UFC Vegas 21: Leon Edwards - "I'm Just Heartbroken" | Post-fight Interview

UFC welterweight Leon Edwards talks with Daniel Cormier after his main event bout with Belal Muhammad ended in a No Contest due to an accidental eye poke in the second round.
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[@iAdvancedU]

Man I just hope Belal’s eye damage is not Bisping level 🙏🏼

[@el-ue2uv]

😢😢😢

[@nizam3325]

That is really bad

[@aggressivelyamicable5987]

@Fazz khan Who did he blind?

[@nufc9729]

Hopefully just be a scratched Cornia and he makes a full recovery, not a detached Retina like Bisping plus Bispings was a impact injury of a Vitor head kick.

[@ashepchelsea3592]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5KxiIhrjZmtY5o

[@2devious724]

When Bisping says he's not faking the eye injury, you listen

[@sumboy6183]

Same with DC remember he's the expert on eyepokes lol

[@alexandercrush]

@Fazz khan when was that?

[@sumboy6183]

@Green Deity 😂😂

[@sarcasticgenius8563]

I can't listen, both my ear drums were poked out in an amateur mma fight

[@el-ue2uv]

😔😔😔

[@cappy2282]

DC is the wrong guy to talk about "accidental eye pokes"

[@larrybstreetfish5852]

True statement..LOL

[@tarikmaatouch5007]

Exactly, the guy was warned the first time

[@user-dr7uu8ct4l]

Leon: "DC taught me everything I know"

[@el-ue2uv]

😂😂

[@sarcasticgenius8563]

So that's why they hugged each other when Leon was leaving the octagon.

[@PauIdenino]

DC is more of a volume poker, Stipe has that 1 poke NC power.

[@-ninjasfortnite-6616]

*Jon Jones

[@rogue8853]

Jon Jones has worse eye pokes and you idiots don’t make jokes about his cheating ass. DCs 5’9 if you’re getting eye poked by someone a foot shorter then you, that’s just your fault lol

[@rollo_tomasi3853]

*The UFC age of “No Contest/DQ” has arrived*

[@alexandercrush]

If you listen closely, you can hear Francis and Stipe sharpening their nails for the next card.

[@Abcd123abc1]

XD

[@el-ue2uv]

😅😅

[@yaakw]

They’re penalized for truly street fighting. It is right. But ironic. After all the UFC started with no rules. And eye pokes are safer than CTE.

[@hdhshdhs5503]

@Legalize Soccer Kicks and grounded knees *this man is dedication personified*

[@maja433]

Leon is heartbroken, and Belal eyebroken

[@yaakw]

Eyepoken

[@Rahulsharma-ym8xz]

😂😂😂😂

[@hamanl.7706]

hehe

[@tkondja]

Should’ve gotten that man to ER straight away, there was no point for him to stand there for decisions and bullshit

[@TheLockLab]

Yep after totally agree, ER immediately that eye should have been scanned straight away to check for internal damage/tears it wasn't just a gentle poke now was it....

[@tkondja]

@@bretn7 okay Doctor, so what happens if there was more damage that a mere swelling?

[@jackglitty]

@@bretn7 Belal said and I quote "I can't see anything" meaning yes ER shoulda been top priority to check for internal dmg, that eyepoke was brutal, ain't like a black eye you can just ice.

[@MrEmadelguneid]

@@tkondja they have a dr ring side to assess the situation

[@jackglitty]

@@MrEmadelguneid 🥱 ah yes having a ringside doc totally means fighters don't need to go to the hospital ig. Take one look at his Instagram and you'll see how fucked his eye is

[@VictorLugosi]

D.C. saying it’s “accidental” it’s hilarious. He said the 17 eye pokes against stipe were “accidental” also lmao

[@Nostalgia_Addict]

Lol

[@doitydoity1117]

This was accidental tho. U see him going for a combo and belal walked in

[@VictorLugosi]

@@doitydoity1117 4 times?🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

[@doitydoity1117]

@@VictorLugosi lmao gtfo nowhere did Leon poke him 4 times😂😂.

[@user-sn8tz7kh1p]

@@VictorLugosi stfu kid

[@320speed]

I feel so bad for Belal. That looked so painful.

