Joe Pyfer argues his initial defeat in the UFC wasn`t a genuine `fraud check,` suggesting fans should rather consider someone like Bo Nickal for that label.
Last February, Jack Hermansson gave Pyfer his first loss in the octagon, leading many fans to quickly label it a ‘fraud check.’ Pyfer, however, contends the loss wasn`t significant enough to deserve that description.
Instead, he points to Nickal`s definitive knockout loss against Reinier De Ridder as a more fitting example of a true ‘fraud check.’
Pyfer Compares His Loss to Bo Nickal`s `Fraud Check`
Following his first UFC loss last year, Joe Pyfer knows what it`s like for fans to call a performance a ‘fraud check’. But having since secured a win, he feels his bout against Hermansson deserves more credit.
“That was my first major event, my first significant test, and I wasn`t at 100% going into it,” Pyfer stated at the UFC 316 Media Day. “I had some issues, and it wasn`t my peak performance.”
“But I wasn`t severely rocked, dropped, or submitted; I wasn`t ‘fraud checked,’” he argued. “Let`s reconsider the definition of ‘fraud checked.’ If anyone was truly ‘fraud checked,’ it was Bo Nickal, who was finished in his first loss. My loss was a split decision, essentially three rounds to two, so that`s the reality.”
Pyfer Addresses Controversial Comments About Mexico Before Gastelum Fight at UFC 316
Joe Pyfer faced significant online backlash after withdrawing from his scheduled fight with Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Mexico City in March. He is now responding directly to critics, reaffirming his negative views on competing and spending time in Mexico.
“I`ve never had to withdraw from a fight before,” he explained. “It was incredibly upsetting to see comments like ‘I hope the cartel kills you,’ ‘we hope your plane crashes,’ ‘you`re a coward,’ or ‘we hope you die from whatever caused it.’”
“My reaction was essentially ‘go [expletive] yourselves,’” he stated, explaining his previous comments that ‘Mexico is a [expletive] hole’ and he would never return or fight there. “The people themselves were nice, I have no issue with them, but competing there as a professional athlete makes absolutely no [expletive] sense to me.
“That`s simply my personal opinion,” he continued, “and everyone claims to support free speech until someone actually uses it, then they try to censor you or call you racist. Honestly, think whatever [expletive] you want, I don`t [expletive] care.”
He cited incidents like his coaches and a teammate being stopped by police who allegedly attempted to extort money they didn`t have, adding, “Like, seriously, come on.”
“We need to discuss [expletive] reasons why someone might argue it`s not the best country,” he stated, controversially concluding by referencing the number of people who have “[expletive] crossed the border over the years” as justification for his view.
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