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King Inexperienced ‘not accomplished’ after brutal wheel kick KO loss at UFC 313

King Green is taking his knockout loss to Mauricio Ruffy at UFC 313 in stride. The longtime fighter ended up on the wrong end of the early Knockout of the Year frontrunner Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas when Ruffy (12-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) unleashed a vicious spinning wheel kick that instantly floored Green

King Inexperienced ‘not accomplished’ after brutal wheel kick KO loss at UFC 313


King Green is taking his knockout loss to Mauricio Ruffy at UFC 313 in stride.

The longtime fighter ended up on the flawed finish of the early Knockout of the Year frontrunner Saturday at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas when Ruffy (12-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) unleashed a vicious spinning wheel kick that immediately floored Inexperienced (32-17-1 MMA, 13-12-1 UFC) within the first spherical.

It was a spectacular and surprising finish to the light-weight bout, which opened the pay-per-view most important card. The end went viral and was No. 2 on ESPN SportsCenter’s Prime 10, and because the defeated fighter, it may be a tough tablet to swallow.

Inexperienced, nonetheless, was nothing however gracious in defeat.

“That is the sport we play,” Inexperienced stated on Instagram Stories after UFC 313. “There’s wins, there’s losses. It’s simply the way it goes, ? Shout out to Ruffy. You probably did your factor, brother. I’d prefer to see you’ve gotten success in your future. Obrigado.”

With the defeat, Inexperienced has misplaced three of his previous 4 and is 3-3 in his previous six relationship again to a submission of Tony Ferguson at UFC 291 in July 2023. He’s additionally notched wins over Grant Dawson and Jim Miller, however within the losses throughout that stretch was completed in Spherical 1 by Jalin Turner, Paddy Pimblett and Ruffy.

The 38-year-old has been an energetic fighter since his January 2008 debut, and is one among only a handful of athletes on the UFC roster with greater than 50 skilled bouts.

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Inexperienced is displaying most of the traits of a fighter trending towards the top of their profession, however he was definitive that this loss gained’t be his finish level.

“Shout out to everybody that rides with me and got here by way of this complete factor,” Inexperienced stated. “I like all you guys. I thanks a lot for supporting me by way of all this bullsh*t. However we’re not accomplished. I simply want some extra time to get myself again to the cage. We’ll be again.”

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