Here's the match video of Yana Kunitskaya vs Ketlen Vieira from last night's UFC show in Las Vegas. This fight is at Bantamweight. Yana is from Russia but she now trains at ATT in Florida with her UFC fighter boyfriend Thiago Moises. She's a midcard fighter at best. Ketlen trains at Nova Uniao in Brazil. She is excellent on the ground. This fight was the product of really terrible judging. Robbery is not too strong a word to use. Ketlen won round one very easily with ground control. I scored it 10-9 for Ketlen. Two judges scored it 10-9 for Ketlen and the third scored it 10-9 for Yana. There is no way that round should have been scored for Yana. In round two, Ketlen initiated a takedown but wound up on the bottom. She kept trying for submissions but as Michael Bisping mentioned on the broadcast, she needed to get out from under. So I scored the round 10-9 for Yana for maintaining top position and so did all three judges. In round three, Ketlen maintained top position and attempting submissions for most of the round until Yana reversed it in the last minute and cut Ketlen with an elbow. I scored it 10-9 for Ketlen for maintaining top position for most of the round. Two judges scored it 10-9 for Yana and the third judge who scored round one for Yana scored it 10-9 for Ketlen. So all three judges scored the fight 29-28 for Yana. So how does Yana get credit for top position in round two and Ketlen not get credit for top position in round three. That's called round stealing which I don't believe in. But sometimes judges make stupid mistakes and this was pretty bad. The judging was awful. Check out the video for yourself.
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