LAS VEGAS – Danny Barlow had a scary name on Saturday evening.
The UFC welterweight was one scorecard away from dropping to Nikolay Veretennikov, as his UFC on ESPN 61 bout led to a cut up determination studying favoring him. Nevertheless, many on-line thought Barlow (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) had a transparent victory over Veretennikov (12-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) throughout their foremost card bout. However maybe extra apparently, the scorecard favoring Veretennikov gave him all three rounds.
Though many on-line freaked out on the 30-27 scoring for Veretennikov, Barlow wasn’t sweating it.
“That’s what occurs if you go to the choice,” Barlow advised reporters on the UFC on ESPN 61 post-fight interview. “It’s out of my arms as soon as it goes to determination. Once I heard it, no, I wasn’t bothered by it. However yeah, it’s what it’s.
“As soon as the decision received to the judges, I’ve seen some loopy issues occur. So I simply just about like, yeah, I felt like I received, so I wasn’t nervous about it. However like I mentioned, you’re going to have some judges that make these sort of selections.”
Outdoors the odd scoring, Barlow was completely satisfied along with his efficiency and what he was capable of show within the octagon. He did count on the struggle to be extra intense, however all in all, was pleased with the win.
“It wasn’t a shock as a result of we positively was ready,” Barlow mentioned concerning his efficiency. “We had been ready within the clinch, and I truly felt larger than him within the clinch. He was a really huge and powerful man, however that’s one other factor I felt like we had been profitable in. Our gameplan was profitable. I wasn’t actually shocked by something. … I anticipated him to be a beast, particularly him coming off all these wins and ending guys. I used to be anticipating it to be extra of a canine struggle.”
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