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Dana White Slams 'F**king Insane' Judges' Scorecards For Blachowicz Vs. Adesanya At UFC 259

Dana White Slams 'F**king Insane' Judges' Scorecards For Blachowicz Vs. Adesanya At UFC 259

UFC president White raged at the scoring.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Dana White pulled no punches in his damning assessment of the judges' scorecards for the UFC 259 main-event clash between Jan Blachowicz and Israel Adesanya.

Blachowicz edged out Adesanya in a five-round battle, winning a unanimous decision in Las Vegas last Saturday.

Sal D'Amato scored the UFC light-heavyweight championship bout 49-46 while Derek Cleary and Junichiro Kamijo controversially scored it 49-45.

Image: via UFC
Image: via UFC

Cleary and Kamijo awarded the Polish fighter with the fifth round and inexplicably scored it 10-8 to the dismay of the UFC president who slammed the scoring.

Speaking at the UFC 259 post-fight press conference, a furious White said: "The scoring was insane.

"These guys are giving out 10-8 rounds like f**king... there were two rounds in that fight that they gave a 10-8.

"When I came up in the fight business, a 10-8 was an a**-whooping. You got your a** whooped.

"You didn't do sh*t in that round and got beat down if it was a 10-8. They've gotta stop giving... this 10-8 sh*t is out of control right now.

"So, hopefully we can get this fixed... they're going to screw up a lot of fights if they're handing out 10-8s like that - there was no 10-8 in that fight."

White continued by claiming judges are getting bad advice: "For some reason these guys are scoring 10-8s for rounds that are clearly not 10-8s.

"It's the criteria they're giving them right now. They're getting some bad advice."

Adesanya only won one round across the judges' scorecards as he suffered his first MMA defeat of his career.

The UFC middleweight king is set to return to the 185lbs division, eyeing a fight against Liverpool's Darren Till who faces Marvin Vettori next month.

Image: PA
Image: PA
Image: PA
Image: PA

As for Blachowicz, the reigning UFC 205lbs champion is expected to defend his title against Glover Teixeira next.

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Topics: Jan Blachowicz, UFC News, Fight News, UFC, Dana White, Israel Adesanya