{"id":122673,"date":"2014-12-14T08:38:50","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T16:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=122673"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:04:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:04:37","slug":"moraga-gates-controversial-punch-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/moraga-gates-controversial-punch-fault\/","title":{"rendered":"Moraga on Gates controversial punch: &#8220;It was my fault&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/ufc-fox-13-results-moraga-v-gates\/john-moraga-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-122594\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/John-Moraga.png\" alt=\"John Moraga\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-122594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/John-Moraga.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/John-Moraga-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/John-Moraga-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the prelims of UFC on FOX 13 yesterday, fight fans witnessed something that&#8217;s seldom, if ever, seen inside the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>John Moraga was hit with an unintentional low-blow from Willie Gates.  Referee Jason Herzog gave Moraga a chance to recover, however Moraga chose to continue fighting.  Shortly after, Moraga gestured to his cup again, suggesting that he had once again been hit below the belt.  Jason Herzog didn&#8217;t see the hit, and told the fighters to keep fighting.  Moraga turned to discuss the blow with Herzog, at which point Gates landed a hard punch that dropped Moraga.<\/p>\n<p>Many fight fans can see the blow both ways.  The referee never stopped the fight, which made Willie Gates blow perfectly legal, however John Moraga believes it was &#8220;a bitch move&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>His words:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt was my fault, I guess, but that was a b-tch move.  I\u2019m the type of fighter, I don\u2019t need to cheat. I\u2019m not saying it was cheating, but I\u2019d rather beat you like a man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI totally forgot about it during the fight, once I got on top \u2013 I just wanted to elbow him, but as the fight went on, I had forgotten all about it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Moraga was asked if Gates apologized after the bout, to which he responded:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNo, (he didn\u2019t apologize) I messed up, I guess. I don\u2019t really remember exactly what happened. I think me and him had a few words, and he kind of looked at me like I was crying about nothing, and I was like, \u2018Dude, you kicked me right in the (groin),\u2019 you know?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; via <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/12\/john-moraga-on-perceived-willie-gates-cheap-shot-id-rather-beat-you-like-a-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the prelims of UFC on FOX 13 yesterday, fight fans witnessed something that&#8217;s seldom, if ever, seen inside the Octagon. John Moraga was hit with an unintentional low-blow from Willie Gates. Referee Jason Herzog gave Moraga a chance to recover, however Moraga chose to continue fighting. 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