Gilbert Burns Calls On FBI To Investigate Sandhagen v. Vera Judge

Dana White, followers, fighters … nearly everybody was shocked MMA choose Joel Ojeda scored Marlon Vera, regardless of being totally overwhelmed, the winner over Cory Sandhagen, and now UFC star Gilbert Burns tells us legislation enforcement ought to examine.

“I think this judge needs to be investigated,” Gilbert advised TMZ Sports, including, “We need the FBI on this judge. Those judge might be working with the betting company.”

If you missed it, 30-year-old Sandhagen (ranked fifth earlier than the combat) and 30-year-old Vera (ranked third) fought in the principle occasion at UFC Fight Night on Saturday night time in San Antonio … a 5-round scrap that went to the choose’s scorecards.

After the combat, each males stood on the middle of the Octagon, as Bruce Buffer introduced a “split decision” … and, cue the head-scratching.

Judge Sal D’Amato scored the combat 50-45 for Cory (5 rounds to none), whereas Chris Lee scored it 49-46 (4 rounds to 1 for Sandhagen). But, Ojeda, was seemingly watching one other combat … scoring the bout 48-47 for Chito (3 rounds to 2).

D’Amato and Lee have a great deal of expertise, whereas Ojeda has labored solely a handful of UFC fights (4).

Now, Chito is among the baddest dudes on the earth, however Saturday simply wasn’t his night time … by nearly each metric.

“Chito’s my guy and I want him to win, but, theres no way he won that fight,” Burns mentioned. “It’s clear to anyone. What’s wrong with that judge?”

Further proof … in accordance with the UFC’s official stats, Chito landed 73 strikes to Cory’s 187. Sandhagen was additionally credited with 3 takedowns, leading to over 7 minutes of management time. Vera tried 1 takedown however was unsuccessful.

Even Dana was floored.

“I used to be actually popping out of the lavatory and I used to be like, ‘What the f**ok?’”

The UFC honcho continued … “It may have been 5-0, it may have been [4 rounds to 1], however [split decision]? Wow, that’s fairly scary.”

We reached out to the Texas Dept. of Licensing & Regulation, who oversee judges within the state, and so they advised us “TDLR is aware of the concerns about the scoring in one of Saturday’s UFC fights. All TDLR officials receive ongoing training and we monitor each fight for consistency and accuracy in scoring.”

When we adopted up, questioning whether or not the choose was being investigated, TDLR mentioned they could not touch upon particular person judges, however added they assessment efficiency after every occasion.

We additionally talked to Gilbert about his upcoming UFC 287 co-main combat with rival Jorge Masvidal … a combat he says he is gunning to win by knockout our end ‘trigger — cannot belief the scoring!