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10th December 2017
09:35pm GMT

"I'm thinking he pulled a finger and did small joint manipulation, which is illegal in MMA. You cannot grab the fingers and bend them backwards. That sounds like he might have done... is that what happened?"As it turned out, Knight actually bit his opponent's finger. Once referee received confirmation of what went down, he immediately took one point off the American. https://twitter.com/UFCONFOX/status/939725447935361029 In the post-fight press conference, Benitez explained that he harboured no ill will towards Knight over the foul. In his eyes, it's just a hazard of the sport and he firmly believes that Knight did not do it intentionally.
"No, because in this sport everything happens. It's just a mistake. I don't have any hard feelings to him. It's just the sport."Scoring the biggest win of his career may have numbed the pain a little. It's a pity that ref wasn't in the cage for Norman Parke's first fight against KSW champion Mateusz Gamrot. Had the Polish lightweight been deducted a point for his finger-biting incident, the fight would have finished as a draw which would have spared the Northern Irishman another controversial entry in his loss column. https://twitter.com/Grabaka_Hitman/status/922143944028442626 Very big of him.
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