The UFC Fight Night 239 co-main event was declared a no contest – and moments later pandemonium broke out. While no punches were thrown, both Bryan Battle and Ange Loosa were restrained by a crowd of promotion and commission officials after they exchanged choice words over the circumstances surrounding the fight’s ending. The welterweight bout, which took place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, ended after Battle’s right thumb poked Loosa in the left eye. Loosa said he couldn’t see and the fight was waved off. The stoppage came at 1:00 of Round 2. The sequence peeved Battle (10-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC), who called Loosa (10-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) a “p*ssy” and added, “I was whooping your ass,” as the two fighters turned to face each other after Bruce Buffer’s announcement.
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