[@user-jo4gh8qc1r]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6bdlIiue6mJeMU

[@AM-gj5hg]

He was getting whoooped tho, then the eyepocke

[@edharris8698]

This is mma not ballet shit happens

[@finalfrontier001]

@@AM-gj5hg nope Muhammed was eating his shots while Leon was gassing out.

[@AM-gj5hg]

@@finalfrontier001 yeye right hahaha "u know im getting up"

[@thebawzrittenhouse1433]

Imagine when you reserve your energy, your not gonna use strength to close your fist it should just stay closed. Dana White fault, just fucking buy trevor wittmans glove design and move on Dana

[@shaunshock]

You got a nice name sir

[@stevenadamsapple]

THIS. Dana the greedy asshole wants to own the trade mark instead of just working it out with Trevor. They're complicit with what's going on because they're not willing to budge and do business

[@Wumbology378]

I agree I am sick of this, the UFC has a solution to this problem that they could have implemented years ago so as far as I am concerned I blame the UFC for every eye poke and not the fighters.

[@manavpandya4113]

YESSSSS!!! This is so true, Dana needs to pay up ffs, Trevor's gloves have been around for time.

[@Thawhid]

@@Wumbology378 fr. Its ridiculous, fighters careers and their eyesight is on the line unnecessarily

[@markbrindle1107]

He keeps saying “taken away”, you poked him in the eye, it was your fault not anyone else’s

[@ScreenFiends]

It was an accidental poke you tard. This will keep happening until the UFC improve their gloves.

[@trustinhuynh2437]

@CLO187 how? It was an accident and it’s happened once its not like he does that every fight

[@flrn6233]

They need to change those gloves, they know those gloves point the fingers right forward.

[@user-ct6ny9ts5x]

@@trustinhuynh2437 wdym how that was his 2nd eyepoke of the fight! He’s a dirty fighter simple as is!!!

[@markbrindle1107]

@@user-ct6ny9ts5x I wouldn’t say dirty fighter, but shit happened and it wasnt nobody else’s fault. Just seems like he’s bein a little bish and trying to find someone else to blame it on

[@6abyss66]

DC the eye poking jedi iterviewing his padawan

[@w7n424]

“Iterviewing” 💀

[@klawrencekiewhuo3811]

Master having a casual chat with his student.

[@user-jo4gh8qc1r]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6bdlIiue6mJeMU

[@TheTruthTalker_]

Grandmaster Jones was overseeing this convo from the back

[@klawrencekiewhuo3811]

@@TheTruthTalker_ Haha UFC's turning into a hell of a circus 😂

[@cameront7804]

Na Jones is the master of that technique, Dc is just a good student....

[@klawrencekiewhuo3811]

@@cameront7804 lmao. :v

[@formula1mike1]

It’s eyeronic that DC is interviewing about the eye-poke incident

[@user-jo4gh8qc1r]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6bdlIiue6mJeMU

[@ab-bi7qq]

🤣

[@FauzanHeart]

*Eyeronic* nice one dude 👍

[@fuengerclez8075]

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[@solistas8005]

DC got the worst eye poke of all during the last fight though

[@neilstevens4963]

The ufc seriously need to re design these gloves to try and eliminate eye pokes happens way to often nowadays

[@stephenevilboythompsonthed9711]

No need new just do pride fc gloves it would be already better Plus mix pride fc rules with ufc like they did at Rizin and one fc (allowed both elbows and knee/kick to downed opponents) Concerning rules, equipment and infrastructure UFC is clearly NOT the best organisation in the world UFC is the Uber of MMA organisation

[@stephenevilboythompsonthed9711]

They also don’t Want fighters to earn money with sponsors They treat them like Uber slaves most of the time

[@sslaw6]

It’s tough because curved glove gives such an advantage for strikers over wrestlers. That’s what all the pride fighters said at least

[@jhunt5578]

"Eye am sorry" - Leon Edwards

[@fuengerclez8075]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4aknnR7iJJlpZI

[@champ1159]

💀💀

[@amosfeldman9454]

@@fuengerclez8075 ???

[@irieite9666]

Warned for gouging, gouges again.... "heartbroken" shouldve been Dq'd

[@ernestocalamarez1566]

Jessica eye sore too

[@ghanimalghawanmeh1457]

He is heartbroken because He didn't finish Belal, not because He damaged the man's eye.

[@SLTTPOH]

On his shoulder the tattoo says death before dishonor.....

