Josh Burkman commented about his recent loss to Mike “Quick” Swick. Burkman lost a majority decision to Swick at Ultimate Fight Night 12 last Wednesday night. Burkman had some harsh words about his opponent and brought up several strong points regarding the decision of the fight.

First I wanna thank you guys for your support, I got alot of great messages and tons of support. Thank you!

I’m not gonna look back on the fight and be upset about the decision because there is nothing that I can do about it. I could have done more and I Will learn from it.

Thoughts on the fight… I was ready for a war and so was Swick. I saw it in his eyes at the press conference, weigh-ins and the stare-down I thought it would be a war!.. But when the fight started Swick realized he was not the better fighter… he was in there with a better fighter than he prepared for. Half way through the first round that look he had was gone and he wanted out!… He wasn’t in there to fight after the first round, i took it from him and we both know it… He’s still trying to figure out what happened, but sometimes you forget things when you’re scared!…After the first he knew I was there to fight and He wanted no part of it!… When I would get ahold of him he would just hold on cause he felt safe there… I probably should have backed of the takedowns and clinch but I felt i was in control of the fight and that it was obvious. 2 criteria’s for judging are aggressiveness and octogon control… When did you start getting as point for good defense!… I stood in the center most of the second round just to prove a point… Maybe it would have been better received if i would have called him on, but that’s not my style… I felt if he didn’t want to fight I could atleast throw some kicks and some other crazy stuff to show I was there to fight or maybe it would get him to engage… I guess I was wrong.

I apologize for a boring fight, I learned alot from it and I will be back better and smarter as a fighter.

thanks,
JBurk
“People’s Warrior”

You really can’t blame Burkman for feeling robbed by the judges. Burkman pushed the pace the entire fight and was constantly going for the take down. Swick did an excellent job defending the take downs, but rarely pressed the action standing up. Both fighters were reluctant to let their hands go, so based on the logic that aggressiveness and octagon control will contribute towards points on the judges score cards, it seems a little inaccurate that Swick would win this decision.