{"id":556864,"date":"2026-03-22T11:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T11:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/556864\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T11:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T11:09:07","slug":"dana-white-dismisses-evloev-win-controversy-at-ufc-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/556864\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White dismisses Evloev win controversy at UFC London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-mma-rankings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No. 1-ranked<\/a> Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight Movsar Evloev scored a polarizing majority decision over Lerone Murphy in the main event of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-results\/428809\/ufc-london-live-results-highlights-play-by-play-evloev-vs-murphy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC London<\/a> yesterday (Sat., May 21, 2026) inside the O2 Arena in London, England.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Many observers felt Murphy took the first two rounds, while Evloev rallied to win the final two. In round three, Evloev was docked a point for a low blow \u2014 but still appeared to win the frame, leading a large portion of fans and media to score the fight 47-47.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Still, Evloev walked away with the win \u2014 and plenty of debate followed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Just not from UFC CEO Dana White.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWhat was the controversy?\u201d White said during the UFC London <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-press-conference-video\/430778\/watch-ufc-london-post-fight-press-conference-live-stream-video-evloev-vs-murphy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">post-fight press conference<\/a>. \u201cWell, I think one of the judges probably had it a draw \u2014 but yeah, I don\u2019t think there was any controversy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That\u2019s certainly one way to look at it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Of course, it\u2019s possible he caught the fight elsewhere backstage \u2014 but his lack of a strong opinion didn\u2019t exactly clear things up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Controversy aside, White did acknowledge that Evloev is firmly in the title picture following the win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cPossibly, yeah,\u201d White said when asked if Evloev was next in line to face Alexander Volkanovski. \u201cI\u2019m not even thinking about that. The fight just ended. But yeah, he\u2019s obviously in a good position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Whether fans agree with the decision or not, Evloev remains undefeated \u2014 and now sits closer than ever to his first shot at UFC gold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For complete UFC London results, coverage, and highlights click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/e\/428809\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No. 1-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight Movsar Evloev scored a polarizing majority decision over Lerone Murphy in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,179146,6656,14855],"class_list":["post-556864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-results","tag-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}