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Farah Hannoun

Eye-poke controversy or not, Ray Longo happy with Chris Weidman’s performance at UFC on ESPN 54

Ray Longo is proud of Chris Weidman regardless of the controversy surrounding his fight at UFC on ESPN 54.

Weidman’s win over Bruno Silva this past Saturday was initially ruled a third-round TKO before getting overturned to a unanimous decision. The finish was immediately called into question after a slow-motion replay showed Weidman poking Silva in both eyes before setting up the fight-ending sequence.

Longo admits he was worried about the outcome after Weidman (16-7 MMA, 12-7 UFC) committed repeated unintentional fouls, but he thought the former UFC middleweight champion was en route to winning anyway.

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