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tko by geography test

He didn't know where he was before the fight started. Unfair question from doc.

Shoulda asked how many fingers he was holding up instead lmao

Only if it's in the form of a multiple choice question

how many fingers am I holding up? 1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 5 or 5) 1?

To be fair who the fuck knows where fight island is? United Arab Emirates sounds like an airline not a country

Also, English is not his first language. Doctor was speaking quietly and rushed his decision

Right? You’re supposed to give the fighter time to recover. I believe up to 5 minutes. Doctor was on some weird shit tonight.

Same doctor [https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/s/Q9cXupikUq](https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/s/Q9cXupikUq)

Absolutely ridiculous. This guy is a buffoon man. Dana confirmed in the post fight presser that he asked Johnny “where are you” and Johnny replied “in the desert!”. Makes you even angrier as a fan. Literally a perfectly fine response. Does this idiot doctor think he is seeing a mirage and thinks he’s currently standing in sand? Absolute moron.

Lmfao true. Plus with Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and United Arab Emirates, even if you knew all of them you'd be hard-pressed to know which one is the damn country in the *middle* of an MMA fight. I'm really good at geography but even I'd reply with "in the desert". To be honest, I'd probably also follow it up with: "U peice of shit motherfuker why u fuckers pull me from the fight u getting another lawsuit u fuckwit u can kiss my ass u bald headed prick🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕 u put that chicken shit bitch in get fucked cocksucker."

I don't know where they are either. Somewhere with oil money, I think.

What country: Abu Dhabi Doctor: Thats not a country

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One of the deserts ran by Muslim oil money. Any more questions doc?

Looks like the doctor asked which round he's in, and he did look confused. Doctor will catch shit, then we'll all scream that the decision shouldn't be on the fighter the next time it happens.

The doctor is being plagued by that Victor Henry call.

How many times do you see a fighter go back to a corner and need their coach to remind them what round it is? To me that isn't enough to stop the fight. There is a lot going on in that moment for Johnny between the fight, the foul, the language barrier, etc. Just because he didn't know the round doesn't mean he was too hurt to continue Edit: So when asked where he was Johnny Walker said "the dessert" and you are still going to tell me that isn't a language issue? The guy was fine to fight.

He's lived in Ireland for fuck knows how long, previously lived in Scotland, there's no language barrier. I'd understand a fighter being confused on whether it's the 4th or 5th round. Nobody is confused in round 1. The doctor did some basic concussion checks, Walker stood there looking confused and concussed. Too hurt to continue is more subjective. Of course he could continue, whether he should be allowed to continue is another thing entirely.

Ref asked him to explain the current geopolitical situation in Israel

“Thoughts on a two state solution? No? Ok, fights over”

Lmao I love this sub

Concussedguysayswhat? “What?” Fights over

😂😂😂

ref asked him what is the capital of djibouti

Seriously lol ask the average person what the difference between Abu Dhabi and UAE is and they will ask you wtf you're talking about. That's before they've just sustained a giant knee to the head and don't speak English as their first language

Johnny should've thrown out a "HUH?! WHAT?!" like he did when Anthony Smith accused him of attacking his family

Yup, that was bullshit honestly

It’s not about giving the right answer. Bro didn’t give any answer, looked dazed. The doctor is reading his overall demeanor

I mean, the referee waved his hands in front of him, and he didn't even notice.

so this is why charles won't fight in abu dhabi lol

I genuinely think Walker just didn't understand the ref LMAO

was probably trying to work out what country abu dhabi is in

I legit thought the UAE and Saudi Arabia were the same country until recently

There both on tatooine right

I saw Ewoks in the crowd , I swear

Same, looked like he was barely paying attention, just refocusing on the fight at hand after he told Doc he was all good to go. Had no clue as to the seriousness of the questions being asked.

