Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos LAS VEGAS – Tim Means is pleading ignorance for the illegal knees that brought about a bizarre no-contest in Friday’s UFC 207 curtain-jerker. Means (26-7-1 MMA, 8-4 UFC) and fellow welterweight Alex Oliveira (16-3-1 MMA, 5-2 UFC) were off to an entertaining start in the UFC Fight Pass-streamed preliminary-card bout at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. However, when Means delivered some knees in the first round that left Oliveira dazed and unable to continue, things got really bizarre. Means immediately protested the stoppage and was adamant that the blows were legal despite Oliveira having a knee on the mat and thus being a downed opponent. UFC Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Marc Ratner even joined the broadcast booth and initially said the knees were legal before backtracking.
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