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24th April 2022
03:51pm BST

"Here's the question. Dean Barry was the better fighter, up to that point. But I guess we cannot base our decision prior to what was happening before the foul. "But it wasn't just once. There were three fouls. Early on, [the ref] warned Barry - 'Let's me careful and let's keep them up'. Then we had the low blow and then [the eye poke]."https://twitter.com/UFCEurope/status/1517991581030170624 Following the fight, Dean Barry took to Instagram to share some thoughts on a UFC debut that went badly awry. 'Had a lot of fun out there and dominated the fight,' he wrote.
'I felt a bit all over the place at first with the nerves, but I got to experience something most only dream of and I’m only doing MMA four years! 'Sorry Mike for the accidental eye poke. It wasn’t one bit intentional at all, brother, and I wish you well. I’m feeling good just a little upset and frustrated. At most, it should have been a No Contest, but this happens. 'Again my apologies for the eye poke never meant it to happen. I was seconds away from finishing the fight. On to the next one. Time for my right weight division. I got the UFC jitters out of the way now and I’m excited to get out again.'https://www.instagram.com/p/CctzFIHpJmy/ In an earlier post, Barry stated he was "smoking" Jackson when the eye poke occurred. He would like to go back and fight again in the UFC at lightweight, in his next outing.
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