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#1 Worst: Poor judging mars the Stamann/Yadong fight

Cody Stamann was robbed by the judges in his fight with Song Yadong

The Bantamweight clash between Cody Stamann and Song Yadong was a pretty solid fight between two of the division’s better fighters all told, but it turned out to be marred by some horrendous judging. It appeared that Stamann had done enough to win at least two of the three rounds – probably the second and definitely the third – and as Yadong had suffered a point deduction due to an illegal knee in the first, it seemed clear that ‘The Spartan’ would have his hand raised.

Somehow though, the judges decided otherwise; one going with Stamann 29-28, but the other two calling the fight a 28-28 draw. I honestly can’t work out how; Stamann was never hurt by Yadong’s big striking power, he landed decent shots of his own, and he got more takedowns and controlled the Chinese fighter on the ground.

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Stamann could’ve taken the easy way out last night and simply refused to continue after the illegal strike, and he’d have won via DQ that way. Instead he fought on, did a great job, and was robbed by the judges instead.

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