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MMA Robbery Index

The most disputed decisions in MMA, ranked by the real record: fan scorecards, media scores and split verdicts stacked against the official result. No model, no narrative, just how hard the public record disagrees with the judges.

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#1 · The worst verdict on record

Lauren Murphy def. Andrea Lee
UFCUFC 247: Jones vs Reyes· Feb 9, 2020· Women's Flyweight
  • 93% of 218 fan cards scored it for Andrea Lee
  • 100% of 12 media scores picked Andrea Lee
  • Judges: 28-29 (Chris Lee), 30-27 (Danny Dealejandro), 29-28 (Patrick Patlán)
96/100
Controversy

The worst verdicts

  1. 96/100
    Controversy
    #2
    Maycee Barber def. Miranda Maverick
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs Dillashaw· Jul 24, 2021· Women's Flyweight
    • 92% of 736 fan cards scored it for Miranda Maverick
    • 100% of 20 media scores picked Miranda Maverick
    • Judges: 28-29 (Chris Lee), 29-28 (Dave Hagen), 29-28 (Sal D'Amato)
  2. 93/100
    Controversy
    #3
    Puja Tomar def. Rayanne dos Santos
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs Imavov· Jun 9, 2024· Women's Strawweight
    • 88% of 164 fan cards scored it for Rayanne dos Santos
    • 100% of 10 media scores picked Rayanne dos Santos
    • Judges: 30-27 (Matt Jones), 27-30 (Sal D'Amato), 29-28 (Derek Cleary)
  3. 93/100
    Controversy
    #4
    Daniel Marcos def. Davey Grant
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs Tybura· Jul 22, 2023· Bantamweight
    • 97% of 350 fan cards scored it for Davey Grant
    • 86% of 14 media scores picked Davey Grant
    • Judges: 29-28 (Cezary Wojciechowski), 28-29 (Anders Ohlsson), 29-28 (Clemens Werner)
  4. 93/100
    Controversy
    #5
    Joselyne Edwards def. Lucie Pudilova
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Allen· Apr 16, 2023· Women's Bantamweight
    • 88% of 302 fan cards scored it for Lucie Pudilova
    • 100% of 15 media scores picked Lucie Pudilova
    • Judges: 28-29 (Henry Gueary), 29-28 (Ross Swanberg), 29-28 (David Huyette)
  5. 93/100
    Controversy
    #6
    Charles Johnson def. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Spivac· Nov 19, 2022· Flyweight
    • 92% of 210 fan cards scored it for Zhalgas Zhumagulov
    • 92% of 13 media scores picked Zhalgas Zhumagulov
    • Judges: 28-29 (Douglas Crosby), 29-28 (Sal D'Amato), 29-28 (Derek Cleary)
  6. 93/100
    Controversy
    #7
    Mairon Santos def. Francis Marshall
    UFCUFC 313: Pereira vs Ankalaev· Mar 9, 2025· Featherweight
    • 86% of 368 fan cards scored it for Francis Marshall
    • 100% of 13 media scores picked Francis Marshall
    • Judges: 29-28 (Chris Lee), 29-28 (David Lethaby), 27-30 (Derek Cleary)
  7. 92/100
    Controversy
    #8
    Daniel Rodriguez def. Li Jingliang
    UFCUFC 279: Diaz vs Ferguson· Sep 11, 2022· Catchweight
    • 92% of 845 fan cards scored it for Li Jingliang
    • 91% of 23 media scores picked Li Jingliang
    • Judges: 29-28 (Douglas Crosby), 29-28 (Michael Bell), 28-29 (Ron McCarthy)
  8. 92/100
    Controversy
    #9
    Ciryl Gane def. Alexander Volkov
    UFCUFC 310: Pantoja vs Asakura· Dec 8, 2024· Heavyweight
    • 89% of 2053 fan cards scored it for Alexander Volkov
    • 95% of 20 media scores picked Alexander Volkov
    • Judges: 29-28 (Junichiro Kamijo), 28-29 (Eric Colón), 29-28 (Adalaide Byrd)
  9. 92/100
    Controversy
    #10
    Martin Buday def. Lukasz Brzeski
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Vera vs Cruz· Aug 13, 2022· Heavyweight
    • 90% of 252 fan cards scored it for Lukasz Brzeski
    • 92% of 13 media scores picked Lukasz Brzeski
    • Judges: 28-29 (Michael Bell), 29-28 (Sal D'Amato), 29-28 (Eliot Kelly)

Most robbed fighters

Most robbed fighters

The public majority scored these decisions for them. The judges didn't.

