Luis Gurule defied the odds with a huge upset win to hand Bilal Hasan the first loss of his professional career at UFC 334.
While the night started out rough for Gurule, he bounced back in the second and third rounds by taking Hasan to the ground and controlling him with his wrestling. When it was over, the judges scored the contest 29-28 and 29-28 for Gurule with the third official going 29-28 for Hasan after three hard rounds.
That was still enough for Gurule to get the job done as he pulls off one of the biggest
wins of his career.
“Chat GPT don’t know shit,” Gurule shouted after his victory. “F*ck the odds. F*ck the haters. I’m so happy. Look there’s only 10 people that believed in me, and it feels f*cking good. I dragged him into deep waters. I knew he couldn’t swim.”
Hasan opened with some quick kicks including one to the head that definitely got Gurule’s attention. Hasan kept chipping away to the legs and then going back up to the head as Gurule struggled to close the distance.
Hasan also opened up with his punches as well but Gurule was quick to fire back and he landed a solid counter right hand that scored a flash knockdown. Hasan bounced back but that shot definitely got his attention.
The striking attacks from Hasan continued into the second round as he varied up his offense with kicks and punches. Hasan eventually uncorked a spinning back fist but Gurule blocked it effectively before a perfectly timed takedown.
With Gurule on top, he pressed Hasan towards the cage while working to unleash his ground and pound. Gurule stayed busy with punches and elbows until time expired in the round.
Gurule opened the final round with another takedown but he also ended up with a cut over his eye that was pouring blood from an inside elbow. Gurule kept peppering away from the top position to maintain control and prevent a potential standup.
Hasan tried throwing up submissions from the bottom but Gurule wouldn’t allow him to break free as time ran out in the fight.
A close fight throughout but Gurule’s top control and dominant ground work obviously got the job done as he scores a huge win while Hasan has to go back to the drawing board after suffering the first loss of his career.
