“Fire Every Judge” – Questions Raised at UFC Noche After Kyle Nelson’s Win as Fans Fume at Controversial Scoring

The Mexican Independence Day is here with Noche UFC. The main card started with the featherweight fight between Kyle Nelson and Mexico’s own, Fernando Padilla. Nelson won the fight via a unanimous decision. However, the fans on social media have refuted the result of the fight.

Noche UFC, before the main card, had already witnessed some great performances by Mexican fighters in the prelims. As such, Fernando Padilla was hoping to continue that against Kyle Nelson. However, things did not turn out the way he would have wanted to. Let’s take a look at what transpired during the opening match of Noche UFC.

Kyle Nelson scores a unanimous decision win over Fernando Padilla

The featherweight contest between Nelson and Padilla was a great back-and-forth fight. The Mexican fighter was constantly putting pressure on the Canadian fighter with some great blows. However, Kyle Nelson soon responded with some highly efficient strikes that made Padilla take a step back to reevaluate his next move.

With the outcome in a state of uncertainty during the third round, both fighters remained in close proximity to each other. Nelson and Padilla delivered a few punches. However, those punches did not have any significant impact. Ultimately, Nelson emerged victorious for the second consecutive time. He also remains unbeaten in 2023. However, the fans were not really happy with the results. Let us take a look at what they had to say.

Fans disagree with judges’ scores

The fans were in disbelief at the judges’ scores. One fan mentioned how 30-27 was totally out of proportion.

Moreover, some fans thought that the decision was going to go in Fernando Padilla’s favor.

A Twitter (X) user suggested that all the judges should be fired.

Moreover, some fans also mentioned that Kyle Nelson was getting dominated for the majority of the rounds.

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The fact that fans disagree with some of the scores that judges give to fighters is not a new occurrence. It has happened on more than one occasion. However, it is unlikely that such incidents won’t occur in the future. UFC commentator Joe Rogan even provided a solution for this repeated occurrence. We will have to wait if the UFC would agree to implement his suggestion for the fights in the future.

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