UFC fans think Holly Holm was "robbed" of a win against Ketlen Vieira after she lost a majority decision to the Brazilian on Saturday night.
One judge scored the fight in Holm's favour after five rounds, with the other two both seeing it 48-47 for Vieira. Holm landed 11 more significant strikes than Vieira across the fight and outlanded in four of the five rounds.
Vieira relied on her grappling to overwhelm the accomplished kickboxer and former boxing champion Holm, but she only completed one of her seven takedown attempts in the fight. Holm did a great job of escaping a standing rear-naked choke from Vieira in the second round.
Fans weren't happy with the decision, with one stating: "Holly Holm got robbed. Won that fight. hands down. Terrible UFC judges - UFC losing credibility," another added: "I'm done watching till the UFC can get these judges trained properly. No way in hell she won. Even she couldn't believe it!"
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One user believes Vieira didn't deserve the win, writing: "This fight should be reviewed by a governing body or something I don't know but, I feel like nobody who watched this fight feels like Vieira Won.
Another commented: "What a joke. This s*** is unbearable. Makes the sport unwatchable," with a different user agreeing: "What fight were those judges watching. Holly won that fight. She got s****ed big time."
Holm disagreed with the scorecards and thinks that she won every single round apart from the second. The loss snaps a two-fight unbeaten run for former champion Holm, who was competing for the first time in over 18-months.
“I thought I won the fight,” Holm said in her post-fight interview. "I gave her Round 2, and I feel like I won all the rest of the rounds. I always feel like I can do more and be more perfect, but I thought I won the fight. I don’t feel like it was a question.”
Vieira criticised Holm's approach to the fight and said she was the one trying to push the action. The Brazilian, who could be the No.1 contender at 135-pounds after her win, insisted she will be the next bantamweight champion.
“I came here to knock her down, she came to stall, and I was in doubt,” Vieira said. “I respect her a lot, she's 'The Preacher's Daughter' but I’m the one with the glory of God here. I'm the next champion of the bantamweight division."
