Holly Holm suffered a rare, non-championship loss this past weekend to the up-and-coming Ketlen Vieira in the main event of UFC Vegas 55. The fight went the distance and the Brazilian was declared the winner by the judges.
The loss was not taken well by Holly Holm and the former UFC champion was not happy with the judges after the event. Speaking at the post-fight press conference, she noted that the judges don't know what the fighters go through.
“It’s just frustrating, because I think a lot of times these judges haven’t been through a training camp and see what you put on the line, and then when it comes short, just because they decide, ‘Well maybe I’ll throw this round here or this round there,’” Holm said (h/t TheMacLife). “I don’t agree with them. I’m pretty upset with them.
“I know it’s a hard position to be in, to be the judge, you have to make that decision right there, but I felt like I won.”
Holly Holm was willing to see how the judges gave a round to Ketlen Vieira but wasn't willing to see how they scored it for the Brazilian. The former UFC bantamweight champion was frustrated with the scoring.
“I felt like she had round two but at the end of the fight, I truly felt in my heart that I won the fight,” Holm stated. “So I’m disappointed.
“I really don’t give her three rounds. You would have to give her three rounds to win the fight. I don’t really give her three rounds. But I always want perfection on my side so I want to make it so clear that there’s not even a question but I really felt like I won the fight.”
“It’s a loss now,” she said. “I’ve got to be able to be back, be better and not ever let it be a question.”
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