Jason Herzog sees Henry Cejudo’s UFC Seattle Point Gripe, Even If The Outcome Still Wuld Have Been A Loss

Henry Cejudo Confronted Referee Jason Herzog Over The Eye Poke Controversy in His Loss to Song Yadong.

Cejudo (16-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) Lost A Technical Decision to Song (22-8-1 MMA, 11-3-1 UFC) in the UFC Fight Night 252 Main Event at Climate Pledge Arena. Cejudo Was Pokked in the Eye Towards the End of Round 3, But Chose to Finish Off The Round After Taking the Full Five Minutes to Try and Recover.

However, by the End of Round 3, Cejudo Said HE Couldn’t See, and The Fight Went To The Judges’ Scorecards WHERE SONG WAS AWARDED THE WIN. Cejudo facetimed Herzog to Discusses His Discontentant with The Way Handled The Sity.

“WHEN I GOT POKED, JASON, ONE, YOU DIDN’T TAKE A POINT,“ CEJUDO SAID ON HIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL. “And then two, WHEN I TOOK The FIV-MINUTE BREAK AND WE Ended Up Coming Back to Actual Fight, I Still Wasn’t Recovered, But That Dude Still Came Here (With Fingers Ot.

“Luckily, I Couldn’t See, or at Least I Saw Four Arms, But You Never Warned Him, or You Never Took Away a Point. Jason, Bisping Lost An Eye Because of this. Again, Jason, I Respect Your Job. WHAT I’M TRYING TO DO IS, How Can We Make This Sport Better? Dana White Thinks i’m b*tCHING OUT. Dana White Thinks i Wanted Out When i’m Still Seeing Blurry Right Now. ”

Herzog admitted that he should have likely taken a point from song.

“You’re asking me about the point deduction, and I Agree,“ Herzog Responded. “Let’s Say We Took The Point Deduction So We Can Play this Out. SO I TAKE The Point, You Have The Deduction. I’m Not Saying You’re Wrong About Taking the Point and Not Taking the Point Because As I Review It A Couple of Times, I’M Leaning Towards Yeah, You Definitely Should.

“I’ll Give You My Perspective in the Moment and Ten Just So You Hear It, And I’M Not Trying to Say That It’s Right or Wrong. I’ve Heard You Now and I Completely Agree. Especially afterwards WHEN HE CAME OUTH HIS FINGERS LIKE THIS (Stretched Out), Who Didn’t You The Ten Stop It and Take a Point Immediatly, An I ITK that an antio. Probably Should Have Made. I Think that’s a fair Point. ”

Cejudo took Issue with the fact that Herzog wnt over the rules with him prior to the Fight, But Didn’t End Up Penalizing Song.

“You say these rules in the back jason, and i though that’s what kind kind of bugs me, is that you have the specialty Did something things (outstretched fingers), everyting that you said huppened to me. said. “I Looked Like The Biggest B*Tch on Earth. … I have a loss on my record, jason, because you didn’t make the right call and that bogs me a little bit. ”

Cejudo Thought Had Herzog Taken a Point Away from Song, The Fight Wuld Have Been Ruled A Majority Draw After Going to the Judges’ Scorecards. However, Herzog Clarified That Had He Deducked A Point from Song and Cejudo Couldn’t Continue Fighting After Round 3, HE would have a have lost by tko.

SO in Hindsight, Herzog Was Trying to Give Him The Best-Case Scenario.

“Again, i’m trying to keep you in the Fight is my goal in this moment,“ Herzog Said. “How do i keep this man in the Fight, How do I let him compete? The Criticism and Hear is Valid, ‘WHY DIDNN’T YOU TAKE A POINT?’ WELL, you THEN WALK INTO THIS, ‘THEN IT WOURT HAVE BEEN A DRAW.’ That ‘would have been a Draw’ part doesn’t exist. THEN IT WOURT HAVE BEEN A TKO LOSS. That’s the actual argument. It would have been a tko loss because Henry Cejudo Could no Longer Continue to Fight. ”

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