March 26, 2023 1: 50 pm ET
Gianni Vazquez, the fighter who was choked unconscious and then sent with an armbar Friday in Texas, has suffered arm injuries as a outcome of the series.
The bout headlined Fury FC 76 in San Antonio and was officiated by referee Frank Collazo, who did not stop the contest when challenger Edgar Chairez put Vazquez to sleep with a triangle choke. After an lengthened duration of capture and with Vazquez not tapping, Chairez ultimately changed to an armbar and torqued. Eventually, Vazquez restored awareness and tapped – however obviously not previously damage was done.
“This is the battle videogame and is not a videogame,” Vazquez composed Saturday on Instagram. “I state if you desire to beat me you muchbetter gotta put me out cause if not is going to be a long night. I make a error and it expense me the battle that I feel I was winning. My challenger took benefit of that and with some silly referee that didn’t stop the battle when I was out now I have to offer with a possible fracture on my arm and some ligaments harmed too.”
The officiating accident went viral Friday and amassed a lot of attention and remarks from members from the battle neighborhood around the world. Even UFC president Dana White talkedabout the series at a UFC on ESPN 43 post-fight news conference.
“That’s the kind of things that I truly, actually puton’t like, if a man gets choked unconscious and you puton’t understand he’s unconscious,” White stated. “Everybody has a bad night. Everybody makes errors. But if a man gets choked u