UFC 313 Kicked Off With A Disgusting, Egregious ROBBERY Of A Decision That These Judges Should Be Ashamed Of
UFC 313 prelims are underway in Las Vegas, and one of the first fights of the night featured one of the worst robberies I've seen in quite some time - when Mairon Santos was absolutely GIFTED a win he did not earn over Francis Marshall.
Marshall looked crisp the whole fight, dropped Santos in the first, definitely landed the bigger shots overall, scored three takedowns to Santos' zero, and didn't even lose a single round according to the public....
....the media was also unanimously in his corner, despite a few of them giving Santos a round; look at this!
Marshall was down to -1600 live after the fight concluded, signifying an EASY win for the former Jersey City firefighter, and still the judges screwed this up somehow. I can't even tell you how disgusted I am by this - Ev and Jack are right there with me, as well….
Chris Lee and David Lethaby should have to answer for these moronic scorecards. I know we say it all the time, but I really wish they made judges face the media just like fighters after these events. It's bullshit that they can affect a fighter's paycheck/career like they can and still never have to face the music. Maybe more judges is the answer? Surely the amount of robberies would decrease if we had five instead of three, right? I don't know, just a thought!
We've already seen another fight (and TKO) since the robbery, but I just can't get over this "#1 bullshit" as Khabib would say. Here's the finish anyway, though….
Good stuff from Leal. The UFC 313 main card starts in about 45min and should be a fun one. I think the final three fights on PPV are all going to be bangers, hopefully concluding with a big Poatan KO….