Kennedy Nzechukwu wasn’t supposed to headline UFC Fight Night 215, but when Derrick Lewis pulled out of the event on fight day, he made the most of his makeshift opportunity against Ion Cutelaba.
After a rough start to the light heavyweight headliner at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nzechukwu (11-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) stormed back in the second round to hurt and earned the TKO of Cutelaba (16-9-1 MMA, 5-8-1 UFC).
Check below for the top Twitter reactions to Nzechukwu’s victory over Cutelaba at UFC Fight Night 215.
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MMA Junkie
It's time! The makeshift #UFCVegas65 headliner is on deck as Kennedy Nzechukwu clashes with Ion Cutelaba.
Results, play-by-play: https://t.co/YrvVUb6hYY pic.twitter.com/bebpvg9ORQ
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) November 19, 2022
Nick Kalikas
#UFCFightNight Main Event Closing Betting Odds via @CircaSports
Kennedy Nzechukwu -180
Ion Cutelaba +155@UFC | @ESPNPlus | #UFCVegas65 💰— Nick Kalikas (@FightOdds) November 19, 2022
UFC
Gloves touched & away we go! pic.twitter.com/28x2RGBFkE
— UFC (@ufc) November 19, 2022
Bloody Elbow
Big overhands early from Cutelaba and Nzechukwu is hurt early. Cutelaba drives for a takedown and hulks Nzechukwu to the mat. Nzechukwu up fast but eats a heavy uppercut. #UFCVegas65
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) November 19, 2022
Tommy Toe Hold
The takedown right into mount, that shit used to happen to me in Undisputed Online all the time.
— Tommy Toe Hold (@TommyToeHold) November 19, 2022
Bloody Elbow
Nzechuwku escapes to get on the bodylock in the scramble as both men are standing in the clinch. Nzechuwku searching hard for his own takedown before the end of the round. #UFCVegas65
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) November 19, 2022
Sherdog
A good opening round for Cutelaba. #UFCVegas65
— Sherdog (@sherdogdotcom) November 19, 2022
Caposa
Holy shit how did Cutelaba eat that knee
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) November 19, 2022
Kevin Iole
Nzechukwu with a great finish and gets 2nd round stoppage of Cutelaba. Seems like when he got kicked in the privates got him fired up. What a finish!
— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) November 19, 2022
Belal Muhammad
Wooow the comeback kid
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) November 19, 2022
Brian Kelleher
Damn that guy woke up! And I say “that guy” because I don’t want to type his last name #UFCVegas65
— Brian BOOM Kelleher (@brianboom135) November 19, 2022
Aaron Bronsteter
Kennedy Nzechukwu is such a momentum fighter. It doesn't matter if he's down in a fight, he's never out.
Brilliant strategy to throw the knees knowing that Cutelaba would want to take him down once he started to fatigue.
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) November 19, 2022
Ariel Helwani
Cutelaba had, what, 10-15 more seconds to survive that than Izzy last week? He was out long before it was stopped. Great win for Kennedy.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) November 19, 2022
UFC
That's how you make the most of your first UFC main event 😤 #UFCVegas65 pic.twitter.com/Y8jIH14QXf
— UFC (@ufc) November 19, 2022
Merab Dvalishvili
Wow What a come back by Nzechukwu #UFCVegas63
— Merab “The Machine” Dvalishvili (@MerabDvalishvil) November 19, 2022
Terrance McKinney
Nzechukwu gave us a beautiful finish for the last minute main event 🔥🔥 what a dog
— Terrance ‘T Wrecks’ McKinney (@twrecks155) November 19, 2022
Nolan King
Awesome fight IQ by Kennedy Nzechukwu not to allow the foul timeout to take place. He knew it'd give Ion Cutelaba time to regroup. Smart. #UFCVegas65
— Nolan King (@mma_kings) November 19, 2022
Charles Rosa
Impressive #UFCVegas65
— Charles Rosa (@CharlesRosaMMA) November 19, 2022
ESPN MMA
WHAT A COMEBACK WIN FOR KENNEDY NZECHUKWU 🤯 #UFCVegas65 pic.twitter.com/F4javhLOgZ
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) November 19, 2022
