10 worst judges' decisions in UFC history

#2 Sean Sherk vs. Evan Dunham, UFC 119 – September 25th, 2010

Despite coming close to finishing Sean Sherk, Evan Dunham still lost the decision

It isn’t very often that a fighter comes close to finishing their opponent with both strikes and submission attempts and still manages to lose the decision, but that’s exactly what happened to Evan Dunham when he fought former UFC Lightweight champion Sean Sherk at UFC 119 in September 2010.

Dunham was coming into the fight off the back of 11 straight wins, 4 in the UFC, and it looked like he’d follow it up with his 12th when he caught Sherk in a tight guillotine choke in the first round. Even commentator Mike Goldberg figured he’d won as he began to yell his trademark “IT IS ALL OVER” line before Sherk – turning purple – somehow escaped and then sliced Dunham open with an elbow, causing blood to spurt from a nasty cut.

The elbow could’ve been seen to have won Sherk the round, but the second and third clearly went to Dunham – he came close to choking Sherk out in the second with another two guillotine chokes, and then almost had the former champ knocked out in the third with a nasty high kick. At worst it should’ve been a 29-28 victory for Dunham, but instead, two of the judges saw it as a 29-28 win for Sherk, disgusting the crowd.

Thankfully the UFC appeared to recognize that Dunham had been robbed and treated him as if he’d won the fight, as he was given the main event slot against Melvin Guillard in his next fight. Sherk meanwhile retired in 2013 after a myriad of injuries, and never fought again – meaning he ended his career with a win rather than the loss he probably should’ve received.