“There’s Always the Possibility of Bad Decisions”- Dana White Says There Will Be No Change in Judges

Published 07/15/2020, 4:25 AM EDT

The Dana White-led UFC 251 thrilled the fight fans with a successful stacked card that saw all the title contests go to their final rounds. The success of the event is also evident with the reported PPV sales of $1.3 million this week. However, not every fight fan is happy regarding the result of the UFC 251 matchups.

While Kamaru Usman and Petr Yan successfully notched their respective titles in fashion, featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski’s win over Max Holloway has already garnered a lot of backlash from the fans. Even UFC President Dana White expressed his disapproval towards the result of the UFC 251 co-main event and stated that he won’t hesitate to line up Max Holloway against Alexander Volkanovski for the third time.

Despite that, Dana White is still unwilling to change the judges for his upcoming UFC events. Although UFC fans have deliberately displayed their disapproval towards the judge’s scoring system, Dana revealed why he is not going to change them for the Fight Island events.

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Dana White states he is not going to change the judge’s panel for the UFC Island events

As revealed by MMA Junkie, Dana White answered several questions in the post-fight press conference of UFC 251. However, when asked about the judge’s panel, Dana White clarified that it is not going to change it shortly.

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“No, whatever we had planned for here (Abu Dhabi) is planned you know and no matter who you bring in or what you do, there’s always the possibility of bad decisions you know. Did you guys see today FanDuel? If you bet with Fan Deuel they gave your money back on Max Holloway, yeah it’s pretty crazy so that there goes.”

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Max Holloway vs Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 251

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The electrifying co-headliner of UFC 251 saw both the men indulge themselves into a “dog-fight” to acclaim the win. However, Alexander Volkanovski retained his title by beating Max Holloway via unanimous decision, which many considers as a “robbery”. Max Holloway deliberately outpointed Alexander Volkanovski on strikes for the first three rounds. However, the Australian bounced back in the last two rounds to acclaim his win on the judge’s scorecard.

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A senior boxing writer at EssentiallySports, Raj Sarkar is a mass media graduate who is currently pursuing his master’s degree in broadcast journalism. In addition to his current role, he has worked with the MMA team at EssentiallySports and has interviewed prominent fighters such as Ritu Phogat and 'The Red King' Rory MacDonald. He combined his bachelor's degree with his adoration for combat sports and has a combined 2000 plus bylines in MMA and boxing over the last two years.

“There’s Always the Possibility of Bad Decisions”- Dana White Says There Will Be No Change in Judges

Dana White states he is not going to change the judge’s panel for the UFC Island events

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