Dake beats Kadimagomedov 7-6 on step out with 2 seconds left
Christian Pyles says the finish was a very easy call, while Zebulin Miller mocked the idea that Americans get gifts in Russia.
Kyle Dake beat Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov 7-6 to keep his RAF Cruiserweight title, per Justin Basch and FloWrestling, on a step out with two seconds left. Real American Freestyle posted the clip of Dake taking the lead in the final seconds. It is the same Moscow card where Dake, Kyle Snyder and Blades all defended, earlier.
How the last two seconds scored
MoscowWillie broke the finish down as a push out plus one for a lost challenge, which is how Dake got from behind to 7-6 in one sequence. Christian Pyles did not think there was anything to argue about, posting "1 Dake what's the issue?" and later spelling it out for a replier that Dake threw Kadimagomedov out of bounds and that it was a step out one, a very easy call.
The reaction
Zebulin Miller responded to a post from @JoeKania3, which is not in front of us, with "Hahahahahahahahaha Americans getting gifts in Russia?!? Hilarious take!" He followed it with the hashtag #AmericaGetsAllTheBreaksInRussia. Dake's own review of the night was short. "That was fun! God bless!" he posted.
That was fun! God bless!
Pyles then took the result somewhere else, arguing that the performance settles a long running question about Dake and the 86 kg weight class. In the same post he wrote that Zahid "rolled up in tourist shape and lowkey embarrassed the World #1," before adding that anyone who still thinks Dake cannot win 86 is cooky.
The short version is that Dake is still the RAF Cruiserweight champ, he got there by one point in the last two seconds, and the loudest argument afterward was not about the call itself but about what a 7-6 win over Kadimagomedov says about where Dake sits at 86 kg. Nobody in the sources has disputed the officiating on the record beyond the replies Pyles was answering.
What to watch
Whether Dake signals anything about a run at 86 kg after Pyles reopened the argument. Whether RAF books a rematch with Kadimagomedov after a one point finish decided by a step out and a failed challenge.
Dake threw him OOB, step out 1. Very easy call actually.
Anyone who still thinks Dake can't win 86 is cooky.