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You
\nknow you’re at an MMA fight when a woman in the crowd is catcalling a
\nfighter who is writhing in pain on the ground. Nik Lentz was on the
\nreceiving end of two vicious boots to the groin but there wasn’t much
\nmercy from the angry woman or Thiago Tavares. The Brazilian was super
\naggressive down the stretch blasting away at Lentz. It was all for
\nnaught because he had a point taken away on the second low blow. It
\ncosts him the fight, scored a majority draw, 28-28, 28-28 and 27-29. <\/p>\n
Lentz
\nsaid in the cage he thought Tavares kicked him in the groin on purpose.
\nThe second low blow left Lentz prone on the ground for three minutes at
\nthe start of the third round. That’s when the lovely lady seated just
\nbehind the media section began ripping Lentz.<\/p>\n
"The second time it was a full blown thai kick right to the nuts. It wouldn’t have been that bad but if you can break a steel cup?" said
\nLentz. "I have a crack down the middle of it. He did it on purpose. It was ridiculous. I would fight him
\nagain but I know he wouldn’t do it."\n<\/p>\n
Lentz also mentioned some first round numbness in his hand, saying he might have fractured the hand. <\/p>\n
STORY DOWNS LENNOX IN FIGHT OF THE NIGHT CANDIDATE<\/strong><\/p>\n Jesse Lennox is one tough dude. He took a beating at the hands Rick Story. "I was surprised. I was expecting him to go for more takedowns. I was a little bit taller than him and I had a little bit more reach. It’s the way I wanted it to go."<\/p>\n Story (9-3, 2-1 UFC) was effective throughout with body kicks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You know you’re at an MMA fight when a woman in the crowd is catcalling a fighter who is writhing in pain on the ground. Nik Lentz was on the receiving end of two vicious boots to the groin but there wasn’t much mercy from the angry woman or Thiago Tavares. The Brazilian was super […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4012,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4012"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nStory was the crisper striker throughout and worked effectively on the
\nground in the second nearly locking on a kimura. Lennox was competitive
\nthroughout but judge Eric Colon saw a different fight giving him "The Ox"
\nthe nod 29-28. The other two judges had it 30-27, awarding Story a split
\ndecision victory.<\/p>\n