LAS VEGAS – Judging by the reaction of the Las Vegas crowd when the scores from the Antonio Rogerio
Nogueira-Jason Brilz bout were announced at UFC 114, there were all of three people in the building who believed
“Little Nog” had done enough to walk away with the victory.
Nogueira was one of them.
Unfortunately for Brilz, the other two were judges, and Nogueira was awarded a split-decision victory. UFC president Dana
White admitted he didn’t like the call, but he also said it’s just the
latest example of an increasingly important mantra: Never leave it the
hands of the judges.