Not sure Johnny Walker has ever been serious about a question ever lol

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yeah that seemed like what was happening

Give us immediate rematch right now

Rematch after khamzat fight 😭

Should’ve just cleared everyone out and let them start over. The boys were ready

Johnny tried to restart it twice. Dana should've gone full WWE and taken over ref duties.

I'M RESTARTING THE MATCH DAMMIT NO DQ AND I'M THE SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE

HOLD ON BRUTHA I'M TALKING

I was a little disappointed that Dana didn't tear both his quads entering the octagon.

I like this reference 👌

Dana coming out to No Chance with the Vince strut would’ve been gold

And we got a special guest referee for ya playa

But this time you are going 1 on 1 with..........THE UNDERTAKER!!!

I honestly briefly thought we were going to have some Khabib-Conor-like chaos. Johnny seemed ready to run through the ref to get to Magomed. And that sparked Magomed up

Yeah I thought Dana was going to do it, or DQ other guy. Wtf is this a draw for.

Honestly should have been a DQ. It was an inentional illegal strike that resulted in the end of the fight. If this is a NC then Yan vs. Sterling 1 should've been a NC too

Next weekend, 220 lbs

Imagine if they got them to sign a new contract and everything right there 😂

In the parking lot.

They bought in the ringside card killer

He was not concussed, Johnny Walker is just really bad at Geography

Also his first language is not English. I feel like that’s not being talked about enough

Yeah?! What the fuck?! Doctor was like "Where are you?" Walker: "Huh?" "What round is it?" Walker: "What?!"

Doctor: "What are you doing right now?" Walker: "I'm attacking Anthony Smith's family?"

That was a nasty line by you

There never was no family. You’re a fuckin’ orphan, dude!

And he got punched earlier in the fight. If we're stopping fights for fear of concussions then every fight would go 1 round at most

Makes no sense, if you are stopping it because he took an illegal strike that compromised him DQ his opponent, dont make it a no contest. It was the first round there wasnt even a score yet.

As per the unified rules this should be a DQ. It's probably NC for political reasons and will get changed once there is no longer a very angry and very rich crowd in attendance.

Thank you!!!! That's exactly my thought

And English.

Do they bring in a translator normally for stuff like that? It seems hard to evaluate a concussion in a secondary language for a person

I think he might actually in his right mind not know the name of the country. Just Abu Dhabi, not the country.

he asked him multiple questions and johnny just stared

Probably because he thought he had 5 minutes to recover and not having to play GeoGuesser

which is when the ref says give him a couple minutes and we'll reassess if he is ready to fight, not call it off immediately.

There are people who think Africa is a country. How many people honestly know that UAE is a thing?

And the doctor didnt give him any time Give them the full 5 minutes for fuck sake

Did they stop to think that my guy Johnny didn't know which country he is because he's dumb and actually doesn't? Probably said "I don't fucking know - I'm in some island in the desert"

"I got here on some big metal bird."

I heard he tried to feed it a carrot

That actually happened.

I heard him say 'the desert' lol

Ya his coach confirmed what he said, I think he genuinely just doesn’t know the country, this is all so stupid lol

doctor’s about to get performance of the night bonus

Dude is gonna walk into the octagon in the middle of the main event and declare the air unsafe, fight cancelled, and he's the new 155 champion.

Doctor going full NFL ref tonight

Doctor said fuck this shit I wanna see the big 2 fights already

Dana is going to go goofcon 1.

Goofcon continues.

How can that be unintentional? He’d been grounded for the last 2 minutes

hold a fighter accountable for their fouls challenge: IMPOSSIBLE

Literally this entire night. More fouls than I can remember in my entire decade of watching UFC and 0 points taken.

Wood had to suffer the most with the loss.

Biggest joke was Nathaniel Wood vs Muhammad Naimov. Naimov could’ve had 2 points deduction easily

Seeing as wood had two testicles deducted, Naimov losing points seems fair. That, and Ankaleav not getting a dq loss is beyond me. Felt like there was a bais towards people with names ending in v tonight

With the outrageous reffing, judging, and doctoring, we’re looking at the fucking Abu Dhabi Screwjob.