[@linuxafrica2584]

@@SLTTPOH the gloves are the problem bro grow a brain AND he said he would have rather lost....

[@jamesrt5352]

Leon 'Uchiha' Edwards stealing other men's eyes

[@user-jo4gh8qc1r]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6bdlIiue6mJeMU

[@arafatlone1162]

Leon *DANZO* Edwards 💀

[@barbarianming9227]

😂😂😂

[@champ1159]

@@arafatlone1162 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀

[@TEKKENFTW]

@@arafatlone1162Bilal got Shisuied 😆. Guess DC is Orochimaru then. He's embedding them mfs into Edward's arm right now.

[@Pjj878]

"I want Mephisto in Westview"- Tony Ferguson

[@heisenberg8648]

Dana: leon is next for the title Leon’s finger: i’m gonna end this man’s whole career

[@phm4844]

Nah, he going to be double champ... like DC

[@phm4844]

@Taha two division champ. DC managed his whole career on eye pokes and became double champ, remember?

[@fuengerclez8075]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4aknnR7iJJlpZI

[@thevigilantone5902]

@@phm4844 to be honest he didn't eye poked until he met Jon Jones, that's one thing he learnt from him

[@lunafreed]

@@thevigilantone5902 if it works then it works, he figured out that you won't get point deductions and DQs with eyepokes so he did it

[@HisAirnessN1]

Always these fucking eye pokes. Always. Edwards was winning but with this thing he'll not get a title shot, and Belal has now a damaged eye, hopefully not serious. Nothing good about this main event.

[@Moondogg111]

Watch the recent jre with Trevor wittman, there are better gloves available that do more to prevent eye pokes but the UFC wants to own the patent before they use them.

[@Thawhid]

Edwards is still Ranked 3rd so a title shot can always be us there if things play out well. But I'm glad this unfortunate even didn't break his great Winstreak

[@timothypeters6694]

@@Moondogg111 ufc don’t wanna pay him (not surprising) But there’s other options still They are clowns and will only change if this happens more often which is a joke

[@linuxafrica2584]

@@aril001 bro yes it was early and anything could happen but edwards was 100 percent winning

[@sokonlon]

Nobody take it away from you. You did stupid and horrible mistake after being warned once

[@Therealdrewdober]

Michael bisping won a title with one eye, this generation of fighters makes me sick. CUT LEON AND BELAL!

[@victorvercetti8690]

@@Therealdrewdober not everybody is as tough as Bisping you know

[@sokonlon]

@@Therealdrewdober Bisping himself Will react the same if that happen to him. Belal is literally tears blood

[@GoGetYourShinebox]

@@Therealdrewdober You make me sick lol

[@anujjyothykumar4667]

@@Therealdrewdober Ohh look at this tough guy 😱

[@PicassoPP]

Poor Leon... nevermind the guy who just lost his eye.. good Job DC

[@lealemee2825]

DC leans towards black fighters more.... unless there his teammates from AKA... yuppppp

[@PicassoPP]

@@lealemee2825 EXACTLY! I thought I was the only one seeing it... Leon DQs.. poor Leon.. yan loses the belt by DQ... poor sterling.. it’s getting more obvious Day by day

[@ejz6903]

Absolute seething nonsense

[@_Cytone_______]

@@PicassoPP did Leon do that shit on purpose? No he didn’t. Yan did. That’s the difference. invalid excuse to express you’re warped agenda.

[@szethtoxicco1710]

@@_Cytone_______ I would think that the difference is that eye poking isn't allowed in any combat sports. Whereas kneeing a downed opponent can be.

[@rikimaruazuma2232]

Man this accident is heartbreaking as soon as i saw belals physical reaction it brought tears to my eyes. And im not one to cry easy. May Allah heal him.

[@alyunanie]

"Taken away from me"? Come on, you did it by yourself twice! I hope that Belal recovers and that this will be not the end of his career by permanent damage or blindness on his eye.

[@mhutch5082]

He was getting owned anyway bro

[@dylanjames9394]

He’s probably frustrated

[@alyunanie]

@@mhutch5082 Till then he was the better man, but a fight is not over till it's over. And this is not the way that it must happen. He eye poked him twice in two rounds. also he was warned earlier by the ref to stop the eye poking in the first round. But if this is a satisfaction to you, then maybe if you will be eye poked some time then you know how it feels. But the words" "Taken away from me" was not in his place to say that. Belal was not responsible for getting eye poked and thereby can not continue the fight, he shall must blame himself not somebody else.

