{"id":222584,"date":"2017-02-12T08:29:44","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T16:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=222584"},"modified":"2017-02-12T13:20:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T21:20:46","slug":"dana-white-explains-scored-controversial-silva-vs-brunson-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-208\/dana-white-explains-scored-controversial-silva-vs-brunson-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White explains how he scored controversial Silva vs. Brunson fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night, in the co-main event of UFC 208, former middleweight king and veritable MMA legend Anderson “The Spider” Silva attempted to correct a four-year win drought against rising middleweight contender Derek Brunson.<\/p>\n

After three slow rounds of action, which saw\u00a0Brunson hesitate to engage, and Silva wait for rare opportunities\u00a0to counter, Silva succeeded on this mission, capturing a unanimous decision victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not everyone, however, agreed with this result. Shortly after the judges announced, the MMA Twittersphere resounded with the voices of frustrated dissenters who scored the fight for Brunson<\/a> \u2013 many of whom gave him all three rounds.<\/p>\n

One of the more notable members of the MMA community to score the fight for Brunson was UFC President Dana White.<\/p>\n

The head honcho explained his scorecard on the Fox Sports 1 UFC 208 post-fight show.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had Brunson [winning the fight],\u201d White said. \u201cI actually had the fight 1-1 going into the third round, and I gave the third round to Brunson.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

White went on to explain that he had received several texts from a frustrated Brunson, who was not happy that the judges’ controversial decision would deprive him of a win bonus.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBrunson sent me a text,\u201d White said. \u201cHe\u2019s obviously very upset, and you know, he said, \u2018listen, this is how I support my family. And now I won\u2019t get my win bonus when I feel like I won the fight.\u2019 But it\u2019s one of those things, man. I say it all the time. If you don\u2019t want to get screwed by the judges, don\u2019t let it go to the judges.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt has nothing to do with me. You can text me, and I can feel for him, but it has nothing to do with me. You have to beat your opponent, and you have to beat the judges, unfortunately. That\u2019s the business.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Do you agree with Dana White’s assessment of this fight? How did you score it? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 2\/12\/2017.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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