Cecil Peoples wants you to go to hell. Not the fun hell with the unlimited supply of Twizzlers, juice boxes and shiatsu massages. Cecil Peoples wants you to go to the hell that has Mariusz Pudzianowski guarding its gates. The hell where you find out you will never seen another episode of America’s Next Top Model or eat another Sonic Chili Cheese Dog ever again. That’s the type of hell Cecil Peoples wants to send you to if you don’t agree with his judging of Lyoto Machida vs. Shogun Rua…and it’s the worst type of hell. MMAWeekly caught up with probably the most controversial judge in MMA and this is what he had to say regarding his UFC 104 judging (keep in mind, this is the same dude who said Bisping beat Hammil)
“The scoring system is a very good scoring system for boxing”
“So you in a bar with 200 people that are sloppy drunk, and you’re gonna argue with me about the decision?…How does that work? Only in America. I give the fight to Machida in a very, very close fight. Now you’re pissed off because it’s my fault that you lost your money. No, it’s not. It’s Machida’s fault.”
“If you don’t like it, you can go to hell.”
There you have it. That’ll get you to root for Lyoto Machida next time. [Source]