[@sumo._]

Belal just recently posted and said his vision is returning and there is no permanent damage, check his Twitter

[@alyunanie]

@@dylanjames9394 Who do you mean? I think they are both disappointed, but Belal has the real damage.

[@DonjiPicudo]

Honestly, they should punish them way more harshly. As we can see, without it being punished it's happening way more often now

[@hugereviews8111]

The gloves are the problem.

[@DonjiPicudo]

@@hugereviews8111 Sure they are a problem, but how come they weren't a problem untill a couple of years ago untill dc, jj and co started eyegouging everybody?

[@hugereviews8111]

@@DonjiPicudo i dunno about that. eye pokes in UFC have always been a thing. some guys styles make them more likely, but they've always been there.

[@Sam-ng3of]

"Yeah, I almost blinded a guy my bad. But I looked great and how about that title shot haha?"

[@hayate503]

it was accidental

[@thevigilantone5902]

@@hayate503 yeah, putting his fingers deep into his eyelid is also accident.

[@DotyFuzz]

@@hayate503 I thought fighters knew that they should keep a closed fucking fist..but yeah even though it was "accidental" Leon really showed that he cared here lmao

[@tomwatson7626]

Your words mate, nobody else's, blatantly a hater. Rocky been top 5 for tiiiiime and had the worst possible year and half due to cancellations and covid, have some respect.

[@DUNDOM5]

1:39 "It was comepletly accidental" - yeah right DC. It was second eyepoke after the warning, Edwards should have been disqualified.

[@fuengerclez8075]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4aknnR7iJJlpZI

[@JackTheStrippa]

*Bilal gets his eye poked to bleeding* DC: Leon, Damn how tell me how are you. coping with this?

[@vitopasquu1883]

DC looking at León like he wants to give him a black belt.😅

[@kamehameha8424]

DC acknowledges Leon Scott's "eye poking" technique

[@Alec_Reaper]

3 in a row. Damn, can't wait to see the first groin strike DQ next week!

[@terrybird993]

dude, fighters getting away with multiple eye pokes is a real problem.. its dirty and not as accidental as these guys claim it is... more DQs are needed... how hard is it not to extend your fingers... who strikes like that?

[@Alec_Reaper]

@@terrybird993 UFC needs to adopt a new glove that forces them to make a fist. I remember watching JRE and someone approached UFC with a new design that was perfect, but UFC rejected it :/

[@mmagoat9636]

@@Alec_Reaper changing gloves will only create unfair situation for grapplers and this is not boxing. what they need to do is make the punishments more severe so that fighters cant fight dirty

[@Alec_Reaper]

@@mmagoat9636 I've looked up alternate gloves that reduce eye poking, and they don't inhibit grappling much, for example Pride gloves are vastly superior to UFC's, even Bellator's gloves reduces eye pokes.

[@Daniel-qk7oz]

The ufc gloves are the reason there's so many eye pokes, they need to get it sorted before something really bad happens, this should be a warning.

[@sslaw6]

It’s tough because changing the gloves gives such an advantage to strikers compared to wrestlers

[@Chris-zi4mo]

@@sslaw6 Yeah that wouldn't be right

[@ellopuddin679]

It was “taken away” because of your own actions

[@fengshuimma9160]

Let’s take a moment to wish Belal a full recovery

[@JohnSmith-lm5hk]

Check his Twitter, he’s having eye surgery right now, nothing but darkness out of the left eye. God bless him.

[@secretgaming1943]

he just got his eyelid punctured hes good

[@iBussTooQuick]

@@JohnSmith-lm5hk lies. He said he suffered no permanent damage on Twitter and he’s calling for the rematch. Why spread bs like this?

[@TroubleOnTheWaters]

The sounds of Belal's screaming is literally what nightmares are made of. Still can't get it out of my head. Hope he ends up alright, seriously.

[@williamfsilva1]

Me too, man...

[@AA-kx9jb]

He was more so distraught at the fact that the fight was gonna be over. He tried to continue but physically couldn’t as it was clearly an injury to the eye and not just a simple poke.

