Kai Kara-France believes he was robbed at UFC on ESPN 45.
Kara-France (24-11 MMA, 7-4 UFC) lost a split decision to Amir Albazi (17-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) in this past Saturday’s headliner at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas – a decision that many, including teammate Israel Adesanya, heavily disagreed with.
The City Kickboxing flyweight took to Twitter to compare UFC judges with those of the National Rugby League but promised to push ahead regardless of the setback.
Who’s worse UFC judges or NRL Refs?😅
— Kai Kara France (@kaikarafrance) June 4, 2023
The whole world knows who won but regardless we keep our head high and we keep moving forward. Appreciate all the love and support from everyone. Time for family and then we get back to work. 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/8eUi9u3L1u
— Kai Kara France (@kaikarafrance) June 4, 2023
According to MMA Decisions, only two media outlets scored the fight in favor of Albazi, whereas 19 others scored it for Kara-France with mixed scores of 48-47 and 49-46.
Kara-France now has dropped two straight for the first time in his UFC career. His losses came in an interim flyweight title fight against Brandon Moreno at UFC 277 and now a main event against Albazi.
Prior to that, the 30-year-old won three in a row – including back-to-back first-round knockouts of Rogerio Bontorin and former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt.
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