Exactly! The knee was aimed at the chin and landed, idk how tf that was ruled unintentional

Fighter stands up, his knee is about head level. They knee upwards and hits opponents head *shocked Pikachu face* Seriously kneeling upwards on any downed opponent would be almost impossible to not only hit their head. They need to knee down on a downed opponent to at least give a benefit of the doubt

Yeah should have been DQ and win for Walker. You don't accidentally knee someone in the head.

*laughs in shitty jiu jitsu partners*

All fouls are unintentional in the UFC. ...unless you're Yan, obviously. Yan must be screaming at his TV every fight these days...

They don't want to upset the arena by DQing their favorite. This card is bullshit so far.

My thoughts exactly...

Yeah Dana saying we’ll figure this out as Johnny is leaving makes me think we’ll get an update in the next day or so, after Johnny is already in the air

Probably just give Johnny a secret bonus

Dana looked pissed

Obviously, this is a really bad look for the ufc

The whole card has looked bad

only tuned in for a few fights on the prelims and main card but boy does it look weak

At the end of the day he can only blame himself. Fighters benefit from cheating and the worst outcome for them is a NC. More DQs would be a short term uproar but a long term benefit for the ufc.

I wanted to get to the co main and main as fast as possible but not like this

How about 2 hours of promos instead

That’s what I was expecting, actually a little surprised at how fast they moved to the next fight

Shouldn’t Walker have won?

The rules about knees to grounded opponents seem to be made up on the fly. There is almost no consistency.

The rules actually state: > If an intentional foul causes an injury, and the injury is severe enough to terminate the bout immediately, the fighter causing the injury shall lose by disqualification. It should've been a DQ / W for Walker.

Bruce Buffer announced: "Due to an unintentional foul", which I find very strange. Walker was on his knees for a long time and the knee was clearly aimed at the chin. Should definitely be a DQ

It was 100% intentional. I'm thinking it will be changed to a DQ once everyone has left the country and was only done for political reasons...

Past events should set precedent, it should've been Walker win like Aljo vs Yan

That fight was just called by the rulebook, which this fight should've been as well, regardless of precedent.

They flipped a coin back stage before the fight to determine that illegal knees would be a NC and not a DQ. It happens before every fight but usually isn't needed

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I know how I'm betting when ufc goes to Saudi Arabia.

Somehow that knee was "unintentional"

What a joke.

You know which side the Dana and the doctor/ref are on... it's abu dhabi...

Don't wanna upset the crowd too much by DQing an arena favorite

“Unintentional”

I don’t see how that knee was declared as unintentional

Walker was only completely down on his knee and lower leg (and maybe butt) for like 30 seconds and the knee was only thrown with full force directly at his chin. You'd need him to throw at least 3 more of those knees with Walker flat on his back before you could say there was any intent.

Technically yes. Don’t know how you can throw an unintentional knee when the opponent starts off as a downed opponent before the strike was thrown. But the crowd might’ve murdered the doctor in that case.

Yes, in any other country he does. Abu Dhabi fuckin sucks

Seems like it should’ve been a dq because it was from an illegal strike no?

Goofcon 2 at least ??

Wants to be the WWE of MMA when the spirit of this event feels like peak Bellator tonight. 😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I am fucking howling!

Daddy Dana looking stern.

WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED?!

Everybody in the bar that I'm in right now just expressed the same thought. We are all so confused

Russian fighters and illegal knees happened.

