{"id":572149,"date":"2026-03-29T13:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T13:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/572149\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T13:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T13:41:07","slug":"tyrell-fortune-reacts-to-bruce-buffer-ufc-blunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/572149\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyrell Fortune reacts to Bruce Buffer UFC blunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) newcomer Tyrell Fortune picked up a major win in his UFC debut, defeating No. 8-ranked Heavyweight<\/a> Marcin Tybura via unanimous decision at UFC Seattle<\/a> last night (Sat., March 28, 2026) inside Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington.<\/p>\n

But instead of celebrating, Fortune found himself in a bizarre and deflating moment.<\/p>\n

Veteran Octagon announcer Bruce Buffer mistakenly read the scorecards in Tybura\u2019s favor \u2014 prompting Fortune to exit the cage, believing he had lost his debut.<\/p>\n

What followed was pure chaos.<\/p>\n

Tybura stood alone in the cage as confusion set in before Buffer quickly realized the error. Officials scrambled to bring Fortune back, and moments later, the correct decision was announced in his favor.<\/p>\n

It was an incredibly rare blunder \u2014 and while it made for an awkward (and somewhat comedic) scene for viewers, it didn\u2019t feel that way for Fortune in the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was heartbreaking, you know?\u201d Fortune said during his post-fight media scrum. \u201cI came in on two weeks\u2019 notice and felt like I probably didn\u2019t do enough because I didn\u2019t get a finish. If I don\u2019t get a finish, it kind of feels like a loss even if I win. So I was just trying to figure out what I did and didn\u2019t do. You can\u2019t really break it down right there \u2014 I was just disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The confusion only added to the emotional rollercoaster.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, man, I don\u2019t know what the f\u2014k is going on,\u201d Fortune continued. \u201cI was in my head. When they told me to come back to the cage, I thought maybe they got it wrong. Somebody told me I won all three rounds and I kind of just ignored him and kept walking. Then they were like, \u2018Yo, you\u2019ve got to go back,\u2019 and I was like, \u2018Oh s\u2014t.\u2019 I was just in my head too much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fortune admitted he felt confident about the opening round but wasn\u2019t sure how the judges would score the final two frames \u2014 which only added to his uncertainty when the incorrect announcement was made.<\/p>\n

In the end, the former Bellator standout got his hand raised \u2014 and that\u2019s what matters most.<\/p>\n

With the win, Fortune extends his streak to four straight victories and is expected to break into the Top 10 of the Heavyweight rankings next week.<\/p>\n

For complete UFC Seattle results, coverage, and highlights click HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) newcomer Tyrell Fortune picked up a major win in his UFC debut, defeating No.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,179146,6656,14855],"class_list":["post-572149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-results","tag-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}