With a couple of first-round knockout wins, Alessio Di Chirico and Li Jingliang started out 2021 with the right foot at UFC FIGHT ISLAND 7. After respectively defeating Joaquin Buckley and Santiago Ponzinibbio, the underdogs proved their worth in the first card of the year. On Twitter, pro fighters reacted to the finishes.
Ponzinibbio vs. Jingliang
This could be Fight of the night.
— michael (@bisping) January 16, 2021
Is Li way smaller or is it angles? Ponzi looks big #UFCFightIsland7
— Niko Price (@Nikohybridprice) January 16, 2021
OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was NICE! #UFCFightIsland7
— Mike Jackson, Esq. (@TheTruthJackson) January 16, 2021
Wow
— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) January 16, 2021
Wow underdogs killing today
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) January 16, 2021
If you picked the underdogs for today’s fights . You came up today #UFCFightIsland7
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) January 16, 2021
Size doesn’t matter #UFCFightIsland7
— Niko Price (@Nikohybridprice) January 16, 2021
Soooooo, it’s a night of upsets I guess. ♂️
— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) January 16, 2021
Three 1st rnd KOs to start the first main card of the year…
This is insane!!!!! #UFCFightIsland7
— Megan Anderson (@MeganA_mma) January 16, 2021
Man you gotta feel bad for Ponzinibio after 2 years off struggling, finally coming back and boom life is hard sometimes #UFCFightIsland7
— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) January 16, 2021
Knock out into side control.
— Sean O’Malley (@SugaSeanMMA) January 16, 2021
Di Chirico vs. Buckley
Give em hell son! Birthed you into the game. #UFCFightIsland7 #ufc #bucko
— Kevin Holland (@Trailblaze2top) January 16, 2021
Nice head kick #UFCFightIsland7
— Mike Grundy (@MGWRESTLING) January 16, 2021
what a Ko
— Chito Vera (@chitoveraUFC) January 16, 2021
Alessio showing he belongs in this octagon. Wow!! #UFCFightIsland7
— Julian marquez (@JMarquezMMA) January 16, 2021
Holy moly! #UFCFightIsland7
— Dan Hardy (@danhardymma) January 16, 2021
Didnt see that happening! @ufc
— Myles Jury (@FuryJury) January 16, 2021
Oh my lord #UFCFightIsland7
— Niko Price (@Nikohybridprice) January 16, 2021
While I did predict Buckley to win on @AnikFlorianPod I also said to watch out for a dangerous Di Chirico in round 1. Another round 1 KO.
— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) January 16, 2021
What a kick! @ManzoDiChirico
— Makhmud Muradov (@MakhmudMuradov) January 16, 2021
That’s the life of a hunter, sometimes you get the big buck, and sometimes that big buck can get you. #UFCFightIsland
— Will Brooks (@ILLxWillBrooks) January 16, 2021
Gonzaga vs Cro Cop type of Knockout. Congrats my man! @ManzoDiChirico
— Siyar Bahadurzada (@Siyarized) January 16, 2021
About the author
