Losses are part of the fight game, but Pedro Munhoz is having a tough time digesting the way in which his most recent one came about. Munhoz (15-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) met John Dodson (20-9 MMA, 9-4 UFC) in an FS1-televised preliminary card bantamweight bout at this past Saturday’s UFC 222. He lost via split decision : One judge saw it 29-28 Munhoz’s way, while Dodson took home 29-28 and 30-27 scores. Of course losing – and having a four-fight winning streak snapped in the process – wouldn’t have been fun regardless. But the fact that Munhoz was “99 percent” sure his hand was going to be the one raised as the scorecards were read made it that much harder. “For sure, it’s a bitter pill to swallow,” Munhoz told MMAjunkie, after an initial story by Brazil’s Combate.com .
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