https://twitter.com/FlyinBrianJ/status/907016461801181184
UFC 215 bore witness to one of the most despicable reffing jobs in MMA history when the Edmonton Athletic Commission rolled human Ivan Drago meme Kyle Gardner out to make the unspoken statement of: “If he dies, he dies” in the fight between Gavin Tucker and Rick Glenn. Tucker took dozens of unanswered shots and looked like he was out multiple times as he bled all over the Octagon.
Even though the fight never should’ve gone to the scorecards, it did, and in doing so, it created a weird piece of UFC history. Never before has a fight so perfectly displayed the ineptitude of a judging trio, as this became the first fight ever to have a 30-24 score in addition to a score that begins with a 29.
Here’s the historic scorecard: 30-24, 30-24, and somehow, 29-27.
.@MikeBohnMMA Can we talk about how the judges disagreed among themselves in 4 out of 5 rounds? #UFC215 pic.twitter.com/ruT88ZbY2G
— Bruno Vitorio Santos (@brunovitsantos) September 10, 2017
Who knows what will come of this fight, but hopefully we can get a more educated trio cage-side for fights, and most importantly, a referee that won’t keep a fight going just because a man is moving, but obviously completely out of it. Furthermore, we can only hope this leads to corners actually thinking about their fighters and know that throwing in the towel is a completely acceptable thing to do in a situation such as this.
(Via MMAJunkie)
