UFC fans have been left after various controversial decisions have hit the return of the promotion to London.
On Saturday, the UFC returned to London for the sixth time since 2020, because former Welterweight champion, Leon Edwards, looked back to the win column with a victory over Sean Brady in the main event.
With Edwards who was looking for title conflicts in the main event, the Undercard consisted of several of his teammates from his teammates.
One was Jai Herbert, who had fought in London four times before under the UFC banner and Ilia Topuria almost finished during their fight in 2022.
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Fans call 'Robbery' while Jai Herbert loses a decision to Chris Padilla
Opposite 'The Black Country Banger' was Chris Padilla, who came from two Finishes in his first two UFC steps.
The opening round played extremely for both hunters, with both light weights hesitant to throw large shots early.
The second round played extremely in the same way when Herbert seemed to try to let his striking go while Padilla tried to go up with every chance he could.
Again in the third round, most of the round played extremely passively, but the Brit was the one who dictated the pace and led the stock markets.
With not long to the left of the fight, Herbert caught the American with a huge elbow who opened a horrible deep cut above Padilla's eyebrow.
Nevertheless, the lightweight fight went to the score cards and the next decision is one that has come a lot of criticism. Two jury members scored the fight 29-28 to Padilla with the other scored 29-28 to Herbert.
“Those jury members robbed Jai Herbert. Food him blindly,” a fan commented on X after the result.
Those jury members just robbed Jai Herbert. He robbed him blindly. Scored 30-27. Was not sexy, but Chris Padilla did absolutely nothing, except occasionally grabbing and throwing knees at the thigh. That was ridiculous! #Ufclondon
– Nick Peet (@Peety_editor) March 22, 2025
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“To be honest, should have been a draw. Both were equally impressive,” another fan noted.
Two other UFC London scor cards come to criticize
Unfortunately, the lightweight fight between Herbert and Padilla is not the only UFC London fight that has come under criticism.
Early on the map, British Prospect, Nathan Fletcher was beaten controversially by Caolan Loughran, while his teammate Paddy Pimblett watched disgust.
A few fights later Tom Aspinall's teammate, Mick Parkin, suffered the first loss of his career when he was beaten controversially by UFC veteran, Marcin Tybura.
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