Geoff Neal is dropping stride from UFC 319.
Neil was lively in opposition to Carlos Plates final Saturday. The match was initially purported to be again in April, however was scheduled for Chicago. Neil was solely a second from going to his stool earlier than the second stanza started. As an alternative, he was nailed with the spinning elbows that ended his evening early.
“Handz of Metal” took him to his Instagram web page to share a humorous assertion about his defeat.
“Man, he did not hit me 4real,” Neal wrote. “I slid and the ref stepped in too rapidly.
Neal went 1-3 on his closing 4 outings. He stopped the injured Rafael dos Anjos and rebounded after consecutive defeats in opposition to Shabkat Rakmonov and Ian Machado Garry.
Regardless of the current set-off, Neal stays a risk to these seeking to climb into the 170-pound division. He has 10 knockouts with 16 professional MMA wins. It’s nonetheless not clear whether or not the UFC matchmaker has determined to pair Neal with one other surgent candidate or will face somebody close to the underside of the welterweight rankings.
Except for medical points, Neil thinks he needs to return to the octagon earlier than 2025. His closing victory returned in October 2024 with the aforementioned Battle of Dos Anjos. Neil’s current shortcomings inside the Octagon are in opposition to the extremely regarded welterweight, and he’s making an attempt to show that he has loads left within the tank.
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