The best and worst from UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2

#2 Worst: The fans booing Costa after his win

After putting on a classic fight, Paulo Costa deserved better than to be booed by the fans

The lone major gripe I had with this show was the behavior of the fans in attendance at the Honda Center following the end of the Paulo Costa/Yoel Romero fight. After such an incredible fight, the Anaheim crowd should’ve been buzzing – but once Costa was announced as the winner, loud boos rained down on the Octagon and totally ruined what could’ve been a chance for ‘The Eraser’ to further establish himself as a star in his post-fight interview.

I’ve got nothing against fans booing; fighters who play a “heel” character such as Colby Covington or Chael Sonnen obviously revel in a negative reaction from the crowd, and in all honesty, I have no problem with fans who boo a dull fight or a period of inactivity during the action either. But the reaction to last night’s decision was ludicrous.

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Sure, there was a case for Romero deserving the victory after he clearly took the third round – there was an argument for him winning the second due to his late work – but it was a close fight and personally I scored it 29-28 for Costa as did many others, so it was clearly not a robbery.

But more to the point, why boo Costa? It isn’t like he made the judging call, and the effort he’d just put into providing 15 minutes of wild action for the fans deserved far more respect.

In my opinion, the Anaheim fans should be ashamed of their reaction.

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