Sedriques Dumas was not ready to surrender to UFC 314.
The UFC midal weight on the UFC 314 undercard in Miami, headed by a featherweight title fight between Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes.
The Dumas of Florida was matched against 28-Vecht experienced Michał Oleksiejczuk, a new addition to the 'Fighting Nerds' team littered with stars.
Moistening from the Kaseya Center in Miami on Saturday, the Oleksiejczuk only took a few minutes to crack his opponent's chin. The Polish man bounced from a three-fighter-losing skid with a first round TKO from Dumas-one Dumas is not happy with it.
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Sedriques Dumas protested in the first round of TKO stopping
Dumas was grounded in two and a half minutes from the fight, looking for a way to survive after Oleksiejczuk had brought him down with his forearm.
Oleksiejczuk landed elbow after elbow, left hand after left hand on Dumas, hunting the finish. After 19 seconds of punishment, referee Marc Goddard had seen enough and decided to stop the match.
The back of his head to the mat, Dumas immediately complained to the referee. Goddard expressed something against Dumas, that sounded like he warned the hunter “twice”.
Dumas came to his knees and hit the mat after Goddard turned his back on him.
Fans have mixed opinions about the interruption of the referee
Dumas gestured as if he was correctly blocking and continued to protest against what he believed as a premature interruption despite a lot of land and pounds.
“Why does Dumas throw a fit and did he not defend himself or did he not move at all,” wrote a fan on X.
“Early interruption? No,” wrote another fan on X. “There are nothing to do there and then protest against the interruption? Don't sit there and get angry if you don't show that you are aware.”
“Horrible stoppage,” was a fan it wasn't even on X. “Plus de Knockdown landed alone on the forearm.”
“He was not really hit. That is why his head was not taken.”
While Bruce Buffer read the TKO result for Michał Oleksjczuk, Sedriques Dumas kept his shaking no, in disbelief that the fight was stopped.
Oleksiejczuk celebrated after the fight with the Fighting Nerds star and teammate Caio Borralho. Borralho and Oleksiejczuk are actually former opponents with Borralho who takes care of the Poolman after he has beaten him in 2023.
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