Kevin Holland vs Kyle Daukaus may have been ruled no contest due to a clash of heads, but one of the fighters in the Octagon believes he lost fair and square.
In the post-fight press conference, Holland revealed that he counts the fight as a loss, even if his record says otherwise.
UFC: Kevin Holland Believes Kyle Daukaus Defeated Him: “As far as I’m concerned, he knocked me out and choked me out in one fight”
“I never thought about a no-contest. I’m not that type of person. As far as I’m concerned, he knocked me out and choked me out in one fight. If it was a street fight, he would have got the job done. I mean kung-fu first, defend yourself at all times. I didn’t defend myself from the headbutt, that’s my fault.”
Kevin Holland slumped to the canvas after he and Kyle Daukaus smashed their heads into one another, after which Daukaus quickly started looking for a submission. Although Holland managed to escape and try to fight back, he was clearly dazed from the head collision, and eventually tapped to a vicious rear naked choke. Afterwards, referee Dan Miragliotta declared the fight a no contest due to the clash of heads, which led directly to the choke.
Holland conceded that he’d been out thanks to the head collision, as his memory goes from standing and trading blows to suddenly feeling “a motherf*cker” on his back.
“I believe [I was knocked out] because I know for f*cking sure I didn’t get taken down. All of a sudden I feel a motherf*cker on my back, so yeah, had to be flash [knocked out] for a second.
I felt myself a little dizzy on the ground. I felt a little harder to breathe in the choking situation. I figured I was pretty f*cked up in that situation.”
To his credit, in the Octagon Holland immediately told Daukaus he wanted to run the fight again. He reiterated this point at the press conference.
“I want to run it back. I want to run it back right now. I want to run it back on anybody that’s ever got the better advantage of me.
We’re going to fight again. He wants to wait until after his brother’s fight [against Derrick Lewis on Dec. 18]. I want to fight on the same card as his brother. It’s funny how that works out. That’s what we said in the back. It’s in their court. I’m that type of guy. I feel like he did a good job. He did what he’s supposed to do. So ball’s in his court until the ball’s not in his court anymore.”
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