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Flyweight veterans Johnson (19-8) and Silva (15-8) opened the UFC Vegas 114 main card action on Saturday at the Apex in Las Vegas. Johnson initially seemed hesitant and unable to find his range against Silva. However, “InnerG” rallied back as the fight progressed and found his momentum in the latter rounds. Johnson eventually earned a split-decision victory, which many believe could have gone either way.
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However, Johnson believes he should have earned a clear, unanimous decision victory. While judge Anthony Maness scored all three rounds in favoor of Johnson, judge Mike Bell gave two rounds to Silva. Johnson found Bell’s scorecards “weird,” as he believes he evidently landed the more consequential shots.
Confused But Thankful
“I thought I won every round,” Johnson said in a post-fight interview with the UFC. “I was surprised. I had it 30-27, so I thought it was weird that he got scored two rounds. He was pushing me back and taking shots, and I stuffed every shot. I was landing all the clean shots, and he was missing a lot. I had him all busted up, I was hitting him with a lot of things. So it was very weird, the scorecards, but they always are. I’m just thankful for the win.”
Johnson is now 2-2 in his last four and rebounded from a knockout loss against Alex Perez with the win over Silva on Saturday.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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