[@LemuelCarranza]

An interview between a mentor and a student

[@nickmitchelltv]

To be fair Leon was putting his fingers out there continually. It's an aspect of his game he needs to fix.

[@sylasmalone6126]

Doesn't he train with some Muay Thai dudes like jonathan haggerty. Alot of this fighters train with open fist when gauging distance to throw kicks.

[@editor7354]

@@sylasmalone6126 yeah true

[@joshuawhidden855]

Its to measure distance

[@chunggjud58]

@@joshuawhidden855 fuck that rules are rules

[@bysule]

Fucking true brother

[@15koa88]

Leon: I'm back! Leon's finger: STOOPID I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU GET THE CHANCE

[@user-jo4gh8qc1r]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6bdlIiue6mJeMU

[@mummy7344]

Leon "Jon Cormier" Edwards.

[@jefferyschirm4103]

Why is it certain groups of fighters do over 70per. of the dirty stuff ???

[@pelayocampeador3896]

Poor Leon? He was already warned about the eyepokes and he kept on extending his fingers every time he threw something.

[@mikacossey1319]

No one told me jon Jones was training leon. 😂

[@forgetgutz3262]

Shit happens man it wasn’t intentional like out of all Leon’s fight where is he eye poking people bro

[@finalfrontier001]

@@forgetgutz3262 this one.

[@linuxafrica2584]

do a google search on the gloves compared to other league theres a reason eye pokes happen so much in the ufc

[@deesee6009]

I'm heartbroken that blinding another fighter is stalling my title shot - Leon Edwards, 2021

[@mercharris5266]

Immediately after being warned he had his hands parallel to the ground. Should be DQ

[@wombraider706]

Hard to shake of a habit like that, he was finding his range to throw the kick after and belal stepped into it shit was accident

[@mercharris5266]

@@wombraider706 I disagree. He got warned and immediately went right back to what he was doing. Not fair to put a guy out for rest of year and walk away with NC after being warned in same damn round

[@coolmaan507]

Lol leon waited 2 years just for a no contest

[@jonathansoko1085]

He was still whopping belals ass, it wasnt even a contest really

[@68ahil]

@@jonathansoko1085 R u speaking out of ur ass or what? It was just one round of normal fighting until belal got "unintentionally" eye poked in the second round

[@mackeyboy5442]

Should have been a dq but Herb "anything goes" dean was reffing.

[@gbguthrie2530]

@@jonathansoko1085 The only outstanding moment was the headkick, somehow Edwards was losing out on the clinches.

[@usljebrkizam1760]

Just fight WHOEVER they give you now. Doesnt matter, you're on your way to get cut,and You're a world champion level fighter

[@erccool]

Get that Wonderboy match! But give Belal his due!! Belal deserves a rematch at least

[@user-jo4gh8qc1r]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6bdlIiue6mJeMU

[@headkickko609]

Not sure about DC being the right person to discuss stuff like eyepokes...

[@Mistanyycguy]

Yeah maybe Jon Jones would be better 😂😂

[@headkickko609]

@@Mistanyycguy Jones would be overkill

[@sarcasticgenius8563]

Belal just posted on social media that he has no permanent damage to his eye, and that his vision is returning.

[@sarcasticgenius8563]

"My heart is shattered my first main event ended like that but Gods the best of planners im sorry to the fans and the @ufc you deserved a full fight.. Alhamdillah the vision is coming back and no permanent damage to the eye I’ll be back and want to run it back"

[@kaze459]

Leon Edwards Vs Daniel Cormier for the Eye Poke championship book it dana!

[@josephkelley8641]

Sensitive interview by DC - he's been there.

[@user-zm9gc1kt8b]

You took it away from yourself ! Keep ya fingers tucked in when at head level

[@olbaprabocse9940]

Exactly! Mma media are acting like leon was robbed of an opportunity lol

[@bank80]

Every one that Leon was on his way to winning the fight anyway. No need to run this back.

[@linuxafrica2584]

@@olbaprabocse9940 bro wat people have being saying redesign the gloves way before this. it was only a matter of time and

[@exposedseed2674]

"everyone has a plan until they get poked in the eye" -Leon “Jon Jones” Cormier

[@TobinGrim]

What was Leon's walkout song?

