Josh Hokit came up short in his UFC heavyweight title fight with Ciryl Gane at UFC 334, losing a unanimous decision Saturday night in New York, and Alex Pereira seems to disagree with the result.
Pereira, who has a hot rivalry with Hokit, was watching the fight at Madison Square Garden and couldn’t believe when Bruce Buffer announced a triple 48-47 in favor of Pereira’s most recent opponent.
“Call the cops,” Pereira said in Portuguese on a video posted by the UFC. “Call the cops. Call the cops.”
“Poatan”
pretended to be on a phone call with the authorities.
“Hello, can someone come to Madison Square Garden?” Pereira said. “There was a robbery here now.”
Official scores from judges Adrian Castro, Sal D’Amato and Chris Lee were all over the place for the UFC 334 main event. Aside from rounds three to five, who were unanimous for the trio of judges, they went separate ways in the first 10 minutes of action.
Pereira met Hokit backstage at Madison Square Garden and walked up to the him to congratulate for his performance.
“Congrats, my brother,” Pereira said. “It was a very good fight. For me, you won.”
Pereira was interested in the title bout as he prepares to take on Sergei Pavlovich next month at UFC 335, a fight that could determine the next in line for the heavyweight belt.
Click here to watch the Gane vs. Hokit highlights.
