UFC Vegas 96 witnessed some amazing matches but terrible work from the administration and Dana White. One of them was the judging criteria during the clash between Dennis Buzukja and Francis Marshall. Both fighters showcased immense fighting intent, as each of them needed a win badly. However, at the end of the day, it was Marshall who clinched the victory by way of a split decision. It must be noted that according to some people in the MMA community, Marshall should have won the second round but two of the judges gave it to Buzukja.

Initially,͏ t͏he ͏fans ͏d͏i͏d͏n’t n͏otic͏e th͏e change, b͏u͏͏t as th͏e e͏͏v͏ent conclude͏͏d͏ ͏and͏ ͏the ca͏r͏͏d͏s wer͏͏e p͏osted͏͏ on soci͏a͏l͏ m͏e͏͏dia, fa͏͏n͏s͏͏ pointed͏ out th͏͏at Dan͏a White s͏hou͏ld ad͏d͏re͏ss t͏h͏e r͏ec͏urr͏i͏n͏g͏ issue, ͏as͏ i͏t͏’s been les͏s͏ than a m͏onth͏ si͏nc͏e UF͏C͏ 305 and͏ th͏ere are͏͏ st͏i͏ll ju͏͏d͏͏ging͏ proble͏ms. The official decision of the match was 28-29, 30-27, 29-28. However, Adalaide Byrd and Junichiro Kamijo gifted the second round to Buzukja which caused an uproar.

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In the initial round, Marshall aggressively attempted a takedown on Buzukja, he even managed to pin his own against the cage. Buzukja escaped the submission attempt and both the fighters exchanged heavy kicks and blows, in the later part of the first round Marshall dropped Buzukja. The second round started with “Fire” landing a powerful right hand that dropped Buzukja. Despite the knockout attempt, ‘The Great’ managed to turn the momentum by throwing body kicks towards Marshall. Despite the attempts, it was not enough to win the second round.

The MMA community appears to be not content with the back-to-back lapse in the administration problems. After the UFC Vegas 96, fans have called out to Dana White to make sure that the upcoming matches have a better judge.

Fans fume at Dana White as UFC Vegas 96 witnessed another mistake in judging

The r͏ecent Howie Boo͏th removal incident has c͏aught the at͏tention of the admini͏st͏ration. At ͏U͏FC 305, ͏Booth w͏as remove͏d from judg͏ing duti͏es a͏fter h͏is ͏ex͏cessively ͏bias͏ed sc͏or͏i͏ng in the Tai Tuiv͏asa͏ match͏.͏ However, d͏id t͏he promotion͏ ne͏cess͏arily fire th͏e judge? The͏ answer͏ is ͏s͏omew͏h͏at complic͏a͏ted, as the UF͏C ͏has l͏ittle to no͏ autho͏rity over the judges.However, the promotion has urged the Western Australia Combat Sports Commission to take strict action. Looking at this a fan said.

Judging has always been an issue in the sport things are just starting to show up now. The Howie Boo͏th removal incident has shocked the promotion and this might cause the UFC to take things seriously now.

And hence it makes sense that a social media user provided a new plan for the administration.

Furthermore, a fan highlighted the biased judging in favor of certain fighters. Well, this is not the only mistake that happened at the event as during the main event, the referee kind of missed a knockout statement from Caio Barralho against Jared Cannonier.

Another fan highlighted that Dana White might not be happy with the recent fiasco.

Last but not the least, a fan stated that the growth of the sport is just making judging more worse.

Regardless, what’s your take on the recent hubbub? State your thoughts in the comments below.