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Simon Samano

A big misunderstanding has fueled the ‘Holly Holm was robbed’ crowd | Opinion

The moment Ketlen Vieira was announced as the winner over Holly Holm at UFC Fight Night 206, Twitter went off in disagreement, with the dreaded R-word being tossed around so casually, which seemingly has become a thing whenever there’s a close main event or title fight these days.

Even Holm suggested she was robbed after dropping a split decision by scores of 47-48, 48-47, 48-47 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. She didn’t use the R-word, but she also didn’t have to. She flat-out said “I thought I won the fight” and “I don’t feel like it was a question.”

It was a question, though. That’s how we ended up with Vieira declared the winner.

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