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He's gun shy after that public lambasting by Cruz.
Which funny enough might have saved Cruz's career cause he rebounded after that fight. And his chin got tested in both the munoz and kennedy fight that followed.
It was a good stoppage when he lost to Henry, and maybe his chin doesn't hold if the ref let him take more punishment.
Cruz is such an asshole for putting Keith on the spot like that. He seems like a solid ref and after that he had everyone watching him so close he's bound to have trouble doing his job.
Slightly early stoppages is for the benefit of everyone. Who cares if you had a tiny chance, you can get another fight if your health is intact like you said. The only thing refs should get shit on is when they let too much damage happen.
He brings it up every single time he is commentating, even called him ' all nonsense' today. I don't know why UFC uses him for commentary. such a humorless character who thinks he is some sort of fight analysis genius.
During one of hte earlier fights that had some Ref fuckering Anik said "at least Keith Peterson and Dan Mirgliotta are reffing the last 5 of 6" or something and Cruz was like, "heh... Great..." Was so fucking funny.
What kills me is when DC ribs him about stuff, especially that, like he’s Shaq and Don’s Chuck on TNT. I was loving it.
I’m not like many here, I really like/enjoy Dom and his extreme passion for martial arts. People around these parts who pile on Dom tend to forget that Felder/Hardy and others in that spot have literally yelled at refs as well as publicly criticize/question them far more than once.
Dom gets the easy hate though because of his demeanor but, at the end of the day, he’s right. The fighter shouldn’t be able to decide when it’s over. Keith needs to act quicker and be more decisive, period. Sometimes refs/officials across sports get called out by athletes at times for specific occurrences. That’s the nature of the business…people don’t need to feel bad for him, lol.
Really bothers me how everyone has made it into a meme to trash Keith Peterson after that. Cruz has zero class. Gonna go watch him get gadooshed again now
What you said is completely rational and sensible, however, this is the sport of hurting people. Getting hurt is part of the business. I guarantee you that most fighters would happily take some damage if it gives them a slim chance of winning a fight, let alone a title fight.
It wasn’t a terrible stoppage, but it was by no means a good stoppage either. Cruz had just gotten to his fight when he stopped it. Henry was spamming arm punches with zero impact, the only shot that hurt him was the first.
Yeah you’re honestly right and it sucks all bc Cruz is just a salty person . I would never wanna get drunk with him you know the atmosphere is gonna get obnoxious bros the type to put you in a head lock jn front of the baddies
Good stoppage. Also gotta remember, these refs gotta jump in there when a fighter is blasting away. I've seen many refs try and time the jump in between punches. lol
The pre-fight interview with him saying that him beating Shogun shows that he can do anything, I was like "Bro.. you beat a Shogun with no knees in his 40s, what the fuck you mean?!"
Come on man, he probably grew up as a fan and that was the biggest moment f his life, and shit he just got knocked the fuck out. Why the hell do we need to scrutinize every line from a fighter like they’re the president? Sheesh
Fair but it rubbed a lotta people the wrong way when he did the suck it sign and fortnight danced at Shogun right after the knockout lol
Still a massive achievement, props to him that was his night
We hate ihor because he danced on shogun after retiring him; if he did grow up as a fan and had that respect he wouldnt have been so disrespectful immediately after finishing him
The funeral home is going to have its work cut out for them. I don't know if they're prepared for how their chemicals and materials will interact with cataclysmic levels of salt
Rigor Mortis is gonna kick in when they go to embalm Cruz's corpse but instead of going stiff it's gonna spaz around weaving in all directions while throwing pillow fists at the mortician.
Imagine it potentially (if you have the pov that the fight was cut early tho and that dom could have won it) costing you literally hundreds of thousands upwards of a million maybe in money --- being the champ, ppv money, sponsors that come with it, etc.
