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UFC Norfolk looked like one of the best FOX Sports 1 cards of the year on paper, and it delivered on that promise in spades.
Dustin Poirier and Anthony Pettis put on a roller-coaster of a main event to cap off a night of bizarre happenings and utterly violent finishes. In the end, it was Poirier who emerged victorious, winning a bloody affair over Pettis via third-round stoppage due to injury. Check out reaction to his sensational performance below, plus much more from a wild evening at Norfolk’s Ted Constant Convocation Center.
DUSTIN POIRIER DEF. ANTHONY PETTIS
Great fight from Dustin and petis. Shame about the rib injury finish. Well done guys.
— michael (@bisping) November 12, 2017
Damn that sucks. What a shitty way to end an epic fight. Sucks for Pettis. Although the was losing the fight, he was fighting thru like a true warrior!
— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) November 12, 2017
Sucks that it had to end that way. But @DustinPoirier was looking strong though out! Give that man what he wants and deserves @ufc!
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) November 12, 2017
Proud of you @DustinPoirier you earned that win bro! Salute to @Showtimepettis for being a straight G! #UFCnorfolk
— walt harris (@thebigticket205) November 12, 2017
Good job @DustinPoirier !!!#lafayettestandup #kingoflafayette
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) November 12, 2017
Porier wins via lethal mount!
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) November 12, 2017
Pettis is great fighter! But if you put pressure he breaks is a fact look at numbers = RDA, Holloway now Poirier #UFCNorfolk
— GILBERT BURNS (@GilbertDurinho) November 12, 2017
Yall still sleeping on my dude Poirier? #UFCNorfolk
— Matt Schnell (@DANGER_Caged) November 12, 2017
Win, lose or draw I'm with you homie. @Showtimepettis fought hell of a fight and sucks he lost to injury. We bounce back
— Erik Jon Koch (@NEWBREED04) November 12, 2017
Those body triangles are hell on your ribs. #ufcNorfolk
— Scott Holtzman (@HotSauceHoltzy) November 12, 2017
Holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit #UFCNorfolk
— Katlyn Chookagian (@blondefighter) November 12, 2017
@DustinPoirier is IN CHARGE! #UFCNorthfolk
— Ben 10 Nguyen (@Ben10MMA) November 12, 2017
Poirier - Gaethje would be a bloodbath.
— Chase Sherman (@ChaseShermanUFC) November 12, 2017
MATT BROWN DEF. DIEGO SANCHEZ
Did anybody else’s Tv slump/glitch out when @IamTheImmortal KO’d #DiegoSanchez ? #UFCFightNight
— Dennis Bermudez (@MenaceBermudez) November 12, 2017
Show me the fucken ELBOW #UFCNorfolk
— Dan Hangman Hooker (@danthehangman) November 12, 2017
Kinda glad I didn’t have to see that Congrats to Matt Brown on a great career #UFCNorfolk
— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) November 12, 2017
Fuck yeah great beautiful win by Matt Brown!!
— James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) November 12, 2017
Nasty elbow by @IamTheImmortal!!!
— Stipe Miocic (@stipemiocicufc) November 12, 2017
Elbow of death!
— Frankie Saenz (@FrankieSaenz) November 12, 2017
Matt Brown will fight again, it’s a tale as old as time. Guy wants to walk away and then has awesome performance and he stays. Perfect ending Matt, I’d say walk away. You have talked of retirement so it’s too late to stay Brother.
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) November 12, 2017
Matt brown ain’t retiring after that stoppage
— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) November 12, 2017
That immortal elbow will give me nightmares tonight
— Tony Martin (@tmartinmma) November 12, 2017
That should be a no contest. Sanchez got hit by lightning. That’s what messed up the tv! #Thatsmystoryandimstickingtoit #ufcnorfolk
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) November 12, 2017
Fuuuudge!!! I saw the highlight!! My bro Diego will be back as he always does!! Much love my bro @DiegoSanchezUFC
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) November 12, 2017
Fights gonna get over turned. Illegal blow, elbow to the back of the head.
— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) November 12, 2017
I love y'all fans hope you guys liked the fight, what can I say but it hurts to let down the… https://t.co/VeU38ACyT8
— Diego Sanchez UFC (@DiegoSanchezUFC) November 12, 2017
ANDREI ARLOVSKI DEF. JUNIOR ALBINI
That short #UFCNorfolk pic.twitter.com/ggWisN0Epn
— GILBERT BURNS (@GilbertDurinho) November 12, 2017
You can’t be a trend setter if you are willing to look a little ridiculous #UFCNorfolk
— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) November 12, 2017
Albini got some tree trunks.
— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) November 12, 2017
diapers*
— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) November 12, 2017
Nice @reebokbr Diaper for Albini #UFCNorfolk
— GILBERT BURNS (@GilbertDurinho) November 12, 2017
Now I️ know why they call albini “baby”....looks like he’s wearing a fucking diaper.
— Chase Sherman (@ChaseShermanUFC) November 12, 2017
“The Big Baby Diaper!” Brought to you by Reebok! #UFCNorfolk
— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) November 12, 2017
Tommy Pickles
— Chris Wade (@CWadeMMA) November 12, 2017
Get over his shorts FFS.....