  1. 1Angela Hill4 decisions82/100
  2. 2Andrea Lee3 decisions96/100
  3. 3Zhalgas Zhumagulov3 decisions93/100
  4. 4Ji Yeon Kim3 decisions86/100
  5. 5Ketlen Vieira3 decisions78/100
  6. 6Caio Machado3 decisions64/100
  7. 7Rayanne dos Santos2 decisions93/100
  8. 8Jake Collier2 decisions91/100

Most gifted fighters

Handed the most wins the public scored against them.

  1. 1Martin Buday4 decisions92/100
  2. 2Charles Johnson3 decisions93/100
  3. 3Vanessa Demopoulos3 decisions85/100
  4. 4Colby Thicknesse3 decisions75/100
  5. 5Trevin Giles3 decisions51/100
  6. 6Lauren Murphy2 decisions96/100
  7. 7Maycee Barber2 decisions96/100
  8. 8Joselyne Edwards2 decisions93/100

Robbery of the year

The most disputed decision of each year, by controversy score. Years where no decision reached a controversy score of 60 are left out.

  1. 2026Heili Alateng def. John Castaneda90/100
  2. 2025Mairon Santos def. Francis Marshall93/100
  3. 2024Puja Tomar def. Rayanne dos Santos93/100
  4. 2023Daniel Marcos def. Davey Grant93/100
  5. 2022Charles Johnson def. Zhalgas Zhumagulov93/100
  6. 2021Maycee Barber def. Miranda Maverick96/100
  7. 2020Lauren Murphy def. Andrea Lee96/100

Full index

Top 100 of all qualifying decisions across every organization we track.

