“Real warrior” – Fans praise Mohammad Yahya following his reaction to gruesome UFC Abu Dhabi eye injury

Mohammad Yahya endured one of many worst beatdowns in MMA historical past, struggling a brutal TKO loss to Steven Nguyen on the UFC Abu Dhabi prelims, which left him with an eye fixed damage. Nevertheless, the fighter’s response to the loss struck the appropriate chords with the followers.

Nguyen etched his title within the report books as he knocked down his opponent a report six occasions in the course of the contest. Whereas Yahya survived the onslaught within the first two rounds, the struggle was stopped in between rounds after his left eye was swollen shut from the injury incurred, granting ‘The Ninja’ a TKO win.

Following the struggle, the followers raged on social media, faulting referee Jason Herzog for not stopping the struggle earlier, whereas the media began questioning whether or not a three-knockdown rule, akin to boxing, needs to be carried out in MMA.

Regardless of all this, Yahya has dealt with the loss with grit and composure. In a social media submit following the bout, he shared photos of the attention damage, writing:

“ALHAMDOULILAH.”

Take a look at Mohammad Yahya’s eye damage beneath:

Suffice it to say, the fighter’s daring response inspite of the setback impressed MMA followers, with many flooding his feedback part singing praises for ‘The UAE Warrior’.

Kickboxing champion @yokubov_furkatbek wrote:

“Actual warrior”

@feruz__Usmanov chimed in:

“I[‘m] happy with you, brother.”

@7000.v opined:

“You walked into the cage when others solely talked. Win or lose, you probably did what most by no means had the braveness to strive. That makes you a legend — it doesn’t matter what comes subsequent.”

@baaaanano wrote:

“You’re an absolute animal to have saved going so long as you probably did.”

Take a look at a couple of different feedback praising Mohammad Yahya beneath:

Yahya is now 0-3 within the UFC together with his two most up-to-date fights ending in TKO losses. His opponent and Dana White’s Contender Collection alumn, Nguyen, is at the moment 1-1 within the promotion.

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Ujwal Jain is a sports activities journalist who covers MMA at Sportskeeda and holds a bachelor’s diploma in mass communication and journalism. He has been working towards martial arts from an early age and gained a number of accolades at national-level competitions in karate and Taekwondo. He additionally holds a again belt in karate. Ujwal loves fact-checking, serving to out with associated analysis, and being a contemporary set of eyes for fellow writers’ articles.

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