"Give him an oscar" - Fans cut no slack as injured Chris Curtis argues with referee over No Contest at UFC 289

Middleweight prospects Chris Curtis and Nassourdine Imavov met a featured prelims clash at UFC 289 on Saturday.While Curtis came out as the early aggressor with leg kicks, Imavov didn't take long to take the fight to the ground, even mixing in a previously unseen striking game. 'Action-Man' barely got the chance to land any significant damage as he appeared to be mostly surviving against the Frenchman's dominant wrestling.Imavov came out pressurizing in the second round and was looking to close the distance before the fight met with an unfortunate ending. An accidental clash of heads sent Curtis down, leaving him with profusely bleeding near the right eye.Watch the sequence below:Takedown Defense@ChillemThreeboNassourdine Imavov vs. Chris Curtis is ruled a No Contest after an accidental clash of heads leaves Curtis unable to continue314Nassourdine Imavov vs. Chris Curtis is ruled a No Contest after an accidental clash of heads leaves Curtis unable to continue https://t.co/tzD9x7kqexUFC@ufcChris Curtis was pleading for the fight to continue. Warrior. #UFC2892078137Chris Curtis was pleading for the fight to continue. Warrior. #UFC289 https://t.co/SQjCfuZAqIWhile the cageside doctor said that Curtis' eye was fine, 'Action-Man' claimed to be unable to open it. However, Chris Curtis continued to plead with referee Jason Herzog to give him some extra time to recover.Herzog allowed 'Action-Man' a few minutes before deeming him unable to continue, leading to an anti-climactic no contest. Curtis was also on the receiving end of a similar accidental headbutt in his last fight against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 287 in April.Fans rip into Chris Curtis despite eye injury no contest at UFC 289While we do not know about Chris Curtis' vision, 'Action-Man' was undeniably bleeding near his right eye after the accidental headbutt with Nassourdine Imavov. However, fans aren't cutting 'Action-Man' any slack, refusing to buy the story of him wanting to continue against all odds.Many believe the accidental clash of heads came as a relief to Curtis in a fight he appeared to be losing up to that point. According to fans, 'Action-Man' wouldn't have mentioned his eye injury after the doctor gave him a green flag if the Xtreme Couture representative really wanted to continue.Check out some comments below:&quot;If he really wanted to stay in, he wouldn’t have said I can’t see. Simple as that. He was getting busted by Imavov &amp; took the easy way out while pretending to wanna keep fighting. We see it.&quot;&quot;give him an oscar&quot;&quot;Got his golden chance to escape!!! What a coward!&quot;&quot;I know it was accidental but if you gonna walk around yelling “ I can’t see!” More than once, what did you expect the officials to do&quot;Pauli.♤@MMAPauliIf he really wanted to stay in, he wouldn’t have said I can’t see. Simple as that. He was getting busted by Imavov &amp; took the easy way out while pretending to wanna keep fighting. We see it.18324If he really wanted to stay in, he wouldn’t have said I can’t see. Simple as that. He was getting busted by Imavov &amp; took the easy way out while pretending to wanna keep fighting. We see it.Yann 🇨🇦@F1Yann@ufc give him an oscar702@ufc give him an oscarRami J.Sartawi@ramisartawi@ufc Got his golden chance to escape!!! What a coward!56@ufc Got his golden chance to escape!!! What a coward!TThat_Guyy@GuyyTthat@ufc I know it was accidental but if you gonna walk around yelling “ I can’t see!” More than once, what did you expect the officials to do241@ufc I know it was accidental but if you gonna walk around yelling “ I can’t see!” More than once, what did you expect the officials to doWy 🇿🇦@zydxp@MMAJunkie Chris Curtis twitter rant incoming11@MMAJunkie Chris Curtis twitter rant incomingBlacob Watto@blakewatto16@MMAJunkie Pay Imavov surely @danawhite2@MMAJunkie Pay Imavov surely @danawhiteblack@black666_____@MMAJunkie You can tell right away from Curtis body language while the fight was stopped he was not going back out to fight. You knew the fight was getting called off1@MMAJunkie You can tell right away from Curtis body language while the fight was stopped he was not going back out to fight. You knew the fight was getting called offmaad money@chooseviolent@MMAJunkie He was complaining &quot;it hurts I can't see, I can't go on&quot;. Then they end the fight and he's like &quot;what!? That's an outage!&quot;. He knows exactly what he's doing.. he knew he was losing this fight3@MMAJunkie He was complaining &quot;it hurts I can't see, I can't go on&quot;. Then they end the fight and he's like &quot;what!? That's an outage!&quot;. He knows exactly what he's doing.. he knew he was losing this fightKyle Anthony's UFC Betting@KyleAnthonyUFC@ufc33@ufc https://t.co/yjp6d7ILidFARHAN@lamFarhan@ufc99@ufc https://t.co/fUtQX6A1T3Kowloon City@MidnightRavers_@espnmma Cut him6@espnmma Cut himDoctor MMA@FightDoctor_@espnmma Just proved why khabib is the goat . He would have easily kept fighting . Pathetic ..121@espnmma Just proved why khabib is the goat . He would have easily kept fighting . Pathetic ..Rami J.Sartawi@ramisartawi@UFCEurope Come one! Not worth the stoppage!!, he was clearly acting as it was his chance to escape!! What an actor. Shame1@UFCEurope Come one! Not worth the stoppage!!, he was clearly acting as it was his chance to escape!! What an actor. Shamecalebmarshall.eth@calebmarshalls@ufc @JasonHerzogMMA is the man.10@ufc @JasonHerzogMMA is the man.Derek Brunson@DerekBrunsonCurtis thought he was in bloodsport for a minute , out there trying to fight with no vision #UFC289441Curtis thought he was in bloodsport for a minute , out there trying to fight with no vision 😂😂😂 #UFC289

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