Some expected clarity went right out the window due to an errant digit.
A high-stakes confrontation that could have given rise to the next Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title challenger instead unraveled in an instant, as an accidental Leon Edwards eye poke resulted in a no contest with Belal Muhammad in the UFC Fight Night 187 main event on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Referee Herb Dean called for the stoppage 18 seconds into Round 2 after Muhammad indicated he could not see out of his visibly damaged right eye.