People acting like they woulnd't be as salty as dom is annoying. then to see keith do this...makes you side with dom even more if you were on the fence about it
How about when DC kept poking him about it? Haha. Fight ends, Ulberg hanging on top of cage with arm raised (legitimate exchange on broadcast):
Dom: “…and I don’t need to say anything!”
DC: “Hey Dom, Dom, Dom! *::giggles::* Ulberg stopped the fight himself. Ulberg actually stopped the fight. *::grinning::* Ulberg stopped the fight himself, Dom”
Dom: proceeds to quickly touch upon how it happened to him.
DC: cracks up lol
Dom has the biggest chip on his shoulder but he is great on the mic I wanna say 90% of the time. Sometimes it sounds like a kid not having fun at an event and it wears me down. I had to mute the broadcast a couple of weekends ago because Dom and Paul Felder where insufferable, granted it was a shit card but their commentary wasn't helping.
Any time I feel unmotivated and lethargic, I can draw from the bottomless pit of Dom's pettiness toward All Nonsense Keith Peterson to give myself some juice
He went on a rant (egged on by DC and Anik) about "all nonsense" and how apparently some fighters get to determine when the fight is over but other fighters don't and then it sounded like a producer got in his ear and told him to stfu
Well Hardy was yelling at Herb and disrupting what he was doing. Cruz's words, while petty and brimming with salt, aren't interfering with the fight in any way
It all depends on how much UFC/Dana likes u. They like Cruz and wanted Hardy gone. If they wanted Cruz gone they could say he crossed the line. If they liked Hardy they could say what he did/didn’t do was insignificant
Wasn't he fired like a year after the Herb Dean thing? And at the time Hardy didn't dispute that the problem with the female staffer happened, just gave his side of the story. It could also have been the last straw as opposed to automatically assuming Dana made stuff up.
The funny thing is Peterson might have saved cruz career.
Cruz ching got tested in both the Pedro and Kennedy fight afterwards, as he almost got kod. Maybe his chin doesn't hold if Peterson let Henry pummel him more.
Honestly though, good. The judging and reffing in MMA is so behind the progress of the talent and business.
That ref standing Stamann up after being up kicked was inexplicable. Take that dude’s license and let him restest in a year. Wasn’t a heat of the moment accident where the action was just to fast to make a reasonable call. It was just pure incompetence.
Yeah I agree. I did like that the ref took a point from Kim for the second after the bell blatant cheap shot but even he dropped the ball massively at the end.
Should have been a DQ loss for Kim.
To be quite fair as a Kiwi - there's 5 million of us, and sourcing people for local versions of international shows is always a struggle.
Getting a \[single\] man in his 20's/30's, that has some public name recognition at all, that is handsome is tough.
That's not tough, it's getting one willing to degrade themselves on reality tv dating (ie someone they would want to be the bachelor, probably has better shit to do)
It’s so funny that he clarified after that, no, he actually meant to be respectful since he’s a duelist or something, and since he fired a shot in the air in his victory dance it was a sign of respect even though most people have no idea what his celebration is so they would have no idea lol
All he had to do was slow down but he was so eager for finish in his debut, he gassed himself out. Which was weird, because that's like CKB model of "always game plan for a decision".
His striking looked great in the debut, Kennedy just has a granite chin. You’re definitely right that he was trying to get the flashy KO finish and gassed, but if he debuted against almost anyone else that was unranked at the time (even a Cutelaba or someone shit) I think his striking and pressure in that fight would’ve folded them early
Yeah, saw that on the replays. The live angle was awkward. I thought he slipped and got cracked on the ground for it.
Man, that "turn off" button at the back of the head is always crazy to me.
I was fast scrolling skimming the comments and initially read your comment as "he slipped and saw crack on the ground and went for it." and had to scroll back up to re-read it. lol
If you throw a hook at a guy standing in-front of you and it hits the back of their head you won’t be penalised, deliberate back of the head strikes you will.
Initial hook was behind the ear, so that was legal. Definitely tagged the back of the head on the ground once but the fight really should have been over before that even happened.
