During the much anticipated UFC Machida vs. Rua rematch last weekend, viewers were also subject to Josh Koscheck being a prick. He also fought against Paul Daley in the co-main event. During which he was the recipient of a supposed illegal knee to the head while he was clearly down. He put on a show to make the ref aware of what had happened and audiences were bombarded with four and a half trillion replays of Daley’s knee grazing Josh’s ‘fro, resulting in what everyone thought was deserved boo’ing at Koscheck for being a lying bitch.
Turns out:
http://www.cagepotato.com/do-we-all-owe-josh-koscheck-apology
Just before the knee that didn’t contact comes one that does. Hard. And the replay was incorrectly displayed to leave out the crucial, illegal hit.
” [...] he actually did get hit by an illegal knee in his fight against Paul Daley. You can still boo him for being an asshole in general, but at least give him the common courtesy of not calling him a liar.”
In the name of fairness, I’m relieved this was cleared up. We take for granted that we’re shown accurate replays.
Daley also hit Koscheck after the final bell, an understandable move being that I want to do the same every day of my life, but waaaay illegal. Dana White, on Daley’s dirty move:
“He’s done,” continued White. “I don’t care if he fights in every show all over the world and becomes the best and everybody thinks he’s the pound for pound best in the world; he will never fight in the UFC ever again.”
Josh Koscheck is one of the least likable fighters in the sport. I love watching him lose and cheering against him. But I’m glad this worked in his favor if only to remind people that we’re not seeing every second as clearly as we think we are and that the rules of the UFC are honored, no matter what.
-CJ
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