OSAC dismisses Michael Chiesa’s appeal to overturn controversial UFC Fight Night 112 loss according to : MMAjunkie

Controversial or not, Kevin Lee's rear-naked choke finish of Michael Chiesa at UFC Fight Night 112 will stand. Kevin Lee with a submission on Michael Chiesa that we'll be talking about for awhile! The lightweight bout took place at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City on June 25. "But those strikes did not impact the outcome of the bout and I have addressed this mistake with Mr. Yamasaki."For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 112, check out the MMA Events section of the site. The lightweight was very vocal in his outrage with the ref's stoppage from the get-go, claiming he was never unconscious and was still defending himself.




UFC officials today announced the contest will take place at UFC Fight Night 115 in de Randamie's home nation of the Netherlands. Former UFC women's featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie (8-3 MMA, 4-1 UFC), returns to 135 pounds in September to face Marion Reneau (7-3-1 MMA, 3-2-1 UFC). Meanwhile, Reneau returns to action for the first time since a March majority draw with Bethe Correia at UFC Fight Night 106 in Brazil. UFC Fight Night 115 now includes:Stefan Struve vs. Alexander VolkovGermaine de Randamie vs. Marion ReneauDesmond Green vs. Rustam KhabilovMarcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Saparbek SafarovAbu Azaitar vs. Siyar BahadurzadaFrancimar Barroso vs. Aleksandar RakicAbdul-Kerim Edilov vs. Bojan MihajlovicIslam Makhachev vs. Michel PrazeresBryan Barberena vs. Leon EdwardsFor more on UFC Fight Night 115, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site. Featuring a heavyweight matchup of Stefan Struve vs. Alexander Volkov in the main event, UFC Fight Night 155 takes place Sept. 2 at Ahoy Rotterdam.

Oklahoma Commission Denies Michael Chiesa's Appeal of UFC Fight Night 112 Defeat

The Oklahoma State Athletic Commission has dismissed Michael Chiesa 's appeal of his UFC Fight Night 112 submission loss to Kevin Lee Lee defeated Chiesa via rear-naked choke 4:37 into the opening round of their headlining lightweight bout in Oklahoma City on June 25. At the time, Chiesa neither tapped nor appeared to be rendered unconscious when referee Mario Yamasaki elected to halt the bout. While Miller acknowledged that the blows were illegal, he claimed they "did not impact the outcome of the bout." "Maverick" claimed that "referee error" led to an early stoppage and that he was still defending the maneuver.OSAC executive director Joe Miller released a statement explaining the commission's decision to deny Chiesa an appeal hearing. At that point, he was in perfect position and acted to what he was seeing."Chiesa's appeal letter also mentioned that Yamasaki allowed Lee to land illegal downward elbows from back mount at the 3:46 mark of round one.


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