LAS VEGAS – Andre Lima had a strange UFC debut to say the least.
The UFC newcomer won by disqualification this past Saturday at UFC on ESPN 53 after getting bit by his opponent Igor Severino. Yes, that’s correct, Lima (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) was bitten on his arm mid-fight and the referee had no alternative, but to disqualify Severino (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC), giving Lima the win.
“I mean we were exchanging really well, and at that point, he tried to take me down,” Lima said in Portuguese at the UFC on ESPN 53 post-fight press conference recalling the moment he was bitten. “I went down, but I got back up, and as I was getting up I yelled because I felt pain, a very sharp pain, and I really thought that the fence had gotten into me. I thought that’s what happened.