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Retro Robbery Review: Anderson Silva vs. Derek Brunson at UFC 208

Few things infuriate MMA fans more than a fight being scored incorrectly, though the term “robbery” tends to be thrown around carelessly and is often steeped in bias. With Robbery Review, we’ll take a look back at controversial fights and determine whether the judges were rightly criticized for their decision or if pundits need to examine their own knee-jerk reactions.

Derek Brunson can’t win the big one. That’s the narrative that’s dogged the middleweight veteran throughout his UFC career, a nearly eight-year run that has seen him share the cage with Israel Adesanya, Robert Whittaker, Yoel Romero, and Ronaldo Souza, but fail to defeat any of them.