Irishman Paul Hughes believes he ought to have been awarded victory in his Bellator light-weight championship bout towards Usman Nurmagomedov in Dubai on Saturday night time.
The champion admitted afterwards he had “underestimated” Hughes however retained his belt and extended his record to 19-0 after the judges scored the combat 47-47, 48-46, 48-46 in his favour.
The 27-year-old challenger, nevertheless, mentioned the choice was “fairly ridiculous”.
“As all the time I’ll have to look at it again to get a great evaluation and a clear-minded evaluation, however as we all know, all of us thought I received that one,” he mentioned in a video posted on his Instagram account.
“I feel the judges’ scorecards had been fairly ridiculous, however as I say I will watch it again with a transparent thoughts.
“I am simply judging from the vitality of the world and everybody surrounding the cage. I believed it was mine.”
