Manny Gamburyan convinced he defeated Tyson Griffin in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

UFC featherweight contender, Manny Gamburyan has been giving his thoughts on his recent unanimous decision loss to Tyson Griffin on the UFC on Versus 4 card in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, explaining he’s sure he did enough to win the fight and he’s not sure what the judges were looking at.
Speaking via MMAWeekly.com, Gamburyan said:

“To be honest with you, it’s one of the smartest fights I’ve ever fought in my life. I stuck with the game plan. I had to move a lot and I had to take his power away.  He’s pretty powerful when you’re in close to him; I had to move a lot.  I had to work on my footwork, which I did, I took him down, and I controlled it.  The thing is, I don’t know how the judges looked at it. I guess leg kicks was the main thing.  But personally, I’m being really honest, I’m an honest guy, I’ll say if I lose, I lose, but I really believe that I won the fight fair and square.”

“The style of the guys he was fighting like Clay Guida, he fought Sean Sherk, all those guys, and they stand up with him and just exchange with him. This time I stuck with my game plan and moved around, work on my technique and work on my footwork.  I think he never got me in a good punch. I even rocked him once, I took him down, I got on top of him, and never rested on top and put him on his back.  All he did was kick my leg, and I don’t know how you win the game like that, but it’s all good. I’ll come back stronger; it’s not his fault. The referee and the judges really sucked this time.”

“He wasn’t strong at all. I mean he was alright, he wasn’t feeling weak, but he wasn’t feeling tough.  He usually takes everyone down, but he couldn’t even take me down once.  I took him down a couple of times and in the third round I slammed him.  So, I really don’t know what the judges are looking at, maybe they were watching porn I guess instead of watching the fights. I still believe I won the fight.”

Gamburyan, a former WEC title contender, is now on a two-fight losing streak after coming up short against Jose Aldo and Tyson Griffin over the past nine months. Prior to that he was on a three-fight winning streak including wins over Leonard Garcia and Mike Brown.
By Michael Pepper.