UFC heavyweight Alexander Volkov is just not proud of the judging in his combat specializing in controversial choose Adalaide Byrd who has a protracted historical past of controversial judging in each MMA and boxing.
Alexander Volkov at UFC 310
At UFC 310, Alexander Volkov confronted Ciryl Gane in a heavyweight rematch. The combat resulted in a controversial break up determination victory for Gane, which sparked speedy outrage from followers and Volkov himself. Many observers believed Volkov had performed sufficient to win the combat, making the judges’ determination a supply of serious debate.
After the combat, Volkov expressed his frustration with the choice, calling it “bulls–t” and stating that he was completely certain he had received the combat. He questioned the judges’ scoring and claimed he had performed far more than Gane all through the bout. Volkov even urged that one of many judges, Adalaide Byrd, needs to be fired.
Within the post-fight press convention, Alexander Volkov stated:
“I don’t perceive how an individual not professionally educated on this sport can both not be required to guage the game or simply not be fired.
“It’s the identical choose in boxing and MMA who completely doesn’t perceive all of this? Like, I don’t know the way it’s attainable. This state is sort of a preventing capital of the world—a preventing capital of the world, for certain. You see it in every single place, in the entire world too.
“I don’t mean the entire commission. For sure, I know some professional guys work really well. But how is it possible that the same person can judge two completely different kinds of sports? They’re absolutely different.”
Adalaide Byrd
Boxing choose Adalaide Byrd has been on the middle of a number of controversies in her profession. Probably the most notable incidents occurred in the course of the 2017 middleweight championship bout between Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez. Byrd’s scorecard of 118-110 in favor of Alvarez was broadly criticized and regarded shockingly inaccurate.
This was not an remoted incident in Adalaide Byrd’s profession. In 2016, she scored a combat between Jessie Magdaleno and Nonito Donaire 118-110 in Magdaleno’s favor, which was thought-about a lot wider than the opposite judges’ scores. In 2012, her 119-109 scorecard in favor of Austin Trout in his combat towards Miguel Cotto additionally raised eyebrows.
Byrd’s controversial judging extends past boxing into blended martial arts as effectively. In 2010, between Leonard Garcia and Nam Phan, she was the one choose to attain the combat in Garcia’s favor. Within the UFC, she is continuously a dissenting choose.
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – JUNE 22: Alexander Volkov of Russia reacts after his victory towards Sergei Pavlovich of Russia in a heavyweight combat in the course of the UFC Combat Evening occasion at Kingdom Enviornment on June 22, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photograph by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC through Getty Photographs)
