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Holly Holm’s Appeal of UFC 208 Loss to Germaine de Randamie Denied

The New York State Athletic Commission denied Holly Holm’s request to appeal her loss against Germaine de Randamie at UFC 208.
“After a review of the video footage of the bout, the New York State Athletic Commission determined that there wa…

The New York State Athletic Commission denied Holly Holm’s request to appeal her loss against Germaine de Randamie at UFC 208.

“After a review of the video footage of the bout, the New York State Athletic Commission determined that there was no clear error or violation of statute or rule by Referee Todd Anderson,” an NYSAC official told Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting. “Therefore, the scoring and outcome of the bout will not be modified.”

Holm protested the outcome after De Randamie struck her following the bell in both the second and third rounds. Anderson didn’t immediately separate the fighters and didn’t deduct any points from De Randamie for the late blows.

Holm addressed the late blows immediately after the fight:

De Randamie, meanwhile, disputed any notion that she fought dirty.

“I never threw any dirty shots,” she said, per Dave Doyle of MMA Fighting. “I never threw any cheap shots around the referee. As soon as he stepped in and put his arm in, I stopped. Of course, I try to hear the bell and stop, but sometimes when you’re in the heat of the moment you’re in the fight. You get hit, you hit somebody.”

“It was never intentional. That’s what upsets me so much,” she added. “People try to say I’m a dirty fighter. I’m not a dirty fighter. It really hurts me when people say that. I never had any bad intentions. I truly respect Holly. I respect the UFC. I respect Holly’s camp.”

De Randamie, who won the inaugural UFC women’s featherweight championship, did offer to give Holm a rematch after the fight. While nothing has been set in stone, Holm is 0-3 since beating Ronda Rousey at UFC 193 and is unlikely to get a higher-profile fight than a rematch with De Randamie.

“We respect their decision and will not seek anything further, except a rematch from Germaine,” Holm’s agent Lenny Fresquez told MMA Fighting following the NYSAC decision on Tuesday.

Given all the drama already surrounding the first bout, the UFC certainly wouldn’t have any difficulty marketing a rematch.

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Germaine de Randamie Responds to Holly Holm’s Dirty Punch Claims at UFC 208

UFC fighter Holly Holm claimed in her post-fight press conference that Germaine de Randamie intentionally hit her after the bell following both the second and third rounds during their matchup at UFC 208.
On Thursday, De Randamie dispute…

On Thursday, De Randamie disputed those claims.

“I never threw any dirty shots,” she said in a Thursday conference call, per Dave Doyle of MMAFighting.com. “I never threw any cheap shots around the referee. As soon as he stepped in and put his arm in, I stopped. Of course, I try to hear the bell and stop, but sometimes when you’re in the heat of the moment you’re in the fight. You get hit, you hit somebody.”

“It was never intentional. That’s what upsets me so much,” she added. “People try to say I’m a dirty fighter. I’m not a dirty fighter. It really hurts me when people say that. I never had any bad intentions, I truly respect Holly. I respect the UFC. I respect Holly’s camp.”

De Randamie won the five-round thriller between the two fighters, with the judges ultimately giving her the 48-47 advantage and making De Randamie the inaugural UFC women’s featherweight champion.

But Holm pointed out that referee Todd Anderson didn’t dock De Randamie a point the second time she hit Holm following the conclusion of a round.

You can see Holm’s full comments below:

Holm took it a step further after the fight, filing “an official complaint with the New York State Athletic Commission, hoping to get the result overturned,” per Doyle. De Randamie disputed any suggestion that the result shouldn’t stand, not surprisingly, but did offer Holm a rematch:

If Holly believes the point deductions are the reason she lost the fight, and she’s looking to make it a no-contest or a draw, she should simply put out the offer for a rematch I put out. If she feels that way there’s nothing I can say much about. I respect everyone’s opinion, I truly do. I believe I was the fair winner, I believe I had the better shots, I believe I dominated the standup. I understand Holly is sad she lost the fight. I’m sad certain occasions happened during the fight that was not in my plan and not intentional. … I believe justice will be served and the athletic commission will make the right decision.

Holm might want to take her up on that offer. She’s now 0-3 since shocking the world by upsetting Ronda Rousey at UFC 193 and acknowledged in her post-fight press conference that she would take any fight she could get in the wake of her recent struggles.

It’s certainly hard to imagine any fans complaining about a rematch between the two fighters after their excellent battle at UFC 208. And the rematch would also give De Randamie another opportunity to prove that she’s a clean fighter whose win wasn’t tainted, and Holm the chance to prove she’s the better fighter of the two.

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Mickey Gall Wisely Calls out Sage Northcutt After Running Through CM Punk

Mickey Gall scored a huge, potentially career-making win over former WWE-wrestler-turned-MMA-fighter CM Punk, but he wasn’t just content in pocketing the win. The 24-year-old made the most of his camera time at UFC 203 and picked his next shot, aiming …

“Its been crazy, there has been a lot of hate out there, not just in MMA but in the world,” said Gall following his fight (via MMAFighting.com’s Dave Doyle). “F–k the hate, man, we’re all going to be dead in 100 years…Next, I want Super Sage Northcutt.”

The call-out is a brilliant move by Gall. Despite beginning his UFC career with two impressive submission wins, he is a unique commodity in the promotion, with just three professional fights to his name and no other combat sports credentials beyond that.

In a stacked welterweight division, there are few logical on-paper matchups for him, and there is a decent chance fights with more experienced fighters would be refused by athletic commissions.

Northcutt, however, fits the bill nicely. Having gone 8-1 in his professional career, he has impressed fans with his high-flying striking and drawn jeers with his questionable grappling. Competitively, it’s an interesting contrast of styles and promotionally, it’s a showdown between the only two Lookin‘ For a Fight products to have any level of success in the UFC to this point.

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Whether it will happen is a separate issue. Northcutt has been bouncing between the lightweight and welterweight divisions, with his most recent fight taking place in July at 155 pounds. If he decides to remain at that weight class, it would put him on a separate path from Gall, a 170-pounder.

What’s more, both men are fighters the UFC would like to groom further, and pitting them against one another would inevitably undermine the growth of one.

According to UFC President Dana White, Northcutt‘s handlers have expressed interest in the fight. That is no guarantee it will take place, however.

For what it’s worth, both men have a clear schedule at this time, with Northcutt likely recovered from his bout at UFC 200 and Gall looking fresh coming out of UFC 203. If the UFC is hurting for Fight Night main events or pay-per-view undercard matchups, they could certainly do worse than this.

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Fabricio Werdum Kicks Travis Browne’s Coach in Cage After Fight at UFC 203

UFC 203 will go down as one of the UFC’s stranger cards, but even on a night with a 0-0 ex-WWE wrestler making his MMA debut, nothing tops what happened after the co-main event fight between Fabricio Werdum and Travis Browne. After an ugly slog of a fi…

The result? Chaos. Here’s a clip of the action:

Edmond Tarverdyan, coach to both Browne and former UFC champ Ronda Rousey, shouts at Werdum and is met with both words and a soft front kick. Chaos erupts from there, with the two parties scuffling before being escorted out by arena security.

What the two said to one another, why Werdum reacted in this way and what sort of punishments this may result in is currently unknown. Werdum was oddly cordial in the post-fight interview, as well, making no mention of the incident while discussing the fight.

Officially, Werdum goes down as the winner by unanimous decision, to the tune of 29-28, 29-27, 30-27. Still, it’s not the best display of sportsmanship by the former heavyweight champ.

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