UFC president Dana White has been slammed by followers for his response to Paddy Pimblett’s controversial win over Jared Gordon on Saturday.
Pimblett was competing in simply his fourth struggle with the organisation and took a step up at school in opposition to Gordon. Many observers felt that he got here off second finest within the contest, however the three judges disagreed as all of them scored the bout 29-28 in Pimblett’s favour.
White was standing at ringside as the decision was learn out, and appeared very relieved as he nodded at a few of Pimblett’s followers when the favored Brit was declared the winner. Some followers have steered that his response was a foul search for the game, and that White already knew the outcome earlier than it had been introduced.
Paddy Pimblett was handed a controversial unanimous determination victory in opposition to Jared Gordon
Dana White seemed nervous as he waited for the decision to be learn out alongside a few of Pimblett’s followers
‘Dana had a glance on his face like “see, informed you it was within the bag”… every kind of shady s*** occurring within the UFC,’ one fan claimed on Twitter.
‘He can’t even stand to take a look at the octagon. What a joke and a humiliation!’ one other supporter wrote.
‘Dana had his again turned as a result of he didn’t need to watch the murder that was about to be dedicated,’ one other fan added.
Pimblett’s win got here simply days after he appeared on a podcast with White, highlighting the friendship that exists between the pair.
Pimblett insisted after his victory over Gordon that he deserved to have his hand raised, however plenty of followers and UFC fighters felt the American had been robbed.
The 27-year-old’s win comes amid an FBI investigation into potential struggle fixing that occurred final month.
A struggle between Darrick Minner and Shayilan Nuerdanbieke on November 5 is being seemed into after ‘suspicious betting patterns’ have been found previous to the bout.
White spoke in regards to the investigation over the weekend, admitting that struggle fixing is a ‘large concern’ and claimed anybody caught can be despatched to jail.
