{"id":525006,"date":"2022-12-11T10:40:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T07:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ufc-light-heavyweight-title-remains-vacant-after-draw\/"},"modified":"2022-12-11T10:40:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T07:40:07","slug":"ufc-light-heavyweight-title-remains-vacant-after-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ufc-light-heavyweight-title-remains-vacant-after-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"#UFC light heavyweight title remains vacant after draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25712867b9a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25712867b9a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ufc-light-heavyweight-title-remains-vacant-after-draw\/#%E2%80%9CUFC_light_heavyweight_title_remains_vacant_after_draw%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;UFC light heavyweight title remains vacant after draw&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CUFC_light_heavyweight_title_remains_vacant_after_draw%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;UFC light heavyweight title remains vacant after draw&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>LAS VEGAS \u2014 The light heavyweight title remained vacant Saturday night after judges awarded the main event in UFC 282 a draw so controversial that both fighters, Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev, agreed Ankalaev should have won the belt.<\/p>\n<p>During the post-fight interview in the octagon, No. 3 Blachowicz (29-9-1) walked over to fourth-ranked Ankalaev (18-1-1) and told him he deserved the belt.<\/p>\n<p>Ankalaev was so upset over the decision he said through a Russian interpreter he didn\u2019t know if he would \u201cfight in this organization again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won that fight,\u201d Ankalaev said. \u201cI won the belt. Where is my belt?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judge Mike Bell scored the fight 48-47 for Blachowicz, Derek Cleary 48-46 for Ankalaev and Sal D\u2019Amato 47-47.<\/p>\n<p>Blachowicz seemed embarrassed by the decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe we can have a rematch,\u201d Blachowicz said somewhat sheepishly. \u201cI don\u2019t choose the judges.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Magomed-Ankalaev.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Magomed Ankalaev kicks Jan Blachowicz during their UFC bout.\" class=\"wp-image-24973392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Magomed-Ankalaev.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Magomed-Ankalaev.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Magomed-Ankalaev.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Magomed-Ankalaev.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Magomed Ankalaev kicks Jan Blachowicz during their UFC 282 bout.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The co-main event also went to the scorecards, and there was far from widespread agreement among the fans about the results of that fight as well.<\/p>\n<p>Even if Blachowicz-Ankalaev was the main event, much of the crowd came to see England\u2019s Paddy Pimblett in the co-main fight. American Jared Gordon, 34, had other ideas, dictating the tempo in the lightweight match even as the crowd repeatedly yelled, \u201cLet\u2019s go, Paddy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But even much of the crowd had trouble believing the decision, with many booing Pimblett (20-3) winning 29-28 on all three judges\u2019 cards. Gordon shook is head and laughed when the scores were announced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t that close,\u201d Pimblett insisted. \u201cI coasted in the third round because I knew I already won the first two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The brash 27-year-old has becoming a polarizing figure in the UFC, but has backed up his words with his performances in the cage to date, even getting a major benefit of the doubt from the judges over Gordon (19-6). This was the first time Pimblett has fought into the third round since entering the UFC in September 2021.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Magomed-Ankalaev-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Magomed Ankalaev (right) and Jan Blachowicz exchange blows during their UFC 282 bout.\" class=\"wp-image-24973409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Magomed-Ankalaev-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Magomed-Ankalaev-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Magomed-Ankalaev-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Magomed-Ankalaev-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Magomed Ankalaev (right) and Jan Blachowicz exchange blows during their UFC 282 bout.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for the main event, Blachowicz and Ankalaev weren\u2019t expected to be the headliners, but light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka dropped out because of a shoulder injury. Second-ranked Glover Teixeira declined to fight Blachowicz, vacating the title and elevating this fight to a championship bout.<\/p>\n<p>The fight was even through the first two rounds, but Blachowicz began to get the upper hand in the third with his kicks that weakened Ankalaev. Then Ankalaev took the Polish fighter to the floor with about five seconds left and came out swinging in the fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Ankalaev took Blachowicz back to the floor with a little more than three minutes left and kept him there the remainder of the fourth, but wasn\u2019t able to get a submission.<\/p>\n<p>Again in the fifth, Ankalaev came out the aggressor by throwing punches and quickly getting Blachowicz to the floor, where it became a wrestling match the rest of the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did everything to get this victory,\u201d Ankalaev said.<\/p>\n<p>Fighting for the championship was nothing new for Blachowicz, who claimed the belt in September 2020 with a technical knocking of Dominick Reyes. However, Blachowicz lost the title when Teixeira beat him by submission in the second round in October 2021.<\/p>\n<p>This was Ankalaev\u2019s first title shot, and he was nearly undefeated entering this match. He was ahead on the scorecards in a 2018 bout against Paul Craig, but was submitted with a second left.<\/p>\n<p>Raul Rosas Jr., 18, became the youngest UFC fighter to win a match when he caused fellow American Jay Perrin, 29, to submit by rear naked choke at 2:44 of the first round of the bantamweight bout. Rosas asked in the post-fight interview if UFC president Dana White could provide him a $50,000 bonus so he could buy his mom a minivan to shuttle him to the UFC Performance Institute.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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