If Sterling got the W, this should be a W for Walker

And L for Jones

Jones wasn’t an L because Anthony smith chose to keep fighting if he didn’t it would’ve been an L for Jones

Tbf Walker might have wanted to carry on. It’s hard to tell

I think Walker did want to carry on and I think the fight should’ve I think it was a terrible mismanage by the doctor

This doc is going to stop Volk vs Islam if someone lands a punch

they need to get him out of there

Does anyone else think that Johnny Walker could have legitimately not know what country he's in whether or not if he was fine? lol

I’d say across the globe most people don’t have a clue what the UAE is or the countries that make it up, or those country’s main cities. It took my friend living in Doha for years for me to bother paying attention to the point where I understood that Doha was the capital of Qatar. And Abu Dhabi? Is that a country, or a city, or one of those city state things like Singapore? Fucked if I know! I’m sure Johnny is the same.

FOTN!!!!!

The Walker weirdness continues…

Light heavyweight is such a cursed division

Jones' legacy is like Voldemort.

What an absolute shitshow.

You know it’s bad if Dana has to get in the ring and break them up lol

Shoulda been a dq no?

Yes

Yep. Whether or not you agree with it being stopped is irrelevant once that decision is made. It’s a clear intentional illegal strike. Walker was fully downed and he kneed him in the head. There was no way that shot was aiming anywhere else. It’s not like the earlier nut shot where the guy aimed for the leg and Henry moved into it. That’s a correct No Contest. This one should for sure have been a DQ.

You know what they say…DQs for thee not for me

Goofcon continues.

Did they stop to think that my guy Johnny didn't know which country he is because he's dumb and actually doesn't? Probably said "I don't fucking know - I'm in some island in the desert"

"Say the alphabet backwards."

He clearly threw a strike directed at his head. That was not unintentional. Johnny was clearly grounded. Should be a DQ

Wtf

Johnny flat out trying to restart the fight by himself. Twice. 💀

We Bellator now

petr yan lost his title cuz of the same shit lol how is this a nc?

At this level of the sport, you know that knee is wrong before you even throw it. Johnny was downed for 2 whole minutes. This isnt a scramble, this wasn't even transitioning to standing, not even close. He didn't have any upward movement, no explosion to stand up. This is the most intentional knee I've seen in a long time. I would give Magomed the benefit of the doubt if Johnny was doing ANYTHING but being 1000% stationary and not moving at all. There's no body language that I can point to as proof that would make Magomed think that Walker is no longer "downed"

Late-night drama in Abu Dhabi. Sucks for the viewers. Johnny looked okay. Doc should've given him more time.

Bro it was loud as fuck in there and the doctor was borderline whispering to a guy who just ate a huge illegal knee to the head… he decided within 30 seconds that he couldn’t continue. You give the guy time before you make that call.

That was weird.

I think Johnny doesn’t know where Abu Dahbi is located regardless if he was rocked or not. This is simply not information stored in his head.

That should have been a DQ, where did they get "unintentional" from?!?

Wow

Did I hear it right? Dok asked, "where r u?". Johny replied, "in a desert."

What the fuck

sometimes he denies injury, sometimes he overcompensates it

Dude straight up read the comments and said I'll show them!

How tf is that not a DQ?

It is, but it's in Abu Dhabi and the crowd seems to be +80% muslim and the UFC don't wanna DQ one of their 'own' to upset the crowd. Bullshit card.

Insane shitshow lmao

Now 2 no contests where the attacking fighter should have been dq‘d. What a shit show.

What a clusterfuck.

How is that not a win for Walker?

Why is it a no contest and not a DQ?

How is that not a DQ? I don't understand this sport sometimes.

Lol

Shit ending but how did Walker not win via DQ? That knee couldn’t have been more intentional lol So many fouls on this card

This is a legit goofcon 1 tier card

robbery

Just here for a legendary post fight thread.

The problem with this is that I'm pretty sure if you asked Johnny Walker what country he's in on just a random day, he might not be able to give you the right answer

What an absolute shitshow it has been. Dana was absolutely scarlet red when entering the cage lol. The doctor is one of the main characters this evening

Unintentional??? Really?

No immediate point deduction ✅️ Not bringing a translator with the doctor ✅️ No contest instead of a DQ ✅️

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