Salt Lake City — Fans in the building, media members on the ground and online, and even UFC CEO and President Dana White were all left fuming at the officiating that bogged down Saturday’s UFC 307 card.
“Atrocious” was the one word description White used during the card’s post-fight press conference, speaking to media outlets including Cageside Press.
“I thought the judging tonight was atrocious. I felt like I was at a boxing match in Ireland tonight,” exclaimed White, clearly not a fan of some of the scorecards that were turned in. Tecia Pennington vs. Carla Esparza raised eyebrows early, especially a 30-27 scorecard favoring Pennington. Jose Aldo vs. Mario Bautista and Julianna Pena vs. Raquel Pennington also had many questioning what fights the judges were watching.
“I thought the judging was atrocious tonight, I’ll just leave it at that,” reiterated White a bit later.
Then there was the referee’s lack …