White awards Pearson $30,000 win bonus for UFN 42
UFC President called the decision ‘insanity’ and today we learned that Ross Pearson was still awarded his win bonus, despite the judges decision.
In an example of the most horrible judging in MMA ever, two of three New Mexico judges awarded Diego Sanchez a split decision win over Diego Sanchez at UFC Fight Night 42.
UFC President called the decision ‘insanity’ and today we learned that Ross Pearson was still awarded his win bonus, despite the judges decision:
White was also disappointed in the Diego Sanchez-Ross Pearson decision, going so far to say that the judge that gave Sanchez the fight at 30-27 (Jeff Collins) should never judge another professional fight. White said he is going to give Pearson the $30,000 he would have received had he won the decision.
“Diego lost that fight. The judge who judged that fight should never be judging fights again. He never should be judging fights of this caliber, he needs to go back down into the amateurs and really learn how to judge a fight,” White said. “First of all, you gave every round to Diego, who got dropped in the second round. It was a knockdown, how does Diego win that round? It’s not possible. I don’t know how you can vote against him, but it goes to show that you’re never safe. That’s as bad as it gets.”