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Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire believes judging favors Americans, cost him titles

BAD MMA News — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 01:20:00 +0000

Patricio Freire has two losses in his career – both by split decision, and both in Bellator title fights. Split decisions, by nature, are more often than not going to be controversial with each fighter typically believing he did enough to get the nod. In “Pitbull” Freire’s case, he believes in his two losses, he not only did enough, but that being Brazilian didn’t work in his favor. “Both losses were against world champions, and both by split decision,” Freire told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “I believe if the judges were Brazilian, I would have been awarded the win in both occasions. Nowadays, MMA rules and judging favor the American style of fighting

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UFC 162 co-headliner Frankie Edgar tougher after surviving ‘mental test’ of skid

BAD MMA News — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 19:00:00 +0000

It hasn’t been a feeling that Frankie Edgar has been thrilled to relive, but it’s been one he’s felt before. And it’s certainly not one he has wanted to get used to – though like it or not, he probably has at this point. Edgar’s past three fights, all title bouts, have resulted in relatively close decisions – all three going against him, and all three fights that have been argued by some as fights he may have done enough to win. He lost his lightweight title to Benson Henderson at UFC 144 in February 2012. It was a unanimous nod in Henderson’s favor, but many observers, including some major MMA media outlets, scored the fight for Edgar

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Video: Jake Shields defends UFC 161 split-decision win over Tyron Woodley

BAD MMA News — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 21:15:00 +0000

No sense burying the lead. Jake Shields just got right to it, the way just about every fighter does after a split decision. “It was a close fight, and personally I thought I had won.” Insert that exact phrase into a fighter quote after any split call, and there’s about a 98 percent certainty it’ll fit. For Shields (28-6-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC), he got the nod after a close fight against Tyron Woodley (11-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) a week ago at UFC 161. And just like most fighters the moment they realize it’s about to be a split decision when Bruce Buffer has to break out who got what score, Shields thought maybe it wasn’t going to go his way – even though, as he said, he thought he did enough

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Video: Behind the scenes during Rashad Evans’ UFC 161 win over Dan Henderson

BAD MMA News — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:15:00 +0000

Two of the light heavyweight division’s most notable veterans met this past weekend when Rashad Evans (18-3-1 MMA, 13-3-1 UFC) took on Dan Henderson (29-10 MMA, 6-4 UFC) in the headliner of UFC 161. Evans ultimately got the judges’ nod and took him the split-decision win at the June 15 event. Check out the behind-the-scenes footage of their fight, which aired on pay-per-view from Winnipeg’s MTS Centre. You can also check out the Rashad Evans vs. Dan Henderson fight video . And for the latest on UFC 161 , stay tuned to the UFC Events section of the site.

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