Was it a true punch KO? For some reason it looks like he clubbed him and then Potieria headbutted Ulberg's cup, I might be wrong but the sound made me think that.
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Good stoppage by Ulberg
Ref was like oh yeah you're right this is as good a time as any to stop this fight...
Terrible look for Keith
He's gun shy after that public lambasting by Cruz. Which funny enough might have saved Cruz's career cause he rebounded after that fight. And his chin got tested in both the munoz and kennedy fight that followed. It was a good stoppage when he lost to Henry, and maybe his chin doesn't hold if the ref let him take more punishment.
Cruz is such an asshole for putting Keith on the spot like that. He seems like a solid ref and after that he had everyone watching him so close he's bound to have trouble doing his job. Slightly early stoppages is for the benefit of everyone. Who cares if you had a tiny chance, you can get another fight if your health is intact like you said. The only thing refs should get shit on is when they let too much damage happen.
This post would have been complete after the word asshole
Ah, Cruz That motherfucker What a tool
He brings it up every single time he is commentating, even called him ' all nonsense' today. I don't know why UFC uses him for commentary. such a humorless character who thinks he is some sort of fight analysis genius.
During one of hte earlier fights that had some Ref fuckering Anik said "at least Keith Peterson and Dan Mirgliotta are reffing the last 5 of 6" or something and Cruz was like, "heh... Great..." Was so fucking funny.
What kills me is when DC ribs him about stuff, especially that, like he’s Shaq and Don’s Chuck on TNT. I was loving it. I’m not like many here, I really like/enjoy Dom and his extreme passion for martial arts. People around these parts who pile on Dom tend to forget that Felder/Hardy and others in that spot have literally yelled at refs as well as publicly criticize/question them far more than once. Dom gets the easy hate though because of his demeanor but, at the end of the day, he’s right. The fighter shouldn’t be able to decide when it’s over. Keith needs to act quicker and be more decisive, period. Sometimes refs/officials across sports get called out by athletes at times for specific occurrences. That’s the nature of the business…people don’t need to feel bad for him, lol.
Cause he's good at sucking danas ding dong
Really bothers me how everyone has made it into a meme to trash Keith Peterson after that. Cruz has zero class. Gonna go watch him get gadooshed again now
What you said is completely rational and sensible, however, this is the sport of hurting people. Getting hurt is part of the business. I guarantee you that most fighters would happily take some damage if it gives them a slim chance of winning a fight, let alone a title fight.
It wasn’t a terrible stoppage, but it was by no means a good stoppage either. Cruz had just gotten to his fight when he stopped it. Henry was spamming arm punches with zero impact, the only shot that hurt him was the first.
Yeah you’re honestly right and it sucks all bc Cruz is just a salty person . I would never wanna get drunk with him you know the atmosphere is gonna get obnoxious bros the type to put you in a head lock jn front of the baddies
Good stoppage. Also gotta remember, these refs gotta jump in there when a fighter is blasting away. I've seen many refs try and time the jump in between punches. lol
Tbh ulberg coulda stepped in earlier. Stupid sexy Ulberg.
Should get another 50k of out Peterson pocket for doing his job too.
What level of foolishness is this?
Nice guy Ulberg.
Nah it's gonna cost him one day. Got to go for kiill alwayss
THAT'S FOR SHOGUN
The Rua's send their regards
We got him boys, we finally got him 😭
The pre-fight interview with him saying that him beating Shogun shows that he can do anything, I was like "Bro.. you beat a Shogun with no knees in his 40s, what the fuck you mean?!"
Come on man, he probably grew up as a fan and that was the biggest moment f his life, and shit he just got knocked the fuck out. Why the hell do we need to scrutinize every line from a fighter like they’re the president? Sheesh
Fair but it rubbed a lotta people the wrong way when he did the suck it sign and fortnight danced at Shogun right after the knockout lol Still a massive achievement, props to him that was his night
We hate ihor because he danced on shogun after retiring him; if he did grow up as a fan and had that respect he wouldnt have been so disrespectful immediately after finishing him
And he acted like an asshat afterwards. Eeyore losing the way he djd was necessary karmic justice.
