Alexander
Volkanovski believes Alex
Pereira absorbed illegal shots in his loss against Ciryl
Gane.
Pereira (13-4) fought Gane (14-2) for an interim heavyweight title
earlier this month at
UFC White House. While Gane finished Pereira in the second
round, it was not without controversy. “Bon Gamin” was seen landing
multiple illegal shots to the back of Pereira’s head without any
warning from referee Herb Dean.
Pereira has since called for fighters to raise their voice for
referees to be held accountable for illegal shots.
Speaking Out
Volkanovski has now extended his support to Pereira. Volkanovski
believes Dean should have severely warned Gane while he was hitting
“Poatan” on the back of the head.
“Herb, I love you, mate, but you should have been pretty vocal,
‘Watch the back of the head.’… I don’t want to throw shade on
people, but there was a lot of back of the head shots,” Volkanovski
said on YouTube. “If it was someone I didn’t like that
did that, I’d probably be a lot more clear with how I’m saying
this… We need to have that discussion, and we’re having that
discussion. Pereira’s asking for people to speak about it, here I
am.”
Dean recently released a video defending his stance regarding the
alleged back-of-the-head shots. Dean says he only considers blows
illegal in the Mohawk region of the back of the head.
