Corey Anderson Feels Robbed After UFC 198 Loss to Shogun Rua

– Corey Anderson spoke with mmajunkie.com about his UFC 198 loss to Shogun Rua. Here is what he had to say…

On Feeling He Lost The Decision: “I mean, in the cage, when it happened, I was talking to (UFC ring announcer) Bruce (Buffer). I said, ‘Tell me, Bruce. Tell me now before you say it on TV, I didn’t get it, did I?’ I knew I didn’t do enough in Brazil to get it in the judges’ eyes. He said, ‘I can’t say anything.’ My coach was saying, ‘What are you talking about? You did. You pulled it out; you won that fight.’ I was like, ‘Coach, we’re in Brazil. We didn’t win that fight. I’m not putting my hands up.’ … I just knew, in my mind, they weren’t going to give it to me. Not in Brazil.”

On Becoming Upset & Feeling Robbed: “I wasn’t upset,” Anderson said. “We got in the locker room and my coach was furious and kept bringing it up. I was like, ‘Man, I got my health and I’m healthy enough to get back in the gym. We go back to the drawing board. I did my best and we came up short. It’s not that big of a deal to be upset about.’ I grabbed my phone and started seeing all the stuff people put on social media. I read through it for about 30 minutes and that’s when it started getting to me. I got back to the hotel and took it on my own to find an illegal copy of my fight and I watched it. That’s the point where I was hurt and felt like I really got robbed.”