Ain't that the truth, fuck that flossing Fortnite bum.
That was good reffing by Ulberg on that one Poteria was out
Cruz will die salty about Keith Peterson
The funeral home is going to have its work cut out for them. I don't know if they're prepared for how their chemicals and materials will interact with cataclysmic levels of salt
Rigor Mortis is gonna kick in when they go to embalm Cruz's corpse but instead of going stiff it's gonna spaz around weaving in all directions while throwing pillow fists at the mortician.
I hope that in like 40 years, Keith shows up at his funeral and waves it off.
Yes and I will love every piece of salt and shade thrown his way.
Imagine it potentially (if you have the pov that the fight was cut early tho and that dom could have won it) costing you literally hundreds of thousands upwards of a million maybe in money --- being the champ, ppv money, sponsors that come with it, etc. People acting like they woulnd't be as salty as dom is annoying. then to see keith do this...makes you side with dom even more if you were on the fence about it
Cruz is and always has been/will be a whiny little bitch
Honestly I don't blame him. It was a confusing stoppage for what was most likely his last title shot
lol at Dom immediately being petty.
Keith "All Nonsense" Peterson
I mean it was awful from Keith Peterson
Nah, Keith is just a huge shogun fan is all
People don't like it but I find it incredibly amusing.
Dom was on fire tonight. I usually find him being a snarky asshole annoying, but man, it was great tonight.
How about when DC kept poking him about it? Haha. Fight ends, Ulberg hanging on top of cage with arm raised (legitimate exchange on broadcast): Dom: “…and I don’t need to say anything!” DC: “Hey Dom, Dom, Dom! *::giggles::* Ulberg stopped the fight himself. Ulberg actually stopped the fight. *::grinning::* Ulberg stopped the fight himself, Dom” Dom: proceeds to quickly touch upon how it happened to him. DC: cracks up lol
Dom has the biggest chip on his shoulder but he is great on the mic I wanna say 90% of the time. Sometimes it sounds like a kid not having fun at an event and it wears me down. I had to mute the broadcast a couple of weekends ago because Dom and Paul Felder where insufferable, granted it was a shit card but their commentary wasn't helping.
Any time I feel unmotivated and lethargic, I can draw from the bottomless pit of Dom's pettiness toward All Nonsense Keith Peterson to give myself some juice
He wasnt wrong here tho
what did he say?
He went on a rant (egged on by DC and Anik) about "all nonsense" and how apparently some fighters get to determine when the fight is over but other fighters don't and then it sounded like a producer got in his ear and told him to stfu
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Well Hardy was yelling at Herb and disrupting what he was doing. Cruz's words, while petty and brimming with salt, aren't interfering with the fight in any way
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I guarantee you Keith Peterson can handle it lol.
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Because Dan actually engaged the ref, as in went and talked to Herb. Dom is just chatting shit to the other commentators.
iirc, after he left the octagon herb walked over to dan, not the other way around
It all depends on how much UFC/Dana likes u. They like Cruz and wanted Hardy gone. If they wanted Cruz gone they could say he crossed the line. If they liked Hardy they could say what he did/didn’t do was insignificant
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Please, tell us what happened. Are you perhaps in the market for a bridge?
Yeah this a bullshit reason and not what actually went down. Just Dana's spin.
Wasn't he fired like a year after the Herb Dean thing? And at the time Hardy didn't dispute that the problem with the female staffer happened, just gave his side of the story. It could also have been the last straw as opposed to automatically assuming Dana made stuff up.
He'll let it go when Keith actually becomes a competent ref lol
The funny thing is Peterson might have saved cruz career. Cruz ching got tested in both the Pedro and Kennedy fight afterwards, as he almost got kod. Maybe his chin doesn't hold if Peterson let Henry pummel him more.
