Ultimate Fighting Championship title fight against Natalia Silva.
Wang (10-2) fell short in the hunt for the vacant women’s flyweight title, losing by unanimous decision to Silva (21-5-1). UFC 332 main event at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. After the match, Wang said on social media that the eye poke hindered his performance.
Cong Wang describes eye injury after losing to Natalia Silva at UFC 332
Wang struggled to find his rhythm until late in the fight, saying afterward that the jab damaged his vision. He covered the fight in an Instagram video, showing off what he described as a scratch on his right eye.
“Thank you for supporting my friends,” Wang said in the video. “The game is lost; too bad. So sorry for the first round. Eye poked in the second half. Line of sight is blocked and then I couldn’t see it when I was poked in the right eye in the first round. Wait until later to slow down; too slow to enter. Where to fall, get up, go back and regroup.
The loss snapped Wang’s four-game winning streak, which included a knockout Tracy Cortez and Eduardo Moura.
