Ricky Simon ’s submission win over Merab Dvalishvili will stand from UFC Fight Night 128. The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board today denied Dvalishvili’s appeal to overturn Simon’s win, ruling the fight’s referee did not meet the commission’s standard for changing an official result. “I do not find that (referee Liam) Kerrigan committed a self-evident and palpable error, or even any error which comes close to that standard,” NJSACB Commissioner Larry Hazzard wrote in a latter sent to Dvalishvili’s manager, Matt Culleywhich. “Solely because a decision is disputed does not make such facially incorrect.” READ IN FULL: NJSACB’s letter in response to Dvalishvili’s manager Dvalishvili (7-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) filed the appeal on Wednesday, four days after the controversial FS1-televised bout at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. Culley claimed Dvalishvili did not go unconscious when Simon (13-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) applied a choke in the final minute of the fight and shouldn’t have been ruled the loser by submission.
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NJSACB denies Merab Dvalishvili’s appeal, upholds UFC Atlantic City win for Ricky Simon – MMA Junkie