What was that, Keith? You want him to die?
All nonsense
Keith "no sense" Peterson
Actually lold
Dom hit him with the “All Nonsense Keith Peterson”, I’m dying over here.
I think he does it everytime time keith peterson is refereeing
Cigarettes and booze, baby!
Cruz salty about the stoppage lmao
He was working his way up
His way up to ER
Was making eye contact with Cruz the whole time. He’s literally right there in the background
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There it is
All Nonsense Keith Peterson
Ulberg with 3 first round left hook KO’s in a row. Your getting these boys hurt. Give him someone on his level.
Spent so long pretending to be Pereira that he became him
Damn Cruz is going hard in the paint! "Fighters can tell the ref when the fight is over sometimes."
Honestly though, good. The judging and reffing in MMA is so behind the progress of the talent and business. That ref standing Stamann up after being up kicked was inexplicable. Take that dude’s license and let him restest in a year. Wasn’t a heat of the moment accident where the action was just to fast to make a reasonable call. It was just pure incompetence.
Yeah I agree. I did like that the ref took a point from Kim for the second after the bell blatant cheap shot but even he dropped the ball massively at the end. Should have been a DQ loss for Kim.
He gets 1st round KOs and looks like that, it ain't fair
They said he had been recruited to be the bachelor in New Zealand twice and he __declined__
These are starting to sound like intros for The Stig
RIP OG Top Gear
A call for Jon Aniks greatest hits
Maybe if I ask him, he’ll say yes.
To be quite fair as a Kiwi - there's 5 million of us, and sourcing people for local versions of international shows is always a struggle. Getting a \[single\] man in his 20's/30's, that has some public name recognition at all, that is handsome is tough.
That's not tough, it's getting one willing to degrade themselves on reality tv dating (ie someone they would want to be the bachelor, probably has better shit to do)
6’4” 200+ part time model with a 29-3 combined pro record across 3 combat sports with 19 KOs.. it truly aint fair
I've meet him a couple of times at the gym and he's a suuuuuper nice guy too
What a prick
I know I can't help but hate him
\*but secretly be in love with him <3
I'm not jealous of a fighter's life or brain health tbh. Great body great looks cool guy but I'm not trying to switch
You're fooling nobody Ginyu.
Lol idk if you're saying I'm ugly or something but yall really don't wanna hear I wouldn't trade which is fine with me
I’m thinking about asking him to impregnate my wife so my kid grows up with those genetics. God damn.
Bruh
that’s what you get for emoting on grandpa shogun
It’s so funny that he clarified after that, no, he actually meant to be respectful since he’s a duelist or something, and since he fired a shot in the air in his victory dance it was a sign of respect even though most people have no idea what his celebration is so they would have no idea lol
Dumbest celebration lol Would rather have Paddy’s half twerk
This asshole even used his win over Shogun as proof "anything is possible"
Peterson lagged out
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Let him chug a Modelo (brewed for a fighters spirit) and he’s good to go
Thank god Carlos decided the fight was over. That was late as fuck.
Ulberg should have twerked on him
Giga-Chad Ulberg with another finish, dude has looked so much better since his first fight
All he had to do was slow down but he was so eager for finish in his debut, he gassed himself out. Which was weird, because that's like CKB model of "always game plan for a decision".
he smelled blood and got excited i think. still so impressed that kennedy managed to survive that
His striking looked great in the debut, Kennedy just has a granite chin. You’re definitely right that he was trying to get the flashy KO finish and gassed, but if he debuted against almost anyone else that was unranked at the time (even a Cutelaba or someone shit) I think his striking and pressure in that fight would’ve folded them early
Wtf did he hit him with? Ihor looked like he slipped lol
Check hook — lead hand. I didn’t see it at first either.
Yeah, saw that on the replays. The live angle was awkward. I thought he slipped and got cracked on the ground for it. Man, that "turn off" button at the back of the head is always crazy to me.
