In an impressive comeback win, Kennedy Nzechukwu weathered an early storm from Ion Cutelaba to score a second-round knockout win at UFC Vegas 65. On Twitter professional fighters and journalists reacted to the main event.
Wooow the comeback kid
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) November 19, 2022
Damn that guy woke up! And I say “that guy” because I don’t want to type his last name #UFCVegas65
— Brian BOOM Kelleher (@brianboom135) November 19, 2022
Wow What a come back by Nzechukwu #UFCVegas63
— Merab “The Machine” Dvalishvili (@MerabDvalishvil) November 19, 2022
Nzechukwu gave us a beautiful finish for the last minute main event what a dog
— Terrance ‘T Wrecks’ McKinney (@twrecks155) November 19, 2022
Proud of you my brother. You’re a champ https://t.co/1937ajdDQp
— Ramiz Brahimaj (@170Ramiz) November 19, 2022
Cutelaba had, what, 10-15 more seconds to survive that than Izzy last week? He was out long before it was stopped. Great win for Kennedy.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) November 19, 2022
Impressive #UFCVegas65
— Charles Rosa (@CharlesRosaMMA) November 19, 2022
Awesome fight IQ by Kennedy Nzechukwu not to allow the foul timeout to take place. He knew it’d give Ion Cutelaba time to regroup. Smart. #UFCVegas65
— Nolan King (@mma_kings) November 19, 2022
NZECHUKWU is awesome. Great finish. Really loved his post fight speech. #Humble @ufc
— David Rickels (@TheCaveman316) November 19, 2022
My 85-year-old abuela was hyped watching that finishing sequence.. But got upset when she found out Derrick Lewis fight got pulled lol
— Adrian Yañez (@yanezmma) November 19, 2022
