Gavin Tucker Doesn’t Blame Referee For Broken Facial Bones After UFC 215

This past weekend during UFC 215 (see our full report here), Gavin Tucker lost to Rick Glenn by unanimous decision. However, the story coming out of the event was that a lot of people were upset with the referee for not stopping the fight, which resulted in Tucker getting four broken facial bones. Fans, UFC President Dana White and even Rick Glenn thought the fight should have ended long before it did.

Glenn previously told MMA Junkie: “Midway through the fight, definitely in the third round, I looked up to the ref and asked him, ‘Hey, you know, stop the fight?’ But (Tucker) would move just enough. But he was taking some unnecessary damage, I thought. It’s too bad. We’re in the hurting business, but I don’t want to see anyone getting hurt unnecessarily. It definitely should have been stopped.”

In a post on Facebook, Tucker came out and said not to blame the referee for a bad call, as he’s glad he got to “go out on my shield.”

He wrote: ““In victory say little. In defeat ….less. I’ll keep it short and sweet. I lost on Saturday. stop blaming the ref for a bad call. That man let me go out on my shield. he visited while I was in the hospital and apologized. was him and i in that cage. I didn’t stop fighting. He saw that. He should sleep easy.

I have four broken bones in my face. the first which started on the jaw in rd 1 and the fight went down for me from there. i have 2 fractured orbital and another vertical fracture in the jaw according to the x ray/CT scan. the heartbreak of losing hurts much worse. throughout the day i wiped alot of blood off my cheek and i can’t say for sure there weren’t some tears in there. I fought w blurred vision and 3 different Rick Glenns kicked the fuck out of me for the last two rds. (i tried to hit the one in the middle) congrats to my opponent. i hope you go far because i plan on seeing you again.

I fought my heart out. I’m a rare breed of straight savage and i don’t need social media to tell me that. however…i am appreciative of all the support i received on here. which is why I’m writing this. I have no excuses and won’t stand for anyone making them for me. that’s not how the north folk get it done. I have a great Family. a great team. and the greatest women. ill be twice the man for this. thats it….. Tucker 2.0 is on the way.“