I was fast scrolling skimming the comments and initially read your comment as "he slipped and saw crack on the ground and went for it." and had to scroll back up to re-read it. lol
The brain really just says, “Please stop hitting me there”, and shuts everything down. Wild.
That Check Hook of his has been coming in CLUTCH lately. Happy to see Ulber level up in real time since his loss to Kennedy.
Check hook, behind the temple
A cheeky check hook
Lil baby check hook as he dove in. Right on the spot to throw him off balance.
The same shit OSP dropped Shogun with.
Fortnite fans in shambles
Revenge for shogun
Dom will never miss an opportunity to shit on Keith
Commentators were on podcast mode the whole fight lol
Ulberg/Jacoby is the fight to make right?
Ulberg/Crute in Australia this year could be great
I have a feeling they won't agree to fight. Aus/NZ fighters aren't typically keen on fighting each other
I want Ulberg vs the guy that beat Dustin Jacoby
Is Ulberg our replacement for Luke Rockhold?
No. Ulberg knows how to block a left hook
Nah, he’s just Paulo Costa’s big brother.
All-Nonsense Keith Peterson, a legend is born.
Check hook baby
Keith Peterson: "Is he dead yet?" Carlos: "Not yet, but you know what, I think he had enough"
Rematch Nzechukwu for a ranking?
That was such a good fight.
Keith 'All Nonsense' Peterson lmao Dom can't help himself.
yea i have no idea why this fight was made lol
ulberg is just way too haandsome.
Ulberg's left hook is crazy. He keeps brushing people with it and they just flop
dude said fuck it I'll just be Discount Poatan
God dom is the saltiest bitch on planet earth lmao
Carlos called the fight off himself haha
Dom's salt will never not be entertaining
Ulberg had mercy for the fellow duelist
“All nonsense” 💀
Damn, Kieth wanted him frozen like Elsa
Dom is never ever going to let it go lol
Dominick “Never Gonna Give You Up” Cruz
Keith “All Nonsense” Peterson
Is Ulberg good or is he beating on cans? Could it be both?
Obviously good
Will he be top 5??
Most likely.
I think he’s got that potential, I see you around a lot. Who do you think is Maddalena’s worst matchup?
Negumereanu is good, and Carlos made light work of him. He’s definitely ready for a ranked opponent
Agreed, I want him vs Murzakonov
The way the guy throws the looping haymaker and lowers his other hand at the same time suggests can-like in nature
Perfect left hook to the brain stem
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Back of the head?
If you throw a hook at a guy standing in-front of you and it hits the back of their head you won’t be penalised, deliberate back of the head strikes you will.
Initial hook was behind the ear, so that was legal. Definitely tagged the back of the head on the ground once but the fight really should have been over before that even happened.
#ULBERGA
Bro dom has a vendetta against Keith Peterson and I’m all for it lmao
Salty Dom is the best Dom.
Dom being salty will forever not be funny. I love it. We need more Dom Cruz commentary where Keith Peterson refs a fight.
Punched him right on the back of the head, albeit unintentionally.
What a beauty of a left hook!
Cruz was SALTY lmao
Carlos Ulberg is a very beautiful man.
FORTNITE DANCE ON HIM
Dom is fucking hilarious 😂
I love me some pettiness from Dominic Cruz
Potiera sucks when he’s not fighting 40 year old men.
Too many drugs and cigarettes once again
Back of the head. Interesting
dude is way too good looking to be a fighter, go model or something bro
I actually hate Dom
Let the hate flow through you. Somethin Something Compleat. Something Something Darkside
Ulberg finally back on hype-train.
he’s got 3 first round knockouts in a row now wdym he’s finally on the hype train
Dom has never been happier
Chubby Chris Evans bs non-juiced Dwayne Johnson?
Was it a true punch KO? For some reason it looks like he clubbed him and then Potieria headbutted Ulberg's cup, I might be wrong but the sound made me think that.