It was most likely a superb factor that Chris
Curtis wasn’t allowed to proceed in his middleweight conflict
with Nassourdine
Imavov at UFC
289.
“The Motion Man” suffered a big lower close to his proper eye
following a conflict of heads together with his opponent within the second spherical of
their preliminary bout in Vancouver on Saturday. After a short
pause, it was decided that Curtis couldn’t proceed and the
struggle was dominated a no contest on the 3:04 mark of Spherical 2.
Curtis later revealed the extent of his accidents on social
media.
“[Ten] stitches and a potential corneal abrasion,” Curtis wrote on
Twitter. “In 40 fights I’ve by no means not been capable of proceed. I am
genuinely sorry guys. I actually needed to do one thing particular for
Canada. I will be again guys.”
10 stitches and a potential Corneal Abrasion.
In 40 fights I’ve by no means not been capable of proceed. I am genuinely
sorry guys. I actually needed to do one thing particular for Canada.
I will be again guys. pic.twitter.com/T8W2luL32d— Chris Curtis The Motion Man (@Actionman513)
June 11, 2023
It was the second consecutive struggle for Curtis wherein a conflict of
heads altered the course of the bout. At UFC 287, Kelvin
Gastelum practically completed their struggle following the collision in
Spherical 2, although Curtis would in the end go on to lose a unanimous
choice. At UFC 289, Curtis needed extra time to get better however wasn’t
provided that choice by referee Jason Herzog.
“So tonight we realized that headbutts and head clashes are handled
in essentially other ways,” Curtis wrote. “There isn’t a
necessary allowance for head clashes. I believed it was the identical
[five] minutes? Study one thing new each day. Regardless I’ve
by no means not been capable of proceed in 40 fights. I’ve been lower, I’ve
been rocked and I’ve been harm in fights. However shedding my imaginative and prescient and
not instantly getting it again is one thing new to me. As a lot as
I wish to struggle on I simply thought I had just a little extra time to let
my eye clear.”
After breakthrough stretch wherein he received eight consecutive fights
— together with three in UFC competitors — from January 2020 to June
2022, Curtis has only one win in his final three promotional
appearances.
