The best and worst from UFC 227

#2 Worst: Questionable judging mars Cejudo’s victory

Did Cejudo really do enough to wrestle the title away from Mighty Mouse?

Okay, so nobody could deny that the Johnson/Cejudo Flyweight title fight was a close one to call, but if I’m honest I was shocked when it was the challenger who had his hand raised at the end of it all. Personally I scored the fight 49-46 for Johnson – giving him the first, second, third and fifth rounds – and although I could see a case for Cejudo winning the second round, I’m not sure exactly how he took three rounds on any scorecard.

It was clearly a tight call but I came away feeling like the judges had simply over-valued Cejudo’s takedowns, despite the Olympian not really doing all that much with them – he didn’t damage Johnson with heavy ground-and-pound, and nor did he come truly close with any submission attempts. You could argue, in fact, that Johnson was in more trouble in fights he ended up winning against John Dodson and Tim Elliott.

Hopefully the fact that the judges might’ve got this one wrong in the eyes of many means the UFC will run it back – they love rematches anyway and Johnson more than warrants an instant chance to win his title back – but a more convincing win would’ve been much better for Cejudo and this wasn’t it.