The largest MMA victory of Steve Erceg was somewhat overshadowed by a faux only after the fight.
The Australian flying weight wants to return from back-to-back defeats against Alexandre Pantoja and Kai Kara France, who struck him shockingly within one round when they bumped into UFC 305 in August.
Steve Erceg will stand on Saturday evening against former double 125 pounds Brandon Moreno in the main event of UFC Mexico City.
In the structure, images of its most famous UFC victory are again displayed by Fight fans online.
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Steve Erceg's victory overshadowed by referee Blooper
Erceg started his career in MMA's most important promotion with decision victories on Alessandro Costa and David Dvořák.
However, it was only in his third fight in the Octagon that he became a serious competition at 125 pounds.
Erceg was against Matt Schnell on UFC Vegas 87 in March 2022 and ended the fight in round two with a monstrous left hook that left 'danger' cold on the canvas.
The victory earned ERCEG a shot on flying weight gold, which ended in a razor-thin decision defeat against Pantoja at UFC 301.
Yet fans continue to talk about an uncomfortable moment after the fight between Schnell and the referee who waved his fight with Erceg, Chris Tognoni.
Images show that the veteran referee makes a wild comment to Schnell, who was dazed and confused.
“I'm not sure what was worse, the blow or you hit your head on the canvas,” Tognoni said.
He added as he beat Schnell on the chest: “You will see it on the film.”
Fans respond while uncomfortable images appear
Schnell seemed to retire after a third consecutive loss at UFC Vegas 97 last September.
However, fans are still talking about how he was done dirty by the referee after his penultimate MMA fight.
Many people went to social media to condemn Tognoni for his behavior after the big Ko of Erceg.
“Wow. Which advertisement -” said a fan. While another added: “perhaps the worst thing a referee did in the UFC Cage.”
“I still can't believe that this is really every time I see it,” someone else noticed.
“Really a bad look at the referee. Unprofessionalism at its peak,” a fourth fan smelled.
“How should Bro respond to that comment?” Another X user asked early
“That seemed unacceptably hard,” wrote a sixth UFC fan.
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