Diego Sanchez continues to be very a lot hoping to get his loss to Austin Trout at BKFC KnuckleMania 3 overturned.
This previous Friday, Sanchez suffered a fourth-round TKO loss after the ringside doctor advisable the combat be stopped on account of a number of cuts.
After the combat, Sanchez accused Trout of greasing. In a collection of movies on Instagram, the UFC Corridor of Famer confirmed Trout having Vaseline utilized to his face, neck and shoulders. Since his main technique in opposition to Trout was to clinch, Sanchez wrote he was ‘cheated out of a good combat’ as a result of he couldn’t come up with his opponent.
“So extra proof of Austin Trout’s nook and [Guillermo Perez], a [Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship] worker collaborated to grease him in prevention of my clinch technique!,” wrote Sanchez. “I took a number of further injury on this bout that I shouldn’t have! I hope [BKFC president Dave Feldman] could make this proper! He has at all times been true to me, doing me proper! If any attorneys might help me get this loss overturned in time please contact me, this was blatant dishonest! They feared what I might have finished within the clinch!
“I wouldn’t have took this combat if it was Queeensbury guidelines I solely took it as a result of I watched [Luis Palomino] make the most of the clinch by grabbing opponents head and actively hanging whereas grabbing the again of the neck and shoulders! That was the equity of the match up! I’m no fool I might not attempt to field the 5x boxing world champion with no gloves! We agreed on a impartial battle floor. And the video doesn’t lie!”
In an effort to get his loss overturned, Sanchez and his workforce at the moment are pushing forward with an attraction with the New Mexico Athletic Fee (NMAC), which is predicted to have its subsequent listening to in March.
“We will probably be filling a proper grievance with the NMAC to reverse the bout,” mentioned Sanchez consultant Ricky Kottenstette in an announcement to MMA Combating. “In a sport the place clinching is allowed it 100% eradicated his probability at implementing a key technique in his sport plan.”
Sanchez is now 0-1 in BKFC. Whether or not he returns to the promotion stays to be seen.
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