BOSTON – Even UFC President Dana White and UFC commentator Joe Rogan could not defend the judges’ scorecards following a botched call in a three-round bout between Cathal Pendred and Sean Spencer . Despite getting soundly outstruck by Spencer (12-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC) over 15 minutes, Pendred (16-2-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) somehow won all three rounds on two judges’ scorecards and two of three on another. The welterweight bout took place at today’s UFC Fight Night 59 event at Boston’s TD Garden. It was the final preliminary bout to air on FOX Sports 1 ahead of main-card bouts on the same channel. On camera to promote the night’s main card, White told Rogan, “That was a bad one.” That was a polite characterization of the result, which handed Pendred his third UFC win and sent Spencer back to the drawing board after a decision over Paulo Thiago in his previous outing
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UFC Fight Night 59 results: Cathal Pendred tops Sean Spencer because MMA judging sucks – MMA Junkie