Fighters react to Silva's unanimous decision win over Brunson
A few of Anderson Silva's fellow fighters weren't particularly thrilled with his first victory in over four years.
Despite being outstruck in the clinch and taken down late, "The Spider" was awarded a controversial unanimous decision over Derek Brunson in the middleweight co-main event of UFC 208 in Brooklyn on Saturday.
The verdict didn't sit well with several of Silva's peers, and not surprisingly, Brunson spearheaded the resulting outrage:
Has anyone every gotten performance of the night after a loss ......... @ufc
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) February 12, 2017
@danawhite I deserve potn and fotn. I took this on 3 weeks notice to help the card !
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) February 12, 2017
The judges did it again. I thought Brunson did a great job and won that fight. Anderson liked good, he just got out worked.
— Dan Henderson (@danhendo) February 12, 2017
What?
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) February 12, 2017
How was that a win for AS ?? WTF
— Big Ben Rothwell (@RothwellFighter) February 12, 2017
With that said about Anderson. I love him but he clearly lost. @ufc
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) February 12, 2017
🤔🤔🤔.
— Will Brooks (@ILLxWillBrooks) February 12, 2017
My dude Brunson got robbed!!!
— Anthony Johnson (@Anthony_Rumble) February 12, 2017
Terrible decision. Brunson won that fight. I love Anderson, but thought he lost. Gotta see scorecards, surprised. Will rewatch to confirm
— Brian Stann (@BrianStann) February 12, 2017