Multiple fighters weighed in after Martin Buday was awarded victory despite hitting Chris Barnett with an illegal blow at UFC Vegas 51.<\/p>\n
Barnett (1-2 UFC) was returning to action this evening for the first time since scoring a spinning wheel kick KO against Gian Villante <\/a>at UFC 268.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Martin Buday (10-1 MMA) was entering the Octagon<\/a> at UFC Vegas 51 sporting an eight-fight winning streak, his latest being a TKO victory over Lorenzo Hood on Dana White’s Contender Series.<\/p>\n Although many fans and pundits believed Buday would be a tough matchup for Barnett, ‘Beastboy’ planned to prove his doubters wrong by scoring another highlight reel knockout this evening.<\/p>\n \u201cAll I\u2019m gonna say is what I\u2019ve been working on, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if another viral knockout happens again. With this fight, I\u2019ve known about it for a while, I\u2019ve been doing what I need to do,\u201d Chris Barnett told BJPENN.com. \u201cMy camp is going amazing and the big difference between this one and that one is you will be able to see it. I\u2019m not looking for that $50k bonus but with what I\u2019m going to bring, I have a really good feeling it\u2019s going to happen. I\u2019ve been working a lot on hands and stuff and the Taekwondo guy might have a good hand knockout.\u201d<\/p>\n Unfortunately for Chris Barnett things did not go as planned this evening. Martin Buday was able to get the best of him in the opening two rounds and was doing the same in round three before landing an illegal blow that ended the fight. Buday struck Barnett with a downward elbow to the back of the head which left ‘Beastboy’ unfit to continue.<\/p>\n Winner by technical decision, @MartinBudayUFC<\/a> gets the victory tonight at #UFCVegas51<\/a>.<\/p>\n [ Prelims continue LIVE on @ESPNPlus<\/a> ] pic.twitter.com\/BJIqwga1cI<\/a><\/p>\n — UFC (@ufc) April 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n