UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou blasted MMA judges for robbing fighters of half their money, saying “something needs to be done.”<\/p>\n
Ngannou recently came to the support of UFC women’s flyweight prospect Miranda Maverick<\/a>, who universally was regarded as being robbed by the judges against Maycee Barber at this past weekend’s UFC Vegas 32 event. Because Maverick lost on the scorecards, she dropped one spot below Barber in the UFC rankings, but most importantly, she didn’t get half of her money. In MMA, most contracts include both “show money” and “win money.” Since Maverick lost on the scorecards, she only got her show money.<\/p>\n Taking to his social media<\/a> in the days following the controversial Maverick vs. Barber decision, Ngannou blasted the judges for hurting the fighters financially by getting the decisions wrong. Ngannou hopes that this changes and there is justice for the fighters.<\/p>\n It's interesting how we see injustice done to the fighters by some judges, we talk about it, and then move on from it the next day, only to get pissed off again when it happens the next time.<\/p>\n — Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) July 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n