UFC 313 contained several promising contenders who wanted to keep their rise in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Although 8 March yielded some highlights of the highlights, assessment was an important talk point in the aftermath of the event.
Some fans debated about the outcome of Alex Pereira vs Magomed Ankalaev, making the Russian the new light heavyweight champion through a majority decision.
However, the main event had nothing on a preli battle in which the score cards were thrown away by Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier on comments.
Francis Marshall has already spoken about his controversial loss against Mairon Santos, but now the Brazilian hunter has also had his say.
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Mairon Santos agrees that Francis Marshall deserved to win after looking at the fight again
In his interview after the fight with Joe Rogan, Mairon Santos was booed in Las Vegas when he stated that he thought he won the fight.
The 24-year-old Brazilian was the featherweight winner of last year's episode of the Ultimate Fighter and last weekend at UFC 313 he looked to achieve his first victory since he joined the schedule.
Two jury members scored the fight 29-28 in favor of Santos, while Derek Cleary Francis Marshall won to win all three rounds.
Both Rogan and Cormier stated that Marshall, who won all three rounds, seemed to be the much more reasonable result and that the opinion was shared by the MediaScores on MMA decisions where each card had the American won.
In a recent interview with Inside Fighting, Santos admitted that, after he had returned to have looked at the fight through a new lens, he agreed that his opponent was difficult.
“When the fight ended, I thought okay, I won, but after having the fight again, I think he should have risen his hand because the fight was very close and the Takedown made a difference. I didn't know he was doing so well in the striking so yes man, that are my thoughts about the fight. “
Both Mairon Santos and Francis Marshall have continued
It makes perfect sense why Mairon Santos would like to continue from UFC 313 after a controversial victory.
Although it was not his best performance, the emerging competition has clearly has a lot of potential and it is the best step as quickly as possible to leave this drama behind as quickly as possible.
For Francis Marshall he could have done the opposite and he continued to accumulate about being robbed on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Instead, he emphasized the elements that he could control, and stated that he has made a number of important improvements recently, but it was simply not enough to convince the judges on this occasion.
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