The bantamweight clash between Ailin Perez and Macy Chiasson was overshadowed by the official.
Kris Moutinho’s fourth consecutive loss saw the judges get called into motion for the second time on Saturday night at Arena CDMX.
Before a number of the roster’s top Mexican stars made the walk on the principal card, a ranked bout in the ladies’s bantamweight division took place.
The judges were utilized once more nevertheless it was the referee that ended up drawing the eye of fans during UFC Mexico City.
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Raul Porrata receives criticism from fans because of his calls in Ailin Perez vs Macy Chiasson
Referee Raul Porrata was scrutinized for the calls that he made while being the third person within the Octagon in Mexico City.
Ailin Perez continued the ladies’s bantamweight division’s longest winning streak by earning her sixth consecutive win over Macy Chiasson.
Chiasson was capable of answer Perez’s threats about her making weight before losing a unanimous decision, with all scorecards reading 29-28.
The Argentinian’s six takedowns were crucial to the victory despite the referee surprisingly standing them up within the second round and repeatedly shouting “fight” while she was working on the bottom.
Perez still got the win, but one fan wrote that a loss can be because of this of the ‘awful’ rise up from the ref, with loads of comments calling for him to be ‘fired immediately’.
Others went one step further by saying that he should ‘never ref a UFC fight again’ and ought to be ‘dismissed for the last round’.
While some argued that ‘we’d like to eliminate stalling from this sport’ in support of the official’s call, the egregious nature of this decision was summarized by one comment, reading, ‘The ref just stood up the group.’
One fan stated, ‘This ref would hate Khabib [Nurmagomedov]‘, showing just how strange the standup was because of the work Perez was doing on the bottom.
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What’s next for Ailin Perez after UFC Mexico City?
With a win over the fighter ranked one spot higher than her, Ailin Perez could take a step closer to the highest five of the ladies’s bantamweight division.
Her #7 spot didn’t have any impact on the fight that she called for after getting her hand raised contained in the Octagon.
Perez has history with ranked flyweight fighter Tracy Cortez and made it clear in her post-fight interview that that is the matchup she wants next.