The best and worst from UFC Fight Night 147: Till vs. Masvidal

Modified Mar 17, 2019 09:51 GMT

Jorge Masvidal picked up a huge win over Darren Till last night

#2 Worst: Bad refereeing mars Roberts vs. Silva

Referee Kevin Sataki made a major gaffe by stopping the fight between Danny Roberts and Claudio Silva

I’m not going to beat around the bush here – Danny Roberts was robbed by the referee in his fight with Claudio Silva last night. Admittedly, ‘Hot Chocolate’ may have lost a decision had the fight gone the distance – Silva clearly took the first round and the second and third could’ve gone either way – but he still deserved more than what he got.

Trapped in a semi-tight armbar, Roberts appeared to be en route to escaping when referee Kevin Sataki stepped in to stop the fight.

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The reason? Apparently Roberts had verbally submitted – except he hadn’t. At worst, he’d groaned with the effort of trying to free himself from the hold and perhaps with a bit of pain, but at the end of the day, we’ve seen fighters escape tighter armbars than that one in the past. Simply put, it was a huge gaffe from Sataki, who I can’t recall seeing referee in the UFC prior to last night.

After that performance, he may not be back, too. Roberts was gutted with such a ridiculous loss but thankfully UFC President Dana White appeared to take his side, slamming Sataki on Twitter after the show. Hopefully the UFC can run the fight back – it was an entertaining one – because I doubt Silva is happy with such a ridiculous win either.

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