Over-Use of the Term “Robbery”

Over-Use of the Term “Robbery”

By Joey Jacalone

This past Saturday we were treated to an amazing night of fights. The night ended with one of the best UFC main events in the company’s history, when UFC middleweight champion (and in my opinion, p4p #1 fighter in the UFC) Robert Whittaker took on one of the scariest men in the history of the sport, Yoel Romero.

They went 5 hard rounds in of the best fights I’ve ever seen. Back and forth action that resulted in an extremely close contest. When the scorecards were read, Robert Whittaker was declared the winner. Naturally, when a fight is close, fans are going to disagree on who should have got the win, the term that people like to throw out the most is, “Robbery”.

Let’s get this straight, what happened Saturday night in the main event was not a robbery, not in your wildest imagination. There have been plenty of robberies in this sport that would warrant that term, one that comes to mind is Diego Sanchez vs Ross Pearson. Ross out-boxed Diego from bell to bell, and in the end, Diego was announced the winner,that is just one fight that comes to mind.

When a fight is close enough that people all over the internet disagree on who won the fight, then by no means was it a robbery, but a close contest that could have gone to either fighter. I personally had scored the Whittaker-Romero fight on Saturday a draw on first viewing, but when the decision was read, I wasn’t disappointed, I knew it was close, either fighter could have had his hand raised.

My point is, it’s very normal for different people to score fights differently. You’re not always gonna agree with how I score a fight and I’m not always gonna agree on how you score it, but this overuse of the word robbery makes us all seem like uneducated fight fans. By all means, disagree with the decision, but use your eyes when you’re watching, and at least acknowledge it was close.