Welterweight Kevin Holland came out on top at UFC 287, beating Santiago Ponzinibbio in the third round while claiming his 24th career win in the process with a spectacular highlight-reel KO. Despite this important win, it was Holland’s antics outside the cage that appeared to have made headlines rather than his performance against Ponzinibbio.
For starters, it was the altercation that took place with Jorge Masvidal prior to the event that got the media and fans buzzing. Adding to the intrigue was Dana White‘s refusal to allow any questions about the incident, which even got a section of the fans riled up at the UFC president. Following all of these, Trailblazer is back in the news feed again after a clip of him interacting with a fan went viral. The video in question here left some fans scratching their heads initially; but as it gained traction, people couldn’t help but have a laugh at the way the interaction played out.
MMA fans react to Kevin Holland’s viral clip
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The clip posted on Twitter, by an MMA fan page, claimed that the fan made an attempt at grabbing Kevin Holland in a rather inappropriate place. While owing to the camera angle, there’s not much in the video that proves it, yet fans couldn’t help but react to what turned out to be a funny video clip.
dipshit fan grabs kevin holland's ass pic.twitter.com/GhvH4itI76
— Dovy🔌 (@DovySimuMMA) April 11, 2023
Many of the reactions were fans claiming how lucky the individual was considering Holland let him go with just a few cuss words.
Lucky he didn’t get elbowed 💀🤣
— CombatSmith (@HookedOnCombat) April 11, 2023
why would you do that to Kevin Holland man 🤣
— MonkeyKingzs (@MonkeyKingzs) April 11, 2023
Homie wants to die lol
— Wolf (@LowkeyWolf305) April 11, 2023
Another tweet wondered how what have gone down if Jon Jones was involved.
He’s lucky he has self control. Imagine doing that to Jon jones 😂
— Ozzy (@ozzy8118) April 11, 2023
One comment dubbed it a “wild behavior” coming from the fan.
That’s wild behavior
— Fer (@Haunnn) April 11, 2023
The rest of the tweets were just fans laughing at how the interaction played out.
Nah this actually funny but not funny at the same time 😂
— DmvCaso (@Kasopro_) April 11, 2023
i’m hearing people say he oil checked him??? 😭 arrest that man
— ⛧chris⛧ (@SALCHlCHA) April 11, 2023
bro almost got hooked im wheezing
— 😶🌫️ (@yranoworld) April 11, 2023
One tweet even hilariously pointed out that Holland was himself taken aback at the situation.
😂😂😂Kevin ain’t even know what to say bruh
— Mason Green (@therealmasong05) April 11, 2023
This certainly was one of its kind fan interaction to have gone down with any UFC fighter. Luckily, for the fan involved here, he was fortunate enough that Holland chose to not let his emotions go wild at him.
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An eventful week for Kevin Holland
For ‘Trailblazer’, this has undoubtedly been a busy week. From the altercation with Masvidal to this exchange with the fan, Holland surely had quite an eventful week for himself. To top it all off, his win against Ponzinibbio too came as a sweet experience after having suffered two consecutive losses in his previous encounters.
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Going ahead, hopefully, the hype that he managed to garner during UFC 287 might help him secure another big fight in the future, and maybe even go on a good run of form.
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