Austin Vanderford made a successful begin to his UFC profession on Saturday evening.
The 34-year-old secured a dramatic TKO victory over Nikolay Veretennikov at UFC Seattle.
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Vanderford’s first bout with the promotion got here on simply 4 days’ discover as he confronted off with the Ukrainian in a 175lbs catchweight contest.
After subjecting Veretennikov to a flurry of floor and pound strikes, the previous Bellator title challenger was declared victorious.
Nevertheless, his arm was solely raised after his opponent had stormed throughout the octagon to confront Vanderford.
Following the end, Veretennikov went over to push Vanderford, with safety stepping in to separate the pair.
The incident was rapidly handled, although, and UFC president Dana White brushed it apart throughout his post-fight press convention.
White instructed reporters: “Pay attention, yeah, it’s by no means good once you go over and I don’t know why he went after him, I perceive he was upset with the referee.
“In the event you watch that battle, once you look, I get why he was upset. He was blocking a number of the photographs, he was attempting to get out of there.
“Then as quickly because the battle was over, pay attention, if a man is taking numerous unanswered photographs and laying there on the bottom (then I perceive).
“He was defending and shifting round, so I perceive why he was upset. However you understand how we’re right here, he went over and pushed the man, what ought to we do? What Paul Daley did was fully completely different; you simply had three five-minute rounds to punch this man within the head and also you couldn’t.
“So that you’re going to go punch this man within the face after the battle when he doesn’t count on it? That’s why that was completed.
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“He went over and pushed him, we aren’t these guys… It’s best to see what goes on (backstage) right here after the fights.
“You guys could be f***ing crying eternally should you knew what went on. You’d be writing f***ing every kind of tales and ‘what are you going to do to them?’ Imagine me, that was nothing.”
Former British fighter Paul Daley was minimize by the promotion in 2010 after sucker-punching Josh Koscheck following the ultimate bell once they fought at UFC 113.
In the meantime, Vanderford now boasts an expert document of 13-2 after his long-awaited UFC debut.
The Gentleman has beforehand competed at each welterweight and middleweight in his profession.
He’s additionally married to former UFC fighter Paige VanZant, who went 5-4 throughout six years with the promotion.
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VanZant has since competed for Misfits Boxing and BKFC since her UFC exit 5 years in the past.
The 30-year-old was additionally in her husband’s nook at Local weather Pledge Enviornment final evening.