[@jh0347]

Google it up. Mostfully they'll then post it. Did that few times too

[@adarkgothicforest8508]

Unfortunately the UFC wants to own Trevor Wittman's gloves and not something he's willing to do (rightfully so). It's out of control, eye pokes, not knowing rules and poor judging. This could be prevented.

[@malcolmmagneto7736]

Interesting.

[@MrLuckybeast13]

Could you guys imagine a fighter nearly blinding his opponent after a very stern and detailed warning and still getting less hate than a guy who was illegally kneed in the head? Oh wait...

[@cantthinkofaname172]

It's because he's white..I see racism switching places. Stay "woke" I ain't white btw.

[@marklazare2]

@@cantthinkofaname172 what are you then?

[@ZachS33]

@@cantthinkofaname172 Leon isn’t white...

[@umarshahid5164]

cantthinkofaname what you on about he’s talking about sterling and Leon

[@brainwin6881]

@@cantthinkofaname172 racist

[@gabrielbenitez6975]

"I went for the cross head kick, then he stepped in." To your out strectch fingers, not a cross.

[@andrewgoldin6905]

I was hyped to watch this fight and then found myself sitting there like damn this is the saddest shit I’ve ever seen

[@TimeGallon]

There’s a video of Leon breaking down and crying shortly after this interview. Just in case anyone isn’t aware

[@straightupBall3r]

Yeah you can tell he's even breaking a little in this interview.

[@emmah6454]

I literally saw him cry tears of blood 🩸 Just got to feel for Belal , sucks brother

[@user-jo4gh8qc1r]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6bdlIiue6mJeMU

[@AM-gj5hg]

He was getting his ass whooped tho, but yeah thats the name of the game..

[@finalfrontier001]

@@AM-gj5hg no he was not that leon gassing out to Muhammed's cardio.

[@gbguthrie2530]

@@finalfrontier001 You're right, Belal was gassing Leon out by getting punched in the face. Thanks Dom Cruz.

[@finalfrontier001]

@@gbguthrie2530 why did he cheat with eye pokes twice?

[@Undertakerfan700]

They might as well start with wearing glasses in every fight now

[@Bacon-cn1wr]

The master finger poker talking to the student😂

[@razorsedge3107]

Leon : DC I’m heartbroken thoses moves you taught me didn’t work... maybe next time

[@user-jo4gh8qc1r]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6bdlIiue6mJeMU

[@Nemesis_T_Type]

Why can't the UFC implement the MMA gloves that covers the whole hand and prevents it from stretching the fingers straight?

[@joshmarshall5796]

Idk if this is the exact one your talking about. But there is a really good pair but UFC is apparently not willing to pay the patent for them

[@helloman3676]

Grappling

[@user-jo4gh8qc1r]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6bdlIiue6mJeMU

[@THEFLAWEDCASUAL]

@@joshmarshall5796 You might be talking about the one Justin Gaethje 's coach produces. Apparently, the UFC want complete 100% ownership of the product,copyright, etc ,but Justin's coach doesn't want that.

[@farxalfonso8487]

Ufc cannot use those kind of gloves because if you limit the movement of the fingers, fighters cannot utilize their grappling abilities to its full potential. Its gonna be a nuisance for fighters to grapple and have their hands stuck in a huge pillow

[@cattalkbmx]

I was impressed with your performance. - DC

[@TRheraklesTR]

*Leon "I trained by Pai Mei" Edwards*

[@anujjyothykumar4667]

"Your eye now belongs to me, and I want it strong"

[@dinglemccringleberry6258]

this should be a DQ, he already was warned before

[@user-wg3xn7nv7t]

Mann... UFC *NEEDS* to change up those GLOVES!!!! Theres better versions of the glove that reduce risk of eye injury!!!

[@sslaw6]

It’s tough because curved glove gives such an advantage for strikers over wrestlers. That’s what all the pride fighters said at least

[@kakdanil8129]

Get well soon belal, fans from Indonesia

[@kashmirwithmiriqbal247]

LEON WAITED 2 YEARS JUST TO EYE POKE HIS OPPONENT :(

[@one4all885]

Everyone should reject fighting Edwards for the next 2 years.

[@triple466]

@@one4all885 he should just retire nobody wants to fight him and now hes an eye poker hell no

[@NOOBIE_77]

Father of eyepoke asking to son how it feels to used his technique😂😂

[@ryanbutler2339]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@viktormuerte]

If the DC is the father of eyepokes what's Jon Jones?

