LAS VEGAS – Bryan Battle exits UFC Fight Night 239 with a mix of emotions, but none make him feel anything less than a winner despite a no contest ruling. In Saturday’s co-main event, Battle (10-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) thumbed opponent Ange Loosa (10-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) in the eye at the UFC Apex. After a timeout, Loosa said he could not see and the fight was waved off. Bruce Buffer read the no contest ruling, and then the two fighters were separated after Battle called out Loosa – an energy he carried into his post-fight news conference. Battle thinks Loosa exaggerated the eye poke’s damage to avoid a loss. “What triggered the argument is that I looked at him and called him a p*ssy,” Battle told MMA Junkie and other reporters.
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