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Duke Roufus says Paul Felder lost $82k because of the judges

February 27, 2020
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Controversial judging has always been a hot topic of discussion in MMA and the main event at UFC Auckland between Paul Felder and Dan Hooker added more to that conversation.

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The bout between Hooker and Felder was a very close one, which seen the judges give the nod to Hooker by way of a split decision. Many have disagreed with that verdict, including “Big” John McCarthy, although he wouldn’t call it a robbery.

Paul Felder’s stand-up coach Duke Roufus talked about the matter during an interview on the Luke Thomas Show.

🔊 "When the judges make mistakes, they go home with the same paycheck…Paul Felder and his family lost $82,000 because of the judges."- @coachdukeroufus discusses the problems with MMA judging@lthomasnews

Hear the full interview on the #TLTS Podcast🎧https://t.co/S0s7gsJt93 pic.twitter.com/8NAWLPTjib

— MMA on SiriusXM (@MMAonSiriusXM) February 26, 2020

“I don’t have much confidence anymore in judges,” Roufus said about the Felder vs. Hooker decision. “All these kids, when things don’t go well for them and they have a bad performance, they’re expected to go to the press conference and give all their answers, all their reasons. Guys like you call me up after a fight and good, bad, or indifferent, I answer your questions as painfully as they are sometimes when we crap the bed as a team. Whereas all the referees and judges they get to vanish into thin air.”

“I’ll give you an example, in Israel last year, Emmanuel Sanchez vs. ‘Pitbull’ [Patricio Freire], all three judges scored the third round for Pitbull and I asked them ‘do takedowns matter in the unified rules of MMA?’ and they said no they don’t. Then I said ‘why did all three of you judges score that round for Pitbull?’ They said ‘well the takedown at the end of the round.’ So I go ‘you just said that takedowns don’t matter’ — especially that one. He took Manny down and held onto him for 30 seconds at the end of the round where Manny had out-struck him that entire round and there was no wrestling or grappling the rest of the round. One of the judges was gracious enough to at least listen to my opinion, the other two judges got upset with me and they told me they don’t need to listen to my shit and they took off. So, that’s the problem with judging here, my friends.”

When Roufus was asked about what could be done about judging in MMA, Roufus gave his thoughts on a few possible solutions to the issue.

“We’ve got to make a better stance on this,” the long-time Paul Felder coach said. “One, I think there should be five judges. Two, I think there should be up-to-the-year updating. Three, judges: don’t be fans of the sport, be students of the sport. That’s the problem with judging. When judges make mistakes, they get to home with the same paycheck. Paul Felder lost $82,000 because of the judges. That’s a considerable income. Do I think he’s worth more? For sure, but at the end of day, that’s $82,000. That’s a lot of milk money.”

This article first appeared on CLOSEDGUARDMEDIA.com on 27th February, 2020.

Tags: Dan HookerDuke RoufusPaul FelderUFC Auckland
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