Various UFC hunters accused a colleague to falsify it at UFC Atlanta.
Rodolfo Bellato was apparently eliminated by Paul Craig's casual illegal Upkick during their scrap on Saturday evening.
The light heavyweight matchup was rearranged due to an outbreak of herpes, a no-contest was finally declared.
Many skeptical fans, however, have accused Bellato of flopping to try to cheat his way to a DQ victory.
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Justin Gaethje leads hunters who call UFC Atlanta 'Flop'
Bellato wakes up slow-motion images and complain to the referee after taking the stairs.
As soon as he touches the floor, the Brazilian is just as motionless before he comes back to life and tries to struggle with the referee.
Former interim light weight Justin Gaethje was one of the many UFC stars that did not buy the act.
“Biggest flop in the MMA history,” he said.
“Bro! That is the biggest flop in the history of UFC,” was Flyweight -Competent Charles Johnson.
“What was that? Was that a legitimate flop in the UFC? A confused Chris Weidman asked.
“Bro WTF !!! He fell to the referee Lol and was then out,” tweeted Renato Moicano.
Largest flop in MMA history 😬
– Justin Gaethje 🇺🇸 (@justin_gaethje) 15 June 2025
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Anthony Smith Flames Rodolfo Bellato
Recently retired 205LB veteran Anthony Smith was on the obligation to pay at UFC Atlanta.
It is safe to say that 'Lionheart' agreed with the consensus that Bellato injury against Craig.
“Listen, guys: I'm going to be hard for Bellato,” Smith started.
“While the Upkick is happening, he looks at the referee to see if the referee realized that it was illegal.
'You see his eyes coming to the referee to protest and then realize:' Maybe I can achieve a free victory. 'Put there, pretends to be unconscious, shockingly awake, reportedly.
“I've done this for a long time and I know what it looks like when someone pretends.”
While his temporary partners joked about the situation, Smith doubled his criticism of Bellato.
He added: “I feel really bad for Paul Craig.
“We laugh at it and make jokes because it is so stupid what happened here with Rodolfo Bellato and Paul Craig.
“But Paul Craig, although he has violated the rules, we have to acknowledge that he has violated the rules, it was not intentional, but that is a fight that apparently could have continued.
“I'm not going to pretend I'm in his head and I know how bad it really hurt, he was definitely not unconscious and hurt as bad as he pretended, that's for sure.”