Main event of UFC 208 spawned quite a bit of controversy. Holm found herself the target of pointed illegal shots after the bell had sounded.
Holm spoke up about the controversial subject:
“She hit hard shots after the bell, those are the hardest shots I felt the whole entire fight,” Holm said during the post-fight press conference. “It was after the bell. I heard the bell, I stopped and she threw it. It wasn’t like the last punch of a combination when the bell rang. It was intentional.”
“A lot of times, the first one they give a warning, that’s kind of normal,” Holm said. “I wouldn’t expect them to take a point after the first one, even though it was intentional. The second time, at that point you think at that point, they’d do something.
“I mean, some of her best shots of the whole night were after the bell. I don’t know how the judges saw that. If they see that as points for her then what can you do?”
After all the main event stretched on for 5 rounds in which De Randamie managed to come out on top after all. Of course this wasn’t an isolated incident and De Randamie kept on – and she didn’t even have points deduced!
All three judges scored it 48-47 for de Randamie (7-3, 4-1 UFC), who has pieced together a three-fight winning streak since her with Amanda Nunes.
Should there have been a DQ?
