{"id":40759,"date":"2026-09-29T05:49:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T05:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Dustin-Poirier-calls-out-flop-in-bizarre-TUF-34-Finale-DQ-203005"},"modified":"2026-09-29T05:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T05:49:38","slug":"dustin-poirier-calls-out-flop-in-bizarre-tuf-34-finale-dq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/dustin-poirier-calls-out-flop-in-bizarre-tuf-34-finale-dq\/","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Poirier calls out \u2018flop\u2019 in bizarre TUF 34 Finale DQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dustin-poirier-calls-out-flop-in-bizarre-tuf-34-finale-dq.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p> The bantamweight finale of the latest season of \u201cThe Ultimate<br \/>\nFighter\u201d ended in a disqualification, but <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dustin-Poirier-50529\">Dustin<br \/>\nPoirier<\/a> has questioned the victor\u2019s reaction to the foul.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ilimbek-Akylbek-Uulu-388255\">Ilimbek<br \/>\nAkylbek Uulu<\/a> won the \u201cTUF\u201d 34 championship after <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Mehemmedali-Osmanli-390629\">Mehemmedali<br \/>\nOsmanli<\/a> was disqualified for landing an illegal knee to a<br \/>\ngrounded opponent at 2:19 of the opening round of their clash at<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-289-Barcelos-vs-Rosas-Jr-113789\"><br \/>\nUFC Vegas 121<\/a> at Meta APEX in Las Vegas. Poirier, however,<br \/>\nquestioned Uulu\u2019s reaction to the illegal blow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Dustin Poirier questions Ilimbek Akylbek Uulu\u2019s reaction to<br \/>\nillegal knee<\/h2>\n<p>Poirier discussed the foul that ended the fight alongside <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jorge-Masvidal-7688\">Jorge<br \/>\nMasvidal<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Chris-Weidman-42804\">Chris<br \/>\nWeidman<\/a> on \u201cDeep Water.\u201d On the replay, Uulu appeared to reach<br \/>\nfor Osmanli\u2019s leg before the referee intervened.<\/p>\n<p>Poirier claimed that Uulu\u2019s reaction changed once he realized the<br \/>\nfight was being stopped. The former interim champion and Masvidal<br \/>\nviewed the sequence as an exaggerated response, joking that it was<br \/>\na \u201cflop\u201d and comparing the moment to an awards-show<br \/>\nperformance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere, when he\u2019s about to build up on a single leg, his brain<br \/>\nstarts working and he\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, I just won &#8216;The Ultimate<br \/>\nFighter&#8217; if I flop,\u2019 and he flopped,\u201d Poirier said while reviewing<br \/>\nthe clip. \u201cYeah, come on, this is the Oscars. That\u2019s a flop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Masvidal echoed Poirier\u2019s views, while Weidman did not take a<br \/>\nposition on whether Uulu exaggerated his reaction. Osmanli has also<br \/>\naccused Uulu of exaggerating the effects of the illegal strike.<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"2.4173913043478\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.6478260869565\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Chris-Weidman-42804\">Chris<br \/>\nWeidman<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dustin-Poirier-50529\">Dustin<br \/>\nPoirier<\/a>, and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jorge-Masvidal-7688\">Jorge<br \/>\nMasvidal<\/a> react to Ilimbek Akylbek winning the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/TUF34?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TUF34<\/a><br \/>\nfinale after an illegal knee<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s a flop, bruh.&#8221; <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8daUNUzPUd\">pic.twitter.com\/8daUNUzPUd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UFConParamount\/status\/2104614041289474085?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nSeptember 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bantamweight finale of the latest season of \u201cThe Ultimate Fighter\u201d ended in a disqualification, but Dustin Poirier has questioned the victor\u2019s reaction to the foul. Ilimbek Akylbek Uulu won the \u201cTUF\u201d 34 championship after Mehemmedali Osmanli was disqualified for landing an illegal knee to a grounded opponent at 2:19 of the opening round of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}