Final weekend’s UFC 310 was a suitably becoming finish to the organsiation’s remaining main occasion of 2024 that includes some dramatic finishes and star-making performances — however Dana White was nonetheless rather less than glad by a few of the judging available.
The principle supply of the UFC boss’s ire was the heavyweight conflict between Ciryl Gane and Alexander Volkov, which was gained by the Frenchman by a unanimous judges’ choice of 29-28. Nevertheless, this final result got here in direct distinction to the media members attending the occasion, every of whom scored the combat by the identical factors whole in favour of the large Russian striker who was looking for his fifth consecutive win within the UFC cage.
“So right here’s what occurred after that combat, you heard the boos, I went over to Volkov — I apologised to him, I assumed he gained the combat,” White informed the media, together with The Mac Life, post-fight in Las Vegas late on Saturday night time.
“After which the pinnacle of the fee came visiting and stated, ‘Pay attention, we really feel like that second spherical was actually shut and will’ve gone both approach each guys received rocked,’ I can’t bear in mind [who] they thought had the worst of it within the second spherical however, you realize.
“They have been making the argument on why the combat was judged the way in which it was, I had an issue with the [Bryan Battle vs. Randy Brown] combat too. It doesn’t f*cking matter what I feel, it actually doesn’t as a result of on the finish of the day, they determine who wins and loses, not us.”
Elsewhere, White additionally acknowledged his perception that three veterans on the cardboard who all suffered defeats — Chris Weidman, Anthony Smith and Clay Guida — ought to cling up their 4oz gloves for good.
You may watch White’s full feedback within the video above.
