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George Sotiropoulous Blames Loss To Tommy Speer On Eye Poke, Wants Rematch




George Sotiropoulous Blames Loss To Tommy Speer On Eye Poke, Wants Rematch
George Sotiropoulous and Mac Danzig seemed to be on a collision course to meet at the TUF 6 Live Finale, but apparently no one told that to Tommy Speer who soundly handled Sotiropoulous in their semifinal match up; though not with out some controversy.

Speer unintentionally thumbed Sotiropoulous in the eye, a move that Sotiropoulous, according to Tony Naemi of FightHype.com, says greatly affected the outcome of their match up.

Sotiropoulous On The Eye Poke:

It totally affected the outcome of the fight. Anyone would be affected by this. Just stick a thumb in your eye and see if you can spell your name on a piece of paper, drive a car or have a fight. I guarantee you will have a lot of difficulty doing any of those things safely or effectively.

Sotiropoulous On Who He’d Like To Face Next:

I want a rematch with Tommy Speer because the thumb in the eye affected the outcome of the fight. I believe the outcome of this fight would have been different had he not poked me in the eye. I would also like to fight Mac Danzig because that’s the match that would have happened if I won the Speer fight. We were both the favorites on TUF 6 so a lot of people still want to see this fight happen.

To read the rest of this article with much more from George Sotiropoulous, click here.

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