Gavin Tucker fick ordentligt med stryk när han under helgen ställde upp mot Rick Glenn i sin blott andra UFC-match. I slutet av den andra och hela den tredje ronden tog Tucker i princip försvarslöst mot en mängd slag utan att matchdomaren stoppade matchen – något som upprörde många.
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Nu släpper Tucker själv ett uttalande via sociala medier. Enligt honom bör ingen skuld läggas på domaren, som han berättar besökte honom på sjukhuset och bad om ursäkt efter matchen:
https://www.facebook.com/gavin.tucker.9/posts/1792407520786981
“In victory say little. In defeat ….less.
ill keep it short and sweet. i lost on Saturday. stop blaming the ref for a bad call. that man let me go out on my shield. he visited while i was in the hospital and apologized. was him and i in that cage. I didnt stop fighting. he saw that. he should sleep easy.
I have four broken bones in my face. the first which started on the jaw in rd 1 and the fight went down for me from there. i have 2 fractured orbital and another vertical fracture in the jaw according to the x ray/CT scan. the heartbreak of losing hurts much worse. throughout the day i wiped alot of blood off my cheek and i can’t say for sure there weren’t some tears in there. I fought w blurred vision and 3 different Rick Glenns kicked the fuck out of me for the last two rds. (i tried to hit the one in the middle) congrats to my opponent. i hope you go far because i plan on seeing you again.
I fought my heart out. I’m a rare breed of straight savage and i don’t need social media to tell me that. however…i am appreciative of all the support i received on here. which is why I’m writing this. I have no excuses and won’t stand for anyone making them for me. that’s not how the north folk get it done.
I have a great Family. a great team. and the greatest women. ill be twice the man for this.
thats it….. Tucker 2.0 is on the way,” skriver Tucker.
31-årige Tucker debuterade för UFC tidigare i år och vann då ett domslut mot UFC-veteranen Sam Sicilia. Det här var hans första förlust i karriären. Kolla in fullständiga resultat från helgens UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2 här.
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