Controversy came into the equation via an eye poke from Kape that was caused by an open-handed strike that wasn’t picked up by the referee, Mike Beltran. The fight ended in the third round with ...

Yet, referee Michael Oliver did not even show a yellow card. We had to wait for VAR to intervene and recommend a review. Even then, it took more than TWO MINUTES for a decision to be made.

In the third round, Kape turned up the pressure. Almabayev attempted to signal to referee Mike Beltran that he was poked in the eye, but the referee didn’t give him a pause. A replay clearly showed ...

After putting his opponent on shaky legs, Patterson closed the show with accurate punches, sending Barlow to the canvas and prompting referee Mike Beltran to rush in for the early upset stoppage. On ...

However, with no stoppage coming from referee Mike Beltran, Kape just kept pressing forward and finished the fight at 2:16 of Round 3. At this point, there has been no statement about it from the UFC ...

Kape overwhelmed a wincing Almabayev, who at one point began running away from Kape with his back turned to attempt to regain his composure, however, referee Mike Beltran decided to call a halt to ...

But over the first few rounds, multiple eye pokes, one of which wasn’t noticed by referee Mike Beltran, might’ve impacted Almabayev’s vision as the fight went on. After Kape had Almabayev ...

It is frankly an absolute no brainer. “What is also appalling is that referee Michael Oliver had to rely on VAR in order to deliver the outcome. It didn’t need a second look, it was horrendous.” ...