A scoring error has taken a win away from Chris Padilla after he was initially scored a majority decision victory over MarQuel Mederos at UFC 327 on Saturday.
The scorecards originally gave Padilla the nod with two judges giving him the fight with 29-27 scores while the third dissenting official had it 28-28 after three rounds. Part of the confusion came from a point deduction issued in the third round after Mederos poked Padilla in the eye for the second time, which led to referee Keith Peterson penalizing him for the foul.
The decision was announced with Padilla winning but the UFC 327 broadcast later clarified the scoring error.
Judges Derek Cleary and Eliseo Rodriguez both actually had the fight scored 28-28 with the point decusion issued against Mederos. Only judge Solimar Miranda actually had it 29-27 for Padilla.
Perhaps the strangest part of the scoring is without the point deduction, Mederos would have won the fight after Clear gave him rounds one and two with Rodrigues scoring him winning rounds two and three.
In the end that point deduction cost Mederos the win but at least he no longer has a loss on his record as he initially thought after the fight on Saturday.
The majority draw is now the official decision after a back-and-forth fight between Padilla and Mederos went all three rounds.
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