Credit:Getty/UFC
Credit: Getty/UFC
Sometimes it’s better to tap out than to go out on your shield.
That was the case for Jamie
Pickett on Saturday night, when he fell to Kyle
Daukaus via submission at the 4:59 mark of Round 1 in their
catchweight bout at UFC Fight Night 201. “The Nightwolf” might have
been able to hold out until the horn were it not for one key fact:
He felt like he was on the verge of losing his tongue – or at least
a piece of it.
“Hey guys, no excuse from me. I did my best for the time I had and
didn’t go my way,” Pickett wrote on
Facebook. “Tongue got caught between my teeth. Felt like I was
gonna cut it off so I tapped. I’ll be back but this time with a
full training camp.”
Pickett was a short-notice replacement for Julian
Marquez, who withdrew from the proposed middleweight bout. As a
result, the fight was contested at a 195-pound catchweight. The
setback snaps a two-fight winning streak for Pickett, who was
coming off back-to-back decision triumphs over Laureano
Staropoli and Joseph
Holmes.