  1. #11Amir Albazi def. Kai Kara-FranceUFC · UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs Albazi · 202391/100
  2. #12Andrei Arlovski def. Jake CollierUFC · UFC Fight Night: Font vs Vera · 202291/100
  3. #13Ramon Taveras def. Serhiy SideyUFC · UFC 297: Strickland vs du Plessis · 202491/100
  4. #14Jack Jenkins def. Jamall EmmersUFC · UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs Topuria · 202390/100
  5. #15Elves Brener def. Zubaira TukhugovUFC · UFC 284: Makhachev vs Volkanovski · 202390/100
  6. #16Heili Alateng def. John CastanedaUFC · UFC Fight Night: Rosas Jr. vs Barcelos · 202690/100
  7. #17Christian Rodriguez def. Isaac DulgarianUFC · UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs Tybura · 202490/100
  8. #18Gabriel Bonfim def. Stephen ThompsonUFC · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Teixeira · 202590/100
  9. #19Matheus Nicolau def. Manel KapeUFC · UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs Muhammad · 202190/100
  10. #20Talita Alencar def. Rayanne dos SantosUFC · UFC Fight Night: Song vs Gutierrez · 202389/100
  11. #21Dan Ige def. Edson BarbozaUFC · UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Harris · 202088/100
  12. #22Andre Ewell def. Jonathan MartinezUFC · UFC 247: Jones vs Reyes · 202088/100
  13. #23Khalil Rountree Jr. def. Dustin JacobyUFC · UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Allen · 202288/100
  14. #24Serhiy Sidey def. Garrett ArmfieldUFC · UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs Albazi · 202487/100
  15. #25Lerone Murphy def. Gabriel SantosUFC · UFC 286: Edwards vs Usman 3 · 202387/100
  16. #26Alexander Romanov def. Juan EspinoUFC · UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs Gastelum · 202187/100
  17. #27Nasrat Haqparast def. Jared GordonUFC · UFC Saudi Arabia · 202487/100
  18. #28Mandy Bohm def. Ji Yeon KimUFC · UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs Almeida · 202386/100
  19. #29Muslim Salikhov def. Elizeu Zaleski dos SantosUFC · UFC 251: Usman vs Masvidal · 202085/100
  20. #30Julianna Pena def. Raquel PenningtonUFC · UFC 307: Pereira vs Rountree Jr. · 202485/100
  21. #31Danny Roberts def. Ramazan EmeevUFC · UFC Fight Night: Ladd vs Dumont Viana · 202185/100
  22. #32Rinat Fakhretdinov def. Carlos LealUFC · UFC 308: Topuria vs Holloway · 202485/100
  23. #33Modestas Bukauskas def. Ion CuțelabaUFC · UFC 315: Muhammad vs Della Maddalena · 202585/100
  24. #34Vanessa Demopoulos def. Emily DucoteUFC · UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Murphy · 202485/100
  25. #35JJ Aldrich def. Cortney CaseyUFC · UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs Muhammad · 202184/100
  26. #36CJ Vergara def. Kleydson RodriguesUFC · UFC 274: Oliveira vs Gaethje · 202284/100
  27. #37Ketlen Vieira def. Holly HolmUFC · UFC Fight Night: Holm vs Vieira · 202284/100
  28. #38Austin Hubbard def. Michal FiglakUFC · UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs Perez · 202484/100
  29. #39Sean O'Malley def. Petr YanUFC · UFC 280: Oliveira vs Makhachev · 202284/100
  30. #40Paddy Pimblett def. Jared GordonUFC · UFC 282: Błachowicz vs Ankalaev · 202283/100
  31. #41Carlos Felipe def. Justin TafaUFC · UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Kattar · 202183/100
  32. #42Caolan Loughran def. Nathan FletcherUFC · UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs Brady · 202583/100
  33. #43Max Griffin def. Jeremiah WellsUFC · UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs Pyfer · 202483/100
  34. #44Vanessa Demopoulos def. Jinh Yu FreyUFC · UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs Gamrot · 202283/100
  35. #45JJ Aldrich def. Jamey-Lyn HorthUFC · UFC Fight Night: Burns vs Malott · 202682/100
  36. #46Amanda Lemos def. Angela HillUFC · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Daukaus · 202182/100
  37. #47Priscila Cachoeira def. Ji Yeon KimUFC · UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs Green · 202281/100
  38. #48Kaan Ofli def. YizhaUFC · UFC 325: Volkanovski vs Lopes 2 · 202681/100
  39. #49Andre Fili def. Cub SwansonUFC · UFC 303: Pereira vs Procházka 2 · 202481/100
  40. #50Andre Muniz def. JunYong ParkUFC · UFC Fight Night: Song vs Gutierrez · 202380/100
  41. #51Dwight Grant def. Stefan SekulicUFC · UFC 261: Usman vs Masvidal 2 · 202180/100
  42. #52Jeff Molina def. Zhalgas ZhumagulovUFC · UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs Rozenstruik · 202280/100
  43. #53Jamie Mullarkey def. Michael JohnsonUFC · UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs Fiziev · 202280/100
  44. #54Nasrat Haqparast def. Esteban RibovicsUFC · UFC Fight Night: Kape vs Almabayev · 202579/100
  45. #55Josh Emmett def. Calvin KattarUFC · UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Emmett · 202279/100
  46. #56Luana Pinheiro def. Michelle Waterson-GomezUFC · UFC 287: Pereira vs Adesanya 2 · 202379/100
  47. #57Jamie Mullarkey def. John MakdessiUFC · UFC 293: Adesanya vs Strickland · 202379/100
  48. #58Vanessa Demopoulos def. Kanako MurataUFC · UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs Green · 202378/100
  49. #59Claudia Gadelha def. Angela HillUFC · UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Harris · 202078/100
  50. #60Norma Dumont def. Ketlen VieiraUFC · UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs Onama · 202578/100
