It’s been 31 years since UFC was conceived, and judges still cannot correctly judge a fight. It’ pathetic.
Sean Strickland scored a big win at UFC 302 last night (Sat., June 1, 2024) when he dominated Paulo Costa for five rounds and picked up an insane split decision from inside Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
The fight wasn’t very entertaining as Strickland jabbed and teep-kicked Costa for five rounds. The absolutely horrendous scored card from New Jersey commission judge Dave Tirelli stole the spotlight, as he scored the first four rounds for Costa (check it out here).
UFC CEO Dana White also thought the scorecard was awful.
“It wasn’t weird, it was f—king nuts, insane,” White told the media during the UFC 302 post-fight press conference (watch here). “That guy should never ref a big fight again. They should kick him back down to the minor leagues and let him work on his judging. It’s unbelievable. I mean, how could anybody who isn’t an absolute f—king lunatic call that fight a split decision? I don’t even know what to say about that. It’s insane. That guy shouldn’t be judging big fights.”
Tirelli also scored the first fight of the night, Mitch Raposo vs. Andre Lima, a split decision for Raposo, even though Raposo clearly lost.
Tirelli had one of the worst nights of all time, and as White said, he should go judge some Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) fights for the foreseeable future because he sucks.
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