KSI responds to Joe Fournier\u2019s accusations of him \u201ccheating\u201d with elbow KO DAZN X Series | YouTubeKSI got a surprising round 2 KO victory against Joe Fournier. However, KSI appears to be connected with his elbow in the replay footage rather than his fist, resulting in Fournier calling him out for \u201ccheating\u201d his way to the win. With a bout as big as Joe Fournier vs. KSI, anything but a clean knockout from either side was bound to be a controversial result. KSI appeared to get exactly that, landing a blow directly to Joe Fournier\u2019s nose and sending him tumbling to the ground. The moment KSI made contact, commentators and fans knew the fight was over. However, upon further review, it appeared that KSI hit Fournier with his forearm or elbow rather than making contact with his fist. Fournier claims that KSI \u201ccheated\u201d with the way he was knocked out and that the match result isn\u2019t valid. Fournier calls out KSI for \u201ccheating\u201d in KO victory In an interview held immediately after the bout, Joe Fournier was visibly unhappy with the result and wasn\u2019t shy to speak out about the knockout decision. \u201cThey cheated, clear in black and white. You\u2019ve seen the replays, it\u2019s gone viral all over the world. He hit me with a clean elbow. The ref was right there, watched it.\u201d He continued, \u201cI\u2019ve never been cheated like that in my life. I can\u2019t believe it.\u201d Whether or not the elbow was accidental has started a heated debate, but most people who have watched the clip agree that the elbow made contact for the knockout and not KSI\u2019s fist. Jake Paul gave his opinion on the knockout, saying that KSI should have been disqualified. KSI responds to Joe Fournier\u2019s callout KSI has since responded to the drama surrounding the manner in which he knocked Joe Fournier out, admitting that he made contact with his elbow and that the match result was \u201cnot as clean a win\u201d as he wanted. KSI explained his rendition of events as they happened in the ring. \u201cAfter landing my overhand he was pretty much out on his feet and I went for a short right hook as Joe clinched me and fell into me. I landed that hook and my glove made contact but appears to have been followed by unintentional contact with my forearm.\u201d It remains to be seen if the decision that KSI won the bout holds up. A decision being reversed following the result of a fight isn\u2019t exactly unprecedented, and it remains to be seen whether the result here is affected or if the two fighters end up hopping in the ring once again to see who emerges the victor. But KSI may be a busy man if he responds to Tommy Fury\u2019s callout in kind by touching gloves with him in the ring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KSI responds to Joe Fournier\u2019s accusations of him \u201ccheating\u201d with elbow KO DAZN X Series | YouTubeKSI got a surprising round 2 KO victory against Joe Fournier. However, KSI appears to be connected with his elbow in the replay footage rather than his fist, resulting in Fournier calling him out for \u201ccheating\u201d his way to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}