Lightweight contender Beneil Dariush faced the debuting Alexander Hernandez at UFC 222. Hernandez was serving as a late replacement for Dariush’s original opponent Bobby Green. Alex would shock the world with a first-round knockout victory over the ranked Dariush. But many felt the result was tainted by an alleged fake glove touch at the beginning of the fight by Hernandez. He would defend himself in an Ariel Helwani interview after the fight saying he wanted to start aggressive by charging Beneil, and that he also gauges distance with his arms. #ufc #beneildariush #shorts #alexanderhernandez
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Even if alex is a prick this was not a dirty move you can see him running at him haha
To be fair he didnt fake a glove touch. It never looked like he was going for one. Also they touch gloves before the fight if theyre gonna do it. Cerrone still humbled him big time though
Proof that beneil is not top contender
After watching all these weird interactions where one guy wants to touch n gets faked I say no more glove touch IN THE FIRST ROUND. Y’all just touched gloves during the face off. Y’all can touch from 2nd round on. 😊
What a coward
Widows of your soul …. my god frightening
Only time he looked good and it was still dirty
He Didnt fake anything, he literally just charged at him from the start.
I’m glad his career went south fast
No offense to dariush but he did that shit late asf and the dude was already running at him 😂 he dumb
Damn, The white looking dude is Hernandez? I though the dude that got knocked out was Hernandez.
Its literally not a requirement in the rules to tap gloves before the first punch. He did it right. Win as fast as possible
He was a dick but what he did here was valid
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Cowboy put this asshole in his place!
All anyone remembers about this guy is Cowboy pummeling him. Dariush is a better fighter by miles
"Fake" implies that he held his hand out for the tap, and then withdrew it. He never did. This was clean.
He didn’t fake the tap at all what Khamzat did was fake the tap
Jorge kind of did the same with Ben.
Oldman cerrone schooled this boy hard.
Now I gotta go watch the Cerrone fight.
This was his first ufc fight. I think he was just so focused on the fight that he wasn’t thinking about the glove tap. So I don’t think he was trying to be dirty.
Dariush would smoke him now.
That dude got smoked by cowboy
That guy was a straight up loser. Little girl disrespects that guy then loses anyways