[@kreso149]

@@viktormuerte his pimp

[@luqi01]

Leon edwards was warned before, this should've been a DQ

[@user-sn8tz7kh1p]

stfu

[@mackeyboy5442]

They should fire herb dean and all refs who are too lenient with fouls

[@user-sn8tz7kh1p]

@Malaysian_ Muslim lmafaoooooooooooooooooooo

[@olbaprabocse9940]

@Malaysian_ Muslim herb dean is the worst. So. Lenient

[@daved5683]

@Malaysian_ Muslim don’t talk shit. Belal was almost died first round. Watch it. Leon saved him to play with him to show his skills. So learn the game and stop play the victim game

[@A_Very_Hairy_Canary]

what's it gonna take for ufc to redesign their gloves?

[@jacquesjackes]

Belal "Remember the name, forget the eye" Muhammad. Damn that shit looked bad!

[@Myfinancialfriend12]

Yeah

[@alcottdevalte7440]

It's a shame that the fight ended this way. I hope Belal is doing good... They gotta make much better gloves and DQ those who do the eyepokes...

[@dirkio2086]

man that shits serious for a major sport now in time, it's about time we step up these safety rules man !

[@user-jo4gh8qc1r]

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[@hustle676]

UFC must provide eyes protection , glasses or something it’s happening very often

[@omarmorgado5582]

Now Leon messed up big time

[@user-jo4gh8qc1r]

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[@JoshArtim]

UFC gloves are the problem. Zuffa bought the rights to Pride FC, why not change the UFC glove design to Pride's. They had little to no eye pokes due to the fact that those gloves forced your hand in to a fist.

[@thisguycalledharis8483]

Will that not compromise your ability to stuff or shoot for a takedown

[@JoshArtim]

@@thisguycalledharis8483 I've never saw that as an issue when I used to watch Pride and they had some good wrestlers/grapplers in Pride and none of them complained. Btw when I say "force your hand in to a fist, this is when your hand is relaxed".

[@yeagemk]

really not his fault. This problem is easily preventable with a curved glove like the other organizations use, and it could save fighters' vision and stop fights being ended this way.

[@winstonwinston3487]

Run this fight back again please jeezus

[@CloudsBeyond]

That Leon Edwards is one to keep an EYE on, people POKE fun at him but he is a legit fighter. It was not intentional obviously but a pro fighter should not be extending fingers with a jab like that! But what can you do? = a) pull down Leon's shorts and play the bongo drums with his bare butt cheeks OR b) order an immediate rematch OR c) put Leon in with Usman whilst promising Belal a rematch later.

[@dmagz0121]

The bongo drums 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@texasmade9797]

Wasn’t a jab dumb dumb

[@CloudsBeyond]

@@texasmade9797 Heard of a finger jab? Guess not as you are clearly an armchair martial arts enthusiast. Finger jab, a feeler as a set up, etc = ultimately an eye poke. MASSIVE FART NOISE TO YOU!

[@mikehunt2268]

I had to re read this I think a is a fair one

[@addounsamiyoucef1999]

How was that not a dq he was warned

[@samueltill6375]

It was accidental so rules say No contest

[@addounsamiyoucef1999]

@@samueltill6375 twice lmao

[@Hashslingingslasher-]

I got my bet returned to me so im happy about the call but honestly that was DQ worthy.

[@ay8292]

@@samueltill6375 accidental or not is usually pretty subjective so ......... kinda dumb but that’s just life i guess....

[@user-bi3ne3nx5w]

@@addounsamiyoucef1999 cuz he is Jon student 👁️💅👁️💅👁️👁️👁️💅💅💅💅

[@danx3504]

This bloke will be future welterweight champ. This bloke got all the skills

[@finalfrontier001]

you mean cheating skills.

[@khalidazhar101]

I hope his eye recovers 🙏🏻

[@alphazero3903]

These eyepokes much more nasty than Yan's knee , yet just a draw

[@justinray6839]

Knee was intentional, eye poke wasn't. Eye pokes tend to be legal cause they're almost never intentional.

[@rlupara]

@@justinray6839 thing again what a BS did you write 👆

[@applestrudel2491]

The knee was blatantly illegal and Yan was told that sterling was grounded before he did it. The eye poke was unintentional. Besides, Leon was actually winning up until that.

