{"id":291182,"date":"2018-11-12T16:14:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T00:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=291182"},"modified":"2018-11-12T16:14:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T00:14:11","slug":"after-controversial-loss-at-ufc-denver-chas-skelly-only-planning-to-appeal-if-bobby-moffett-gets-to-keep-win-bonus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/after-controversial-loss-at-ufc-denver-chas-skelly-only-planning-to-appeal-if-bobby-moffett-gets-to-keep-win-bonus\/","title":{"rendered":"After controversial loss at UFC Denver, Chas Skelly only planning to appeal if Bobby Moffett gets to keep win bonus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC Denver provided us with some truly epic moments for the UFC&#8217;s 25th-anniversary show. However, it didn&#8217;t come without some controversy as well.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from some very questionable scorecards early on in the night, we wound up with a potentially unnecessary stoppage involving featherweights\u00a0Chas Skelly and Bobby Moffett.<\/p>\n<p>As Moffett was attacking with a d&#8217;arce choke, the referee intervened without a tap from Skelly and he was seen to still be conscious immediately after the choke was released. In the end, Moffett was awarded a TKO victory in his UFC debut.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCONFOX\/status\/1061444529855782913<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maldobabo\/status\/1061445468981477376<\/p>\n<p>Due to the controversy, Skelly would like to appeal the decision to try and get it overturned to a no contest. Something that rarely ever works out in fighters&#8217; favors.<\/p>\n<p>However, Skelly plans to just forget about it if he can&#8217;t guarantee that Moffett will get to keep his win bonus as he told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DhwNBV3AAXM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cHopefully, we get to run it back. But, I don\u2019t care to get it turned to a no-contest if they\u2019re going to take [Moffett\u2019s] win bonus. I\u2019m not taking money out of anybody\u2019s pocket. Just turning an \u2018L\u2019 into a \u2018W\u2019 doesn\u2019t matter to me. But, if they do let him keep his money and it gets me a better chance at getting a rematch and the commission says it\u2019s a no contest, then I\u2019d like to appeal [the loss].<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I want the rematch. But, if they just tell me I\u2019ll get the rematch without a no contest, I don\u2019t really care. What\u2019s it mean to me? It\u2019s just a \u2018W\u2019 or an \u2018L\u2019 on a sheet of paper. I don\u2019t give a sh*t about that. The damage has already been done. What I care about is getting paid.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In regards to the stoppage itself, Skelly continued to make his case as to why the referee made the wrong call.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI wasn\u2019t out at all,&#8221; Skelly continued, &#8220;I felt like I was past the hardest part of the choke. I was relaxed and it was just a matter of time before I was getting out of there. He (the referee) didn\u2019t do a test at all. When he grabbed my arm, he came in to stop the fight. He wasn\u2019t checking to see if I was conscious or unconscious. He was stopping the fight. I was relaxed there at that point. When you\u2019re watching it, of course, I\u2019m relaxed. I\u2019m not tensed up. So he grabs my arm and shakes it, of course, my arm is going to shake. What do you want from me? 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