‘I Wasn’t Supposed to Be Here Anyway’

Joe Pyfer’s response to his loss at
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February 11, 2024

Joe
Pyfer has come a great distance since badly dislocating his elbow on

Dana White’s Contender Collection in August 2020.

Pyfer recovered from that damage to creator a five-bout successful
streak that included three finishes in
UFC competitors, a run that led to him to a headlining spot
reverse Jack
Hermansson at
UFC Combat Evening 236 on Saturday evening. Counting on a stiff jab,
more and more efficient leg kicks and a strong gasoline tank, Hermansson
derailed Pyfer’s momentum with a unanimous choice triumph on the
UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The tide actually started to show in Spherical 3, when “The Joker” rocked
his opponent with a tough jab. Pyfer admitted that he was by no means ready
to totally recuperate from that time ahead.

“I’m OK, regardless of how my face seems,” Pyfer mentioned in a video on his
Instagram tales. “I wasn’t rocked. I bought punched within the eyeball —
couldn’t see. I did a very good job on the calf [kicks]. However I really feel like
the attention, after I misplaced imaginative and prescient, I fell that spherical. I misplaced that spherical
and simply couldn’t get it again, and he did a very good job on the
calf.”

Whereas the UFC put the vast majority of its promotional power behind
Pyfer main as much as the bout, the Pennsylvania native was additionally
defiant within the face of defeat.

“To all my haters, suck a fats d—ok. I wasn’t purported to be right here
anyway,” he mentioned. “I give it 100% each time. We’ll make
changes and we’ll come again. Thanks to all my sponsors,
thanks to everyone who helps me, and yeah – good job, Jack.”