Rob
09-11-2007, 10:56 AM
UFC.com has acknowledged the swirl of controversy surrounding the decision in the Matt Hamill vs Michael Bisping fight in an article here (http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=7746). They go so far as to list the fact that numerous suspect decisions in boxing dramatically hurt that sport, and that they hope that this does not happen for MMA. They also make frequent mention of the London fans supporting Hamill after the fight - as well as including the fact that Bisping was booed by a significant portion of the crowd - and how everyone thought that Hamill won.
There's a poll up for fans to vote on which fighter they think really won the fight and the results are currently 90.23% to 9.77% in favour of Hamill. At least now we should not have to hear further trashtalk from Bisping, nor have to worry about the UFC dropping Hamill for a loss. I was not a big fan of Hamill's prior to UFC 75, as he was very much overconfident, immature and cocky on The Ultimate Fighter 3, but he has come a tremendously long way since then and I hope he gets a chance to shine in the future.
Either way, this is a very wise decision by the UFC. They could have easily ignored the controversy, and passed it off as just a handful of people who were upset, but they did the right thing by addressing the situation in-depthly. I am legitimately impressed. You certainly would not see an article like that from higher-ups in boxing.
There's a poll up for fans to vote on which fighter they think really won the fight and the results are currently 90.23% to 9.77% in favour of Hamill. At least now we should not have to hear further trashtalk from Bisping, nor have to worry about the UFC dropping Hamill for a loss. I was not a big fan of Hamill's prior to UFC 75, as he was very much overconfident, immature and cocky on The Ultimate Fighter 3, but he has come a tremendously long way since then and I hope he gets a chance to shine in the future.
Either way, this is a very wise decision by the UFC. They could have easily ignored the controversy, and passed it off as just a handful of people who were upset, but they did the right thing by addressing the situation in-depthly. I am legitimately impressed. You certainly would not see an article like that from higher-ups in boxing.