MMA community disagrees with judges' decision to give Till win
Warning: Story contains coarse language
Darren Till and the Liverpool crowd may have been the only ones happy with the result of Sunday's main event as he was awarded a unanimous decision win over Stephen Thompson in a bout void of much action.
Fighters, fans, and members of the MMA media did not wait long after the result to blast the judges and Till for the decision with the FOX Sports panel labeling the win a robbery immediately after the card.
Do you agree with the decision?
— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) May 27, 2018
Darren Till def. Stephen Thompson, our crew breaks it down. pic.twitter.com/hUVpDKcm2z
With most of the media scoring the fight for Thompson, Twitter was ripe with criticism for UFC Liverpool's main event.
Sorry but controlling the Octagon does not give you the round. @WonderboyMMA landed the cleaner harder shots in the first 3 rounds. Sad that people that are supposed to know about the sport are lacking greatly in their knowledge of what is scored in a round #AskBJM
— Big John McCarthy (@JohnMcCarthyMMA) May 27, 2018
Hometown arena definitely could have its perks.
— Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) May 27, 2018
Darrell with a sweet game of paddy cake to edge out the choir boy. That should catapult him up the catchweight rankings. Fat fuck. .@darrentill2 #UFCLIVERPOOL #NerdBash2018
— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) May 27, 2018
Obviously that was a VERY close fight. That said, I think Wonderboy won more rounds. #UFCLiverpool
— Karyn Bryant (@KarynBryant) May 27, 2018
Hmmmm.... that doesn't seem like the right decision.
— Will Brooks (@ILLxWillBrooks) May 27, 2018
That decision pic.twitter.com/shM0jWnJfL
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) May 27, 2018
I don’t get this scoring shitttteee!! #UFCLiverpool
— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) May 27, 2018
Hometown screw job. That’s it. Given to a guy who didn’t even show professionalism and make weight. Makes me 🤢
— Chris Taylor (@CTaylor_96) May 27, 2018
USADA should test these judges 🐂💩 #UFCLiverpool
— Alex Chambers (@alexchambersmma) May 27, 2018
Those scorecards were completely ludicrous. Absolute bullshit.
— The Naked Gambler (@NakedGambling) May 27, 2018
This guys touch gloves and hug it other more times than punch in the face #UFCLIverpool
— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) May 27, 2018
Congrats on the Win mate @darrentill2 😏😏
— KAMARU USMAN (@USMAN84kg) May 27, 2018
Darren Till did more damage to the FCC than he did to Wonderboy. #ufc
— MMA Roasted (@MMARoasted) May 27, 2018