There were many people horrified by Mario Yamasaki’s delayed stoppage in the UFC Fight Night 125 co-main event between Valentina Shevchenko and Priscila Cachoeira. UFC President Dana White might be chief among them.

Shevchenko (15-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) made a successful UFC flyweight debut on Saturday when she beat Cachoeira (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) by second-round submission. The outcome was inevitable from the opening bell, and there were multiple instances in which Yamasaki could have stepped in before “Bullet” locked in the rear-naked choke.

The MMA community expressed outrage at Yamasaki during and after the fight. White took to social media as well to voice his displeasure and made a bold statement about Yamasaki’s future (via <a href="

Priscilla Cachoeira, you showed so much heart and toughness in that fight. I’m honored to have you fight in the UFC. Unfortunately the ref is there to protect you and Mario DID NOT do that. This isn’t his first disgusting performance in the octagon. Another unfortunate thing is that i can’t do anything about I️t only the Brazilian commission can and i am hoping after this scary, incompetent showing he hopefully will never set foot in that Octagon again. Strikes landed was 230-3.

White also took the Instagram comments section to respond to criticisms about matchmaking a former title challenger against a promotional newcomer.

For the MORONS says it’s her UFC debut……it’s the entire divisions debut. There will be Fights like this until the entire division starts to weed out who belongs and who doesn’t. That’s why u need good officials who stop fights when they need to be stopped!!!!!!

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