The Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and submission grappler Gilbert Burns has intervened against a controversial decision. What is it? Let's find out.
The UFC has witnessed a few instances of controversial judging in the past and once again it has been observed to be continued in the UFC's latest Fight Night card which attracted welterweight contender Gilbert Burns attention.
The AT&T Center in San Antonio hosted Marlon Vera vs. Cory Sandhagen. But in the end, the scorecards by the judges grabbed everyone's attention when the two judges’ decision favored ‘The Sandman‘ and one (Joel Ojeda) scored in favor of ‘Chito’. This caught Gilbert Burns' attention who called in for the investigation.
Burns in an interview mentioned that he wants the UFC to get the FBI to investigate the judges as he believes there is a major factor behind these judges’ controversial decisions.
Burns said to TMZ, “I think those judges got to be investigated, you know.” He added, “We need FBI on these judges because those judges may be working with the betting company, may be doing something behind, getting a third person to bet… I think those guys are doing something crazy.”
He further added, “I think those guys [judges] are being dirty and maybe trying to get some money out of these [fights],”