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Ett av alla reguleringsproblem som Floridas idrottskommission hade var matchen mellan Mike Pierce och Carlos Eduardo Rocha på UFC on FX: Johnson vs. McCall i fredags. Matchen slutade via ett delat domslut där Mike Pierce stod som vinnare. Men verkligheten såg inte riktigt ut så.
Poängdomarna som satt bredvid oktagonen hade egentligen
”After the fight, Ric Bays informed the Commission that he scored the wrong corner and asked for a correction,” säger informationsansvariga hos Floridas idrottskommission Sandi Poreda. ”As the other fight was starting, the commission changed it on the official record.”
Detta är nu ändrat, och Pierces officiella vinst kom via ett enhälligt domslut. Men även om han fortfarande vann så var han inte vidare underhållen över felet.
”So he scored it for the wrong corner – is that supposed to make me feel better?” säger Pierce. ”Look, these guys are supposed to be professionals like me. Maybe I hold myself to a higher standard, but if all I had to do was keep track of who’s winning a round every five minutes, it would be an easy day at the office. I don’t know what’s worse: Scoring it for Rocha 30-27, or saying he accidentally put the scores down wrong on the card. Come on, pal – you only have two options: red or blue. Bruce Buffer even starts out by introducing us from the red or blue corners. I’m pretty sure my girlfriend’s 12-year-old couldn’t even (expletive) that up. It seriously makes you wonder where the hell they get these people.”
”I was unaware that the judge scored it for the wrong corner, nor was I told. My thoughts on the outcome still remain the same. Judges have had a bad rap for a while now, and it’s instances like this that don’t help their case any.”
Mike Pierce and Carlos Eduardo Rocha
