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“UFC is Rigged”: Fans Claim Joanderson Brito Was Unjustly Robbed in Broad Daylight by William Gomis

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"UFC is Rigged”: Fans Claim Joanderson Brito Was Unjustly Robbed in Broad Daylight by William Gomis

The UFC Paris card has been truly insane but it wasn’t without its flaws. Fans were shocked to see the win taken away from Joanderson Brito in his featherweight bout. The Brazilian faced local lad, William Gomis in a featherweight bout and was unjustly ‘robbed’ as per fans, with the judges handing him an SD win.

Brito was clearly the aggressor this evening, walking forward and firing vicious kicks and punches while Gomis appeared to be on the backfoot except for his occasional counterattacks.

However, it didn’t cut it for the UFC judges who furthered the fixing allegations after they seemingly robbed Brito of a much-deserved win.

Soon the fandom took up arms and mercilessly thrashed the promotion and its judges for denying Brito the deserved win. With the official scorecard showing (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) warranting the Frenchman the win, one fan stated the obvious –

“Robbery. Brito has a better argument for a 30-27 than Gomis has for winning 2 rounds.”

Whereas others simply vented out their frustrations, taking shots at the promotion.

“The UFC just robbed Joanderson Brito in broad day light. What the f**k.” 

This fan articulated it down to a dot.

“Wow what an absolute joke. Brito won that fight.” 

UFC is never going to live down these allegations, are they?

“blatant robbery.” 

While no one cannot be certain about whatever the fans are seeing but there certainly has been a trend that has seen fighters winning on their home turf.

Why Brito’s loss stings so much

‘Tubarao’ Joanderson Brito went into Saturday’s bout with an impressive finishing streak, having ended five straight fights inside the distance with wins over Andre Fili, Lucas Alexander, Westin Wilson, Jonathan Pearce and Jack Shore. Another win last night would’ve gotten him into the rankings.

Gomis, on the other hand, had been stopped just once in his pro career by Morgan Charriere back in 2016. However, Brito’s ambitions took a hit when the judges robbed him of a win.

While the Brazilian pushed the pace, out striking the Frenchman in the opening round, Gomis managed to ground him with a takedown. Brito returned the favor in R2 and brutalized him against the cage with numerous unanswered knees to the body.

He continued to march forward in R3 by utilizing kicks along with his hands. However, as time ticked away, Brito was definitely at risk of losing his finishing streak, but never really at risk of losing the fight.

Unfortunately, the judges were watching a different fight.

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Kishore R

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Kishore is a MMA journalist at The SportsRush with over two years of experience and more than 2000 articles to his name. While he is a qualified engineer, he truly enjoys his time crafting stories from the world of mixed martial arts. Old testament in his MMA education, Kishore picked up the sport watching the highlights of 1989’s Fight of the Year bout between Roberto Duran and Iran Barkley and has since been hooked to the controlled violence this sport is capable of. Following MMA for almost a decade and a half, Kishore has an advanced understanding of its tactical nature and uses his love for storytelling to express it with great effect. But most of all, he just wants to see Tony Ferguson bounce back and showcase his old swagger - “IT’S TONY TIME!”

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