Pedro Munhoz Demands Immediate Rematch with Frankie Edgar
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While Munhoz didn’t necessarily clamor for an immediate rematch initially, on Monday he changed his tone.
“I’ve always done my talking in the octagon but this needs to be said,” Munhoz wrote on Instagram. “I work too hard to get screwed by poor judges who have no training and even less accountability. Look at the stats and the damage. Look at the 17 of 20 media sites who agreed I won, 7 of which had it 49-46. Tell me how the deciding judge gave round 3 to Frankie. He’s a legend, but I won that fight and want a rematch now, [Dana White].”
Munhoz’s argument is true: the vast majority of media scorecards on MMADecisions.com had him winning the bantamweight fight. However, the contest was extremely competitive in real time, with both fighters having their moments over the course of the 25-minute affair.
White, meanwhile, didn’t have on a definitive opinion on who should have won the bout.
“It was a close fight,” White said at the post-fight press conference. “If they had Muhnoz, I wouldn’t have said, ‘Oh my God that’s crazy.’ Either one of those those guys could have won that fight.”
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