UFC Light Heavyweight Ibo Aslan Drew calls for his release after a head protection in UFC Abu Dhabi.
UFC Abu Dhabi contained wild knockouts, a horrible eye injury and rising stars that achieved their first promotional victories during the Prelims.
But one of the attacks of the provisional part will be remembered for all the wrong reasons.
UFC Light Heavyweight Ibo Aslan and Billy Elekana Kwadraaten on the Prelims in what an intriguing matchup was labeled by analysts. Despite the pre-fighting hype, the light heavyweights did not deliver many remarkable moments in the cage in the cage.
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Fans do not stop Ibo Aslan after 'worst fight in MMA History'
Aslan and Elekana struggled to perform heavy striking activity over three rounds in the cage. Both light heavyweights seemed satisfied with throwing a few strikes at their opponent, in a matchup that pulled angry from the UFC Abu Dhabi Live public.
The fight was difficult to score due to the lack of consistent activity due to both Aslan and Elekana. After three rounds of slowness, Elekana ran away with a unanimous decision victory to pick up his first promotional victory.
Despite perhaps the biggest victory of Elekana's career, fans were not happy on social media.
“Maybe one of the worst fights I've ever seen,” wrote a fan on X.
“How can a hunter go to Dagestan and come back even softer … Ibo surprised us all,” said another.
“Shame. Both hunters are never allowed to fight for UFC again. Do your thing [Dana white]. “
“Worst battle in the history of UFC. Boys almost kuds each other.”
“Booooo.”
“The worst fight I've seen in a while. Both just do cardio. Cut Aslan.”
“You get the chance to fight in UFC and this is how you fight? To be honest, they don't deserve to be there.”
“Historical fight. The worst fight in the MMA history. Great job boys!”
Aslan's performance was particularly surprisingly some of his recent versions. At UFC 308, Aslan spent an unbeaten competition with a 32-punch combination that attracted rave reviews from fans.
Earlier this year, Aslan suffered a stunning first octagon loss for Ion Cutelaba in UFC Seattle due to the entry. After a burning hot start of his UFC official period, the former Dana White's Contender Series star Aslan has dropped back-to-back fights in the cage.
Ibo Aslan vs. Billy Elekana was the low point of the UFC Abu Dhabi Prelims
Fortunately, Vecht fans had many other highlights to catch during the UFC Abu Dhabi Prelims.
Tabatha Ricci earned a stunning elbow knockout against Amanda Ribas to continue her rise of the women's flying weight. The 41-year-old Muslim Salikhov needed less than a minute to earn a Walkoff Ko about former PFL star Carlos Leal.
The left eye of Mohammad Yahya blew up like a balloon in the hands of Steven Nguyen. Nguyen earned a UFC record six knockdowns before referee Jason Herzog waved after round 2 of the fight.