By the time Sean Strickland and Jack Hermansson wrapped up their 25 minutes in the cage Saturday night, the reasonable assumption was that Strickland had cruised to an easy decision win.
But when Bruce Buffer started to read the scorecards, the fighters, broadcasters and fans watching quickly realized it wasn’t going to be a clear-cut unanimous decision. When a 48-47 score for Hermansson was announced, Strickland almost certainly had visions of historic bad judging results in his head.
A moment later, Strickland (25-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) had his hand raised for his sixth straight win thanks to a pair of appropriate 49-46 scores in his favor for a split decision over Hermansson (22-7 MMA, 9-5 UFC), who got a 48-47 from judge Sal D’Amato.
