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Former UFC Middleweight champion Chris Weidman returned to winning ways in nearly four years with a controversial victory against Brazilian MMA fighter Bruno Silva on Saturday. Many UFC fighters and former stars reacted to the controversial fight while UFC content creator Nina-Marie Daniele, who is popularly known as Nina Drama and delivers engaging content around UFC, asked the fans whether the fight should be a "No Contest".
The 39-year-old American fighter took out the 34-year-old Brazilian in the third round with a technical knockout (TKO). However, fans and other fighters questioned the controversial decision as Weidman accidentally poked his finger in Silva's eyes twice.
Watch Weidman take down Silva in Round 3:
The Brazilian fighter went down after Weidman poked his fingers twice in his eyes. As Bruno Silva went down on the canvas, the former UFC midfield champ delivered a flurry of punches to end the fight. After Silva expressed his dissent to the decision, the result was changed following a replay to a unanimous decision victory for the 39-year-old.
Watch Weidman poke his finger in Silva's eyes:
Nina Drama took to her official X handle and wrote, "Chris Weidman defeats Bruno Silva via knockout. Looked like he was accidentally eye poked. Do you guys think it should’ve been a No Contest? #UFCAtlanticCity"
He was looking for a way out: Weidman after win vs. Silva
In a post-fight interview, Weidman was asked about his controversial victory and the former middleweight champion said, "I'll never question a guy if he's saying he's getting poked in the eye. But you can't just drop every time you feel something is touching your eyeball, you know. He poked me in the eye bad one time and stood there, took it. Unless the referee is going to say something, I don't drop."
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He also claimed that Silva was "looking for a way out" as he was dropping "every time" his eyeball felt poked. Weidman added, "You've got to be always ready, ready to defend yourself at all times. He dropped again. I don't know. It was like, he was looking for a way out. I don't know. You can't just turn your back and fall to the ground every time that your eyeball feels poked."
