Ovince Saint Preux won a moral victory of sorts, going the distance with former UFC light heavyweight Jon Jones on Saturday night at UFC 197, in a fight he took on three weeks notice. And now UFC president Dana White reports OSP did it with a broken arm.
OSP broke his arm,” said White to Megan Olivi on the FOX Sports 1 post fight show, as transcribed by Yahoo Sports. “I think he had a broken arm in the fourth and fifth rounds.”
In a post-fight, in-Octagon interview with Joe Rogan, OSP identified something as having happened even earlier.
(Jones) kept a fast pace and really picked it up in the fourth round,” he said. “And in the second round he hit my arm with a high kick that has my arm hurting right now.”
Whether it was in the fourth or fifth round, or the second, or any round at all, going the distance with Jon Jones is something only four men had managed to do previously. And doing so with a broken arm is, well, it’s a moral victory.
UFC 197 took place Saturday, April 23rd, in Las Vegas, Nevada and was headlined by a lightheavyweight bout between Jon Jones and Ovince Saint Preux.
Main Card (Live on PPV, 10:00 PM ET)
•Jon Jones defeated Ovince Saint Preux by Unanimous Decision (50-44, 50-45, 50-45)
•Demetrious Johnson defeated Henry Cejudo by TKO (Strikes, Round 1, 2:49)
•Edson Barboza defeated Anthony Pettis by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
•Robert Whitaker defeated Rafael Natal by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
•Yair Rodriguez defeated Andre Fili by KO (Flying Kick, Round 2, 2:15)
Prelim Card (Live on FOX Sports, 8:00 PM ET)
•Sergio Pettis defeated Chris Kelades by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
•Danny Roberts defeated Dominique Steele by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
•Carla Esparza defeated Juliana Lima by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
•James Vick defeated Glaico Franca by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Prelim Card (Live on UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 PM ET)
•Walt Harris defeated Cody East by TKO (Strikes, Round 1, 4:13)
•Marcos Rogerio de Lima defeated Clint Hester by Submission (Arm Triangle, Round 1, 4:35)
•Kevin Lee defeated Efrain Escudero by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
