MMA Twitter roasts Sal D’Amato for scoring in favor of Jack Hermansson at UFC Fight Night 200

By Adam D Anglo On Feb 6, 2022

The MMA community has criticized Sal D’Amato for his judging in the fight between Sean Strickland and Jack Hermansson at UFC Vegas 47.

The event wrapped up with Strickland defeating Hermansson after the two middleweights battled it out in a five-round fight.

While it looked as if the fight should have been a comfortable unanimous decision win for Sean Strickland owing to his dominance over five rounds, judge Sal D’Amato had other things in mind. The veteran MMA judge astonishingly scored the fight in favor of Jack Hermansson with scores of 48-47.

The scores of the cage-side judges vs. the Global Scorecard.Judge Sal D’Amato scored rounds 1, 3, & 5 for Jack Hermansson.The 1st round was the only close round on the Global Scorecard.#UFCVegas47 https://t.co/lpniQmp10R

The result saw ‘Tarzan’ earn a split decision victory. The other two judges scored the fight 49-46 and 49-46 comfortably in favor of Strickland.

The American took a measured approach to the fight and was extremely calm throughout the contest. While Hermansson threw a higher volume of strikes compared to Strickland, it was ‘Tarzan’ who landed strikes more efficiently.

Fans and fighters on Twitter reacted with shock after hearing of D’Amato’s decision. Take a look at some reactions below.

MMA Twitter slammed Sal D’Amato for scoring in favor of Jack Hermansson at UFC Fight Night 200

UFC fighter Chris Daukaus was among the few fighters who immediately called out Sal D’Amato for his atrocious decision.

He called for a statement from the MMA judge himself as to why he had scored the fight the way he did.

“So does Sal D’Amato have to report to anyone on why he scored it for Jack? Would be very interested to hear his reasoning for giving him that score on the cards. Judge accountability should be a thing. #UFCVegas47“

So does Sal D’Amato have to report to anyone on why he scored it for Jack? Would be very interested to hear his reasoning for giving him that score on the cards. Judge accountability should be a thing. #UFCVegas47

Fans reacted with annoyance as they expressed their disregard for the decision.

Aleksandar Rakic, UFC’s current top light heavyweight, was seen having a hilarious back and forth with former middleweight Chael Sonnen regarding the fight.

@ChaelSonnen The guy who gets a judge to give him the nod when he was outclassed almost the entire fight. Okay, great.

So this is the part of #UFCVegas47 where RuPaul calls Doug Crosby and Sal D’Amato forward as the bottom two and forces them into a sudden death lip sync battle, right?

Popular boxing figure Teddy Atlas, who is no stranger to ‘bad decisions’ from his illustrious coaching career, expressed his disregard for the judge.

He also compared the sport of boxing and MMA and said that the two sports might have a mutual problem of unfair and inaccurate judging.

He said:

“I see that the UFC judges also have problems like the boxing. Split decision? Dana, give that judge a few extra bucks for better glasses. #UFCVegas47”

I see that the UFC judges also have problems like the boxing. Split decision? Dana, give that judge a few extra bucks for better glasses. #UFCVegas47

A fan made a logical point, saying the outcome of a fight has a direct impact on a fighter’s career and its trajectory. Therefore the system for judging should be rectified.

Sal D’Amato scored rounds 1,3, and 5 for Jack Hermansson. You may say “but the right guy won”…which would be a cop-out. It’s about accountability and and athletic commissions ignoring it. Having judges threaten, better yet,affect a fighters livelihood is inexcusable. #MMATwitter https://t.co/M2JiaZJPPb

Strickland’s striking coach Erik Nicksick expressed concern for his fighter and criticized Sal D’Amato.

Sal D’Amato watched that fight and thought that Jack Hermansson won three rounds. Retire, Sal. Go away.

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