Jon Anik was on the decision for the UFC 314 essential occasion between Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes, and after the third spherical, he felt there was an ideal case Volkanovski was up 30-27 on the scorecards. Not everybody agreed with that.
Anik served as lead commentator—alongside Daniel Cormier and Joe Rogan offering shade commentary—for the UFC’s latest pay-per-view occasion, which was capped off by Volkanovski regaining the featherweight title by way of unanimous determination. After the primary occasion ended, Rogan stated that matchmaker Sean Shelby “must be drug examined” after disagreeing with Anik’s tackle the primary quarter-hour of the combat. Anik was requested about the place that second stemmed from.
“So I trotted on the market on the printed, near the tip of the third spherical, I stated, ‘Diego Lopes would possibly wish to do one thing right here, he’s at risk of being down 3-0,’” Anik instructed MMA Preventing. “Now, I don’t know that Sean Shelby’s me sideways after I say that, I’m doing the printed, however then DC audibly—if reminiscence serves—introduced it to my consideration. So then I seemed down and Maynard and Shelby are me like I ought to lose my job, and never that I query myself, I do know what I see. …
“And I since have finished my homework about Spherical 4, and possibly I used to be in some half flawed to criticize [judge] Sal D’Amato, although typically I don’t know what I’m watching relative to what I’ve discovered, however yeah, I imply, I believe at that time limit, Shelby wrongfully, I can say that respectfully, thought Diego Lopes might need been up 2-1.”
Volkanovski earned two 49-46 scorecards, together with a 48-47 in his historic championship victory. “The Nice” seemed sensational for many of the combat, exterior of getting dropped within the second spherical and taking a giant punch within the fourth spherical that appeared to stagger the now multi-time world champ.
After rewatching the combat, Anik understands anyone who scored the motion a clear sweep for Volkanovski regardless of these two massive moments for Lopes.
“I believe there’s an argument for 50-45 Volkanovski based mostly upon my rewatch and my kind of analysis in a retroactive manner into the scoring,” Anik stated. “Right here’s the factor, if I might simply say this in 20 seconds, the most important punch of the combat was landed in spherical 4, and I might say, respectfully, disgrace on Diego Lopes for not following up. However Volk did land twice as many strikes in Spherical 4.
“I assume now I can perceive why Sal would have scored that spherical for him, however I assume the way in which I’m saying for those who land the most important strike of the combat and also you come considerably near possibly placing the man away, is that not your spherical?
“However yeah, I imply, I gave 1, 2, 3, and 5 to Volk.”
