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Twitter reacts to Raufeon Stots’ Bellator 289 split decision win, judge’s 50-45 Danny Sabatello scorecard

The main event of Bellator 289 was a close fight between Raufeon Stots and Danny Sabatello that went the full 25-minute distance.

With the interim bantamweight title and a spot in the grand prix final on the line, the fight came down to the judges’ scorecards, who were split in deciding a winner.

Judge Doug Crosby became the central point of social media reaction after his 50-45 score in favor of Sabatello was read. The other two judges, Bryan Miner and Eric Colon scored the fight 48-47 in favor of Stots.

Check out reactions to the fight and the scorecards below.

Main event time

Tommy Toe Hold

Luke Thomas

CJ Tuttle

Aljamain Sterling

Sean Sheehan

Early grappling exchanges

Adam Martin

Josh Thomson

Curtis Calhoun

Saidyokub Kakhramonov

Aljamain Sterling

Jed Meshew

Ben Askren

Josh Gross

The official decision is read

Angela Hill

Belal Muhammad

Adrian Yanez

Al Iaquinta

Aljamain Sterling

Derek Brunson

Matthew Wells

The scorecards

Damon Martin

Tyson Chartier

The bantamweight grand prix final

Mike Bohn

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