Marcelo Rojo (“El Pitbull”) showed his aftermath after the defeat in his UFC debut: “I can still steal your girlfriend from you”

Marcelo red He finally fulfilled his dream: to compete in the UFC, the most important mixed martial arts tournament in the world. However, the result was not what he expected, after being knocked out in the third round by Canadian Charles Jourdain, who was imposed on the basis of good blows and speed.

In any case, defeat was not a reason to be sad or dejected, If not the opposite. Pitbull He was happy on his social networks, in which he spoke after the fight. Among thanks, complaints about the pain and jokes about how his face was, the Argentine said goodbye to UFC Fight Night 187 Edwards vs Muhammad.

“I swear to you, I dropped everything. It only hurts me that my family goes through these moments. Thanks for the UFC opportunity, they connected me in the second and I was no longer seeing blood red ”, explained the native of Río Cuarto in his account of Twitter.

The Cordovan came out on stage very determined, especially in the first two rounds, in which he could be seen very aggressive and decisive. However, the Canadian Charles Jourdain managed to prevail with the passing of the minutes until at the end of the second and beginning of the first round He demonstrated his aggressiveness with blows that notoriously damaged Red’s face.

About the end of the third round, the rival of the Pitbull brought out a whole battery of hits that allowed him to end the match with a technical knockout. The Cordovan ended up on the floor with his face totally bloody while the judge of the fight marked the victory of his adversary.

“This is the cruelest sport in the world but I was born for this and I was ready to stay there. I have both orbitals broken. But I was conscious the whole fight. I have no bruises, just a few cuts, a few bruises, a couple of broken bones, and my soul in pieces, “he lamented in his networks.

On Instagram he chose to upload a video in his stories. There you could see how his face was after the fight: “I’m fine, thank you all for caring. I’m good. It is normal in this. On top of that they hit me, they pay me less. Things that happen guys. How strong that son of his father hits ”.

A day after his debut and after the brutal beating he received, the Argentine published a new photo in his stories which he titled as “Day 1”, with the face less swollen but with the left eye practically closed and more damaged than the right.

Despite the punishment he received inside the ring, the Cordoba He did not lose his joy and showed it in his social networks, where he even shared memes that his friends made with his face.

“Fight with my soul as I always fight, and I will keep fighting. Thanks to all of you for your good vibes. Now I’m just a little screwed up in the face But I can still steal your girlfriend from you, so don’t give it up, gil. There is a Pitbull for a while, ”he wrote on Instagram.

“It was an excellent week, they never treated me so well before a fight They even took my food to my room, they treated my injuries before the fights, they tested me for COVID twice, they gave me supplements and tools to improve athletic performance, and the entire UFC staff, which are like 100 people, They treated me like a superstar and said ‘Mr. Red'”explained the fighter about his experience in the company.

Red, 32 years old, holds a professional record of 16 wins (eight of them by knockout) and seven falls. His last fight had been before the start of the pandemic: in September 2019 he had beaten Mexican Victor Hugo Madrigal by KO in a match of the Combates América company.