Chris Padilla shocked by UFC 327 draw: 'I can't even explain it'
Chris Padilla simply can't understand how everyone in the MMA community could see his UFC 327 fight as a win – except the three judges at cageside.
Chris Padilla experienced one of the most bizarre situations in MMA this year. And it was a positive experience. Earlier this month, as the oddsmakers predicted, Padilla (17-6-1 MMA, 4-0-1 UFC) got his hand raised after winning a majority decision against Marquel Mederos (11-1-1 MMA, 3-1-1 UFC) at UFC 327 in Miami.
However, minutes later, the UFC commentators announced that there had been an error by announcer Bruce Buffer, and the fight was actually a majority draw. The news shocked most in the MMA community, but not more than Padilla and his team. "It's so hard to just feel right, man," Padilla told MMA Junkie.
"I'm so happy I put on an entertaining performance. I'm so happy I got to go in there, and I got to fight. I got to elbow, I got to knee, I got to just do it all, man.
Just experience the 15 minutes, man. Fans were asking me the entire time, 'Oh, do you want to finish them? ' To be honest, bro, I literally kept saying, 'I want to go three rounds because I've finished so many fights.