Jared Cannonier just isn’t pleased with referee Jason Herzog’s stoppage in his UFC on ESPN 57 major occasion loss to Nassourdine Imavov.
Cannonier (17-7 MMA, 10-7 UFC) suffered a fourth-round TKO loss to Imavov (14-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC) – however many have questioned its validity, given the character of the stoppage. Cannonier was nonetheless standing, had his arms up, and at occasions was even swinging again at Imavov. But, Herzog determined to cease the battle within the fourth spherical of the competition.
Cannonier, who was up on two of the three judges’ scorecards, thinks he was robbed from a win.
“When it occurred, it was gut-wrenching, to say the least,” mentioned on “The MMA Hour” with Ariel Helwani. “It undoubtedly took a while to gather myself and watch the battle and actually re-live the entire thing once more. It was actually gut-wrenching. It looks like the chance to do nice issues was just about stolen from me at that second.
“It doesn’t really feel like I misplaced the battle, it feels prefer it was taken from me. The chance to persevere, which is one thing I’ve executed in my fights, and proceed on and attempt to make good on the battle. Intestine-wrenching is an understatement.”
UFC on ESPN 57 marked Cannonier’s first battle in a yr after being sidelines with a knee harm. Though coming off a layoff, Cannonier had two consecutive wins, defeating high contender Marvin Vettori and former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland.
Cannonier, 40, hopes the UFC does him proper by re-booking the battle. He desires to tackle Imavov in his dwelling nation within the UFC’s anticipated return to France in September.
“I need to petition for a rematch,” Cannonier mentioned. “The UFC goes to Paris in September, and I might like to go to Nassourdine’s yard and make that proper. He’ll have that dwelling area benefit. There gained’t be folks chanting, ‘U.S.A., U.S.A.’ … That’s what I wish to make that proper. That’s one thing that I would like – a rematch in Paris. He came to visit right here, so I’d be completely happy to go over there.”
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