  51. #61Luis Saldana def. Jordan GriffinUFC · UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs Holland · 202177/100
  52. #62Chepe Mariscal def. Morgan CharriereUFC · UFC Fight Night: Allen vs Curtis 2 · 202476/100
  53. #63Michal Oleksiejczuk def. Modestas BukauskasUFC · UFC 260: Miocic vs Ngannou 2 · 202175/100
  54. #64Eric McConico def. Cody BrundageUFC · UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs Hernandez · 202575/100
  55. #65Curtis Blaydes def. Rizvan KunievUFC · UFC Fight Night: Hill vs Rountree Jr. · 202575/100
  56. #66William Gomis def. Joanderson BritoUFC · UFC Paris: Moicano vs Saint Denis · 202475/100
  57. #67Sean Woodson def. Alex CaceresUFC · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Nascimento · 202475/100
  58. #68Colby Thicknesse def. Asaf ChopurovUFC · UFC 333: Volkanovski vs Evloev · 202675/100
  59. #69Hamdy Abdelwahab def. Jamal PoguesUFC · UFC Saudi Arabia: Adesanya vs Imavov · 202574/100
  60. #70Raquel Pennington def. Ketlen VieiraUFC · UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs Imavov · 202374/100
  61. #71Mario Bautista def. Jose AldoUFC · UFC 307: Pereira vs Rountree Jr. · 202474/100
  62. #72Aiemann Zahabi def. Jose AldoUFC · UFC 315: Muhammad vs Della Maddalena · 202573/100
  63. #73Ozzy Diaz def. Djorden SantosUFC · UFC 313: Pereira vs Ankalaev · 202573/100
  64. #74Luis Pena def. Alexander MunozUFC · UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs Gastelum · 202173/100
  65. #75Frankie Edgar def. Pedro MunhozUFC · UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs Edgar · 202072/100
  66. #76Waldo Cortes Acosta def. Serghei SpivacUFC · UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs O'Malley 2 · 202572/100
  67. #77Lauren Murphy def. Joanne WoodUFC · UFC 263: Adesanya vs Vettori 2 · 202172/100
  68. #78Rob Font def. Jean MatsumotoUFC · UFC Seattle: Cejudo vs Song · 202572/100
  69. #79Raulian Paiva def. Zhalgas ZhumagulovUFC · UFC 251: Usman vs Masvidal · 202072/100
  70. #80Kamuela Kirk def. Makwan AmirkhaniUFC · UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs Sakai · 202172/100
  71. #81JunYong Park def. Eryk AndersUFC · UFC Fight Night: Holm vs Vieira · 202272/100
  72. #82Cory McKenna def. Kay HansenUFC · UFC Fight Night: Felder vs Dos Anjos · 202071/100
  73. #83Angela Hill def. Ketlen SouzaUFC · UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs Rodrigues · 202571/100
  74. #84TJ Dillashaw def. Cory SandhagenUFC · UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs Dillashaw · 202171/100
  75. #85Nathaniel Wood def. Jose DelgadoUFC · UFC 321: Aspinall vs Gane · 202571/100
  76. #86Jesus Aguilar def. Mateus MendoncaUFC · UFC Mexico City · 202471/100
  77. #87Dan Hooker def. Paul FelderUFC · UFC Fight Night: Felder vs Hooker · 202071/100
  78. #88Iasmin Lucindo def. Marina RodriguezUFC · UFC 307: Pereira vs Rountree Jr. · 202470/100
  79. #89Nikolay Veretennikov def. Francisco PradoUFC · UFC 318: Holloway vs Poirier 3 · 202570/100
  80. #90Rinat Fakhretdinov def. Nicolas DalbyUFC · UFC Saudi Arabia · 202470/100
  81. #91Loopy Godinez def. Ketlen SouzaUFC · UFC Fight Night: Allen vs Duncan · 202669/100
  82. #92Ricardo Ramos def. Josh CulibaoUFC · UFC 305: Du Plessis vs Adesanya · 202469/100
  83. #93Mackenzie Dern def. Tecia PenningtonUFC · UFC 273: Volkanovski vs The Korean Zombie · 202269/100
  84. #94Michael Trizano def. Ludovit KleinUFC · UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Waterson - Event · 202169/100
  85. #95Yohan Lainesse def. Darian WeeksUFC · UFC 279: Diaz vs Ferguson · 202269/100
  86. #96Damir Ismagulov def. Guram KutateladzeUFC · UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Emmett · 202268/100
  87. #97Thiago Moises def. King GreenUFC · UFC Fight Night: Hall vs Silva · 202068/100
  88. #98Muslim Salikhov def. Santiago PonzinibbioUFC · UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs Cortez · 202468/100
  89. #99Tabatha Ricci def. Tecia PenningtonUFC · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Nascimento · 202468/100
  90. #100Alexander Volkanovski def. Max HollowayUFC · UFC 251: Usman vs Masvidal · 202067/100

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How the index works

Each decision gets a controversy score out of 100: the share of fan scorecards that scored the fight for the official loser (55%), the share of media scores that picked the loser (35%), and whether the judges themselves split (10%). A fight needs at least 25 fan cards or 5 media scores to qualify, small samples don't rank.

Frequently asked questions

What is a robbery in MMA?

A robbery is a judged decision where the public record, fan scorecards and media scores, overwhelmingly favored the fighter who officially lost.

What is the biggest robbery in MMA history?

By controversy score, the biggest robbery on record is Lauren Murphy def. Andrea Lee at UFC 247: Jones vs Reyes in 2020.

How is the controversy score calculated?

Each decision gets a controversy score out of 100: the share of fan scorecards that scored the fight for the official loser (55%), the share of media scores that picked the loser (35%), and whether the judges themselves split (10%). A fight needs at least 25 fan cards or 5 media scores to qualify, small samples don't rank.