Felipe dos Santos had individuals speaking after his first UFC win, although possibly not in the best way he’d hoped.
The Brazilian flyweight earned a cut up choice name over Victor Altamirano at UFC Mexico Metropolis and the gang expressed their displeasure on the judges’ scoring, loudly booing the end result to indicate assist for Altamirano, a local of Mexico.
Judges Mike Bell and Junichiro Kamijo each scored the combat 29-28 in dos Santos’ favor, giving Rounds 2 and three to the eventual winner. Choose Miguel Jimenez deviated wildly from that evaluation, scoring all three rounds for Altamirano.
Jimenez wasn’t alone in seeing Altamirano because the winner. A number of UFC fighters reacted on social media in disbelief that the choice didn’t go Altamirano’s means, together with Cody Durden, who mentioned the end result was a “straight theft;” Michael Chiesa, who referred to as the choice “botched;” and Terrance McKinney, who acknowledged that “Victor received that no drawback.”
See how the professionals reacted to the controversial judges’ name under.
I should be tripping however I for positive had Victor controlling the gap, touchdown 9 takedowns, and getting dominate positions. I assume he didn’t land sufficient strikes idk.
— Cody Durden (@Cody_Durden) February 25, 2024
Yo wtf ??? Victor received that no drawback
— Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155) February 25, 2024