The scores in UFC Vegas 47’s headliner were not unanimous, to the shock of many MMA observers who watched the five-round headliner between Sean Strickland and Jack Hermansson on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Judges called a split decision after 25 minutes, with two seeing it 4-1 for Strickland and the third dissenting 3-2 for Hermansson; the official scores were 49-46 twice for the winner and 48-47 for the loser.
Here is the official scorecard for the fight, courtesy of the UFC.
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Judges Derek Cleary and Junichiro Kamijo’s scores were identical, though they disagreed on the rounds won. Cleary gave Strickland Rounds 1, 2, 3 and 4, while Kamijo gave him Rounds 2-5.
Veteran judge Sal D’Amato, the dissenting judge of the fight, awarded Hermansson Rounds 1, 3 and 5 to deliver the 48-47 score.
On MMADecisions.com, all 21 media outlets that scored the fight awarded it to Strickland, with 10 scoring it 50-45 and 10 scoring it 49-46. One scored it 48-47.
