5 Outrageous UFC split decisions

#3 Diego Sanchez vs. Ross Pearson

Ross Pearson fought a great fight, but ended up on the losing end against Diego Sanchez

Diego Sanchez is one of the most beloved fighters to have ever stepped foot inside the UFC's famed Octagon. However, it doesn't change the fact that his fighting style is indeed regarded by many as a rather risky and damaging one.

Sanchez is a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, which was where his 3-round fight against Ross Pearson took place. Well, the fight played out like a typical Sanchez fight would, featuring him charging forward without a care in the world -- showing negligible defense and incorrect angles in the striking realm.

Needless to say, Pearson began countering Sanchez with several hard punches, and seemed to have comfortably out-pointed the latter over the course of 3 rounds. Resultantly, when the judges' scorecards revealed that the fight had been scored as a Split Decision win for Sanchez, most fans and experts were quite shocked.

In the days that ensued, most members of the MMA community concurred that the judges were obviously biased towards the hometown fighter, which could probably explain why they scored the bout in favor of Albuquerque, New Mexico native Sanchez.