It is not every day that the UFC signs someone of a no-contest result or better yet, one of the bloodiest battles of all time.
That would be the case for UFC Welterweight Nicolas Dalby, who returns to UFC Kansas City this weekend, headed by Ian Machado Garry vs. Carlos Prates.
Dalby has been in the UFC since 2015, but there was a time in between where the 29-Vecht veteran was not on the Roster.
After Dalby had taken a DRARen defeated into a draw into a draw, Dalby was released from the promotion after losing back-to-back.
'Danish Dynamite' knew that one day he would be back while the hunter had clapped by Cage Warriors and won their interim title before he had ever seen the bloodiest fight against the promotion.
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Nicolas Dalby suffered a huge cut before he broke the opponent's nose
It was Dalby's opponent Cage Warriors Welterweight Champion Ross Houston, who pulled first blood in their title Unification Bout at Cage Warriors 106 in 2019.
What started as a clean white canvas in the cage gradually turned into red when Dalby's forehead cut with an elbow through Dalby's forehead and opened a huge cut with blood that flowed into the fight for three minutes.
“The greatest reduction in the history of Cage Warriors,” said one of the commentators.
Referee Marc Goddard called in the Cageside Doctor to check in on Dalby before the action took place.
Less than 90 seconds to go into the opening round, Dalby Houston took down and took his opponent with blood.
Round 2 waved in favor of Dalby while he broke Houston's nose early with his right hand. Dalby would then bring Houston down again, this time checking forever.
Dalby maintained the top check for the most of the round with so much blood that pours from both faces of the hunter. While Dalby tried to bind a choke, spots of his blood painted the floor.
Dalby was ruthless in his attacks and wore Houston with his wrestling and soil and pounds.
Houston survived to see a third round, Dalby's left eye almost swollen closed.
Referee ruled Fighting No-Contest after sufficient blood was spilled
Dalby started the third round of a planned five guns on the feet, sliding almost a few times on the soaked canvas. Dalby hit Houston with a knee and saved him in front of the finish. Houston, however, was as heavy as they came and stood out.
After throwing the ground and pound to Houston, the referee again paused the action with Dalby that stood upright with the surface of his forehead painted in blood and Houston on his knees, blood seeped in his eyes and in his mouth with the doctor on the cleaning control.
“This is ridiculous for f ******,” said Goddard, wiping the eyes of Houston.
The doctor confirmed that Houston's nose was broken with Goddard's plan to let the title fight the end of the third round, so that it can be scored instead of having both men damage more damage.
Within a minute after the fight that was started again, Goddard had seen enough after both hunters slid and slid over the bloody canvas.
Neither Dalby of Houston ran the winner away with the title fight that a no-contest was declared because of the smooth canvas and the damage caused-a broken nose for the undisputed champion and a gigantic cut at interim champion Dalby, which would be signed a few months after 34 years old to the UFC.
After three years away from the Octagon, De Jager from Denmark won in his return fight against Alex 'Cowboy' Oliveira in 2019.
Now 40, Nicolas Dalby has won four of his last five fights. Dalby's only loss was a controversial decision for the very affected 24-2 Rinat Fakhretdinov.
Dalby will meet UFC veteran Randy Brown on Saturday in UFC Kansas City.