[@filipbriggs1263]

rlupara Damn man you know nothing about the sport clearly, you proved it , same with you @alpha zero

[@codmania6129]

​@@abdulkarimelnaas7595 ...but leon was warned too

[@stephenmaharaj3242]

Leon "rock in your eye" Edwards

[@fbiagent2848]

Bisping and DC got flashback from that eye poke lol

[@mistapineapple6589]

Respect to both fighters. Hope they run it back. They owe it to Belal.

[@iceman7298]

DC interviewing him after that brutal eyepoke had me lol for a moment xd

[@alexandercrush]

Be crazy if DC somehow managed to eye poke Leon while interviewing him. Even with the distance between them.

[@iceman7298]

@@alexandercrush lmao, but man that eyepoke was the nastiest shit inside an octagon, imagine getting payed so less for putting your life out there like that

[@josephkelley8641]

Justice was done: Dana = "Leon's getting a title fight."

[@Diwwan1]

I can actually see Dana doing this

[@gsk523]

Where is the source

[@mohamedkamal5510]

You can't get DQ when you have DC watching your back.

[@MVJ001]

Tuff break for both men. Hopefully his eye have no serious damage and this fight can be rescheduled for late spring.

[@idletears]

This sucks so bad for both fighters. Hope we can see both back in there soon

[@MrMoistGloves]

It was not taken away from you. You were already warned once to close your fist and you ignored that warning should have been a DQ

[@laughn0wcryl8r74]

Hater

[@dnotorious7582]

@@laughn0wcryl8r74 How can he be hater, leon already been warn,but still

[@MrMoistGloves]

@@laughn0wcryl8r74 you’re right I hate cheaters who get away with it

[@WayneSEO]

@@laughn0wcryl8r74 you sell out!!

[@Darvistas]

Mahummad and Leon are true warriors, absolute respect regardless of outcome. It was an accident.

[@Ben_Knowles]

unlucky to both men hope leon still gets his well deserved shot at the title

[@user-jo4gh8qc1r]

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[@itachiuchiwa5666]

Leon: The opportunity is taken away from uh Bullshit.... Uh shud mind ur finger first. His eyes were Bleeding 🩸 🩸 did uh see that. It could get lot more worst than that

[@MindBlown720]

It wasn’t intentional, it sucks for both guys, belal said his eye will recover fully but it was tough to watch him in that kind of pain, the ufc need to use trevor whittmans new glove design, with the current gloves it takes effort to keep a closed fist thats why we see so many eyepokes

[@Nozthedon1]

The referee just told him not to poke then he poked again.Then calls it a no contest.Whaaat?! It should be a disqualification for Leon.But referee decides to be biased to Leon by calling it no contest.That eye poke can be career changing for Belal.He maybe not see again through that eye.Come on! The ref told you once yet you do it again.Forget how you feel Leon.

[@truboss9470]

Unintentional you idiot. He was setting up a body kick.

[@resj72frusky66]

He won round 1 and looked sharp,how will you feel taking a loss/DQ cuz of a mistake after a long layoff🤦🏽‍♂️

[@GuilhermeLavrattiLaganar]

It was unintentional. It was a mistake.

[@Art-Sin]

Was unintentional and Belal did dive his head in to Leon's cross before Leon could close his fingers.

[@jjsavior]

Really did you watch the fight? I didn't think so. And either way, Leon was beating his ass.

[@costag7241]

UFC should hold a blindfolded division

[@yeshwanthtalwar8456]

Is Belal okay? Any official updates from the UFC?

[@sarcasticgenius8563]

Via Belal's social media: My heart is shattered my first main event ended like that but Gods the best of planners im sorry to the fans and the @ufc you deserved a full fight.. Alhamdillah the vision is coming back and no permanent damage to the eye I’ll be back and want to run it back

[@bubuox8509]

@@sarcasticgenius8563 that's a good news.

[@yeshwanthtalwar8456]

@@sarcasticgenius8563 oh thank God, that's good news, speedy recovery to Belal and hope to see him back!

[@mahdirahman7475]

That was difficult to watch someone in that much physical pain.

[@oj1101]

Belal a good dude too which hurts more

[@mahdirahman7475]

@@oj1101 facts

[@el-ue2uv]

😢😢😢