Gavin Tucker’s lopsided loss to Rick Glenn at UFC 215 on Saturday left a lot of those watching upset that he was allowed to continue despite looking like he was badly hurt in the third round.
The third man in the cage was referee Kyle Cardinal, and while he received heavy criticism on social media for not calling off the bout and saving Tucker from further punishment, the fighter himself is refusing to lay any blame on Cardinal.
On Monday, Tucker released a statement on situation in which he absolved Cardinal for allowing the fight to continue:
“I lost on Saturday,” Tucker wrote.