— Dan Hangman Hooker (@danthehangman) November 12, 2017
Looks like Arlovski breaks a 5 fight skid! He looked good and didn't seem to get rocked at all! #UFCNorfolk
— Chas Skelly (@ChasSkelly) November 12, 2017
Congrats AA #UFCNorfolk
— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) November 12, 2017
Wow impressive. The best I’ve seen Arlovski look period. Albini is super tough with nice boxing! #UFCNorfolk
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) November 12, 2017
Could not be more happy for anyone, the former champ @AndreiArlovski getting back to winning tonight #ufcNorfolk
— Damien Brown (@beatdown155) November 12, 2017
Feeling bad for but if Arlovski has lost these one he would break a record of consecutive loses in UFC history #UFCNorfolk pic.twitter.com/LtTg316cXp
— GILBERT BURNS (@GilbertDurinho) November 12, 2017
CEZAR FERREIRA DEF. NATE MARQUARDT
Might be a little too late for Nate, but nice elbows by Nate to Ric Flair the Mutant. #UFCNorfolk pic.twitter.com/2cpqwt3vm0
— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) November 12, 2017
That last elbow tho!!! I got Marquardt winning
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) November 12, 2017
Nate deserves that fight. He actually caused damage in the third. #UFCNorfolk
— Matt Schnell (@DANGER_Caged) November 12, 2017
Boa Cezão @cezarmutante pic.twitter.com/QTXzHqyFsW
— GILBERT BURNS (@GilbertDurinho) November 12, 2017
Not sure what's going on, but a lot of Brazilians beefing with one another tonight. #UFCNorfolk
— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) November 12, 2017
Got usada on his arse now everyone wants a piece #UFCNorfolk
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) November 12, 2017
RAPHAEL ASSUNCAO DEF. MATTHEW LOPEZ
This division is stacked!!! #UFCNorfolk Big win and finish for Assuncao.
— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) November 12, 2017
How bout the awareness and control of @RaphaAssuncao!! @ufc
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) November 12, 2017
Pulling that the last hammer fist right before it lands is actually way more gangster than… https://t.co/HkdT0OgDCb
— Sean O'Connell (@realOCsports) November 12, 2017
Awesome performance by @RaphaAssuncao looked great everywhere. And what class to pull that last punch. #impressive #ufc #mma #fight #fightnight
— Jordan Rinaldi (@JordanRinaldi) November 12, 2017
What a performance for @RaphaAssuncao pic.twitter.com/Yq8dShw45s
— GILBERT BURNS (@GilbertDurinho) November 12, 2017
Dadgum #UFCNorfolk
— Matt Schnell (@DANGER_Caged) November 12, 2017
Wow. What a KO. Way to go @RaphaAssuncao #UFCNorfolk
— Scott Holtzman (@HotSauceHoltzy) November 12, 2017
Pulls the punch millimeters away from his face....legend!! #UFCNorfolk
— Alex Volkanovski (@alexvolkanovski) November 12, 2017
Assuncao with a brutal KO. Tattooed inside of the leg of Lopez and then got right hand KO. Wow! #UFCNorfolk
— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) November 12, 2017
Wow beautiful K.O. for RA & what a great show of respect for not landing that extra shot #UFCNorfolk
— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) November 12, 2017
True class move by @RaphaAssuncao holding that last one back. True character shown! #UFCFightNight120
— Chris Weidman (@ChrisWeidmanUFC) November 12, 2017
So much respect with that !
— Chris Weidman (@ChrisWeidmanUFC) November 12, 2017
Great performance @RaphaAssuncao that was an awesome finish!
— Erik Jon Koch (@NEWBREED04) November 12, 2017
CLAY GUIDA DEF. JOE LAUZON
Guida brought that violence tonight. Lawdddddd! #UFCNorfolk
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) November 12, 2017
— Jordan Rinaldi (@JordanRinaldi) November 12, 2017
Wow. Credit to Guida, but the ref let that go way too long. #UFCNorfolk pic.twitter.com/eqIiqrdu3I
— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) November 12, 2017
Dude!!! I was screaming at the tv “Stoooop iiiitttt” !!! Geez! Guides always game! Gotta love him! #UFCNorfolk
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) November 12, 2017
Wow @clayguida savage #UFCNorfolk
— Chito Vera (@chitoveraUFC) November 12, 2017
Nice finish @clayguida looked good.
— Erik Jon Koch (@NEWBREED04) November 12, 2017
Clay Guida is a war horse. #UFCNorfolk
— Matt Schnell (@DANGER_Caged) November 12, 2017
Got to love clay.
— Bonecrusher (@Marc_Diakiese) November 12, 2017
Pay Clay Guida!!!!
— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) November 12, 2017
Make it rain @ufc @clayguida wants that shmoneyyyyyy #UFCNorfolk pic.twitter.com/fYpsKoXZBe
— Bec Rawlings (@RowdyBec) November 12, 2017
Guida with some huge improvements the last couple fights!
— James Krause (@TheJamesKrause) November 12, 2017
PLEASE DONT GO! #UFCNorfolk
Phenomenal post fight speech from @clayguida after a great performance what a fight! #UFCNorfolk
— GILBERT BURNS (@GilbertDurinho) November 12, 2017
Great Promotion work right there for Clay Guida.
— Chase Sherman (@ChaseShermanUFC) November 12, 2017
25 UFC Fights. Incredible achievement.
Hi @clayguida congratulations for your win! The Top 10 is avoiding me, are you ready for a challenge? Whenever you want, let's do it! @ufc @UFCEurope @danawhite @seanshelby #UFCNorfolk #UFC #ReadyForEveryone pic.twitter.com/2FeZ4boOJf
— Mairbek Taisumov (@Taisumov155) November 12, 2017
Props to Clay Guida. No excuses. I had a great camp and was well prepared. He caught me just right and kept the pressure on. Today, I was the nail. #ufcNorfolk @ufc
— Joe Lauzon (@JoeLauzon) November 12, 2017
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