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The aftermath of Jon Jones disqualification loss to Matt Hamill both parties have been gracious and humble.

Immediately after the ruling Jones said,

"I've heard so many times that when you lose, you come back a better, stronger person. Everything happens for a reason."

Even after the revelation that Jones was planning on challenging the ruling his camp has still been chivalrous and affable,

"He [Jones] doesn’t want to embarrass anyone but he feels that the fair ruling would be a no contest.   After the fight we watched the tapes again and there were a few things that stuck out in our minds that the ref did wrong. We'd  like to see the loss removed."

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"Let's be clear, Jon is not "unhappy" he feels as all things happen for a reason. We are protesting the L because we felt that Matt Hamill could not effectively communicate why he could not continue."

Matt Hamill responds with equal courtesy,

"I know it looked bad Saturday night but it looked a lot worse than it was. Aside from a few stitches in my nose and a sore shoulder I feel fine. I give all the credit to Jon Jones. He caught me by surprise with an awesome trip and I dislocated my shoulder when we hit the ground. I knew it was probably over at that point but I will die before I tap so I did the best I could under the circumstances. We train to wind up in bad positions and it paid off because I felt I was still able to defend even though I knew I couldn’t get up. Jon’s young and full of so much talent. Aside from making a mistake he did his job and he did it well. He definitely didn’t lose this fight and I definitely didn’t win, but I guess the rules are there for a reason. It is what it is ... I wish Jon all the best and I’d like to thank him for the professional and respectful way he has handled himself. I felt bad for him since a simple mistake caused him to loose a win bonus but as I know first hand, Dana, Lorenzo and the rest of the UFC take great care of their fighters. I’m sure Jon received a win bonus and more. As for me, you know I’ll be back. Fighting in the UFC is my job and I’ll be back to work very soon"

After reading these comments from both fighters I just can't help but think of Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon and the scene where the duel goes oh so horribly wrong. Seems to sum up the fight and the aftermath nicely.

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