An MMA fighter won a match by DQ after an eye gouge. He also got kicked in the crotch
- Mike Jackson got kicked "in the dick" during his UFC win over Dean Barry on Saturday.
- Barry also raked/gouged Jackson's eye and got himself disqualified.
LAS VEGAS — Mike Jackson won his UFC match Saturday in an unconventional way after his opponent Dean Barry got disqualified for a nasty-looking eye gouge.
The two welterweights competed in the first fight at the 13-bout card that took place inside the UFC's Apex studio in Las Vegas.
The fight lasted little more than half a round and showcased a lot of Barry's striking, who began the match by swinging a kick to the body.
Barry's striking featured strong single shots before bursts of action.
Not long after the fight started, the referee Chris Tognini had to pause the action because Barry's spinning back kick landed low as it clattered Jackson on the crotch.
"He kicked me right in the dick," Jackson said later on the live ESPN broadcast. "That was a good-ass kick, though."
Barry kept the pressure up after the fight resumed, and even had his opponent on the floor thanks to his unrelenting striking.
After almost four minutes of fighting, Barry landed 39 of his 93 strike attempts for a 42% accuracy rate. His effectiveness at stand-up was double that of Jackson who landed 18 of 37 shots (48%).
Then came the weird ending because, just as Barry was seemingly set to win a comfortable round, he got himself disqualified for a gouge/rake of Jackson's eye.
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"For tonight, I came out prepared and ready for a fight," Jackson said backstage after his win. "Again, it's a fight, it sucks."
With victory, Jackson advanced his pro MMA record to one win against one defeat with one no contest. Barry, meanwhile, fell to four wins (four knockouts) against two losses.
Elsewhere on the card, Philipe Lins out-pointed Marcin Prachnio by a slim margin of 29-28 x three, before Preston Parsons dominated Evan Elder with a unanimous decision.
Amanda Lemos and Jessica Andrade fought in a unique, all-Brazilian women's strawweight fight.