Mike Rodriguez has come to terms with his loss to Ed Herman at UFC on ESPN+ 35 and is ready to move on. Rodriguez (11-5 MMA, 2-3 UFC) got the short end of he stick on a blunder from referee Chris Tognoni in the light heavyweight bout this past Saturday. He landed a knee to the midsection of Herman (26-14 MMA, 13-10 UFC) in the second round, and the referee misidentified it as a low blow . Herman was presented with the standard five-minute recovery window for a groin-strike foul, but the replay showed it landed clean blow. The fight was allowed to resume after the controversial moment, and Herman rallied in the third to secure a fight-ending kimura and conclude the stunning tun of events.
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Mike Rodriguez assigns no blame in controversial loss: Ed Herman did ‘nothing wrong’ – MMA Junkie