Silva: “I won that fight”

Anderson 'Braddock' Silva left the ring at GLORY 38 CHICAGO feeling like he had been robbed of victory by the judges.

The Brazilian heavyweight was ahead on all judges' cards before a knockdown call late in the third round resulted in it being scored a 10-8 for Adegbuyi. That in turn meant the judges' final decision turned out to be a draw, the 10-8 balancing out Silva's previous two scores of 10-9.

Under GLORY rules a draw means the fight goes to an extra round. Adegbuyi took control and scored a knockdown of his own in this round, making him the winner of the fight overall. Silva was furious backstage afterwards.

“He fought well but I felt that I won. That was not a knockdown. He kicked my leg and I lost my balance and then he gets a knockdown for it. But I was not hurt, it was just balance. So then the fight is a draw and it goes to the extra round,” he said.

“I don't argue that he didn't win the extra round, he did, but it should not have been that. When I heard it was a draw and an extra round I just lost all motivation for it. I couldn't give 100%. If there was no knockdown then I would have won. But it got him a draw. So I feel like my victory was taken away.”