Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) executive director Jeff Mullen said on a judges training call Wednesday that he did not agree with a controversial score in last Saturday night’s UFC women’s featherweight title fight between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko. ESPN website reports.
«Mike is one of the very best judges in the world,» Mullen said. «He’s just as good a judge as he was. I don’t agree with his score on this round.» The correct call, the judges said, would have been 10-9 Grasso in the fifth. If that had been the score across the board last Saturday night, Shevchenko would have won back the championship.
Grasso and Shevchenko fought to a split draw in the fight, which was the main event of Noche UFC in Las Vegas. Grasso retained the UFC women’s flyweight title due to the result.
Shevchenko questioned that 10-8 score in her postfight news conference and has continued to on social media.
Valentina Shevchenko has 22 wins, four losses and one draw. Alexa Grasso has 16 wins, three losses and one draw.
