“How Can You Score Those Takedowns”: Dominick Reyes Lashes Back at the Judges

UFC-247 saw Dominick Reyes and Jon Jones battle it out in the octagon. Jon Jones emerged victorious at the end of 5 rounds by unanimous decision.

At the post-fight conference, Reyes answered a stream of questions.

On being asked about how he was feeling post-fight, Dominick responded, “Disappointment. I am proud of myself, though. I went out here and fought with all my heart. The goal for me, for this fight, was to make it an instant classic. I feel like I accomplished that today.”

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Carrying on, Reyes said, “Man, I do feel disrespected. One of the judges had it 49-46. Like, who are you? I might wanna have a word with you”, chuckling. “Other than that, I know I won that fight. I was in that fight. I don’t have to watch the replay. I was there. I made Jon Jones look like just a man. I brought the fight to him.”

Giving his remarks on how his strategy panned out, Reyes said, “Round one went exactly how I thought it was going to go. It was a little trippy. I was like ‘whoa, this is going exactly how I thought it would. Heck Yeah!'”

“For me, this is a huge validation. It’s my very first time going five rounds in my entire career. Against Jon Jones who is arguably the greatest of all time. And I put it on him, I took it to him. I feel like I’m the people’s champ.”

Seems like Dominick Reyes has not taken this defeat lightly. And it feels right that he hasn’t. The fight was as close as one can get.

“I am the Truth”: Dominick Reyes

Reporters asked Dominick how he scores the fight. He replied, “3-2 or 4-1. look at how the fight played out. Those takedowns, how can you even score those as takedowns? He burned more energy trying to take me down. I just popped right back up like it was nothing.”

Do you think Reyes in the uncrowned champion of light heavyweight division? Should Jones move to heavyweight or fight Reyes in an immediate rematch?