Calvin Kattar has been fighting professional fights ever since he was a 19-year-old. Today, at the age of 32, he has an MMA record of 22-4-0. In his last five UFC fights, he has come out as a winner in four. He has lost only to Renato Moicano and Zabit Magomedsharipov in his four successful UFC years. 

This UFC Fight Night 172 bout against Dan Ige wasn’t easy. They went to the lengths into the match and the win was finally awarded to Calvin with a unanimous decision of 49-46, 49-46, 48-47. The man had an injured nose from his fight against Jeremy Stephens on 10th May this year. It was a bloodbath even this time, resulting in some crazy Twitter reactions. 

Twitter can not get enough of Dan Ige vs Calvin Kattar

It seems as if the entire world was watching these two men smashing their heads. Dan Ige was left with an injured yet brave face when he talked in the post-fight interview. He paid his respect to the opponent and seemed satisfied with the way he performed. It was a first-ever five-round UFC experience for both men. Ige said, “I had a lot of fun man, I tested myself against the best in the world.”

And here are some electrifying Twitter reactions…

Champions Kamaru Usman and Volkanovski too showed their respect

There was a moment in the fight when it felt as if Dan has broken Kattar’s nose and that he might as well KO him. But nothing seemed to work his way as the match proceeded. We have reactions coming in from the legends of the game as well. Consider these two from the UFC 251 main event and co-main event winners. Even they are entertained by this furious battle.

Tweets from when the memorable fight was still on…

Earlier, Kattar had told ESPN reporters, “I think we’re similar in the fact that many people overlooked us and didn’t think we’d have this opportunity and doubted us along the way.”

One can not watch such a show and not have respect both for the winner as well as the loser. One reason why so many people were paying their heed towards these hustlers. Here are some more reactions from big names in the market.

You may follow UFC’s official thread to watch many short glimpses of the match in case you missed out on watching it. Also, you can drop in the comment box how you feel about the result of this card.