” Terrible judge” Chael Sonnen, Michael Chandler and more react to Ketlen Vieira’s controversial split decision victory at UFC Vegas 55
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Ketlen Vieira at UFC Vegas 55
UFC Vegas 55 saw Ketlen Vieira secure another huge victory of her UFC career when the 30-year old “Fenomeno” secured a split decision victory over former UFC bantamweight champion Holly Holm in the main event. Vieira is now 7-2 in her UFC career and has made her way into the top 3 rankings amongst the UFC’s women bantamweight. Her next fight should likely happen to be against the winner of the title fight rematch happening at UFC 277 between the champion Julianna Pena and the challenger Amanda Nunes.
Vieira and Holm went head to head in a super close fight against each other but to the public eye, it seemed like Holm was the one that was supposed to win the fight due to her clinch control of almost 10 minutes and her volume of strikes. Only time can tell what’s next for Holm as she is already 40-years old and is going to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Famer next month.
Who do you think won between Holly Holm and Ketlen Vieira as Twitter divides itself?
The Twitter world reacted to moments between the fight followed by reacting to the results, especially the one when Vieira almost got Holm in a standing rear-naked choke as UFC Lightweight Michael Chandler saw the redness. MMA veteran Chael Sonnen was astounded by the size difference. ESPN MMA released the stats and found that Holm almost threw double the significant strikes as Vieira. The Sports Network journalist Aaron Bronsteter explained the judging criteria in MMA and MMA veteran Roxanne Modafferi points out a wholesome moment in the last round of the fight.
What did you make of the main event results of UFC Vegas 55? Did you see any other instances of bad judging throughout the fight card? Do you think Vieira deserves a title shot now or does she need to prove her calibre with another performance? What do you think is next for Holm, should she retire from the combat sports life or has she still got it in your eyes?
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