again and gets the armbar this time! Hill’s arm bends in a way it’s not supposed to but he hasn’t tapped despite an arm break. Craig has the triangle and lands strikes from the bottom before the referee ends the contest.

Official result: Paul Craig defeats Jamahal Hill via TKO (R1, 1:59).